Geography CLAT Flashcards
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Unlike the fluid core of the earth, the core of the moon is
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volatile gas
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“Mithun”, a cattle breed is found in
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Arunachal Pradesh (North eastern hilly regions)
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Anthracite is a kind of
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coal
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The sun reaches its max angular distance from the equator at the
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solstice
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Sundari is a species of trees found in
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mangrove forests of the Sundarbans
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What is cryolite?
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Aluminium ore used in electrolytic processing of bauxite
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Where in Rajasthan is the Bhairodev Dakav “Sonchuri” located?
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Alwar
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Red soils are red in colour due to the presence of
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Iron
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Where is the festival of Bonalu celebrated?
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Telangana
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Malacca Strait is the main shipping lane between:
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Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
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Which city is known as Granite City?
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Aberdeen
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Which is the second largest country by area in Europe?
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France
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Mangla Dam is the largest dam of country?
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Pakistan
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The summer solstice is also known as _________
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midsummer
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Hygrometer is used to measure _________
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humidity
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Hydrometer is used to measure _________
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relative density of liquids
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Campbell-Strokes recorder is used for measuring:
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sunshine
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The average albedo of the earth is ___
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35%
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A chart which illustrates the rate of rain fall is:
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hyetogram
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Atmospheric layer that selectively absorbs UV radiation
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stratosphere
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World Ozone Day
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16 September
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Winter concentration of rain fall is a feature of
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Mediterranean climate
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Weather cock is used for ascertaining
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Wind direction
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What is the name of tropical cyclone in Australia?
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Willie-willies
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Thunder clouds are technically called
Cumulonimbus
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The busiest ocean route in the world is
North Atlantic Ocean route
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Humboldt is a current in the _________ Ocean
Pacific
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Which planet has the most natural satellites?
Jupiter (79)
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Ratio of force of Sun and Moon which produces tide
4:9
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Cryometer is an instrument to measure:
very low temperature
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Lumbabashi mine is known for
Copper
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Victoria Fall is situated at which river?
Zambezi
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Atacama desert is situated in which continent?
South America
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Hirakud multi-purpose project is located on the river:
Mahanadi
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The hottest planet in the solar system:
Venus (heavy atmosphere of CO2)
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Suez Canal connects:
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
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The contentious Baglihar dam is built on the river:
Chenab
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_________ is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe
Mount Elbrus
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The active volcano Mount Mayan is situated in which country?
Philippines
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The world’s driest desert is _________ and is located in which country?
Atacama in Chile
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The highest peak in North America is _________, now renamed as _________
McKinley; Denali
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Niagara Falls occurs on the Niagara River, a channel that connects which 2 lakes?
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
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Which pair of countries has control over the Strait of Hormuz?
Oman and Iran
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Dasht-i-Kavir, the largest salty desert of the
| world is situated in
Iran
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Mount _________ is mainland Australia's tallest mountain
Mount Kosciuszko
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The Nile River flows from south to north through eastern Africa and empties into:
the Mediterranean Sea
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_____ is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third largest freshwater lake by volume
Lake Superior
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Little Andaman in the south is separated from the Nicobar Islands by the _________ Channel
Ten Degree Channel
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The part of West Coastal Plain from Gujarat to Goa is known as:
Konkan
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Pamban Island also known as _________, is an island located between peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Rameswaram Island
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The National Chambal Sanctuary is known for which animals?
gharials, red-crowned roof turtle, Ganges river dolphin
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Tamil Nadu receives rainfall in the winter season due to the _________
northeast trade winds
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Black soil is also called Regur soil. It is black in colour and ideal for growing ______.
cotton
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National Waterway-1 (______-______) with length 1620 km is the longest National waterway in India
Prayagraj-Haldia
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India is the world's largest cotton producer and ______-largest exporter.
second
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Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant is located in which Indian state?
Gujarat
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_________ is the largest nuclear power station in India, situated in Tamil Nadu.
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
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Which country has earned the title of Land of Thunderbolt due to violent and large thunderstorms?
Bhutan
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_________ is the administrative and business capital of Mauritius
Port Louis
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Presently hing is not cultivated in India and India imports it from:
Afghanistan Iran and Uzbekistan
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Buldhana pattern and Tamaswada pattern are patterns of water conservation in which state?
Maharashtra
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_________'s major tributaries are Dihang, Lohit, Subansiri, Teesta, Meghna (Barack in Assam), Manas.
Brahmaputra
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The Comoros is a volcanic archipelago off Africa's east coast, in the _________ ocean
Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique Channel.
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Halley's comet was discovered by Edmond Halley and takes ______ years to encircle the Sun
76.1
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The maximum percentage of gas present in the atmosphere is:
Nitrogen (78.09%)
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Which sea has the maximum area among all the seas of the world?
South China Sea
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The ______ Canal links the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean
Panama Canal
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The longest river in the world is Nile, and it is ______ long
6690 km
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Cuba, which comprises of several islands in the northern Caribbean, is part of the continent of:
North America.
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______ is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.
Magma
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The ______ Lake in Buidhana district of Maharashtra, India, is a meteorite-impact crater
Lonar lake
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In geology, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a _________
glacier
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In 200 B.C. _________ estimated Earth's circumference at about 46,250 km (28,735 miles)
Eratosthenes (coined the term 'geography')
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The Himalayas is the youngest and the highest range of ______ mountains in the world.
fold mountains
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_________ is the study of atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, and atmospheric effects on our weather
Meteorology
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______ happens when Moon covers the Sun's center, leaving Sun's visible outer edges to form a “ring of fire”
annular solar eclipse
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Kodaikanal lake is a _________ (natural/ man made) lake
man made
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Ashtamudi lake lies on the _________ (western/ eastern) coast of India
western (in Kerala)
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Roopkund (locally known as Mystery Lake or Skeletons Lake) is a high altitude glacial lake in _________ state
Uttarakhand
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Chilika Lake is called a _________ because it is a shallow body of brackish water separated from a larger body of water.
lagoon
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Nigeen Lake (alternatively spelled as Nageen Lake) is a mildly eutrophic lake located in _________
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
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_________ is the largest fresh water lake in the North–East India
Loktak Lake
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Vembanad (Vembanad Kayal or Vembanad Kol) is the longest lake in India, as well as the largest lake in the state of ______.
Kerala
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Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of _________
Andhra Pradesh
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Hamirsar lake is one of the most beautiful man-made lakes situated in _________
Gujarat
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Anchar Lake is a lake in highly deteriorated condition located in _________
Jammu and Kashmir
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The Night Safari is the world's first nocturnal zoo and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in _________
Singapore
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe discovers Natural Radio Emission in which planet's atmosphere?
Venus (it also has ionosphere like Earth)
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The Mount Everest also known as _________ in Nepal and Chomolongma in China
Sagarmatha
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Flash Floods usually have less than ___ hours between the occurrence of the rainfall and peak flood.
six
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Continental Glacier moves _________, and Mountain Glacier moves from a higher to a lower altitude.
outward in all directions
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___ with known traits such as whipping up foam to protect its eggs has resurfaced in India after 108 years
Doria's foam-nesting treefrog
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More than 300 years after it disappeared from _________, the common crane has returned there
Ireland
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(MCCIA) has launched India's first agro-export facilitation centre in which city?
Pune
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The International Olympic Committee headquarters are in ________
Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva, in Switzerland
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The North Pole has shifted in a new eastward direction since the 1990s, because of changes in the _________
hydrosphere (meaning the way in which water is stored on Earth)
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Magnetic North Pole (AKA - North Dip Pole) was discovered first in ______ on Ellesmere Island in Northern Canada
1831
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The rapid fluctuations in the number of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere directly alter the amount of ______ covering the planet
cloud
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The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially completed at the order of _________
Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik
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Satpura Tiger Reserve was established in 2000 and is is located in ______. It is one of the 6 sites added to tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage List
Madhya Pradesh
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Nearly _________ bee-keepers have registered under an initiative of the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission to provide hive-to-tongue traceability of honey
10,000
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Open Skies Treaty was signed in 1992 and came into effect in 2002. It allows its ___ signatories to monitor arm development by conducting surveillance flights
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_________ (DAP) is the world's most widely used phosphorus fertilizer. Govt hikes subsidy on DAP fertiliser by 140%
Diammonium phosphate
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with its headquarters in _________
Redmond, Washington
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India shares its longest international border with _________ and smallest with _________
Bangladesh; Afghanistan
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___ is the intl border bw Afghanistan and Pak. India has a small claim to the borderline through PoK
The Durand Line
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_________ is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar
Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw
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_________ is the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. He has been the islands' leader since 2014
Gaston Alfonso Browne
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The island of New Guinea is separated from the ‘horn’ of Queensland by the ______ Strait
Torres Strait
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BIMSTEC headquarters:
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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SCO headquarters:
Beijing
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Asian Development Bank HQ:
Philippines
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World Economic Forum HQ:
Geneva
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HQ of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
Gland, Switzerland
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What is the capital of Hungary? Also name the country's PM
Budapest, PM Viktor Orbán
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Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, _________ don't have any moons at all
Mercury and Venus
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BIMSTEC came into being in 1997 through the _________ Declaration.
Bangkok Declaration
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Raimona in Kokrajhar district has become ______’s sixth national park.
Assam
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_________ is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, and the world's longest freshwater lake.
Lake Tanganyika, an African Great Lake
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The _________, which lies within Turkey, is festered with a new challenge - sea snot
The sea of Maramara
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The 1st edition of La Pérouse exercise, initiated by France in 2019, included ships from which countries?
Australia, Japan and the US.
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National Geographic announced that it is officially recognizing the Earth's fifth ocean:
the Southern Ocean. (surrounding the Antarctic)
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Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, connects Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to ___
Leh
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_________ plateau is the highest plateau in the world and it is called as the roof of the world.
Tibetan plateau
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The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the _________ River
Yangtze River
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Pak's __ crossed temperatures of 52 degrees Celsius, which could potentially be fatal for human beings
Jacobabad
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Kaladan river flows through the Indian state of ________
Mizoram
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In India Kaladan River is known by the name of _________
Chhimtuipui River
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The Kaladan project has a road component of ______km and a river component of _______km
109km / 158km
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Where would you find the Paletwa port – an important port in the Kaladan project ?
Chin state of Myanmar
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Exclusive economic zones (EEZ) extend ___ nautical miles (370 km) from a country's coast.
200
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The air in Earth's atmosphere is made up of approximately 78 percent nitrogen and __________
21 percent oxygen
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170 illegal structures demolished around Srinagar’s _________
Dal Lake
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Little Bloodtail is a _________ who is considered to be a harbinger of monsoon
dragonfly
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Ken & Betwa rivers are tributaries of the river _________.
Yamuna
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Name the two dams that will be constructed as part of the Ken Betwa Link project
Daudhan Dam & Lower Orr dam
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This particular Tiger reserve was in the news as Ken
| river crosses the reserve
Panna Tiger Reserve
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The Ken Betwa River link lies in the ______ region and will positively impact the __ districts of the region.
Bundelkhand /13
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Name the two states that are party to the Ken Betwa Link project and the estimated cost of the project.
Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh/ 35000 Crore
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Can you identify the name and length of the container ship that blocked the Suez canal for six days?
MV Ever Given / 400m
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Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman _________ revealed there had been a death during the operation to free the ship
Osama Rabie
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Gujarat is developing the National Maritime Heritage Complex, close to the Archaeological Survey of India in ______.
Lothal
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Azerbaijan has built several gas and oil pipelines across the Caucasus (the region between _________) to Turkey and Europe.
the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
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The _________ is the longest river in Tibet and its valley is the world's deepest with a 7,000-metre drop from the highest mountain peak to the lowest basin.
Brahmaputra river (Yarlung Zangbo in Tibet).
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China’s New Strategic Highway will shorten the road length connecting the city proper of Nyingchi and ______ and will reduce the travel time by eight hours.
Medog County
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China is planning to build the mega _________ at the canyon in the same Medog county, triggering unease among downstream countries like India.
Yarlung Zangbo hydro-power project
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The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed the _________ bridge over Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh. It links roads leading upto the LAC
Daporijo bridge
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A tunnel is being constructed under the _________ pass in Arunachal Pradesh which connects Tawang to the rest of Arunachal and Guwahati.
Se La pass
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In 2019, the Indian Air Force inaugurated resurfaced runway at India’s easternmost Village - _________ (Changlang district) in Arunachal Pradesh.
Vijaynagar
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In 2019, the Indian Army conducted exercise ‘_________’ in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam with its newly created Integrated Battle Groups (IBG).
HimVijay
