566: Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
City : River
(a) Berlin : Rhine
(b) London : Thames
(c) New York : Hudson
(d) Vienna : Danube
Explanation:
The Spree is a river in Sexony, Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany and in Usti nad Labem region, Czech republic. it is a left tributary of the Havel river and is approximately 400 kilometres (250 Mi ) in length Its source is located int he Lusatian hills on the Czech border . Further north the river enters the Spreewald, a large wetlands area, that is identical with the settlement areas of the Sorbs. In its final portion the river Havel in Spandau, a western quater of Berlin.
567: Consider the following statements :
1. Length of a terrestrial mile is lesser than that of a nautical mile.
2. Harmattan is a dusty land-wind of the East African Coast.
3. Greece and Albania from a part of the Iberian Peninsula.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3, only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
Harmattan is a dusty land -wind of the West African coast. The length of terrestrial mile (1.6 km) is lesser than that of a nautical mile (1.85 km). Greece and Albania forms a part of Balkan peninsula, Portugal and Spain forms Iberian peninsula.
568: The path of Halley's comet in its orbit around the sun is
(a) Parabolic
(b) Hyperbolic
(c) Elliptical
(d) Circular
569: Consider the following international languages :
1. Arabic
2. French
3. Spanish
The correct sequence of the languages given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is :
(a) 3-1-2
(b) 1-3-2
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 1-2-3
570: Match the drainage basins labelled as A, B, C and D with the names listed below and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the drainage basins.
Names of drainage basins :
1. Ganga-Brahmaputra
2. Indus
3. Parana
4. Zambezi
Code
(a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
Explanation:
A - Parana (3)
B - Ganga-Brahmaputra (1)
C - Zambeski (4)
D - Indus (2)