IAS Previous Year GEOGRAPHY Questions – Lecture – 29 – STHAAPNA Series

Q.Consider the map given below indicating four places frequently figuring in the news: [1995] 

Which one of them is Chechenya? Choose the correct answer

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Q. Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia: [2000]

1. Bosnia
2. Croatia
3. Slovenia
4. Yugoslavia

The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to west is :

(a) 4, 1, 3, 2

(b) 4, 1, 2, 3

(c) 1, 4, 3, 2

(d) 1, 4, 2, 3

Q. Consider the following countries: [2002]

1. Albania
2. Bosnia Hercegovina
3. Croatia
4. Macedonia

Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?

(a) 1, 2 and 4

(b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q. Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between which of the following countries? [2006]

(a) Portugal and Spain

(b) Bulgaria and Greece

(c) Romania and Bulgaria

(d) Portugal and Greece

Q. Latvia does not share its borders with which one of the following countries? [2004]

(a) Russia

(b) Estonia

(c) Lithuania

(d) Poland

Q. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania? [2005]

(a) Poland

(b) Ukraine

(c) Belarus

(d) North Sea

Q. Which of the following countries share borders with Moldova? [2008]

1.Ukraine

2.Romania

3. 3. Belarus

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a)1 and 2 only

(b)2 and 3 only

(c)1 and 3 only

(d)1, 2 and 3

Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2005]

List-I (City)                                              List-II (River)

1. Washington, D.C.               1. River Manzanares
2. Berlin                                        2. River Seine
3. Paris                                           3. River Spree
4. Madrid                                      4. River Potomac

Codes :

(a) A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1

(b) A-4; B-1; C-2; D-3

(c) A-2; B-1; C-4; D-3

(d) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1

Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2009]

      City   River

(a) Berlin :                Rhine

(b) London :           Thames

(c) New York :       Hudson

(d) Vienna :             Danube

Q. Consider the following statements: [2005]

1. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2. England covers less than 60% of the total area of the United Kingdom.

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

Q. Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France? [2007]

(a)Davis Strait

(b)Denmark Strait

(c) Strait of Dover

(d) Strait of Gibraltar

Q.In which one of the following is Malta located?[2008]

(a) Baltic Sea

(b) Mediterranean Sea

(c) Black Sea

(d) North Sea

Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: [2004]

List-I (Sea)                 List-II (Country)

1. Black Sea            1. Bulgaria
2. Red Sea                2. China
3. Yellow Sea          3. Eritrea
4. Caspian Sea       4. Kazakhstan

Codes:

(a) A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3

(b) A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4

(c) A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4

(d) A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3