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(a) Atlas Mountains : North-Western Africa
(b) Abyssinian Plateau : Arabia
(c) Okavango Basin : Patagonia
(d) Guiana Highlands : South-Western Africa
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Atlas mountain ranges are situated in the northwestern part of Africa. They extend almost 2000 km. They pass through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
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Question : 1
Flanders industrial region is renowned for
a) Car manufacturing
b) Iron & steel industry
c) Electronics
d) Textile manufacturing
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Which one of the following is the longest river in the world?
a) Yangtze-Kiang
b) Amazon
c) Mississipi-Missouri
d) Nile
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,650 km long. It runs through the ten countries.
Question : 3
La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino?
- La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
- El Nino has an adverse effect on the southwest monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on the monsoon climate.
a) 2 only
b) 1 only
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) Both 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (c)
La Nina is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Nino as part of the broader El Nino-Southern Oscillation climate pattern.
During a period of La Nina, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3–5 °C. In the United States.
A La Nina, on the other hand, is often beneficial for the monsoon, especially in the latter half.
Question : 4
Through which of the given regions does the equator run?
a) India
b) Africa
c) China’
d) Arabia
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Equator crosses/ passes through seven countries in Africa: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (off the coast of mainland Africa); Gabon; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of Congo; Uganda; Kenya and Somalia.
Question : 5
Arrange the following islands of Japan in ascending order of their areal size and select the correct answer from the codes:
- Hokkaido
- Honshu
- Shikoku
- Kyushu
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 4, 3, 2, 1
c) 3, 4, 1, 2
d) 2, 4, 1, 3
Answer »Answer: (c)
Shikoku – Kyushu – Hokkaido – Honshu
- Honshu – Honshu has a total area of 88,017 square miles (227,962 sq km) and it is the world’s seventh-largest island.
- Hokkaido – Hokkaido is the second-largest island in Japan with a total area of 32,221 square miles (83,453 sq km).
- Kyushu – It has a total area of 13,761 square miles (35,640 sq km).
- Shikoku – Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s main islands with a total area of 7,260 square miles (18,800 sq km).
Question : 6
‘Dykes’ are especially constructed in
a) Holland
b) Norway
c) United Kingdom
d) France
Answer »Answer: (a)
A dike or dyke in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across: planar wall rock structures, such as bedding or foliation; and massive rock formations, like igneous/ magmatic intrusions and salt diapirs. Today, approximately 27 per cent of the Netherlands is actually below sea level.
This area is home to over 60 per cent of the country’s population of 15.8 million people. The Netherlands, which is approximately the size of the U.S. states Connecticut and Massachusetts combined, has an approximate average elevation of 11 meters. With the help of dikes, the Netherlands (also known as Holland) was able to reclaim land for settlement and also control flooding.
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