This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an archipelago? A) Scattered islands surrounded by an expanse of water. B) An island with water on 3 sides. C) A supercontinent. D) A subcontinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scattered islands surrounded by an expanse of water. 2. Geographically Tamil Nadu is divided into five ..... A) Plain region. B) Hilly region. C) Physical division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical division. 3. Which is the highest peak in India. A) Mt.Everest. B) Mt.Godwin Austin. C) Nanda Devi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mt.Godwin Austin. 4. Which of the following separates South Asia from the rest of Asia? A) Oceans. B) Mountains. C) Alluvial plain. D) Coast line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountains. 5. In the savanna of West Africa, A) There is frequent rain year-round. B) There is a dry climate year-round. C) There is little plant or animal life. D) There is a wet season and a dry season. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is a wet season and a dry season. 6. Five large lakes located between the United States and Canada containing the largest surface area of fresh water in the world A) Gulf of Mexico. B) Lake Lanier. C) Great Lakes. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Lakes. 7. Capital of Hungary A) Kyiv. B) Prague. C) Budapest. D) Helsinki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Budapest. 8. Which physical feature is found in the central part of the United States? A) The Great Plains. B) The Great Basin. C) The Great Lakes. D) The Great Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Plains. 9. Which of the following are NOT examples of movement A) Goods moved by railroad. B) People taking a ferry boat to work. C) The little chapel and park in Lebanon, Kansas is the geographical center of the contiguous United States. D) Jim from USA explaining to Bob from England about the rules of American Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The little chapel and park in Lebanon, Kansas is the geographical center of the contiguous United States. 10. What is the name for a group of islands, like the many islands that exist in the Mediterranean Sea? A) Alps. B) Antilles. C) Appalachians. D) Archipelago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archipelago. 11. Which river flows into Lake Geneva? A) Rhone. B) Rhine. C) Volga. D) Oder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhone. 12. What crops do not grow in the coastal regions of the EM? A) Grapes. B) Potatoes. C) Olives. D) Citrus fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potatoes. 13. Separates Great Britain from France. Is a busy route for shipping transportation on it and car and train travel under it A) Westerlies. B) Alpine Mountains. C) English Channel. D) Rhine River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English Channel. 14. What is another term for absolute location? A) Specific. B) General. C) Relative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific. 15. Which river is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because of the numerous floods and loss of life? A) Huang He (Yellow). B) Mekong. C) Ganges. D) Chang Jiang (Yangtze). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huang He (Yellow). 16. What is erosion? A) Digging for mineral resources. B) Raising biological resources. C) When soil breaks apart and is swept away. D) When the continental shelf shifts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When soil breaks apart and is swept away. 17. What natural vegetation is not found in EM? A) Wildfowers. B) Confiers. C) Oaks. D) Aspara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspara. 18. The Caucasus Region is located between the ..... Sea and the ..... Sea. A) Caspian & Black. B) Black & Mediterranean. C) Baltic and Red. D) Baltic & Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caspian & Black. 19. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador are part of a region called the ..... A) Prairie Provinces. B) Northern Lands. C) Atlantic Provinces. D) Quebec & Ontario. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic Provinces. 20. Which term describes an area where fish come to feed in huge numbers? A) Fishing fleet. B) Delta. C) Archipelago. D) Fishery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fishery. 21. One reason reason for the warm and cold seasons on earth. A) The amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. B) The tilt of Earth on its axis. C) The tidal pull of the moon. D) The distance between Earth and the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of Earth on its axis. 22. Removal of trees from an area of land A) Oasis. B) Harmattan. C) Deforestation. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 23. What threatens the Amazon Rain Forest? A) Soil exhaustion. B) Deforestation. C) Lack of rain. D) Native wild life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 24. Capital of Ukraine A) Riga. B) Oslo. C) Helsinki. D) Kyiv. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kyiv. 25. Which of the following countries is not included in the Western Uplands? A) Norway. B) Italy. C) Finland. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 26. What type of boundaries did you notice on the map of Southern Africa? A) Oblong. B) Normal. C) Natural. D) Geometric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural. 27. Most Australians speak what language? A) English. B) Portuguese. C) Italian. D) Australian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 28. Land suitable for growing crops A) Drought. B) Arable. C) Cash crop. D) Nomad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arable. 29. Canada's highest mountain A) Canadian Shield. B) Rocky Mountains. C) Mount Logan. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Logan. 30. KAPOK, SILK COTTON, DOG TEAK ARE TREES FOUND IN ..... FORESTS A) TROPICAL DECIDUOUS. B) MANGROVE. C) MONTANE TEMPERATE. D) TROPICAL EVERGREEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TROPICAL DECIDUOUS. 31. Which of the following physical features is located in northern China and southern Mongolia? A) Taklimakan Desert. B) Yellow River. C) Gobi Desert. D) Himilaya Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gobi Desert. 32. Lines of longitude are also called ..... A) Meridians. B) Date Lines. C) Lines of Latitude. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meridians. 33. Europe is located in what hemisphere? A) Western. B) Eastern. C) Southern. D) Northern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern. 34. The name Ayers Rock came from where? A) Europeans. B) Australians. C) French. D) Brazilians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europeans. 35. Which of the following was formed by two plates colliding in South Asia? A) Himalaya Mountains. B) Thar Desert. C) Ganges Delta. D) Deccan Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalaya Mountains. 36. Followers of this religion worship in a mosque. A) Christianity. B) Islam. C) Judaism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Islam. 37. Afforestation means de-plantation of tress A) True. B) False-deforestation means plantation of tress. C) False-erosion means de-plantation of trees. D) False-afforestation means plantation of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False-afforestation means plantation of trees. 38. Which hemisphere(s) do we live in? A) Western. B) Northern. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 39. Which of these 2 different government styles allows citizens to vote A) Democracy. B) Republic. C) Both of these vote. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these vote. 40. What mountain ranges are located in Northern Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and France. A) Balkan. B) Alps. C) Pyrenees. D) Apennines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alps. 41. What is Human Geography? A) The distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries. B) Branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface. C) Branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. D) The study of Continents and Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries. 42. What is the capital of Cambodia? A) Angkor Wat. B) Ho chi Minh City. C) Beijing. D) Phnom Penh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phnom Penh. 43. North Latitude is also called the ..... A) Equator. B) North Pole. C) Prime Meridian. D) Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North Pole. 44. Soil and plants. Which area of geography does this fall under? A) Physical Geography. B) Human Geography. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical Geography. 45. A way of living in which people herd domesticated goats, sheep, and cattle and live a life on the move to find food and water A) Hunters and Gatherers. B) Traditional Agriculture. C) Pastoralism. D) Nomadic Herding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nomadic Herding. 46. What causes earthquakes and volcanoes? A) Solar Flares. B) Plate Movement. C) Earth's tilt. D) The moon's pull on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plate Movement. 47. Which physical feature is a huge region rich in minerals, trees, and water but is not good for farming? A) The Hudson Bay. B) The Rocky Mountains. C) The St. Lawrence River. D) The Canadian Shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Canadian Shield. 48. ..... is located in the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A) Nilgiri Hills. B) Anaimalai. C) Cardamom Hills. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaimalai. 49. MARINA BEACH IS THE ..... LONGEST BEACH IN THE WORLD A) 4th. B) 3rd. C) 2nd. D) 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2nd. 50. What mountain range separates the Liberian Peninsula from France. A) Alps Mts. B) Pyrenees Mts. C) Carpathian Mts. D) Balkan Mts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pyrenees Mts. 51. Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation all take place in which of the four spheres? A) Lithosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 52. TIRPARAPPU, KAAALIKESAN, ULAKKAI AND VATTAPARAI WATER FALLS ARE FOUND IN ..... A) TIRPPUR. B) MADURAI. C) KANYA KUMARI. D) NAMAKKAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) KANYA KUMARI. 53. Deposition means A) Wearing away of land by rivers, sea, ice, and wind. B) Laying down of material that has been carried by rivers, glaciers, and the sea. C) Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laying down of material that has been carried by rivers, glaciers, and the sea. 54. Physical barrier like a mountain or river that separates to places A) Plain. B) Boundary. C) Border. D) Monotheistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boundary. 55. This was created when the earth's crust moved millions of years ago. It also created the Great Dividing Range. This physical feature is a part of the Pacific Ocean. What is its name? A) Coral Sea. B) Ayers Rock. C) Great Victoria Desert. D) Great Barrier Reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral Sea. 56. An administrative unit similar to a state A) Province. B) Territory. C) Shield. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Province. 57. Which term refers to seasonal winds? A) Monsoon. B) Typhoon. C) Coriolis Effect. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon. 58. Which Physical Subsystem contains all of Earth's Water? A) Atmosphere. B) Bioshpere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 59. Countries that wanted help from the US in setting up democratic governments were given money and aid through the A) Scheiffen Plan. B) The Game Plan. C) The Marshmallow Plan. D) The Marshall Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Marshall Plan. 60. What type of Government does USA have A) Dictatorship. B) Theocracy. C) Republic. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Republic. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPhysical Geography Quiz 2Physical Geography Quiz 3Physical Geography Quiz 4Physical Geography Quiz 5Physical Geography Quiz 6Physical Geography Quiz 7Physical Geography Quiz 8Physical Geography Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books