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Question 151. Mexico is located in
  1.    European Continent
  2.    African Continent
  3.    South American Continent
  4.    North American Continent
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> North American Continent
Answer: (d)
Question 152. Excluding the East European countries and Russia, the country with the largest area under forest, is
  1.    Brazil
  2.    Australia
  3.    USA
  4.    Canada
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Brazil
Answer: (a)
The forested area (in square kilometres) and countries are:
Russia: 7,762,602;
Brazil: 4,776,980;
Canada: 3,101,340;
United States: 3,030,890; and
China: 1,821,000.
However, when it comes to a forested area as per cent of total land area, the list is;
Brazil: (56.10%);
Russia: (45.40%);
Canada: (31.06%);
United States: (30.84%), etc.
Question 153. Israel has common borders with
  1.    Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
  2.    Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
  3.    Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
  4.    Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
Answer: (c)
Question 154. Consider the map given below indicating four places frequently figuring in the news. Which one of them is Chechnya? Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
  1.    4
  2.    3
  3.    1
  4.    2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 3
Answer: (b)
Question 155. The midnight Sun appears at
  1.    Tropic of Cancer
  2.    Equator
  3.    North Pole
  4.    South Pole
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Answer: Option C. -> North Pole
Answer: (c)
Question 156. The “Dark Continent” is
  1.    Asia
  2.    Australia
  3.    Africa
  4.    South America
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Africa
Answer: (c)
Dark Continent is a former name for Africa. It is so used because its hinterland was largely unknown and therefore mysterious to Europeans until the 19th century.
Henry M. Stanley was probably the first to use the term in his 1878 account Through the Dark Continent.
Question 157. Which continent of the world does not have a desert?
  1.    North America
  2.    Asia
  3.    Australia
  4.    Europe
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Europe
Answer: (d)Europe does not have a desert. It has Accona desert- a semi-desert in central Italy.
Question 158. The Horn of Africa does not include
  1.    Sudan
  2.    Somalia
  3.    Ethiopia
  4.    Eritea
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Sudan
Answer: (a)
Question 159. Which country has the largest coastline?
  1.    India
  2.    Canada
  3.    U.S.A.
  4.    Australia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Canada
Answer: (b)
Question 160. Kandhar is located in
  1.    Western Pakistan
  2.    Eastern Iraq
  3.    Southern Afghanistan
  4.    Northern Afghanistan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Southern Afghanistan
Answer: (c)

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