Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 1993 GS-I World Geography
Question

Gobi desert is located in:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Mongolia

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Mongolia”.
The Gobi Desert is located in Mongolia and China.

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The largest producer of natural rubber in the world is:
  1. A) Brazil
  2. B) India
  3. C) Malaysia
  4. D) Thailand
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Indian Ocean has become the Military bases of many big powers.
Reason (R): There is strong geo-political benefits in Indian Ocean and adjacent countries.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
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  1. A) Caspian Sea
  2. B) Mediterranean Sea
  3. C) Red Sea
  4. D) Dead Sea
Which of the following temperate grasslands are found in Eurasia ?
  1. A) Downs
  2. B) Velds
  3. C) Steppes
  4. D) Praires
Which one of the following races is correctly matched?
  1. A) Hemites-Uganda
  2. B) Semites-Malaysia
  3. C) Sakai-Sudan
  4. D) Bushman-Botswana
Which one of the following countries has the largest population?
  1. A) Bangladesh
  2. B) Brazil
  3. C) Indonesia
  4. D) Japan
Dandi march had been started?
  1. A) To support the salt law
  2. B) To break the salt law
  3. C) To support the Rawlatt Act
  4. D) To oppose the Rawlatt Act
Which one of the following (Lake - Country) is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Baikal - Russia
  2. B) Michigan - United State of America
  3. C) Onega - Canada
  4. D) Maracaibo - Venezuela
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  1. A) Latvia
  2. B) Cameroon
  3. C) Ghana
  4. D) Ivory Coast
Gobi desert is located in:
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) India
  3. C) Mongolia
  4. D) West Africa
Which of the following is not a temperate grassland?
  1. A) Pampas
  2. B) Veld
  3. C) Downs
  4. D) Savannah
The Largest island of the World is:
  1. A) Borneo
  2. B) Greenland
  3. C) Madagascar
  4. D) New Guinea