world physical geography section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

A class of animals known as Marsupials is a characteristic feature of

a) Australia

b) Africa

c) South-east Asia

d) South America

Question : 2

Which is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?

a) over land

b) via Canada

c) over the North Pole

d) over the South Pole

Question : 3

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Five Flower lake – Mangolia

b) Boiling lake – Dominica

c) Great Slave lake – Canada

d) Red Lagoon – Bolivia

Question : 4

Assertion (A):
The Steppe climate is most widespread in North America and Eurasia. Reason (R) :
The Steppe climate is characterized by wet summers as well as wet winters.

a) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

c) A is false but R is true.

d) A is true but R is false.

Question : 5

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Costa Rica : San Jose

b) Bahamas : Nassau

c) Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo

d) Nicaragua : Balmopan

Question : 6

Which of the following pairs of straights and the countries they separate is wrongly matched?

a) Bering strait — Sumatra and Malaysia

b) Gibraltar strait — Spain and Morocoo

c) Bass strait — Australia and Tasmania

d) Magellan strait — Chile and Tiera del fuego