world physical geography section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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: (c)

Answer: (c)

1. A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin. It is common in the China Sea.
2. Hurricanes are common on the east coast of North America and the adjoining islands.
3. In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. It is common in the Indian Ocean.
4. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones. Tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica. However, the vast majority of tornadoes in the world occur in the so-called “Tornado Alley” region of the United States.

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: (c)

Major natural regions of the world have not the same type of climates. The different climates make different topographies.

Answer: (d)