World & Physical Geography MCQs

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All the rocks are derived from igneous rocks which are formed by the solidification of hot molten material called magma or lava. Therefore igneous rocks are also called as primary rocks or parent rocks.

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Owen Falls is located in Uganda. It is the world’s largest man-made lake, holding 204,800,000,000 cubic meters of water, which is about 45 trillion gallons. The Owen Falls was a waterfall on the White Nile near the city of Jinja. In 1954, the Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station was completed, submerging the Owen Falls and the nearby Ripon Falls. The Nalubaale Dam, formerly the Owen Falls Dam, is 2,726 feet (831 meters) long and 102 feet (31 meters) high. It uses Lake Victoria as a reservoir. The dam was named after Dr. David Owen, the British foreign secretary at the time.

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The Republic of Formosa is nothing but today’s Taiwan. It was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

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Ethiopia was in the past known as Abyssinia. The switch to the name Ethiopia happened around the 4th century during the reign of King Ezana, who adopted the name as part of his conversion efforts to Christianity. Historical records suggest that the term ‘Ethiopia’ was derived from the Greek term ‘Aithiops’, meaning ‘burnt face’ or ‘burnt complexion’ – a clear reference to the physical appearance of the country’s inhabitants.

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The mass of sun is equal to 270 lakh moons. About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun. The mass of the sun is 1.989 x 1030 kilograms, about 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.

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Laos is the only landlocked country in ASEAN. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries in Southeast Asia.

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Extrusive igneous rocks, also known as volcanic rocks, are formed at the crust’s surface as a result of the partial melting of rocks within the mantle and crust. Extrusive igneous rocks cool and solidify quicker than intrusive igneous rocks. They are formed by the cooling of molten magma on the earth’s surface.

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Savannas are generally found between the desert biome and the rainforest biome. They are mostly located near the equator. The largest savanna is located in Africa. Nearly half of the continent of Africa is covered with savanna grasslands.

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Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Titan is the sixth gravitationally rounded moon from Saturn. Frequently described as a planet-like moon, Titan is 50% larger than Earth’s moon and 80% more massive.

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Puerto Miranda is an oil port situated on the east side of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela opposite the city of Maracaibo and is operated by the Venezuelan State Oil Company (PDVSA PETROLEO, S.A.) It is the largest crude oil export port in South America.