Q. River Narmada flows down from Amarkantak Hills to the sea. What is the name of the area where it meets the sea?
1) Gulf of Kutch
2) Gulf of Khambat
3) Gulf of Mannar
4) Bay of Bengal
Q. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through -
1) India
2) Egypt
3) Mexico
4) Iran
Q. Which country in Europe is called the 'Land of Midnight Sun'?
1) Norway
2) Finland
3) Iceland
4) Sweden
Q. Which of the following is a tribal group of Africa?
1) Eskimos
2) Ainu
3) Fula
4) None of these
Q. When an aeroplane is flying at a great height, the sky appears black to its passengers. Why?
1) The dust particles and droplets of water present in the atmosphere absorb the light and do not follow it to reach the eyes of the passengers
2) The atmosphere is very rare at great heights and so the scattering of lights is negligible
3) The light is so polarized that no part of it is able to reach the eyes of the passengers
4) None of the above
Q. Quite often, deltas are formed at river mouths. What is the reason for formation of delta?
1) The flow of the river slows down considerably by the time it meets the sea. Hence, the sand and pieces of rocks carried by the river fall off at its mouth and collect in the form of a delta.
2) The tide in the sea stops the river from flowing into the sea the sand and pieces of rocks carried along by the river current fall off and form a delta
3) Salts are present in seawater. When the river meets the sea, the sand and rock particles suspended in the river water get precipitated and they settle down at the bottom to form a delta
4) None of the above
Q. The great river Mekong does not run through -
1) China
2) malaysia
3) Laos
4) Cambodia
Q. Which of the following parks/areas habitats is recognised as the world's Largest Marine Sanctuary?
1) Hawaiian Islands
2) Great Barrier Reef
3) Sunderbans
4) Yellowstone National Park
Q. Which of the following states DOES NOT have any tiger reserve?
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jammu and Kashmir
Q. Which of the following is a warm current of the Pacific Ocean?
1) Oyashio Current
2) Kuroshio Current
3) Humboldt Current
4) Californian Current
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