world physical geography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Mr X will likely to be flown over Black Sea. Since Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and Caucasus, it is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: (b)

1. Podzols are subarctic soils of the cold, humid northern coniferous forest (taiga), found between the mixed forests of the temperate zone and the tundras of the arctic zone.
2. Chernozem is a black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus (7% to 15%), and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia. Chernozem is very fertile and produces a high agricultural yield. Chernozem soils are found in humus-rich grasslands such as in Prairies, Pampa and Steppes.
3. Spodsols soils develop under coniferous vegetation.
4. Laterite. soils are found in hot and humid areas.

Answer: (b)

The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia.

The Falkland Current is a cold water current that flows northward along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia as far north as the mouth of the Río de la Plata.

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)

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: (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.