world physical geography section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

In the Netherlands, 50 per cent of the country is below sea level with the lowest point being 22 feet (6.7 meters) below sea level.

Through a complex system of dikes, pumps and sand dunes along the coast, the Netherlands stays above water. In fact, it has one of the most sophisticated anti-flood systems in place anywhere in the world.

Answer: (b)

1. Kuroshio current - The Kuroshio “Black Tide”, “Japan Current”) is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It is similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic and is part of the North Pacific Ocean gyre. As the Gulf Stream, it is a strong western boundary current.
2. Peru Current - Peru Current features a typically wide and slow equatorward transport of cold water along the coast of South America.
3. Labrador Current – It is a cold current in the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Florida Current – Warm current in the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: (d)

Dense equatorial forest, in the Amazon basin, characterized by tall broad-leaved evergreen trees, epiphytes, lianas, etc.

Answer: (d)

Humboldt, Oyashio and Canaries are the cold ocean currents while Brazil current is the warm Ocean current.

Answer: (b)

The continent Antarctica is present at the highest mean elevation in the world. This is because it is covered by a huge layer of ice, about 7,100 feet (2,200 m) thick.

Answer: (b)

Sirocco originates in the Sahara and blows across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe. It arises from a warm, dry, tropical airmass in the Arabian or Sahara deserts that is pulled northward by lowpressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea.