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(a) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(b) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
(c) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea
(d) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Turkey’s smaller part is in Southeastern Europe and its larger part in Western Asia which is located between Black Sea and Mediterranean
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Question : 1
Savanna natural region is characterized by which one of the following?
a) Broad-leaf evergreen forests and grasses
b) A distinct wet and dry season with annual range of temperature between 3°C – 8°C
c) No spatial variation in mean annual rainfall
d) Uniformly high temperature throughout the year
Answer »Answer: (d)
Savanna subtropical grassland are prevailing in both hemisphere from 5° to 20° latitudes. The main countries of this area are South Africa, Sudan, Venezuela and Brazil. Hanoi is the Capital of Vietnam.
Question : 2
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched based on River & Countries?
- Niger — Guinea
- Orange — S. Africa
- Karai — Egypt
- Nile — Mali
a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 3 and 4
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km² in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea. The Orange River is the longest river in South Africa.
It rises in the Drakensberg Mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Nile, which is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long, is an “international” river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.
Question : 3
“Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.” The above statement best describes which of the following regions?
a) Central Asian Steppe
b) African Savannah
c) Siberian Tundra
d) North American Prairie
Answer »Answer: (a)
The central Asian steppes run through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The climate here is harsh with dust storms, little to no rainfall and temperature ranging from – 4 to 50 degree Celsius.
Question : 4
The pacific Ring of Fire is
a) a volcanic belt around the Pacific
b) an area of constant forest fires in the Pacific islands
c) islands rich in fuel minerals in the pacific
d) an area of intense heat in the Pacific
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
It has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
Question : 5
Which of the following is the highest mountain peak of the U.S.A.?
a) Kilauea
b) Albert
c) Mc kinley
d) Mauna Lao
Answer »Answer: (c)
Mc Kinley is the highest mountain peak in the USA. Mount Mc Kinley or Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,237 feet above sea level.
At some 18,000 feet, the base to peak rise is considered the largest of any mountain situated entirely above sea level.
Question : 6
Which of the following is a landlocked sea?
a) Arafura Sea
b) Timor Sea
c) Aral Sea
d) Greenland Sea
Answer »Answer: (c)
The landlocked seas are the Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Salton Sea and Sea of Galilee. Landlocked seas may are also considered lakes as the definition of a lake is “a large body of fresh water surrounded by land”.
A landlocked sea would be one with no access to the rest of the world’s oceans.
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