Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2019 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(Wind) (Country)

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Mistral - Australia

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Mistral - Australia”.
Wind Location
Santa Ana Southern California
Haboob Sudan and other parts of North Africa
Yamo Siberian plateau towards Japan
Mistral Alps into southern France

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Telegraphic Plateau is a part of:
  1. A) North Atlantic Ridge
  2. B) South Atlantic Ridge
  3. C) Indian Ocean Ridge
  4. D) None of these
The International Acid Rain Information Centre has been set up at
  1. A) Berlin
  2. B) Oslo
  3. C) Osaka
  4. D) Manchester
In the Suez canal region, the correct order of lakes lying from North to South direction is:
  1. A) Lake Timsah – Little Bitter Lake – Great Bitter Lake – Lake Manzala
  2. B) Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah – Lake Manzala
  3. C) Lake Manzala – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah
  4. D) Lake Manzala – Lake Timsah – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake
White mountains are located in:
  1. A) Canada
  2. B) Norway
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) U.S.A.
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
  1. A) Brazil Current–South Atlantic Ocean
  2. B) Humbolt–North Pacific Ocean
  3. C) Gulf Stream–North Atlantic Ocean
  4. D) Agulhas Current–Indian Ocean
Which one of the following is the most populous Islamic country of the World?
  1. A) Bangladesh
  2. B) Egypt
  3. C) Indonesia
  4. D) Pakistan
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
"Horn of Africa" consists of:
  1. A) Algeria, Morocco and West Sahara
  2. B) Libya, Sudan and Egypt
  3. C) Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti
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A. Maquis - 1. California
B. Fynbos - 2. Mediterranean Sea Coastal Region
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Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 3 1 4
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 4 2 3 1
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
  1. A) Public Health and Sanitation - State List
  2. B) Census - Union List
  3. C) Allocation of seats in the Council of States - Second Schedule
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  2. B) 101th
  3. C) 104th
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Sustainable development is important for well being of human society.

Reason (R): Sustainable development is a kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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