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(a) Vesuvius
(b) Etna
(c) Stromboli
(d) Kilimanjaro
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
Stromboli is called the light house of the Mediterranean. Stromboli is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy.
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Question : 1
What is the longest mountain range in the world above sea-level?
a) Himalayas
b) Andes mountains
c) Pyreness mountains
d) Alps
Answer »Answer: (b)
A mountain range, or ‘mountain belt’, is a geographic area containing numerous geologically related mountains. Above sea level the Andes is usually considered the world’s longest mountain system; it is 7,000 kilometres in length. The Himalaya Range contains the highest mountains on the Earth’s surface, the highest of which is Mount Everest. The world’s longest mountain system is known as Ocean Ridge, which is a chain of mountains that runs on the seafloor of five oceans around the world; it has a length of 65,000 kilometres, and the total length of the system is 80,000 kilometres. The Andes is the world’s longest mountain system on the surface of a continent; it is 7,000 kilometres in length. To clarify, the Andes is the world’s largest chain of mountains above sea level.
Question : 2
Match List I and List II and mark the correct answer.
List I | List II |
(Climate type) | (Station) |
a. Taiga | 1. Jacobabad |
b. Monsoon | 2. India |
c. Alpine | 3. Veckhoyansk |
d. Desert | 4. La Paz |
a) a = 4, b = 2, c = 1, d = 3
b) a = 3, b = 2, c = 4, d = 1
c) a = 3, b = 4, c = 1, d = 2
d) a = 2, b = 4, c = 3, d = 1
Answer »Answer: (b)
- Taiga: Verkhoyansk (Siberia);
- Monsoon: India;
- Alpine: La Paz (Bolivia);
- Desert: Jacobabad (Sindh, Pakistan).
Question : 3
What is the name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that erupted again in May 2016?
a) Mount Merapi
b) Mount Singabung
c) Mount Agung
d) Mount Rinjani
Answer »Answer: (b)
Mount Sinabung, a stratovolcano, located in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted in May 2016. Seven persons were killed in the wake of its eruption.
The 2,460- metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is one of 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
Question : 4
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I | List II |
(Mountains peak) | (Country) |
A. Mt. Everest | 1. India |
B. K2 | 2. Nepal |
C. Mt. McKinley | 3. North America (USA) |
D. Mt. Aconcagua | 4. South America |
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 3 4
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 4 3 2 1
Answer »Answer: (b)
- Mt. Everest is in Nepal which is the highest Peak in the world,
- K2 is in India. It is the 2nd highest Peak in the world,
- Mt. McKinley is in North America (USA),
- Mt. Aconcagua is in South America.
Question : 5
‘Dead Sea’ is called so because
a) it does not support any acquatic life
b) the water is brackish
c) it has no waves
d) it is not favourable for navigation
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Dead Sea is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. With 33.7% salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water. It is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, hence its name.
Question : 6
Source of River Nile is
a) Lake Victoria
b) Lake Nassir
c) Lake Tanganyika
d) Lake Chad
Answer »Answer: (a)
Two rivers leave Lake Victoria, the White Nile (known as the 'Victoria Nile' as it leaves the lake), flows out at Jinja, Uganda on the lake's north shore, and the Katonga River flows out at Lukaya on the western shore connecting the lake to Lake George. Both are part of the upper Nile river system.
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