Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2003 GS-I World Geography
Question

The biggest cargo port of South Asia is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Colombo

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Colombo”.
The biggest cargo port of South Asia is: 1) Colombo

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About 50% of the world population concentrated between the latitudes of:
  1. A) 5° N and 20° N
  2. B) 20° N and 40° N
  3. C) 40° N and 60° N
  4. D) 20° S and 40° S
Highest Aluminium producing country in the world is:
  1. A) Germany
  2. B) India
  3. C) China
  4. D) Northern America
Consider the following statements in regard to Uttar Pradesh and select the correct answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): Among the four economic regions, western Uttar Pradesh has the lowest sex ratio.
Reason (R): It has a high level of economic development and urbanisation.

Code:
  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
The largest tea exporter of the world is:
  1. A) India
  2. B) China
  3. C) Kenya
  4. D) Sri Lanka
The highest among of salinity is found in
  1. A) Baltic sea
  2. B) Black sea
  3. C) Dead sea
  4. D) Red sea
Of the following, the oldest dynasty was:
  1. A) Chalukyas
  2. B) Pallavas
  3. C) Rashtrakutas
  4. D) Satavahans
Consider the following statements with reference to cultivated area of some countries of the world:

1. In comparison to USA, China and Japan, India has highest geographical area under cultivation.
2. India's location in tropical monsoon, region helps diversified cropping all through the year.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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  2. B) Neither 1 nor 2
  3. C) Only I
  4. D) Only 2
GSLV-D2 launched recently, into orbit is a:
  1. A) defence satellite
  2. B) exploration satellite
  3. C) communication satellite
  4. D) transport satellite
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  1. A) Geneva
  2. B) London
  3. C) New York
  4. D) The Hague
Which of the following is the most appropriate route to travel a ship from one location to another in the shortest possible time?
  1. A) Marine stream
  2. B) Sea breeze
  3. C) Longitude
  4. D) Latitude
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  1. A) – 40°
  2. B) 0º
  3. C) 32°
  4. D) 100°
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Chile is the leading producer of copper in the world.
Reason (R) : Andes Region of North Chile is enriched with the largest deposites of Porphyry copper

Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Code :
  1. A) (A) is false but (R) is true
  2. B) (A) is true but (R) is false
  3. C) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  4. D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)