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(a) Mt. Etna — Italy
(b) Mt. Rainier — USA
(c) Taal — Argentina
(d) Paricutin — Mexico
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
Taal is a complex Volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
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Question : 1
Name the largest desert of Asia
a) Gobi
b) Thar
c) Karakum
d) Takla Makan
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, covering 500,000 square miles.It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. is a rain shadow desert, formed by the Himalayan mountain range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean reaching the Gobi territory.
Question : 2
The Strait of Gibraltar is situated in the
a) Indian Peninsula
b) Iberian Peninsula
c) Cape York Peninsula
d) Arabian Peninsula
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa.
On the northern side of the Strait are Spain and Gibraltar (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the southern side are Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa).
Question : 3
Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight Sun’?
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Finland
d) Germany
Answer »Answer: (a)
Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun never dips entirely below the horizon between late May and late July.
During the summer months, areas located north of the Arctic Circle experience nearly perpetual daylight; these areas may see up to 20 hours of sunlight during the time of the midnight sun, but experience long periods of darkness during the winter.
Question : 4
Match List I with list II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I | List II |
(Agents of erosion) | (Topographical feature) |
A. Running water | 1. Cirque |
B. Glacier | 2. Barchan |
C. Wind | 3. Rift Valley |
D. Underground Water | 4. Doline |
5. Gorge |
a) A-5; B-2; C-1; D-3
b) A-5; B-1; C-2; D-4
c) A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2
d) A-4; B-2; C-1; D-5
Answer »Answer: (b)
- Running water – Gorge (A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a stream flowing through it. Gorges are smaller and narrower than canyons and are often a part of a canyon.)
- Glacier – Cirque (A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.)
- Wind – Barchan, is a crescent-shaped dune.
- Underground water – Doline
Question : 5
Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?
a) Mediterranean sea
b) Caspian sea
c) Dead Sea
d) Red sea
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 6
Cape Cod is located near
a) Washington
b) Philadelphia
c) Boston
d) Florida
Answer »Answer: (c)
Cape Cod often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States. The nearest city is Boston which is the capital of Massachusetts.
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; this shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 100 km.
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