world physical geography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Hanging valleys are created due to glacial erosion. It is formed due to different rates of erosion between the main valley and the valleys that enter it along its sides.

Answer: (b)

1. Shanghai is the largest city by population in the People’s Republic of China and the largest city proper by population in the world. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in eastern China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast.
2. Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand and the most populous city in the country. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand.
3. Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec.
4. The city proper covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.

Answer: (b)

Australia has many of the most unique animals in the world, not to mention the birds and reptiles. Marsupials are the most common and prolific group in Australia such as the kangaroo and koala, wallaby, wombat, bandicoot, kultarr, marsupial mole, dunnart, cuscus, possum, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian devil, and many others. There are also unique egg-laying mammals like the platypus and the echidna.

Answer: (b)

It is under the influence of cold ocean current. So given second statement is wrong.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Faroe Islands are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The Faroese sheep is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Faroe Islands. Thus, this group of islands is also known as Island of Sheep.