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Q1. Which of the following statements with reference to Lake Turkana is/are correct ?
1. It is the largest desert lake in the world.
2. The lake is situated in South Sudan along the eastern fringe of the Sahara desert.
3. The lake is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also referred to as the ‘Jade Sea’.
Select the answer using the code given below : UPSC Prelims 2026
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Q2. Ships from which of the following countries have to cross the Strait of Hormuz to reach out to the Indian Ocean ?
1. Bahrain
2. Syria
3. Qatar
4. Egypt
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Q3. Consider the following countries :
I. United Kingdom
II. Denmark
III. New Zealand
IV. Australia
V. Brazil
How many of the above countries have more than four time zones? UPSC Prelims 2025
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Q4. Consider the following pairs :
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III. In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched? UPSC Prelims 2025
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Q5. Consider the following pairs :
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III. In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched? UPSC Prelims 2025
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Q6. Consider the following countries :
1. Finland
2. Germany
3. Norway
4. Russia
How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea ? UPSC Prelims 2024
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Q7. The longest border between any two countries in the world is between : UPSC Prelims 2024
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Q8. Consider the following statements :
1. The Red Sea receives very little precipitation in any form.
2. No water enters the Red Sea from rivers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? UPSC Prelims 2024
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Q9. Three-fourths of world's cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, is produced by UPSC Prelims 2023
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Q10. Which one of the following is a part of the Congo Basin? UPSC Prelims 2023
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Q11. Consider the following countries :
1. Bulgaria
2. Czech Republic
3. Hungary
4. Latvia
5. Lithuania
6. Romania
How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with Ukraine? UPSC Prelims 2023
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Q12. Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert ? UPSC Prelims 2022
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Q13. The term “Levant” often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions ? UPSC Prelims 2022
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Q14. Consider the following countries :
1. Azerbaijan
2. Kyrgyzstan
3. Tajikistan
4. Turkmenistan
5. Uzbekistan
Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan ? UPSC Prelims 2022
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Q15. Consider the following pairs:
Region often mentioned in the news — Country
1. Anatolia — Turkey
2. Amhara — Ethiopia
3. Cabo Delgado — Spain
4. Catalonia — Italy
How many pairs given above are correctly matched? UPSC Prelims 2022
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Q16. Consider the following pairs :
River
1. Mekong — Andaman Sea
2. Thames — Irish Sea
3. Volga — Caspian Sea
4. Zambezi — Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ? UPSC Prelims 2020
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Q17. With reference to Ocean Mean Temperature (OMT), which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1. OMT is measured up to a depth of 26°C isotherm which is 129 meters in the south-western Indian Ocean during January – March.
2. OMT collected during January – March can be used in assessing whether the amount of rainfall in monsoon will be less or more than a certain long-term mean.
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Q18. Consider the following pairs :
Sea — Bordering country
1. Adriatic Sea : Albania
2. Black Sea : Croatia
3. Caspian Sea : Kazakhstan
4. Mediterranean Sea : Morocco
5. Red Sea : Syria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? UPSC Prelims 2019