🌍 World Political Geography - PYQ

Q1. Aral Sea 2. Black Sea (a) Bali (b) Brunei 3. Lake Baikal (c) Java (d) Singapore Select the correct answer using the code given below : 81. Turkey is located between [2014 - I] (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 (a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea (c) 2 only (d) 1 and 3 (b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea 89. Consider the following pairs :

Q2. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia (a) India (b) Nepal does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

Q3. Australia 1. It is an agreement among all the Pacific Rim countries B. Grand Canyon 2. Canada except China and Russia. C. Lake Winnipeg 3. New Zealand 2. It is a strategic alliance for the purpose of maritime D. Southern Alps 4. USA security only. Codes: Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) A-1; B-2; C-4; D-3 (b) A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) A-3; B-2; C-4; D-1 (d

Q4. Which among the following has the world’s largest reserves 87. Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following of Uranium?

Q5. Jordan 2. Iraq (c) Russian Federation (d) USA 3. Lebanon 4. Syria 79. Which one of the following is the country’s administrative Select the correct answer using the code given below: capital new federal administrative centre of Malaysia? (a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only

Q6. Length of a terrestrial mile is lesser than that of a (a) Baltic Sea (b) Mediterranean Sea nautical mile. (c) Black Sea (d) North Sea 2. Harmattan is a dusty land-wind of the East African Coast. 68. Which of the following cities is nearest to the equator? 3. Greece and Albania form a part of the Iberian Peninsula. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? (a) Colombo (b)Jakarta

Q7. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the 58. Through which one of the following groups of countries International Date Line?

Q8. Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel (a) Beijing (b) Ho Chi Minh City connect the United Kingdom and France? (c) Shanghai (d) Manila 56. Which one of the following countries is the leading (a) Davis Strait (b)Denmark Strait

Q9. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of (b) Canada which one of the following countries?

Q10. Ras al-Khaimah was the last Sheikhdom to join the (a) Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam UAE. (b) Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (c) Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (d) Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 61. Where is Copacabana Beach located?

Q11. Which one of the following cities does not have the same (a) Brazil and USA clock time as that of the other three cities at any given (b) USA and Indonesia instant?

Q12. Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a Codes: bone of contention between which of the following (a) A-3; B-2; C-4; D-1 countries?

Q13. Ukraine 2. Romania 59. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 3. Belarus

Q14. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania?

Q15. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of Pakistan while moving from the north 4 towards the south?

Q16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using 36. The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with the river: the codes given below the lists:

Q17. Kazakhstan Codes: (a) A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3 (b) A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4 (c) A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4 (d) A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3 46. Which one of the following does not border Panama? (a) Coast Rica (b) Pacific Ocean

Q18. The great Asian river Mekong does not run through: (c) North America–Africa–Europe–South America (a) China (b) Malaysia

Q19. Southern Florida 2. Puerto Rico (a) Russia (b) Estonia 3. Hawaiian Islands (c) Lithuania (d) Poland Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 45. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only the codes given below:

Q20. River Manzanares B. Berlin 2. River Seine 37. Life expectancy is the highest in the world in :

Q21. River Spree D. Madrid 4. River Potomac (c) Japan (d) Norway Codes : 38. Consider the following statements:

Q22. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, Scotland and (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 Northern Ireland. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. England covers less than 60% of the total area of the 39. Israel has common borders with:

Q23. Itaipu Dam built on the river Parana is one of the largest 40. Which among the following countries has the largest dams in the world. Which of the following two countries population?

Q24. Which one of the following countries is land locked? (c) Brazil and Paraguay (a) Bolivia (b) Peru

Q25. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the 42. Which one of the following countries does not border the given continents in the decreasing order of their percentage Caspian Sea?

Q26. Consider the following statements regarding environment (a) Chad (b) Malawi issues in India:

Q27. Gulf of Mannar is one of the biosphere reserves 27. A class of animals known as Marsupials is a characteristic 2. The Ganga Action Plan, phase II has been merged with feature of :

Q28. Brazil 2. Indonesia 3. Japan 4. Russia What is the descending order of the size of the following countries population-wise ? The above map is the Union Territory of :

Q29. Bangladesh 2. India (d) Pondicherry 3. Pakistan 4. Sri Lanka 29. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using The descending order of literacy status of these countries is: the codes given below the lists:

Q30. Latitude List-I List-II Codes: A. Manganese 1. Madhya Pradesh (a) A – 1; B – 2; C – 4; D – 5 B. Nickel 2. Orissa (b) A – 4; B – 5; C – 1; D – 3 C. Lead-zinc 3. Rajasthan (c) A – 5; B – 2; C – 4; D – 3 D. Asbestos 4. Andhra Pradesh (d) A – 5; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4 Codes: 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: (a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 3; D – 4

Q31. Idukki : Thermal power station (c) A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4 2. Sabarigiri : Hydro-electric project (d) A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 5 3. Ghatprabha : Irrigation project 21. The January isotherm taken as a basis for dividing India 4. Ramganga : Multipurpose project into tropical and subtropical zones is :

Q32. 'You might see a few curious Danes around, but that is 23. The Alamatti is on the river:

Q33. Consider the map given below:

Q34. Late cenozoic (d) A – 4; B – 2; C – 3; D – 1 B. Western Ghats 2. Pre-cambrian 13. As per the 1991 Census, which one of the following states C. Aravalli 3. Cretaceous Eocene has a lower population density than the other three? D. Narmada-Tapi 4. Cambrian

Q35. Bhandara (c) tribes practising shifting cultivation B. Gold 2. Karanpura (d) tribes which were earlier classified as criminal tribes C. Mica 3. Hutti 16. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two D. Manganese 4. Nellore streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus, forming Codes: the islands of Srirangapattanam, Sivasamudram and (a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 2; D – 4 Srirangam?

Q36. Consider the following rivers:

Q37. Adriatic Sea: Albania 82. Consider the following pairs : [2014 - I] 2. Black Sea: Croatia Region often in news Country 3. Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan 1. Chechnya : Russian Federation 4. Mediterranean Sea: Morocco 2. Darfur : Mali 5. Red Sea: Syria 3. Swat Valley : Iraq Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? (a) 1,2 and 4 only (b) 1,3 an

Q38. The palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicate (b) Eastern Himalayas as are nearer to the equator and sea that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved :

Q39. Consider the map given below :

Q40. The Indian subcontinent was originally a part of a huge (b) salinity density isopleths mass called:

Q41. In the map given below, three out of the four places marked 8. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over indicate places where a thermal power station is located : only one state in India?

Q42. The National Highway from Amritsar to Calcutta via Delhi is numbered:

Q43. Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir given below: 1 3 The mountains ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively: