Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 1998 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Vienna–Volga

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Vienna–Volga”.
Vienna - Volga is the incorrect pair. Vienna (Austria) is associated with the Danube River, not the Volga. The Volga River is primarily associated with Russia.

The other pairs are correctly matched:

Bonn (Germany) - Rhine
Cairo (Egypt) - Nile
New York - Hudson

Similar Questions:

Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Region) - List-II (Type of Climate)

A. California - 1. Mediterranean
B. West Australia - 2. Tropical Monsoon
C. Bangladesh - 3. Cold Temperate
D. Siberia - 4. Hot Desert

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 4 2 3
  3. C) 2 3 4 1
  4. D) 2 4 1 3
Which one of the following groups of countries has less population than that of Uttar Pradesh?
  1. A) Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan
  2. B) Bangladesh, Brazil and Japan
  3. C) Brazil, Japan and Nigeria
  4. D) Indonesia, Japan and Germany
Which of the following canals is used as an inland waterway in Southern Germany?
  1. A) Volga - Don Canal
  2. B) Sault - Sainte Marie Canal
  3. C) Ludwig's canal
  4. D) White Sea Canal
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Anshan–Iron and Steel
  2. B) Detroit–Automobiles
  3. C) Moscow–Shipbuilding
  4. D) Osaka–Textiles
The Bermuda triangle lies in:
  1. A) North Atlantic Ocean
  2. B) South Atlantic Ocean
  3. C) North Pacific Ocean
  4. D) South Pacific Ocean
Consider the following statements:

Assertion(A): After campaigning for nearly two years, Alexander, The Great, left India in 325 B.C.
Reason (R): He was defeated by Chandra Gupta Maurya.

Now, 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
Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called:
  1. A) Estate
  2. B) Estancias
  3. C) Kalkhozes
  4. D) Fazendas
At the mouth of which of the following rivers the 'bird's foot' type delta is formed?
  1. A) Huang Ho
  2. B) Nile
  3. C) Danube
  4. D) Mississippi
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Capital-Country
  1. A) Naypyidaw — Myanmar
  2. B) Khartoum —Ethiopia
  3. C) Dublin — Ireland
  4. D) Ottawa — Canada
Match List I with List Il and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List I [Cityl - List II [River]

(A) Khartoum - (a) Zaire
(B) Brazzaville - (b) Nile
(C) Rotterdam - (c) Seine
(D) Paris - (d) Rhine
  1. A) A-b, B-a, C-d, D-c
  2. B) A-a, B-b, C-c, D-d
  3. C) A-d, B-c, C-b, D-a
  4. D) A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b
In 1950, India's share in global exports was 1.85 per cent, but today it is:
  1. A) 0.60 per cent
  2. B) 1.00 per cent
  3. C) 2.00 per cent
  4. D) 2.50 per cent
Which one of the following is not included in the group of Scandinavian countries:
  1. A) Denmark
  2. B) Finland
  3. C) Norway
  4. D) Sweden