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Question 101. Name the largest desert of Asia
  1.    Gobi
  2.    Thar
  3.    Karakum
  4.    Takla Makan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Gobi
Answer: (a)The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, covering 500,000 square miles.It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. is a rain shadow desert, formed by the Himalayan mountain range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean reaching the Gobi territory.
Question 102. What does ‘ITCZ’ mean?
  1.    Inter-Topical Convergence Zone
  2.    Inter-Temperate Convergence Zone
  3.    Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
  4.    India-Thailand Convergence Zone
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
Answer: (c)‘ITCZ’ mean Inter Tropical Convergence zone.
Question 103. The Strait of Gibraltar is situated in the
  1.    Indian Peninsula
  2.    Iberian Peninsula
  3.    Cape York Peninsula
  4.    Arabian Peninsula
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Iberian Peninsula
Answer: (b)
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa.
On the northern side of the Strait are Spain and Gibraltar (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the southern side are Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa).
Question 104. Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight Sun’?
  1.    Norway
  2.    Sweden
  3.    Finland
  4.    Germany
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Norway
Answer: (a)
Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun never dips entirely below the horizon between late May and late July.
During the summer months, areas located north of the Arctic Circle experience nearly perpetual daylight; these areas may see up to 20 hours of sunlight during the time of the midnight sun, but experience long periods of darkness during the winter.
Question 105. Which country has the densest railway network in terms of per million people?
  1.    USA
  2.    China
  3.    Australia
  4.    India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Australia
Answer: (c)
Question 106. The Continent through which the imaginary lines of Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Carpricorn and Equator pass, is
  1.    Australia
  2.    Africa
  3.    Asia
  4.    Europe
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Africa
Answer: (b)Africa is the only continent through which all the main latitude lines; Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, pass. The Prime Meridian (a line of longitude) also passes through Africa.
Question 107. Sunda strait lies between
  1.    Java and Borneo
  2.    Sumatra and Borneo
  3.    Sulawest and Java
  4.    Java and Sumatra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Java and Sumatra
Answer: (d)
The Sunda Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.
The name comes from the Indonesian term Pasundan, meaning 'West Java. It also comes from the name of the Sundanese people the native people of West Java with the Javanese people being found mostly in Central and East Java.
Question 108.
List I
List II
(City)
(Industry)
A. Osaka
1. Shipbuilding
B. Hamburg
2. Textiles
C. Detroit
3. Iron & Steel
D. Pittsburg
4. Automobiles
Codes: A B C D
  1.    A – 1 ; B – 2 ; C – 3 ; D – 4
  2.    A – 2 ; B – 1 ; C – 4 ; D – 3
  3.    A – 4 ; B – 1 ; C – 2 ; D – 3
  4.    A – 2 ; B – 3 ; C – 1 ; D – 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A – 4 ; B – 1 ; C – 2 ; D – 3
Answer: (c)
Question 109. Which of the following countries are the best examples of highly scientific development and management of pastoral farming?
  1.    Denmark and Holland
  2.    France and Spain
  3.    Greenland and Norway
  4.    Czechoslovakia and Poland
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Denmark and Holland
Answer: (a)
Question 110. At what altitude are Alpine forests found?
  1.    900 – 1800 m
  2.    1800 – 2000 m
  3.    2900 – 3500 m
  4.    2000 – 2500 m
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2900 – 3500 m
Answer: (c)

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