This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an estuary? A) A southern flowing river. B) A northern flowing river. C) A broadened seaward end of a river. D) The source of a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A broadened seaward end of a river. 2. This physical feature is the largest monolith in the world. It's about 12 stories high and almost 6 miles wide. The Aborigines consider it a sacred site. What is its name? A) Ayers Rock. B) Great Victoria Desert. C) Great Barrier Reef. D) Coral Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ayers Rock. 3. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses A) Isthmus. B) Mesa. C) Bridge. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isthmus. 4. This ocean current brings warm moist air that make Western Europe and the UK warmer than they would normally be A) South Equatorial Current. B) The North Atlantic Drift. C) South Pacific Current. D) The arctic current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The North Atlantic Drift. 5. What mountain ranges are located in East and West India? A) Ghats. B) Atlas. C) Himalayas. D) Zagros. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghats. 6. What climate zone is found between 23.5$^ \circ$ and 66.5$^ \circ$? A) Polar. B) Temperate. C) Tropics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate. 7. This mountain range along the East Coast of the US is the oldest range in North America. A) Appalachian Mountains. B) Rocky Mountains. C) Cascade Mountains. D) Andes Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appalachian Mountains. 8. Mexico is also a leading ..... producer, which is used to produce much of Mexico's power supply. A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Hydrogen-cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 9. Which river starts in the Czech Republic and empties into the Baltic Sea? A) Oder. B) Don. C) Dnieper. D) Elbe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oder. 10. Which of the following is not a major industry of Canada? A) Growing oranges. B) TImber. C) Fishing. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing oranges. 11. The main source of protein in the Japanese diet is: A) Fish. B) Deer. C) Soybean. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fish. 12. Which country has most of the region's mineral resources? A) India. B) Bangladesh. C) Nepal. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 13. Where do most Japanese live? A) Urban areas. B) Rural areas. C) The mountains. D) On landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban areas. 14. What is the name of the peninsula that is made up of Greece at the southern end, and includes other countries of Eastern Europe? A) Jutland Peninsula. B) Iberian Peninsula. C) Scandinavian Peninsula. D) Balkan Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balkan Peninsula. 15. THE WATERFALLS CATHERINE AND PYKARA ARE FOUND IN ..... DISTRICT A) SALEM. B) NILGIRIS. C) MADURAI. D) COIMBATORE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NILGIRIS. 16. What is an example of a country? A) South America. B) Florida. C) Spain. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 17. What has disrupted the irrigation of the nile river? A) Dams for hydroelectic power. B) Coal mining. C) Oil drilling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dams for hydroelectic power. 18. The climate zone that has scorching heat, is dry and sometimes has cacti or hardy wildflowers is referred to as A) Sub arctic. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Humid subtropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 19. How does the Earth's tilt affect its seasons? A) The tilt of the Earth toward the sun creates mild seasons, like spring and fall. B) The tilt of the Earth toward the sun creates extreme seasons like summer and winter. C) Earth's tilt has no measurable effect on its seasons. D) The tilt of the Earth causes equinoxes on December 21 and June 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of the Earth toward the sun creates extreme seasons like summer and winter. 20. The two types of physical features are landforms and ..... A) Borders. B) Bodies of water. C) Colonies. D) International boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bodies of water. 21. Why is the Sea of Marmara an important place to know about? A) It connects France and Italy through the Alps. B) It connects the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. C) It connects the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. D) It connects the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It connects the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. 22. Large level, or nearly level area of land at high elevation A) Butte. B) Delta. C) Plateau. D) Mesa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plateau. 23. Capital of the United Kingdom A) London. B) Riga. C) Oslo. D) Helsinki. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 24. They are people know to make or produce maps? A) Cartographer. B) Geographers. C) Map Makers. D) Astronomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartographer. 25. A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain A) The Alps. B) The Andes. C) The Pyrenees. D) The Dolomites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pyrenees. 26. This physical feature stretches 160, 000 miles long through the states of South Australia and Western Australia and is a protected Wilderness. What is its name? A) Coral Sea. B) Great Barrier Reef. C) Great Victoria Desert. D) Ayers Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Victoria Desert. 27. What is the process by which water, wind, or ice moves bits of rock elsewhere? A) Water Cycle. B) Erosion. C) Glacier. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 28. What type of geography studies the landforms and landmarks of an area? A) Political. B) Economic. C) Physical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical. 29. The Yangtze River is the A) Longest river in the world. B) Longest river in East Asia. C) Source of yellow-colored soil that it deposits along its banks. D) Main river of Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longest river in East Asia. 30. Upset with the practices of the Catholic church, this man published a list of complaints known as the "95 Theses" that were nailed to the exterior door of the Castle church in Wittenburg, Germany. A) Martin Luther. B) Martin Luther King, Jr. C) Martin Lawrence. D) Steve Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin Luther. 31. THERE ARE ..... MEGA CENTRES OF ENDEMISM IN INDIA A) 5. B) 6. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 32. The topography of the Tamil Nadu State slopes towards: A) North. B) West. C) East. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) East. 33. What is melted rock? A) Magma. B) River. C) Minerals. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 34. What kind of plant is Bamboo? A) Grass. B) Tomato. C) Corn. D) Bean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass. 35. The Eiffel Tower is the best tourist attraction in Paris ..... this statement is an example of which theme of geography A) Place. B) Region. C) Location. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place. 36. Capital of Switzerland A) Prague. B) Lisbon. C) Bern. D) Helsinki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bern. 37. Ganga basin is the ..... in india A) Smallest basin. B) Biggest basin. C) Largest basin. D) Tiniest basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Largest basin. 38. What water features have acted as barriers to and from the United States and Canada? A) Lake Murray. B) Hudson Bay. C) Great lakes. D) The Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great lakes. 39. A plant with thick, fleshy leaves that can conserve moisture A) Basin. B) Canopy. C) Lowland. D) Succulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Succulent. 40. THIRD HEIGHEST PEAK IN EASTERN GHATS IS ..... A) MAZHAMALAI. B) SHERVARAYAN TEMPLE. C) VALSAMALAI. D) URGAMALAI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) URGAMALAI. 41. What kind of crops does the coastal and Mediterranean climate support? A) Barley, Oats, and Wheat. B) Beans, Corn, and Oats. C) Corn, Potato, and beans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barley, Oats, and Wheat. 42. What is a delta? A) One river that divides into two rivers. B) An area of water that is completely surrounded by land. C) An area where a river empties into a large body of water. D) Two rivers that join together to form one river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area where a river empties into a large body of water. 43. Capital of Latvia A) Vilnius. B) Riga. C) Zagreb. D) Stockholm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riga. 44. Once a large inland body of water that is now several small, disconnected bodies of water A) Caspian Sea. B) Indian Ocean. C) Dead Sea. D) Aral Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aral Sea. 45. What term refers to the study of the Earth and everything on it? A) Geology. B) Geography. C) Geograbra. D) Geographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography. 46. A climate zone that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops A) Land bridge. B) Seismic. C) Inevitable. D) Vertical climate zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertical climate zone. 47. ..... dry, flat land; wilderness with fewer people than animals A) Aborigine. B) Outback. C) Territory. D) Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outback. 48. Steep, narrow, u-shaped valley that is carved out by a glacier. A) The Strait of Gibraltar. B) Fjords. C) The English Channel. D) Eurasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fjords. 49. What city develope on the semiarid coastal area? A) Jordan. B) Euphrates. C) Aleppo. D) Syrian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphrates. 50. The Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) is the A) Longest river in East Asia. B) Source of yellow-colored soil that it deposits along its banks. C) Longest river in the world. D) Main river of Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longest river in East Asia. 51. Australia is surrounded by A) Indian and Atlantic oceans. B) Atlantic and Pacific oceans. C) Indian and Pacific oceans. D) Indian and Antartic oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian and Pacific oceans. 52. Conflict among ethnic groups within a state, a country, or a region is known as A) Problems. B) Ethnic Disruption. C) Balkanization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balkanization. 53. The process of continental drift is based on the theory of ..... A) Mountain Building. B) Continental Shelves. C) Subduction Zones. D) Plate Tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate Tectonics. 54. Where in South Asia is it possible to smell spices growing and see wild elephants? A) Maldives. B) Karnataka Plateau. C) Hindu Kush. D) Khyber Pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karnataka Plateau. 55. The United States is the ..... largest country. A) Fourth. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourth. 56. What sea is south of Europe? A) North Sea. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Black Sea. D) Baltic Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean Sea. 57. A small stream or river that flows into a larger river A) Tributary. B) Oasis. C) Sea. D) Bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary. 58. What is the largest ocean by area? A) Pacific Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Indian Ocean. D) Southern Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean. 59. Which natural resource helped support industrial development in both Britain and Germany A) Coal. B) Gas. C) Oil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 60. The geographical feature where the land falls and flattens across the center of North America is known as the A) Coastail Plain. B) Fall Line. C) Bible Belt. D) Great Plains. 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