QUESTIONS
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 100
1 Which of the following statement is/are correct 4. If one is travelling from Somalia to Philippines
regarding Makassar Strait? via sea route along coastline, arrange the
1. It separates Borneo (Kalimantan) and Celebes following islands one will encounter in
Island. sequential order:
2. It connects Celebes Sea with Java Sea. 1. Phuket Island
Select the correct option from the codes given 2. Socotra Island
below: 3. Borneo Island
(a) 1 only 4. Sumatra Island
(b) 2 only Select the correct option from the codes given
(c) Both 1 and2 below:
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1-2-3-4
(b) 2-1-4-3
2 Which of the following lakes are correctly
(c) 3-4-2-1
matched which the respective countries they
are situated in?
(d) 1-2-4-3
1. Lake Baikal: Russia
2. Lake Akan: Indonesia 5. Arrange the following seas in north to south
3. Lake Matano: Japan order:
4. Qinghai Lake: China 1. East China Sea
Select the correct option from the codes given 2. Yellow Sea
below: 3. Sea of Okhotsk
(a) land 4 only 4. Philippines Sea
(b) 2and 3 only Select the correct option from the codes given
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only below:
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only (a) 2-4-3-1
(b) 3-4-2-1
3. Which of the following seas is/are not a part of (c) 3-2-1-4
Pacific Ocean?
1. Sulu Sea (d) 1-3-4-2
2. Arafura Sea
3. Kara Sea
6. Which of the following plateaus is surrounded
by the Greater Hinggan Mountains in the
4. Laptev Sea east, the Yin Mountains to the south, the Altai
Select the correct option from the codes given Mountains to the west, and the Sayan and
below: Khentiimountains to the north?
(a) 1 and 3 only (a) Armenian
(b) 2 and 4 only (b) Shan
(c) land 2 only (c) Anatolian
(d) 3 and 4 only (d) Mongolian
7. The Formosa Strait also known as Taiwan Strait Select the correct option from the codes given
connects which of the following seas? below:
(a) East China Sea with South China Sea (a) 1-3-2-4
(b) Yellow Sea with Sea of Japan (b) 3-4-1-2
(c) Sea of Okhotsk with Sea of Japan (c) 3-1-4-2
(d) South China Sea with Pacific Ocean (d) 3-1-2-4
8. Rub-al-Khali Desert in the southern Arabian 11. Consider the following statements:
Peninsula constitutes the largest portion of the 1. Ladakh Plateau is situated between
Arabian Desert. It is expanded in which of the Karakoram and Himalaya mountain ranges.
following countries? 2. Tibetan Plateau is situated between Kulun and
1 Oman
Himalayarn Mountain range.
2. Qatar 3. Armenian Plateau is bordered by Caspian and
3. Kuwait the Black Sea.
4. Yemen Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
5. United Arab Emirates (a) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct option from the codes given (b) 2 only
below:
(c) land 3 only
(a) 2,4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1,4 and 5 only
12. Consider the following statements regarding
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
Sinai Peninsula:
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
1. Sinai Peninsula located in the Asian part of
Eqypt between the Mediterranean Sea to the
9. The Pamir Knot is the junction of five mountain north, and the Red Sea to the south.
ranges. Which of the following is/are not one
of themn? 2. It shares maritime or territorial boundary with
Israel, Jordan and Gaza Strip.
1. KunlunMountains
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
2. Zagros Mountains
3. KarakoramMountains
(a) 1 only
4. KirtharMountains (b) 2 only
5. Hindu KushMountains (c) Both 1 and 2
Select the correct option from the codes given (d) Neither 1 nor 2
below:
(a) 4 and 5 only 13. Arrange the following cities from East to West:
1. Mandalay
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. Kolkata
(c) land 5 only 3. Kunming
(d) 2 and 4only 4. Dhaka
10. Arrange the following Gulfs in east to west Select the correct option from the codes given
below:
order:
1 Gulf of Oman (a) 1-3-2-4
2 Gulf of Aden (b) 3-4-1-2
3. Gulf of Thailand (c) 4-2-1-3
4. Persian Gulf (d) 3-1-4-2
14. Consider the following statements: Which of the above countries touches the boundary
of either the Black Sea or the Caspian Sea?
1. Manchurian Plain is contributed by two major
rivers of China i.e. Hwang Ho and Yangtze (a) 1, 2 and 3 only
River. (b) 4, 5 and 6 only
2. Irrawaddy Plains lies wholly within the territory (c) 1,3 and 5 only
of Myanmar, between the Arakan Yoma on the
west and the Shan Upland on the east.
(d) 2,3 and 5 only
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct? 18. Travelling from west to east, arrange the
(a) 1 only following capital cities in sequential order:
1. Riyadh
(b) 2 only
2. Ankara
(c) Both 1 and 2
3. Damascus
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 4. Tehran
5. Kuwait City
15. Consider the following islands:
1. Paracel Islands
Select the correct option from the codes given
below:
2. Pratas Islands (a) 3-1-4-2-5
3. Spratly Islands (b) 2-3-1-5-4
4. Senkaku Islands
(c) 4-2-3-1-5
If one is travelling from South China Sea to East (d) 2-1-5-3-4
China Sea, arrange the following islands one
will encounter in sequential order and select the 19. Golan Heights touches the boundary of which
correct option from the codes given below: of the following countries?
(a) 3-1-2-4 1. Syria
(b) 4-2-1-3 2. Jordan
(c) 4-1-3-2 3. Lebanon
(d) 3-2-4-1 4. Egypt
5. Israel
16. Aral Sea is enclosed between which of the Select the correct option from the codes given
following two countries? below:
(a) Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (a) 1, 2, 3,4 and 5
(b) Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan (b) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
(c) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (c) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(d) 1, 3 and 5 only
(d) Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan
20. Match the following correctly:
17. Consider the following countries: Straits Separates
1. Armenia
1. Tatar Strait A.Sakhalin Island
2. Azerbaijan and Hokkaido
3. Russia Island
2. La Perouse Strait B. Singapore and
4. Uzbekistan
Malaysia
5. Romania
3. Strait of Johor C. Eastern Russia
6. Iraq and Sakhalin
Select the correct option from the codes given 24. Consider the following statements:
below: 1. Dardanelles Strait links Sea of Marmara with
(a) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C Aegean Sea.
(b) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C 2. The Aegean is located between between the
(c) 1-B, 2-C, 3-C mainlands of Greece,Bulgaria and Turkey.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
(d) 1-C, 2-A,3-B
(a) 1 only
21. Which of the following important cities (b) 2 only
are correctly matched with their respective (c) Both 1 and 2
countries?
1. Dushanbe: Tajikistan (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Ashgabat: Uzbekistan
3. Alma-Ata: Kazakhstan
25. Arrange the following mountain ranges in
North to south order:
4. Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan
1. Himalayas
Select the correct option from the codes given 2. Altun Shan
below:
3 Altai Mountains
(a) 1, 3 and 4 only 4. Kunlun Shan
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only 5. Tian Shan
(c) 1,2 and 3 only Select the correct option from the codes given
(d) 1, 2 and 4 only below:
(a) 3-1-4-2-5
22. Arrange the following Islands of Pacific Ocean
in north to south order: (b) 5-2-1-3-4
1. Volcano Islands (c) 4-2-3-1-5
2. Bonin Islands (d) 3-5-2-4-1
3. Kamchatka Peninsula
4. Kuril Islands 26. Which of the following rivers does not drain
their water in Pacific Ocean?
Select the correct option from the codes given
below: (a) Gila river
(a) 3-4-2-1 (b) Colorado river
(b) 3-1-4-2 (c) Fraser river
(c) 4-2-3-1 (d) Mississippi River
(d) 2-1-3-4
27. Organize the following rivers from west to east
order:
23. Consider the following:
1. Gulf of Mannar 1. Ohio
2. Strait of Hormuz 2. Illinois
3. Gulf of Aden 3. Missouri
4. Persian Gulf 4. Arkansas
Which of the following lies above the Tropic of Select the option with the correct code from
Cancer? below:
(a) 1 and 3 only (a) 1-2-3-4
(b) 2 and 4 only (b) 3-2-1-4
(c) 1 and 4 only (c) 2-4-1-3
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 4-3-2-1
28. Which of the following Mountain Range is not
located in United States?
(a) Sierra Nevada
(b) Young Ranges of the St. Elias Mountains
(c) Brooks Range
(d) Alaska Range
29. Which of the following strait separate North
America from Asia?
(a) Bering Strait
(b) Cabot Strait
(c) Strait of Canso
(d) CebuStrait
30. Which of the following is not the part of
physiographic regions of North America?
(a) Canadian Shield
(b) Appalachian Mountains
(c) Atlantic Coastal Plain
(d) Ethiopian Highlands
