Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2010 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which of the following countries are located on the Equator?
1. Brunei 2. Columbia
3. Kenya 4. Venezuela
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Coces:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: 2 and 3

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “2 and 3”.
Equator passes through Columbia and Kenya.

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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II

A. Etna - 1. Ross Island
B. Vesuvius - 2. Ecuador
C. Erebus - 3. Italy
D. Cotopaxi - 4. Sicily

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 4 3 1 2
  3. C) 3 4 2 1
  4. D) 4 3 2 1
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  1. A) India
  2. B) Bhutan
  3. C) Sri Lanka
  4. D) Pakistan
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  1. A) Bahrain
  2. B) Iraq
  3. C) Kuwait
  4. D) Oman
Which of the following countries are located on the Equator?
1. Brunei 2. Columbia
3. Kenya 4. Venezuela
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Coces:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 2 and 3
  3. C) 3 and 4
  4. D) 1 and 4
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1) Haryana
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Meghalaya
Codes:
  1. A) 1,2,3,4
  2. B) 2,3,4,1
  3. C) 3,1,4,2
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  1. A) 23.0° from the elliptic axis
  2. B) 23.1° from the elliptic axis
  3. C) 24.5° from the elliptic axis
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  2. B) Russia
  3. C) Middle Africa
  4. D) South-East Asia
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  3. C) Arun Shourie
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  2. B) Jainism
  3. C) Saivism
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  2. B) Michigan - United State of America
  3. C) Onega - Canada
  4. D) Maracaibo - Venezuela
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  1. A) China
  2. B) India
  3. C) Indonesia
  4. D) Japan
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List-I - List-II

A. 3 Idiods - 1. Pygmalion
B. Slum dog Millionaire - 2. Five Point some one
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Codes:
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  2. B) 3 4 1 2
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