Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

Ural Mountains, also called the Urals, Russian Uralskie Gory or Ural, mountain range forming a rugged spine in west-central Russia and the major part of the traditional physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia.

There are 2 types, primary and secondary. Primary is radiation and secondary is particles like protons,etc. The properties are that they usually have really high energies and some can be more energetic than what is produced in the LHC. These rays are usually emanated from supernovae and the sun nearby.

The rock cycle is a general model that describes how various geological processes create, modify, and influence rocks.

The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the opposite direction to the earth's main field.

The main factor determining a region's climate is latitude.

The moon orbits Earth at a mean distance of just over 384,000km. The moon's orbit around Earth is also slightly eccentric – at perigee (its closest distance to Earth), it's a little over 362,500km from Earth, while at apogee (furthest from Earth), it is almost 405,500km away.

The Earth's mean radius is determined as the average distance from the physical center to the surface, based on a large number of samples. The value, symbolized rearth, is equal to approximately 6,371,000 meters (6.371 x 106 m). This is roughly 6,371 kilometers (km) or 3,960 statute miles.

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Central America consists of seven countries: El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

both (a) and (b)