636: Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia :
I. Bosnia
II. Croatia
III. Slovenia
IV. Yugoslavia.
The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to the west is
(a) IV, I, III, II
(b) IV, I, II, III
(c) I, IV, III, II
(d) I, IV, II, III
Explanation:
The correct sequency from East to West is Yugoslavia, Bosnia Herzgovina, Croatia, Slovenia. These were former Yugoslavia provinces and divided in 1999.
637: Which one of the following provides the correct sequence of occurence of four towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east?
(a) Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur
(b) Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong
(c) Indore, Rourkela, Agartala, Jamshedpur
(d) Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, Nanded
638: Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
(a) Lena
(b) Congo
(c) Amur
(d) Amazon
Explanation:
Amazon - 6570 km (longest river of the world)
Amur - 2825 km (A river in N-E Asia)
Congo - 4667 km (Second largest river of Africa)
Lena - 4410 km (A river in Siberia)
639: MERCOSUR consists of group of countries of
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Latin America
(d) South East Asia
640: Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak ?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Narmada
(c) Tapti
(d) Damodar
Explanation:
River ------ Place of Origin
Damodar Chotanagpur plateau (Jharkhand)
Mahanadi Dandakaranya (Chattisgarh)
Narmada Amarkantak (Maikal Mountain)
Tapti Muttai's Baitul dist (MP)