world physical geography section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Savanna formations find a favourable growth in form of a hot sub-humid tropical climate, a dry season and a rainy season, with an average annual temperature between 22 °C and 27 °C.

A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and a desert biome. not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands.

They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. Savannas have warm temperature year-round. There are actually two very different seasons in a savanna; a very long dry season (winter), and a very wet season (summer).

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

U-shaped valley develops in the Glacial region. Ice causes friction on the sides of the valley.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Mount Sinabung, a stratovolcano, located in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted in May 2016. Seven persons were killed in the wake of its eruption.

The 2,460- metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is one of 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

Answer: (b)

• Taiga: Verkhoyansk (Siberia);
• Monsoon: India;
• Alpine: La Paz (Bolivia);
• Desert: Jacobabad (Sindh, Pakistan).