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Answer: (b)

Satellite images from Google Earth and NASA World Wind show that Semo La, with an elevation of 5,565 m/18,258 feet, is the world's highest motorable pass.

Situated in the central part of Tibet, it gives access to the Chang Tang region. It is the alternative access route to western Tibet and Mount Kailash.

Answer: (c)

Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. En route it passes through the cities of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk to Vladivostok via southern Siberia.

Answer: (d)

Coolgardie lies in Western Australia and it is a famous gold mine.

Answer: (a)

Chicago is situated on the banks of Lake Michigan in Illinois.

Answer: (b)

The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia’s two principal areas of illicit opium production, (with the other being the Golden Triangle), located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia.

This space overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent, though only Afghanistan and Pakistan produce opium, with Iran being a consumer and transhipment route for the smuggled opiates.

In addition to opiates, Afghanistan is also the world’s largest producer of hashish.