World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The island nation of Kiribati, officially known as Republic of Kiribati is located in central Pacific Ocean. The largest lake of Kiribati is Washington Lake.

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Kuwait is an Arab country which lies in the western Asia. The official name of the country is State of Kuwait.

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The longest river of the Kingdom of Morocco is river Draa. It originates by the confluence of the Dades river and Imini river. Its total length is about 1100 kilometer long.

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In geology, a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheet like body of rock that has been moved more than 2 km or 5 km from its original position by faulting or folding. They form when a mass of rock is forced (or “thrust”) over another rock mass, typically on a low angle fault plane. The resulting structure may include large-scale recumbent folds, shearing along the fault plane.

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The course of a river from its source to its mouth is normally divided into 3 sections, namely upper, middle and lower courses. Action of the river on its valley from source to mouth in relation to the features developed by it is seen in he river valley profile, known as graded profile. Throughout the long profile of a river, deposition and erosion are balanced meaning that, given enough time, the river’s long profile would become a smooth, concave, graded profile from its source to mouth.

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, called the lithosphere, is not a solid shell. It is made up of thick, interconnecting pieces called tectonic plates that fit together like a puzzle. These plates are made of rock, but the rock is, in general, lightweight compared with the denser, fluid layer underneath. This allows the plates to “float” on top of the denser material.

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The process of seeping of water into the ground is known as infiltration. Infiltration happens when water soaks into the soil from the ground level. It moves underground and moves between the soil and rocks. Some of the water is soaked up by roots to help plants grow. Some of the water moves down into the soil to a level that is filled with water, called ground water.

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Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2.The country is situated in Western-Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.

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Bomb cyclones, or weather bombs, are rapidly deepening low-pressure systems, primarily occurring in winter across both hemispheres. They are mainly maritime phenomena but can also happen in summer on land. Bombogenesis, the process behind their formation, is most common in four hotspots: Northwest Pacific, North Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and South Atlantic. In the Northern Hemisphere, it frequently occurs north of the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Current, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it is prevalent above the East Australian Current.

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Seafloor spreading is a geologic process in which tectonic plates, large slabs of Earth’s lithosphere split apart from each other. Seafloor spreading and other tectonic activity processes are the result of mantle convection. Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent plate boundaries.