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Q. A ship met with an accident at 30ºC and 35ºN. The ship was sailing in the ________

A
Mediterranean Sea
B
Baltic Sea
C
Black Sea
D
Red Sea

Correct Answer

Mediterranean Sea

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. When did India adopt the International Tsunami Warning System
    A)2006
    B)2004
    C)2005
    D)2007
    Answer: 2006
  • Q. Which of the following indicates the types of soil erosion in decreasing order of damage caused In India
    A)Water-logging, weeds, salinity and ravine erosion
    B)Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
    C)Alkalinity and water-logging, ravine erosion and weeds
    D)All are equally damaging
    Answer: Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
  • Q. The Contour line is those imaginary line which show?
    A)Areas of similar height
    B)Areas of similar atmospheric pressure
    C)Areas of similar temperature
    D)Equal Sunning areas
    Answer: Areas of similar height
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    A)Decreases with decrease in temperature
    B)Increases with increase in temperature
    C)Decreases with increase in temperature
    D)Is independent of temperature
    Answer: Decreases with increase in temperature
  • Q. Which of the following is located at the minimum height from the Earth?
    A)Thermosphere
    B)Stratosphere
    C)Mesosphere
    D)Troposphere
    Answer: Troposphere
  • Q. The average rainfall in India is about:
    A)110 cm
    B)100 cm
    C)125 cm
    D)140 cm
    Answer: 125 cm
  • Q. The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.
    A)Frontal
    B)Radiation
    C)Advection
    D)Convection
    Answer: Advection
  • Q. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because ________
    A)Sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth
    B)Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
    C)The sky remains clear most of the time
    D)None of the above reasons
    Answer: Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
  • Q. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
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    B)Is less than that at the poles
    C)Is greater than that at the poles
    D)Does not depend on the Earth centripetal acceleration
    Answer: Is less than that at the poles
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    A)Switzerland
    B)Siberia
    C)Argentina
    D)California
    Answer: California
  • Q. The Indian sub-continent lies
    A)Wholly in the northern hemisphere
    B)Mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere
    C)Mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere
    D)Wholly in the southern hemisphere
    Answer: Wholly in the northern hemisphere
  • Q. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern India which flow into Arabian Sea?
    A)Narmada and Tapti
    B)Chambal and Betwa
    C)Damodar and Mahanadi
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  • Q. The region with the lowest mean winter temperature (-50º C) is found in
    A)North Pole
    B)Greenland
    C)Northern Canada
    D)North Eastern Siberia
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  • Q. Which of the following river crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice?
    A)Niger River
    B)Vaal River
    C)Limpopo River
    D)Zambezi River
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  • Q. Which of the following receives rainfall by north-eastern monsoon?
    A)Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Assam
    D)West Bengal
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  • Q. The orbit in which of the following planet is nearest to the Sun?
    A)Mars
    B)Saturn
    C)Jupiter
    D)Uranus
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    A)125 km
    B)22 km
    C)67 km
    D)625 km
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    B)Ready source of timber and water power
    C)Natural passes facilitating easy movement
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