Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2008 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Copenhagen-Austria

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Copenhagen-Austria”.
Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, not Austria.

Similar Questions:

Consider following statements as Assertion (A) and Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Uttar Pradesh has the largest concentration of India’s population.
Reason (R): It is also the most densely populated State of India.

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
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
The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by:
  1. A) Nickel
  2. B) Lead
  3. C) Mercury
  4. D) Cadmium
The mascot of the 19th Commonwealth Games, to be held in 2010 in New Delhi, is
  1. A) Shera
  2. B) Chital
  3. C) Cheetah
  4. D) Bhaloo
In India, the two most urbanised States are:
  1. A) Goa and Tamil Nadu
  2. B) Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
  3. C) Goa and Mizoram
  4. D) Gujarat and Karnataka
The equator passes through
  1. A) Cameron
  2. B) Costa Rica
  3. C) Kenya
  4. D) Venezuela
The 21st Winter Olympics is going to be held in
  1. A) Moscow
  2. B) Oslo
  3. C) Vancouver
  4. D) Ottawa
Alexandria is a port of-
  1. A) Egypt
  2. B) Israel
  3. C) Jordan
  4. D) Libya
Which river of Africa crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice?
  1. A) Congo
  2. B) Limpopo
  3. C) Niger
  4. D) Zambezi
Find the missing number in the following figure:

  1. A) 139
  2. B) 81
  3. C) 12
  4. D) 93
Which one of the following agriculture practices is eco friendly?
  1. A) Cultivation of high yielding varieties
  2. B) Growing plants in glass houses
  3. C) Shifting cultivation
  4. D) Organic farming
Arrange the following coffee producing countries in descending order of their coffee production (2016, quantity) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A. Colombia
B. Vietnam
C. Brazil
D. Indonesia

Codes:
  1. A) D, C, B, A
  2. B) C, B, A, D
  3. C) B, D, C, A
  4. D) C, A, B, D