Insights Static Quiz -199, 2018
Geography
INSIGHTS IAS QUIZ ON STATIC SYLLABUS - 2018
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Arrange the following Islands of Indian Ocean region from South to North
- Seychelles
- Maldives
- Reunion
- Mauritius
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Solution: a)
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Solution: a)
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Which among the following has the highest Albedo
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Solution: c)
The cryosphere is those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground.
Snow has high albedo.
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Solution: c)
The cryosphere is those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground.
Snow has high albedo.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Which of the following countries shares land boundary with Iran
- Afghanistan
- Kuwait
- Iraq
- Turkey
- Syria
- Armenia
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Solution: d)
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Solution: d)
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Which of the following countries does not share its border with Black Sea?
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Solution: d)
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Solution: d)
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5. Question
As one moves from Equator towards Poles, one will observe:
- Decrease in length of longitudes.
- Decrease in altitude.
- Decrease in distance between longitudes.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Solution: b)
- Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridian The meridians of longitude converge at the poles. Unlike the parallels of latitude, longitudes are all equal in length.
- Altitude is the height of a place over sea level. Altitude has no correlation with latitude or longitude of a place.
- As longitudes converge towards the poles, the distance between the longitudes decreases pole wards.
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Solution: b)
- Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridian The meridians of longitude converge at the poles. Unlike the parallels of latitude, longitudes are all equal in length.
- Altitude is the height of a place over sea level. Altitude has no correlation with latitude or longitude of a place.
- As longitudes converge towards the poles, the distance between the longitudes decreases pole wards.
