Gauhati High Court Junior Administrative Assistant (JAA) GK

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Question	Through which of the given regions does the equator run?
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Africa	correct
Option	India	incorrect
Option	Arabia	incorrect
Option	China	incorrect

Question	The city of Rome is situated on the bank of river
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Danube	incorrect
Option	Tiber	correct
Option	Rhine	incorrect
Option	Elbe	incorrect
Solution	Rome is located in the central portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River about 15 miles (24 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Question	Male is the capital of
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Mongolia	incorrect
Option	Monaco	incorrect
Option	Maldives	correct
Option	Mauritius	incorrect
Solution	Male, also spelled Male’ or Malé, island and atoll, capital of Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. It lies on Male Atoll, about 400 miles (645 km) southwest of Sri Lanka.

Junior Administrative Assistant(JAA) GK

Question	The world famous ‘Serangeti Wildlife Sanctuary’ is located in
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Kenya	incorrect
Option	Tanzania	correct
Option	Zambia	incorrect
Option	Uganda	incorrect
Solution	The Serengeti National Park is a national park in Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km2 (5,700 sq mi). The park is the centerpiece of the Serengeti Ecosystem which is twice as large and includes the neighboring Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and Maasai Mara National Reserve in bordering Kenya.

Question	Which is the largest existing mangrove forest in the world?
Type	multiple_choice
Option	African forest	incorrect
Option	Alphine forest	incorrect
Option	Sunderbans	correct
Option	Australian forest	incorrect
Solution	Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans from the Hooghly River in India’s state of West Bengal to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh’s division of Khulna.

Question	Name the sea whose boundaries touch three Continents
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Mediterranean Sea	correct
Option	Red Sea	incorrect
Option	Caspian Sea	incorrect
Option	Caribbean Sea	incorrect
Solution	The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant which includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, State of Palestine, Israel, Cyprus, Hatay Province of Turkey, some regions of northwestern Iraq and the Sinai Peninsula.

Question	Source of River Nile is
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Lake Nassir	incorrect
Option	Lake Victoria	correct
Option	Lake Chad	incorrect
Option	Lake Tanganyika	incorrect
Solution	The White Nile, which is the longer of the two, begins at Lake Victoria in Tanzania and flows north until it reaches Khartoum, Sudan, where it converges with the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile begins near Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.

Question	Many of the active volcanoes are situated in
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Atlantic Ocean	incorrect
Option	Pacific Ocean	correct
Option	Indian Ocean	incorrect
Option	Arctic Ocean	incorrect
Solution	Many of the world’s active volcanoes are located around the edges of the Pacific Ocean: the West Coast of the Americas; the East Coast of Siberia, Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia; and in island chains from New Guinea to New Zealand–the so-called “Ring of Fire” (diagram to left).

Question	The Equatorial Forests of the Amazon Basin in South America are known as
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Selva	correct
Option	Taiga	incorrect
Option	Tundra	incorrect
Option	Pampas	incorrect
Solution	The Amazon Rainforest is located in the upper section of Brazil south of the Equator. It is known as Selva. It is a Tropical Rainforest because of the climate and its location near the equator.

Question	Which one of the following characteristics is associated with the ‘Bread Basket’ area of USA?
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Moderate rainfall in winter	correct
Option	Heavy rainfall throughout the year	incorrect
Option	Low rainfall in summer	incorrect
Option	Long winter with snow	incorrect
Solution	The Great Plains region of the US is called “the Breadbasket of the US” because of its huge production of grain, particularly wheat, which is used in making bread. This region is called the Corn Belt, or (occasionally) the “Grain Belt”, the most intensively agricultural region of the Midwest. These are the areas of moderate rainfall as rainfall decreases from east to west, resulting in different types of prairies.

Question	The Victoria Falls are on the river
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Niger	incorrect
Option	Congo	incorrect
Option	Zambezi	correct
Option	Orange	incorrect
Solution	Victoria Falls, spectacular waterfall located about midway along the course of the Zambezi River, at the border between Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the south.

Question	‘Dead Sea’ is called so because
Type	multiple_choice
Option	the water is brackish	incorrect
Option	it does not support any aquatic life	correct
Option	it is not favourable for navigation	incorrect
Option	it has no waves	incorrect
Solution	The sea is called “dead” because its high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms, such as fish and aquatic plants, from living in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present.

Question	The country located between 80N and 370N latitudes is
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Bangladesh	incorrect
Option	India	correct
Option	China	incorrect
Option	Pakistan	incorrect

Question	Kangaroos, Platypus and Koala bears are wildlife of
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Australia	correct
Option	South America	incorrect
Option	Europe	incorrect
Option	Africa	incorrect
Solution	Marsupials are the most common and prolific group in Australia such as the kangaroo and koala, wallaby, wombat, bandicoot, kultarr, marsupial mole, dunnart, cuscus, possum, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian devil, and many others. There are also unique egg-laying mammals like the platypus and the echidna.

Question	Extensive areas of grape cultivation in France are especially called
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Wine cellars	incorrect
Option	Grape fields	incorrect
Option	Grape farms	incorrect
Option	Vineyards	correct
Solution	A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.

Question	The Panama canal links
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Pacific and Atlantic Ocean	correct
Option	Atlantic and arctic Ocean	incorrect
Option	Pacific and Indian Ocean	incorrect
Option	Antarctic and Atlantic Ocean	incorrect
Solution	The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is owned and administered by Panama, and it is 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline.

Question	Largest Mica deposits are in
Type	multiple_choice
Option	South Africa	incorrect
Option	India	correct
Option	USA	incorrect
Option	Australia	incorrect
Solution	India is the world’s largest producer of sheet mica, accounting for about 60% of global production. The majority of the mica mines are concentrated in the north-eastern states of Jharkhand and Bihar.

Question	Grassland is called “pampas” in
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Africa	incorrect
Option	South America	correct
Option	The United Kingdom	incorrect
Option	USA	incorrect
Solution	Tropical Grasslands East Africa- Savanna Brazil- Campos  Venezuela- Llanos Temperate Grasslands  Argentina- Pampas America- Prairie Africa- Veld Asia- Steppe Australia- Down

Question	The world’s wettest continent is:
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Asia	incorrect
Option	Europe	incorrect
Option	North America	incorrect
Option	South America	correct
Solution	The wettest continent, with plenty of rain forests is South America. The driest continent is clearly Australia, with a Bowen ratio of about 2, followed by Africa, which contains the Sahara and Kalahari deserts. The wettest continents are South America and Europe with a Bowen Ratio of about 0.6. North America is also a relatively wet continent with a Bowen ratio significantly less than 1.0.

Question	Which nation is Mongia Port situated in?
Type	multiple_choice
Option	Sri Lanka	incorrect
Option	Bangladesh	correct
Option	Bhutan	incorrect
Option	India	incorrect
Solution	Mongla is the main sea port in the Bagerhat District of south-western Bangladesh. The port is situated at the confluence of the Pashur River and the Mongla River. It lies about 100 km north of the Bay of Bengal and is very near to Sundarbans.