world physical geography section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

The Caspian Sea is generally regarded as the world’s largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust.

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in area (if Lakes Michigan and Huron are taken separately), and the third-largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.

Answer: (d)

Strait of Dover connects United Kingdom and France. It is about 32 km in length.

Answer: (b)

1. Mt. Everest – Nepal
2. K2 – India
3. Mt. McKinley – USA
4. Mt. Aconcagua – South America

All these are the names of the highest mountain peaks located in the countries respectively.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact.

Tourism is becoming a larger threat to the forests. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that ‘1.5 billion of the 2 billion people worldwide who rely on fuelwood for cooking and heating are overcutting forests’. This problem is worst in drier regions of the tropics.

Answer: (d)

Lake Victoria acts as the international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda. It is the largest lake in Africa and second widest fresh water body in the world.