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Geography Test 123
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  • Question 1/10
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    One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of _______.
    Solutions
    • Degrees of latitude are parallel so the distance between each degree remains almost constant but since degrees of longitude are farthest apart at the equator and converge at the poles, their distance varies greatly.
    • A degree of longitude is widest at the equator at 69.172 miles (111.321) and gradually shrinks to zero at the poles. At 40 ° north or south the distance between a degree of longitude is 53 miles (85 km).
  • Question 2/10
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    The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through______.
    Solutions
    The Tropic of Cancer is the most northerly circle of latitude on the Earth at which the Sun may appear directly overhead at its culmination. It does not passes through Pakistan.
  • Question 3/10
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    The hottest planet is ______.
    Solutions
    Venus is by far the hottest planet in the Solar System, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.
  • Question 4/10
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    The river known as Padma in Bangladesh is
    Solutions
    The name Padma is given to the lower part of the course of the Ganges (Ganga) below the point of the off-take of the Bhagirathi River (India), another Ganges River distributary also known as the Hooghly River. Padma had, most probably, flowed through a number of channels at different times. Some authors contend that each distributary of the Ganges in its deltaic part is a remnant of an old principal channel, and that starting from the western-most one, the Bhagirathi (in West Bengal, India), each distributary to the east marks a position of a newer channel than the one to the west of it.
  • Question 5/10
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    Which of the following city is situated in the farthest east?
    Solutions
    • Lucknow is the capital city of the India state of Uttar Pradesh.
    • It is situated on & North latitude and & East longitude.
  • Question 6/10
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    Who was the designer of Indian National Flag?
    Solutions
    The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayyaand and adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947.
  • Question 7/10
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    Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river?
    Solutions
    Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the southern Doda district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This project was conceived in 1992, approved in 1996 and construction began in 1999.
  • Question 8/10
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    Match correctly the following countries and their capitals by choosing the correct response:
    Solutions
    Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. (a-iii)
    Bogota is the capital and largest city of Colombia. (b-i)
    Cairo is the Egypt’s capital, is set on the Nile River. (c-iv)
    Harare is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. (d-ii)
    Hence option (4) is correct.
  • Question 9/10
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    Which of the following soils is most ideal for paddy cultivation?
    Solutions
    • Paddy can be grown in a wide range of soil, from the podzolic alluvium of China to the impermeable heavy clay of central Thailand.
    • Fertile riverine alluvial soil is best for rice cultivation.
    • Clayey loam soil in monsoon land is considered to be the best for rice cultivation as water retention capacity of this soil is very high.
    • Rice is also grown in saline areas of the deltic region.
  • Question 10/10
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    The eastern coastal plain is also called as
    Solutions
    • The Eastern Coastal Plains refer to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
    • These plains are wider and level as compared to the western coastal plains. It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north.
    • Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast (The Chilika Lake is the largest salt water lake in India.
    • It lies in the state of Odisha, to the south of the Mahanadi Delta). It is locally known as Northern Circars in the northern part between Mahanadi and Krishna rivers and Coromandel Coast in the southern part between Krishna and Kaveri rivers
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