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(a) The Mellanesia
(b) The Polynesia
(c) The Autralasia
(d) The Micronesia
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Mellanesia region consists of the four countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Guinea. It is a sub-region of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. Besides these independent countries, Melanesia also includes New Caledonia, Maluku Islands and West Papua.
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Question : 1
Statement I:
Temperatures of countries like United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark are higher as compared to places located on similar latitudes during the winter.
Statement II:
United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark are located on the coast.
a) Both the statements ‘are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
b) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
c) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
d) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Answer »Answer: (b)
Since United Kingdom, Norway, Netherland and Denmark are located on the coast, their temperature is higher than the places located on similar latitudes during the winter.
Question : 2
List I | List II |
(Local wind) | (Area of Prevalence) |
A. Chinook | 1. North African desert |
B. Foehn | 2. Rocky mountain slopes of the USA |
C. Sirocco | 3. Northern slopes of Alps |
D. Mistral | 4. Southern slopes of Alps |
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 4 1 3 2
Answer »Answer: (b)
- A Chinook wind is a weather phenomenon that creates warm, dry air that blows down the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. The name Chinook means “snow eater,” as the wind occurs most frequently in winter and can disrupt snowstorms and melt fallen snow.
- Foehn blows in the Northern slopes of the Alps.
- Sirocco blows in the North African desert while Mistral blows in the Southern slopes of the Alps.
Question : 3
Other than India and China, which one of the following groups of countries border Myanmar?
a) Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia
b) Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam
c) Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh
d) Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia
Answer »Answer: (c)
Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh are countries bordering Myanmar.
Question : 4
Which of the following rivers flow in Germany?
a) Volga
b) Seine
c) Thames
d) Danube
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Danube is a river in Central Europe, the continent’s second-longest after the Volga. Classified as an international waterway, it originates in the town of Donaueschingen which is in the Black Forest of Germany at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg.
The Danube then flows southeast for 2,872 km (1,785 mi), passing through four Central European capitals before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.
Once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, the river passes through or touches the borders of ten countries:
- Romania (29.0% of basin area),
- Hungary (11.6%),
- Serbia (10.2%),
- Austria (10.0%),
- Germany (7.0%),
- Slovakia (5.9%),
- Bulgaria (5.9%),
- Croatia (4.4%),
- Ukraine (3.8%), and
- Moldova (1.6%),
more than any other. Its drainage basin extends into nine more.
Question : 5
Which pair amongst the following is not correctly matched?
a) Lorraine coal fields – France
b) The queen of Adriatic sea – Rome
c) Tula – Russia
d) West Midlands – Birmingham
Answer »Answer: (b)
Venice is known as queen of the Adriatic.
Question : 6
Lake formed by Aswan Dam in Africa is
a) Victoria
b) Chad
c) Tanganyika
d) Nassar
Answer »Answer: (d)
Lake Nasser was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in Southern Egypt across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. The largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser has a major role in Egypt’s fishing industry.
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