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Question 11. Statement I
El Nino is a temperature rising phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean and usually causes dry monsoon in South Asia.
Statement II
Tsunamis are usually not noticed as the massive ocean waves move silently but assume destructive form as these travel through shallow waters of continental shelves.
  1.    Statement I is false, but Statement II is true.
  2.    Statement I is true, but Statement II is false.
  3.    Both the statement are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
  4.    Both the statement are individually true, but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both the statement are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
Answer: (c)
Question 12. Which one of the following country is geographically located in America but politically is a part of Europe?
  1.    Cuba
  2.    Greenland
  3.    Iceland
  4.    Canary Iceland
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Greenland
Answer: (b)
Question 13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Country)
(Capital)
A. Brazil
1. Havana
B. Cuba
2. Brasilia
C. Kenya
3. Lusaka
D. Zambia
4. Nairobi
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 4 1 2
  2.    2 3 1 4
  3.    1 2 3 4
  4.    2 1 4 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2 1 4 3
Answer: (d)
Question 14. The capital of Tanzania is
  1.    Dar-es-Salaam
  2.    Kampala
  3.    Nairobi
  4.    Lusaka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Dar-es-Salaam
Answer: (a)
Dar es Salaam, formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country’s richest city and a regionally important economic centre.
Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as the capital city to Dodoma in 1974 (a move which was not complete until 1996), it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.
Being situated so close to the equator and the warm Indian Ocean, the city experiences generally tropical climatic conditions, typified by hot and humid weather throughout much of the year. Dar es Salaam features a tropical wet and dry climate, with two different rainy seasons.
Question 15. Which of these countries forms the longest territorial border with India?
  1.    Nepal
  2.    Bangladesh
  3.    China
  4.    Pakistan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Bangladesh
Answer: (b)
Question 16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I
List II
(World Islands)
(Owner Country)
A. Aleutian Islands
1. Russia
B. Bear Islands
2. Denmark
C. Greenland
3. Norway
D. Franz Josef Island
4. U.S.A.
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 4 1 3
  2.    3 1 4 2
  3.    4 3 2 1
  4.    1 2 3 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 3 1 4 2
Answer: (b)
Question 17. Which one of the following characteristics of the earth is not explained by the tetrahedral hypothesis?
  1.    Triangular shape of the continents and the oceans.
  2.    Antipodal arrangement of the continents and oceans.
  3.    Drifting of the continents.
  4.    Location of chain of Fold Mountains around the Pacific Ocean.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Drifting of the continents.
Answer: (c)
The Tetrahedral hypothesis is an obsolete scientific theory attempting to explain the arrangement of the Earth’s continents and oceans by referring to the geometry of a tetrahedron.
Although it was a historically interesting theory in the late 19th and early 20th century, it was superseded by the concepts of continental drift and modern plate tectonics.
Question 18. Match the following List-I & List-II
List I
List II
A. Sri Lanka
1. Male
B. Maldives
2. Rangoon
C. Burma
3. Colombo
D. Zimbabwe
4. Harare
E. Mauritius
5. Port Louis
Codes: A B C D E
  1.    5 4 3 1 2
  2.    3 1 4 2 5
  3.    3 1 2 4 5
  4.    3 2 1 4 5
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 1 2 4 5
Answer: (c)
Question 19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Country)
(Capital)
A. Bulgaria
1. Oslo
B. Georgia
2. Reykjavik
C. Iceland
3. Sofia
D. Norway
4. Tbilisi
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 2 1 3
  2.    3 4 1 2
  3.    3 4 2 1
  4.    4 2 3 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 4 2 1
Answer: (c)
Question 20. Which of the following Countries is land-locked country?
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Hungary
  3. Malaysia
  4. Switzerland
Choose the correct answer from the code given below]
  1.    1, 2 and 4
  2.    2, 3 and 4
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 4
Answer: (a)

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