Ans. (c)

Explanation

Huangpu river flows through Shanghai city, is the most important Shipping artery from the mouth of the Yangtzekiang river in Wusong to the East China sea. Huangpu river is a tributary of Yangtzekiang river (3rd longest river in the world after Nile and Amazon).

Ans. (b)

Explanation

Equator passes through Columbia, Kenya and Indonesia. The other countries through which the equator passes through includes Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Somalia, Equador and Brazil.

Ans. (b)

Explanation

Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between Bulgaria and Greece. The old European civilization flourished in Macedonia between 7000 and 3500 B.C. The existence of Macedonian nation was permanently distributing the neighbouring countries viz., Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania.

Ans. (d)

Explanation

Harmattan is a dusty land-wind of the West African coast. The length of terrestrial mile (1-6 km) is lesser than that of a nautical mile (1-85 km). Greece and Albania forms a part of Balkan peninsula, Portugal and Spain forms Iberian peninsula.

Ans. (a)

Explanation

Baikonour (Leninsk) - Kazakhsthan

Kourou - French Guiana

Borobudur - Indonesia

Cannes – France

Ans. (c)

Explanation

Davos, the venue of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum is located in Switzerland.

Ans. (b)

Explanation

Bermuda triangle extends upto southern Florida San Juan and Puerto Rico in the Atlantic ocean. Hawaii islands are present in Pacific ocean. This triangle is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats and aircraft.

Ans. (b)

Explanation

Canada is the leading producer of Uranium in the world mainly from the deposits situated in Saskatchewan. Australia has the largest reserve of Uranium followed by S. Africa and Nigeria.

Ans. (c)

Explanation

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), (1991), Minsk (Belarus). CIS is made up of 12 of the 15 former Soviet Constituent Republics. Members of the CIS in 1995 includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.