Know Your World - 26


1. Among South Asian countries which one is the Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,000 live births) lowest?

Bangladesh

2. ‘Caldera’ is a feature associated with which thing?

Volcanoes

3. Which city is associated with the river Mekong?

Phnom-Penh

4. A shipment with an accident at 30°E and 35°N. Where the ship was was sailing?

Mediterranean Sea

5. Which is a land-locked country?

Zimbabwe

6. What is the country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass?

Brazil

7. Which latitude passes through India?

Tropic of Cancer

8. Which State has the largest forest area?

Gujarat

9. Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which island?

South Andaman

10. Which is the biggest lake in India?

Chilka Lake

11. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern Indian which flow into Arabian Sea?

Narmada and Tapti

12. Which is not essentially a species of the Himalayan vegetation?

Mahogany

13. Which type of forest covers the maximum area in India?

Tropical moist deciduous forest

14. The Matatila multipurpose project is located in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

15. What did the name ‘Ratnakara’ denoted In ancient Indian historical geography?

The Indian Ocean

16. Which is the highest plateau in the world?

Pamir Plateau

17. Which atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves is called?

Ionosphere

18. What is a line on a map which joins places having the same rainfall called?

Isohyets

19. Equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is known as by which name?

Selves

20. Which is considered to cause an adverse of effect on Indian monsoon?

El-NiƱo

21. Which region does not receive much rainfall in the south-west monsoon season?

Tamil Nadu coast

22. Comets revolve around which body?

Sun

23. Which layer of the earth is believed to have the heaviest mineral materials of highest density?

Central core

24. The mapping of which part of earth is most difficult?

Interior of the Earth

25. In USA, which region receives heavy rainfall throughout the year under the influence of Westerlies?

North-western

26. Which cold and dense air blowing down the mountain slope during the night?

Katabatic wind

27. Where are Grasses almost absent?

In tropical wet evergreen forest

28. Which ecosystem covers the largest area of the earth’s surface?

Marine Ecosystem

29. Rainfall in the doldrums is of the nature of which precipitation?

Orographic precipitation

30. Which term for natural vegetation is associated with Siberia?

Taiga