Dear aspirants
Here are a few questions on world geography mapping from previous year’s Prelims questions. See whether you can solve them to gauge your preparation:
1. Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and
distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following? (2011)
1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and
Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the
Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2
only
(c) Both 1 and
2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. c
2. What could be the main reason/reasons for the
formation of African and Eurasian desert belt? (2011)
1. It is located in the sub-tropical high pressure cells.
2. It is under the influence of warm ocean currents.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and
2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. a
3. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate
in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper
reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course
to flow into India. This "U" turn is due to (2011)
(a) Uplift of
folded Himalayan series
(b) Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
(c) Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
(d) Both (a)
and (b) above
Ans. d
4. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched? (2012)
Geographical Feature Region
(a) Abyssinian
Plateau : Arabia
(b) Atlas
Mountains : North Western Africa
(c) Guiana
Highlands : South-Western Africa
(d) Okavango
Basin : Patagonia
Ans. B
(Regarding
other choices
:
Abyssinian plateau : Ethiopia (in Africa)
Guiana
Highland :In South America Okavango basin/swamp :Southern part of in Africa.)
5.
"Climate is extreme,
rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders." (2012)
The above
statement best describes which of the following regions?
(a) African
Savannah (b) Central Asian Steppe
(c) N. American
Prairie (d) Siberian Tundra
We just want to give you a
feel of the pattern that UPSC follows. UPSC wants to test whether the aspirants
are aware not only about the places but why these places are in news and any
general awareness related to longitude, elevation and effect of location.
So based on these questions start your mapping preparations.
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