Miscellaneous World Geography MCQ Question and Answer | Geography MCQ Question

The Seventeenth parallel was the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam established by the Geneva Accords of 1954.

Cyclones are called as hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Hurricanes originate in the Atlantic basin, which includes the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico, the eastern North Pacific Ocean, and, less frequently, the central North Pacific Ocean.

Dili, also spelled Dilly or Dilli, city and capital of East Timor. It lies on Ombai Strait on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Khartoum is situated at the confluence of White Nile and Blue Nile. Khartoum is a city and the executive capital of Sudan, just south of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers.

On the Equator the day and night are equal throughout the year because it does not tilt in relation to the sun's location. However, throughout the entire orbit around the sun, the Earth's equator remains nearly the same distance away at all times.

At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Cancer. The moment the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, an imaginary line north of the equator. This is the first day of astronomical summer and also the longest day of the year for people in the Northern Hemisphere.

Anthracite is the highest rank of coal. Unlike other types of coal, it is usually considered to be a metamorphic rock. It has a carbon content of over 87% on a dry ash-free basis. Anthracite coal generally has the highest heating value per ton on a mineral-matter-free basis. It is often subdivided into semi-anthracite, anthracite, and meta-anthracite on the basis of carbon content. Anthracite is often referred to as "hard coal"; however, this is a layman's term and has little to do with the hardness of the rock.

High birth rate (annual no. of birth/ 1000 population), along with low mortality rate (annual no. of death/ 1000 population) is a condition responsible for huge population growth. It is mostly found in developing countries. e.g. Bangladesh and India.

A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as Isthmus. It is generally surrounded by water bodies on two of its sides. (Irrelevant) Generally canals are built across isthmuses, as they provide the shortest route for travelling from one water body to the other by sea.

Modem means of transport and communication is known as the lifelines of a country. The means of transportation and communication are called the lifelines of a nation and its economy because they are the preconditions for progress and development.