Know Your World - 27


1. Where is the Sargasso sea located?

North Atlantic Ocean

2. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?

11,033 m

3. Which is the most populous city in the world?

Tokyo

4. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north?

Aravallis

5. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range?

The Great Himalayan Range

6. Which port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan?

Paradeep

7. Which type of forest exhibits highest bio-diversity?

Tropical rain forest

8. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?

Uttarakhand

9. With which river is the Omkareshwar Project associated?

Narmada

10. What is the state the main activity associated with the fold mountain?

Earthquakes

11. What is the term as the drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks?

Trellis

12. Rotation of the earth causes deflection of wind by which force?

Coriolis force

13. Which are the chief characteristics of wet and dry tropics?

Constant heating

14. What is most important reason for dwindling forest resources today?

Over felling

15. How much of earth surface is covered by the forests?

30 percent

16. The Himalayas are approximately how many kilometers broad?

150 to 400

17. How many islands of India are located in the Bay of Bengal?

204

18. Which plant is used for green manuring in India?

Sunhemp

19. Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India’?

Coimbatore

20. The Government of India has decided to declare river as ‘National River’?

Ganga

21. What is the total surface area of earth?

510 million sq km

22. All the watches of a country are set according to which time?

Standard time of the country

23. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E?

12 Noon on Tuesday

24. What are the ‘Temperate lows’?

Sub-polar low pressure belts

25. Which hot and dry winds those help in the ripening or grapes in the Alps region?

Foehn

26. The fragments of which comet system collided with Jupiter in July 1994?

Shoemaker-Levy 9

27. Wine production is mainly carried out in natural region?

Mediterranean region

28. Where is the Postaz temperate grassland?

Hungary

29. Silk textiles are mainly produced in which countries?

China and India

30. Which instrument instrument used for recording earthquake waves?

Seismograph