Q. Rail-road tunnel Seikan is in
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Malaysia
Ans: (C)
Q.2. The longest rock tunnel of the world is located in
(A) Finland
(B) New York
(C) Japan
(D) Sweden
Ans: (B)
Q.3. Assertion (A): North Atlantic sea route is the busiest sea route in the world. Reason (R): It connects two major industrial zones of the world. In the context of above statements, which of the following is correct? Code
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans: (A)
Q.4. Which country has the world’s longest network of bullet train?
(A) Russia
(B) Japan
(C) U.S.A.
(D) China
Ans: (D)
Q.5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I
(a) European trans-Continental railway
(b) Trans-Andean railway
(c) Trans-Siberian railway
(d) Orient Express List-II
1. Paris to Istanbul
2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
3. Leningrad to Volgograd
4. Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
5. Paris to Warsaw
Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 5 4 2 1
(B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 5 1 2 3
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: (A)
Q.6. During a flight from Delhi to Tokyo the following are the landing airports.
1. Hong Kong 2. Hanoi
3. Taipei 4. Bangkok The correct sequence of the landing at these airports during an onward journey is
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 2, 1, 3
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans: (B)
Q.7. The given map shows location of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999? 1 2 3 4 5
(A) 3, 1, 2, 4
(B) 2, 4, 1, 3
(C) 5, 4, 2, 3
(D) 5, 1, 3, 2
Ans: (C)
Ports and Harbours
Q.8. Which one of the following has the largest harbour in the world?
(A) London
(B) Colombo
(C) Shanghai
(D) New York
Ans: (C)
Q.9. Which of the following is the busiest port of Japan?
(A) Yakohama
(B) Hiroshima
(C) Hitachi
(D) Kagoshima
Ans: (A)
Q. World’s busiest sea port by cargo tonnage is
(A) Busan
(B) Rotterdam
(C) Singapore
(D) Shanghai
Ans: (D)
Q. Which one of the following is now the biggest port of the world?
(A) Cape Town
(B) New York
(C) Shanghai
(D) Tokyo
Ans: (C)
Q. Which one of the following is not a sea port city?
(A) Tokyo
(B) Canberra
(C) New York
(D) London
Ans: (B)
Q.3. Port diamond is located in
(A) Australia
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) South Africa
(D) Zaira
Ans: (C)
Q.4. Alexandria is a port in
(A) Egypt
(B) Israel
(C) Jordan
(D) Libya
Ans: (A)
Q.5. In terms of the monetary value, the largest ship-builder of the world is
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) South Korea
(D) U.S.A.
Ans: (C)
Q.6. Which one of the following is known as the ‘Coffee Port’ of the world?
(A) Sao Paulo
(B) Santos
(C) Rio-de-Janeiro
(D) Buenos Aires
Ans: (B)
Q.7. Which of the following is not correctly matched? Ports Country
(A) Rotterdam – The Netherland
(B) Igarka – China
(C) Montevideo – Uruguay
(D) Jakarta – Indonesia
Ans: (B)
Q.8. In which country, Port Gwadar is located?
(A) Iran
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans: (B)
Mapping
Q.9. What is most accurate method of representing relief features?
(A) Contours
(B) Hachures
(C) Layer colouring
(D) Hill shading
Ans: (A)
Q. Isobaths are used to show
(A) Rainfall
(B) Pressure
(C) Time
(D) Depth
Ans: (D)