Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2011 GS-1 World Geography
Question

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Saar - Iron ore

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Saar - Iron ore”.
Region Resource
Saar and Ruhr (Germany) Coal Mining
Kimberley (South Africa) Diamond
Witwatersrand (South Africa) Gold
Katomga (Congo) Copper

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The coldest place on the earth is:
  1. A) Halifax
  2. B) Chicago
  3. C) Siachin
  4. D) Verkhoyansk
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Country) - List-II (Capital)

A. Uzbekistan - 1. Tashkent
B. Tajikistan - 2. Dushanbe
C. Kyrgyzstan - 3. Bishkek
D. Turkmenistan - 4. Ashgabat

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 2 4 3
  3. C) 1 3 4 2
  4. D) 1 4 2 3
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  2. B) Witwatersrand - Gold
  3. C) Katomga - Copper
  4. D) Saar - Iron ore
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  1. A) Titicaca
  2. B) Victoria
  3. C) Baikal
  4. D) Dead Sea
The biggest cargo port of South Asia is:
  1. A) Colombo
  2. B) Karachi
  3. C) Kolkata
  4. D) Mumbai
Kumaradevi, a queen of Govinda Chandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharma-Chakra Jina Vihara at-
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  2. B) Rajgrih
  3. C) Kushinagar
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Consider the following statements-

Assertion (A) : West Bengal is the leading producer of fish in India.
Reason (R) : West Bengal has well developed fishing industry along the sea coast.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below-
Codes :
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  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) Indian Airways
  2. B) India Airlines
  3. C) Air India
  4. D) Indo-Air
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  1. A) Canada
  2. B) Norway
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) U.S.A.
"Euro" is the official currency of:
  1. A) All the States of Europe
  2. B) All the States of the European Union
  3. C) Only 12 of the States of the European Union
  4. D) Only 20 of the States of the European Union
Sankosh river forms boundary between-
  1. A) Bihar and West Bengal
  2. B) Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C) Assam and West Bengal
  4. D) Bihar and Jharkhand
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  2. B) Brazil - Iron Ore
  3. C) Mexico - Silver
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