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Question 261. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
  1.    Bering Strait
  2.    Malacca Strait
  3.    Strait of Gibraltar
  4.    Strait of Florida
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bering Strait
Answer: (a) Bering Strait is nearest to the International Date line, because the international Date line runs equidistant between the American continents, on its East and Asia, Australia, and Europe on its west.
Question 262. The ports on either end of the Suez canal are
  1.    Suez and Cairo
  2.    Cairo and Alexandria
  3.    Port Said and Suez
  4.    Cairo and Port Said
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Port Said and Suez
Answer: (c)
Question 263. The Strait of Gibraltar provides entry into the
  1.    Red Sea
  2.    Indian Ocean
  3.    Atlantic Ocean
  4.    Mediterranean Sea
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Atlantic Ocean
Answer: (c)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.
Question 264. Which one of the following is/ are wrongly matched?

  1. Typhoons — China Sea

  2. Hurricanes— India Ocean

  3. Cyclone — West Indies

  4. Tornadoes — Australia


  1.    A, B and D
  2.    A, B and C
  3.    B, C and D
  4.    A, C and D
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> B, C and D
Answer: (c)
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin. It is common in the China Sea.
Hurricanes are common on the east coast of North America and the adjoining islands.
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. It is common in the Indian Ocean.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones. Tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica. However, the vast majority of tornadoes in the world occur in the so-called “Tornado Alley” region of the United States.
Question 265. The correct sequence of languages in descending order in terms of their number of speakers in the world is
  1.    English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish
  2.    Spanish, English, Chinese, Hindi
  3.    Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish
  4.    Hindi, Chinese, Spanish, English
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish
Answer: (c)
Question 266. The driest area of the Earth is
  1.    Atacama desert
  2.    Arabian desert
  3.    Thar desert
  4.    Gobi desert
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Atacama desert
Answer: (a)The driest area of the earth is Atacama-desert. The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is the driest hot desert in the world.
Question 267. What is the name given to an almost circular coral reef inside which there is a lagoon ?
  1.    Barrier reef
  2.    Fringing reef
  3.    Isthmus
  4.    Atoll
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Atoll
Answer: (d)
Question 268. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I
List II
(Processes)
(Landforms)
A. Permafrost
1. Flood plain
B. Diastrophism
2. Pingo
C. Running water
3. Stack
D. Sea waves
4. Horst
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 4 3
  2.    2 4 1 3
  3.    4 3 2 1
  4.    1 2 2 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2 4 1 3
Answer: (b)
Permafrost – Pingo (A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter.
Diastrophism – Horst: A horst is a raised block of the Earth’s crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided.
Running water – Flood Plain (A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls and experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.)
Sea waves – Stack (A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.
Question 269. Port Stanely is the capital of the
  1.    Falkland Island
  2.    West Indies
  3.    Madagascar (Nayalgasey)
  4.    Hawaii Island
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Falkland Island
Answer: (a)
Question 270. Which one of the following ‘City & River’ pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    London — Thames
  2.    Berlin — Rhine
  3.    Vienna — Danube
  4.    New York — Hudson
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Berlin — Rhine
Answer: (b)

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