This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does wind abrasion work? A) Sediment is attaches to water features. B) Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface and scratches it. C) Wind blows large chunks of rock onto a surface. D) Sediment falls off of a surface on its own without any outside action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface and scratches it. 2. Located north of Western Europe. Contains large oil & natural gas reserves and has been significant for trade and fishing. A) English Channel. B) North Sea. C) Central Uplands. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North Sea. 3. Capital of Lithuania A) Paris. B) Copenhagen. C) Prague. D) Vilnius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vilnius. 4. Physical Geography is the study of ..... A) The natural earth. B) Religion. C) How people live. D) Physical human bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The natural earth. 5. Oldest fold mountain ranges in India are .. A) Deccan. B) Vindhyas. C) Western Ghats. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vindhyas. 6. ..... an area that includes Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar A) Malay archipelago. B) Brunei. C) Malay pennisula. D) Indochina pennisula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indochina pennisula. 7. This is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas A) Island. B) Continent. C) Peninsula. D) Isthmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isthmus. 8. Another word for "always changing" that we use to describe the earth is ..... A) Dynamic. B) Mysterious. C) Cyclical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 9. What are China's main waterway systems? A) Yangtze, Yellow, West, Grand Canal. B) Yellow, Yangtze, Grand Canal. C) Tigris, Euphrates, Indus. D) Yellow, Yangtze, Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yangtze, Yellow, West, Grand Canal. 10. Which of the following describes the climates of low latitudes? A) Warm summers and warm winters. B) Cold summers and cold winters. C) Cool summers and warm winters. D) Cold summers and cold winters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm summers and warm winters. 11. Which of the following rivers is not found in the Northern European Plain? A) Rhone. B) Vistula. C) Rhine. D) Oder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhone. 12. The northernmost point in India is ..... A) Indira Col. B) Kanyakumari. C) Indira point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indira Col. 13. What are routes for water transportation known as? A) National ways. B) Nation airways. C) Nationals waterways. D) New ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nationals waterways. 14. You need to look at this in order to know what the symbols on a map mean: A) Map scale. B) Map Key. C) Grid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Map Key. 15. A narrow sea between Great Britain and France A) Danube River. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Rhine River. D) English Channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English Channel. 16. A photo taken from an aircraft or satellite is called a(n): A) Satellite. B) HD photo. C) Aerial Photograph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aerial Photograph. 17. Which mountain range includes Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world? A) Andes Mountains. B) Alps. C) Himalayan Mountains. D) Ural Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayan Mountains. 18. Following World War II, which country experienced a dramatic change in terms of its political boundaries? A) Spain. B) Italy. C) Germany. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 19. The capital of India is ..... A) Kabul. B) Dhaka. C) Islamabad. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Delhi. 20. The starting point of Himalayas is outside India from ..... A) Tajikistan. B) Kashmir. C) Pakistan. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tajikistan. 21. He used direct observations and primary measurements to present some new ideas concerning geographic knowledge? A) Strabo. B) Ibn Batuta. C) Kant. D) Varenius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varenius. 22. Air pollution caused by factories. Which area of geography does this fall under? A) Physical Geography. B) Human Geography. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 23. This mountain chain lies in Russia and forms a natural dividing line between Europe and much of Asia. A) The Rockies. B) The Alps. C) The Urals. D) The Apennines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Urals. 24. Australia is the ..... biggest country of the world A) 4th. B) 6th. C) 1st. D) 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6th. 25. Incapable of being avoided or evaded A) Inevitable. B) Feature. C) Grazing. D) Seismic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inevitable. 26. Identify a rare natural resource located along the Spanish Pyrenees that is useful in the high-tech industry. A) Chaparral. B) Copper. C) Hydroelectricity. D) Tungsten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tungsten. 27. This region is located along the coastline of the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean A) Basin. B) Lowland. C) Steppe. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lowland. 28. Which country is an archipelago? A) Mongolia. B) China. C) Japan. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 29. Canada shares 4 out of 5 of these lakes with the Unites States A) The Great Lakes. B) Lake Winepeg. C) St. Lawrence Seaway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Lakes. 30. At present there are districts in Tamil Nadu. A) 36. B) 25. C) 47. D) 37. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 37. 31. Peninsula located in northern Europe and bordered by a section of the Arctic Ocean A) Italy. B) Scandinavian Peninsula. C) Spain. D) Iberian Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scandinavian Peninsula. 32. How long is the Russian Plain? A) 1, 000 Miles. B) 1, 500 Miles. C) 750 Miles. D) 500 Miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 000 Miles. 33. SOME VALLEYS IN ..... RECORD 0*c IN WINTER SEASON A) CARDAMOM HILLS. B) NILGIRS. C) ANAIMALAI. D) MAHENDRAGIRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NILGIRS. 34. Due to its location, the predominant climates of South America are A) Steppe and desert. B) Humid subtropical and marine west coast. C) Tropical wet and tropical wet/dry. D) Mediterranean and humid continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical wet and tropical wet/dry. 35. In which of the following climate zones do giant pandas live? A) The tundra. B) The highlands. C) The coniferous forest. D) The deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The deciduous forest. 36. Why might the Mediterranean Sea be very populated? A) It's near water. B) Vegetables are here. C) Abundant deer. D) Trees keep the sun out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's near water. 37. It is composed of Whales, Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland A) The Bosporus and Dordanelles. B) United Kingdom. C) Russia. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United Kingdom. 38. How much does the Syrian desert take up Jordan's territory? A) 4/5. B) 1/10. C) 3/5. D) 2/8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4/5. 39. This country is part of both mainland & island Southeast Asia A) Thailand. B) Malaysia. C) Brunei. D) Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malaysia. 40. The greater the number of different species of animals and plants in an environment, the greater the A.biodiversity of the environment. A) Elevation of the region. B) Distance of the environment from the Equator. C) Precipitation in the climate. D) Biodiversity of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation in the climate. 41. What affects climate? A) The distance from the equator. B) The distance from the planets. C) The distance from the moon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distance from the equator. 42. Russia is the world's largest exporter of what? A) Natural Gas. B) Iron. C) Oil. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Gas. 43. A body of land completely surrounded by water A) Mountain. B) Hill. C) Island. D) Mesa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island. 44. What issue in SE Asia is shrinking the natural habitats of many animal species? A) Invasive species. B) Civil war. C) Lack of health care. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 45. This ocean brings rain and mild temperatures to western Canada and provides a trade route to the west and is home to important Canadian fisheries A) Arctic Ocean. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Atlantic Ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific Ocean. 46. Natural resource that the environment continues to supply as it is used A) Renewable Resources. B) Natural Resources. C) Physical Resources. D) Non-renewable Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Resources. 47. Which Great Lake is not shared between the U.S. and Canada? A) Lake Huron. B) Lake Ontario. C) Lake Eerie. D) Lake Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lake Michigan. 48. Capital of Finland A) Oslo. B) Helsinki. C) London. D) Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helsinki. 49. The Jabal ..... has vegetation A) Al-akhdar. B) Al-akhbar. C) Al-khali. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Al-akhdar. 50. The rapids and gorges of rivers in the ..... make them unsuitable for navigation but ideal for hydropower. A) Western Ghats. B) Eastern Ghats. C) Vindhya Range. D) Himalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Ghats. 51. An underwater plain that borders a continent A) Isthmus. B) Continental Shelf. C) Trench. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental Shelf. 52. What term refers to the description of an area? (ex. Eiffel Tower in France, Grand Canyon in Arizona) A) Region. B) Place. C) Interaction. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 53. What term refers to the spread of people, goods, and ideas? A) Region. B) Location. C) Place. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 54. What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas? A) Continental Shelf. B) Plateau. C) Isthmus. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isthmus. 55. He calculated the equatorial circumference to be 40, 233 kilometers using simple geometric? A) Herodotus. B) Eratosthenes. C) Karl Marx. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eratosthenes. 56. What causes Patagonia to be dry, barren, and windy? A) The Santa Ana winds. B) The rain shadow effect caused by the Andes. C) Its proximity to the Equator. D) The Coriolis effect coming from the Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain shadow effect caused by the Andes. 57. In order to gain loyal followers, kings would have to buy loyalty with which of the following? A) Horses. B) Suits of armor. C) Access to the castle. D) Grants of land called fiefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grants of land called fiefs. 58. The climate zone that is in the southeast of the United States with long muggy summers and mild winters is referred to as A) Arctic. B) Tropical. C) Humid sub tropical. D) Subarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humid sub tropical. 59. What geographical feature is MOST associated with the distribution of major cities? A) Rivers. B) Mountains. C) Diversity. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers. 60. The ..... areas are the most populated. A) Coastal. B) Central. C) Desert. D) Underwater. 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