world physical geography section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Finland is often referred to as “the land of the thousand lakes”. This is because the lakes and rivers account for around 10 per cent of the country's land.

There are nearly 200,000 lakes in Finland. It has more lakes in relation to a country's size than any other. Finland has one lake for every 26 people.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

The Tropic of Capricorn pass over all the following countries.

Answer: (b)

1. Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters and a plunge of 807 meters.
2. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is a Canadian city at the famous waterfalls of the same name, linked with the U.S. by the Rainbow Bridge.
3. Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya, is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has been described by CNN as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world.
4. Jog Falls, Gerosoppa Falls is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India located near Sagara taluk, Shimoga district in the state of Karnataka.

Answer: (d)

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

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.