571: Consider the following statements:
1. In the world, the tropical deserts occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt.
2. In India, the East Himalayan region gets high rainfall from north-east winds.
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
Explanation:
Tropical deserts: from the high pressure belts about 30 N. and 30 S., the trade winds blow towards the low pressure belt round the Equator. As they are following from cooler to warmer regions they become warmer as they proceed, and tend to absorb rather than deposit moisture. Thus they are dry winds .For the this reason, a desert belt is found around the tropics on the western sides of the continents.
Eastern Himalaya: Is situated between central Nepal in the west to Myanmar in the east, occupying sikkim north Bengal, Bhutan and North -East India.
The bay of Bengal heading towards North-Eastern India and Bengal, Picking up more moisture from the bay of Bengal. Its hits the Eastern Himalaya and provides a huge amount of rain to the regions of North-East India, Bangladesh and West Bengal. Mawsynram, situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalaya in Shillong, India is one of the Wettest places on Earth. After striking the Eastern Himalaya it turns towards the West, travels over the Indo-Gangetic Plain, at a rate of roughly 1-2 weeks per states pouring rain all along its way.
572: Assertion (A): The same face of the Moon is always presented to the Earth.
Reason (R): The Moon rotates about its own axis in 23 ½ days which is about the same time that it takes to orbit the Earth.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually 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.
Explanation:
Moon rotates more slowly than the Earth and takes little over 27 days to rotate once. Since it takes about the same time to revolve around the earth, it always presents the same face or hemisphere to the Earth. Hence R is not correct statement.
573: During a flight from Delhi to Tokyo the following are the landing airports :
I. Hong Kong
II. Hanoi
III. Taipei
IV Bangkok
The correct sequence of the landing at these airports during an onward journey is
(a) I, II, III, IV
(b) IV, II, I, III
(c) III, IV, I, II
(d) IV, I, II , III
Explanation:
During the flight from Delhi to Tokyo, the Sequence of ariports is - Bangkok (Thailand), Hanoi (Vietnam), Hongkong, Taipei (Taiwan).
574: Which of the following rivers is the source of water for the Rajasthan canal?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Chambal
(c) Sutlej
(d) Ghaggar
575: Match:
List I (Geographical Feature)
A. Great Victoria Desert
B. Grand Canyon
C. Lake Winnipeg
D. Southern Alps
List II (Country)
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. USA
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 3 2 4 1
Explanation:
. The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid, and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. It falls inside the states of South Australia and Western Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grasslands salt lakes.
. the grand Canyon is steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United states in the state of Arizona. it is largely Contained within the Grand Canyon National Park- one of the first national parks in the United States.
. Lake Winnipeg is very large (24,514 km2 (9,465 sq mi )) lake n central North America in the province of Manitoba, Canda, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the Largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped and pristine large watershed of southern Canada.
. The Southern Alps is a mountain range which runs along the western side of the south Island of New Zealand. It forms a natural dividing range along the entire length of the south Island.