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Question 131. Which one of the following is not a national capital?
  1.    Beijing
  2.    New York
  3.    Bonn
  4.    Canberra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> New York
Answer: (b)
Question 132. Which of the following countries does not form border with the Caspian Sea?
  1.    Kazakhstan
  2.    Iraq
  3.    Azerbaijan
  4.    Iran
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Iraq
Answer: (b)
Question 133. Which of the following rivers from international border?
  1.    Rhine
  2.    Yamuna
  3.    Indus
  4.    Nile
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Rhine
Answer: (a)
Question 134. Which river of Africa crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice?
  1.    Zambezi
  2.    Niger
  3.    Congo
  4.    Limpopo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Limpopo
Answer: (d)Limpopo, River of Africa crosses the tropic of Capricorn twice. The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean.
Question 135. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    Batticaloa - Sri Lanka
  2.    Bandung - Indonesia
  3.    Auroville - Pondicherry
  4.    Baikonur - Ukraine
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Baikonur - Ukraine
Answer: (d)
Question 136. Which of the following statements is incorrect about ‘great circle’?
  1.    A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere
  2.    Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
  3.    Equator is great circle
  4.    A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle arc between two points
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
Answer: (b)
There can be more than one great circle which can be drawn on a sphere.
Question 137. The International boundary between North Korea and South Korea runs along
  1.    48º N, Lat.
  2.    38º N, Lat.
  3.    25º N, Lat.
  4.    33º N, Lat.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 38º N, Lat.
Answer: (b)
Question 138. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    Christ Church - New Zealand
  2.    Nairobi - Kenya
  3.    Budapest - Hungary
  4.    Kinshasa - Zaire
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Christ Church - New Zealand
Answer: (a)
Question 139. Assertion (A):
Most of the mega cities of the world are located in coastal areas.
Reason (R):
They are the gateways to international ocean routes.
Select the correct answer from the code given below.
Code
  1.    (A) is false, but (R) is true
  2.    (A) is true, but (R) is false
  3.    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4.    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Answer: (c)
Question 140. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list. Codes :
List I
List II
A. 0º latitude
i. Standard meridian of India
B. $88{1/2}$º E
ii. Arctic Circle
C. $23{1/2}$º S
iii. Equator
D. $66{1/2}$º N
iv. Tropic of Capricorn
Codes: A B C D
  1.    A - (iii), B - (i), C - (ii), D - (iv)
  2.    A - (iii), B - (ii), C - (i), D - (iv)
  3.    A - (iii), B - (i), C - (iv), D - (ii)
  4.    A - (ii), B - (iii), C - (iv), D - (i)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A - (iii), B - (i), C - (iv), D - (ii)
Answer: (c)
The Equator is the parallel line located at 0° latitude. It is identified as the latitude that falls at the point that is equidistant from the North Pole and the South Pole. The Equator’s covers a distance on the Earth’s surface approximately 24,901 miles long.
The standard meridian of India is $88{1/2}$º E of the Greenwich Meridian. This meridian passes through the city of Allahabad. It runs through the centre of the country.
The Tropic of Capricorn, or Southern tropic, is one of the five major circles of latitude of a map of the Earth. It is 23° 26' 22'' south of the Equator. It marks the most southerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead.
The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' 39'' (or 66.56083°) north of the Equator and is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. Everything north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south of this circle is the Northern Temperate Zone.

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