Q126. Where is Copacabana Beach located?
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13%
(a) Buenos Aires
42%
(b) Hawaiian Islands
33%
(c) Rio de Janerio
13%
(d) Valletta
Q127. Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?
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38%
(a) Colombia
25%
(b) Costa Rica
21%
(c) Guatemala
17%
(d) Nicaragua
Q128. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
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28%
(a) Malacca Strait
40%
(b) Bering Strait
8%
(c) Strait of Florida
24%
(d) Strait of Gibraltar
Q129. Which one of the following cities is nearest to the equator?
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12%
(a) Colombo
40%
(b) Jakarta
16%
(c) Manila
32%
(d) Singapore
Q130. In order of their distance from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
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16%
(a) Earth and Jupiter
68%
(b) Jupiter and Saturn
12%
(c) Saturn and Earth
4%
(d) Saturn and Neptune
Q131. In the structure of planet tarth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which one of the following?
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27%
(a) Aluminum
18%
(b) Chromium
41%
(c) Iron
14%
(d) Silicon
Q132. Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density?
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68%
(a) India
0%
(b) Nepal
23%
(c) Pakistan
9%
(d) Srilanka
Q133. Cape Canaveral, the site from which space shuttles are launched is located on the coast of
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53%
(a) Florida
21%
(b) Virginia
26%
(c) North Carolina
0%
(d) South Carolina
Q134. Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?
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10%
(a) Bali
10%
(b) Brunei
45%
(c) Java
35%
(d) Singapore
Q135. What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern hemisphere?
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(a) Temperature
10%
(b) Magnetic field
75%
(c) Rotation of the earth
15%
(d) Pressure
Q136. Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?
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26%
(a) Rainfall throughout the year
17%
(b) Rainfall in winter only
22%
(c) An extremely short dry season
35%
(d) A definite dry and wet season
Q137. Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming'?
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14%
(a) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops,
33%
(b) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
52%
(c) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
0%
(d) None of the above
Q138. Variations in the length of daytime and nighttime from season to season are due to
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11%
(a) the earth's rotation on its axis
37%
(b) the earth's revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner
21%
(c) latitudinal position of the place
32%
(d) revolution of the earth on a tilted axis
Q139. On the planet earth, most of the freshwater exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining freshwater, the largest proportion
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32%
(a) is found in atmosphere as moisture and clouds
42%
(b) is found in freshwater lakes and rivers
26%
(c) exists as groundwater
0%
(d) exists as soil moisture
Q140. Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in
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10%
(a) desert margins, liable to strong wind action
50%
(b) low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding
15%
(c) scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth
25%
(d) None of the above
Q141. The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where
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28%
(a) warm and cold atmospheric currents meet
24%
(b) rivers drain out large amounts of fresh water into the sea
48%
(c) warm and cold oceanic currents meet
0%
(d) continental shelf is undulating
Q142. Turkey is located between
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28%
(a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
56%
(b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
16%
(c) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
0%
(d) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea