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Question 271. Which among the following is the world’s highest road pass accessible on a motor vehicle?
  1.    Semo La
  2.    Khardung La
  3.    Marsimik La
  4.    Dungri La
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Khardung La
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.
Question 272. Chicago is situated on the banks of
  1.    Lake Michigan
  2.    Lake Ontario
  3.    Lake Superior
  4.    Great Slave Lake
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Lake Michigan
Answer: (a)Chicago is situated on the banks of Lake Michigan in Illinois.
Question 273. Which of the following sets of countries are referred to as ‘The Golden Crescent’ the largest opium industry in the world?
  1.    Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq
  2.    Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
  3.    Myanmar, Laos and Thailand
  4.    Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
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.
Question 274. Trans-Siberian Railway terminals are
  1.    St. Petersburg and Vladivostok
  2.    Moscow and Krasnoyarsk
  3.    Moscow and Vladivostok
  4.    St. Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Moscow and Vladivostok
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.
Question 275. Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of
  1.    Northern Territory
  2.    Queensland
  3.    New South Wales
  4.    Western Australia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Western Australia
Answer: (d)Coolgardie lies in Western Australia and it is a famous gold mine.
Question 276. Which one of the following countries is credited with the establishment of uranium city?
  1.    Russia
  2.    Canada
  3.    Australia
  4.    U.S.A
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Canada
Answer: (b)
Canada is credited with the establishment of Uranium city. Uranium City is a settlement in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Located on the northern shores of Lake Athabasca near the border of the Northwest Territories it is 230 m (750 ft) above sea level.
The settlement is 760 km (470 mi) northwest of Prince Albert, 760 km (470 mi) northeast of Edmonton and 48 km (30 mi) south of the Northwest Territories-Saskatchewan boundary.
Question 277. World’s largest reserve of Uranium found in
  1.    Brazil
  2.    Canada
  3.    Australia
  4.    South Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Australia
Answer: (c)Australia is the country with largest uranium reserve but due to opposition against uranium mining it is the third Uranium producer country behind Kazakhstan and Canada.
Question 278. Which of the following countries are the best examples of highly scientific development and management of pastoral farming?
  1.    Denmark and Holland
  2.    Czechoslovakia and Poland
  3.    France and Spain
  4.    Greenland and Norway
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Denmark and Holland
Answer: (a)
Question 279. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 
List I
List II
A. Hydropower
1. France
B. Coal
2. Congo Democratic Republic
C. Petroleum
3. Poland
D. Nuclear power
4. Iraq
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 4 1 2
  2.    1 3 2 4
  3.    2 3 4 1
  4.    4 1 3 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 3 4 1
Answer: (c)
Hydropower associated with the Congo Democratic Republic. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a reserve of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and a potential hydroelectric power generating capacity of around 100,000 MW. The Inga Dam, alone on the Congo River, has the potential capacity to generate 40,000 to 45,000 MW of electric power, sufficient to supply the electricity needs of the whole southern Africa region.
Coal associated with Poland.
Today Iraq’s reserve to production ratio is 158 years.
Nuclear power associated with France. France derives over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a longstanding policy based on energy security.
Question 280. Which one of the following is the most industrialized country of Latin America?
  1.    Chile
  2.    Colombia
  3.    Brazil
  4.    Argentina
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Brazil
Answer: (c)

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