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Questions : Which one of the following is/ are wrongly matched?
  1. Typhoons — China Sea
  2. Hurricanes— India Ocean
  3. Cyclone — West Indies
  4. Tornadoes — Australia

(a) A, B and D

(b) A, B and C

(c) B, C and D

(d) A, C and D

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

  1. A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin. It is common in the China Sea.
  2. Hurricanes are common on the east coast of North America and the adjoining islands.
  3. In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. It is common in the Indian Ocean.
  4. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones. Tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica. However, the vast majority of tornadoes in the world occur in the so-called “Tornado Alley” region of the United States.

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Question : 1

Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?

a) Bering Strait

b) Malacca Strait

c) Strait of Gibraltar

d) Strait of Florida

Answer: (a)

Bering Strait is nearest to the International Date line, because the international Date line runs equidistant between the American continents, on its East and Asia, Australia, and Europe on its west.

Question : 2

The Strait of Gibraltar provides entry into the

a) Red Sea

b) Indian Ocean

c) Atlantic Ocean

d) Mediterranean Sea

Answer: (c)

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.

Question : 3

Match correctly the following deserts and their location by choosing the correct response:

List I List II
(Desert ) (Location )
a. Kalahari i. South America
b. Atacama ii. Australia
c. Thar iii. Africa
d. Great Victoria iv. Asia
Codes: a b c d

a) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(ii), d-(i)

b) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(iv)

c) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii)

d) a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iv)

Answer: (c)

  1. Kalahari Desert: a large semi-arid sandy savannah in southern Africa;
  2. Atacama Desert: the driest hot desert in the world, located in South America;
  3. Thar Desert: a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, and
  4. Great Victoria: a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia.

Question : 4

The ports on either end of the Suez canal are

a) Suez and Cairo

b) Cairo and Alexandria

c) Port Said and Suez

d) Cairo and Port Said

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

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
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 1 3 4

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 4 3 2 1

Answer: (b)

  1. Mt. Everest – Nepal
  2. K2 – India
  3. Mt. McKinley – USA
  4. Mt. Aconcagua – South America

All these are the names of the highest mountain peaks located in the countries respectively.

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