Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2005 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Blizzard-Chile

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Blizzard-Chile”.
Blizzard is a cold and violent polar wind which blows in the Northern and Southern Polar regions like Siberia, Canada, the US.

Similar Questions:

Which of the following statements regarding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar are correct? Select the correct answer from the code given below the statements.

1. He founded Siddharth College.
2. He started his journal Mook Nayak in 1920.
3. He founded Depressed Class Institute in 1922.
4. He was the first Defence Minister of India.

Code:
  1. A) 1, 2 and 3
  2. B) 2, 3 and 4
  3. C) 1, 3 and 4
  4. D) 1, 2 and 4
Which one of the following countries is credited with the establishment of "Uranium city"?
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) Canada
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) U.S.A.
Who among the following is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
  1. A) Ustad Bismillah Khan
  2. B) Satyajit Ray
  3. C) Raj Kapoor
  4. D) Lata Mangeshkar
Which one of the following was not the language in which "The Indian Opinion" paper was published?
  1. A) English
  2. B) Gujarati
  3. C) Tamil
  4. D) Urdu
Which one of the following is NOT correctly-matched?
  1. A) Detroit–Automobiles
  2. B) Magnitogorsk–Iron and Steel
  3. C) Johannesburg– Gold Minning
  4. D) Birmingham–Ship building
Which of the following countries has been the largest producer of copper (2013)?
  1. A) Chile
  2. B) China
  3. C) Peru
  4. D) U.S.A
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
  1. A) Detroit – Motor cars
  2. B) Havana – Cigars
  3. C) Sheffield – Cutlery
  4. D) Venice – Ship-building
When the moon size is half of the full moon, the angle between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is
  1. A) 45°
  2. B) 90°
  3. C) 180°
  4. D) 270°
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Industry Location
  1. A) Paper – Ontario
  2. B) Cotton Textiles – Detroit
  3. C) Chemical – Texas
  4. D) Motor car – Nagoya
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Indian Ocean has become the Military bases of many big powers.
Reason (R): There is strong geo-political benefits in Indian Ocean and adjacent countries.

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
If the radius of a circle is increased 100%, the area of the circle will increase by
  1. A) 100%
  2. B) 200%
  3. C) 300%
  4. D) 400%
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List–I List–II

A. Golden Triangle - 1. Myanmar
B. Bermuda Triangle - 2. Opium producing area of South East Asia
C. Rice bowl of Far East - 3. China
D. Red Basin - 4. North Atlantic Ocean

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