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Answer: (b)

The Equator passes through Kenya.

Answer: (b)

Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.

It is the longest railway in the world. There are branch lines to China through Mongolia and Manchuria, with service continuing to North Korea. It was built between 1891 and 1916 to connect Moscow with the Far-East city of Vladivostok. En route, it passes through the cities of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk.

The main route of the Trans-Siberian originates in Moscow at Yaroslavsky Vokzal, runs through Yaroslavl, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita and Khabarovsk to Vladivostok via southern Siberia and was built from 1891 to 1916 under the supervision of government ministers of Russia who were personally appointed by Tsar Alexander III and by his son, Tsar Nicholas II.

Answer: (c)

The Arab world consists of the Arabic-speaking states and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere which comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast.

Israel is a non-Arab country that has been embroiled in conflicts with these nations since the 1950s.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Mercator’s projection is used for marine navigation due to the fact that it shows loxodromes as straight lines.