Test: World Political Geography - UPSC MCQ

• 3 Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan is correct. So a and c are eliminated.
• 5: Syria touches Mediterranean sea and not Black Sea. So, 5 is wrong, this eliminates d. Thus, we are left with answer b.

• The Aral Sea, in Central Asia, used to be the fourth largest lake in the world, after the Caspian Sea, and Lakes Superior and Victori(a) Now barely 10% of it is left. BBC-2014.
• Lake Baikal 's has been crippled by a series of detrimental phenomena….They include the disappearance of the omul fish, rapid growth of putrid algae and the death of endemic species of sponges across its vast 3.2 million-hectare are(a) [The Hindu 2017-Oct], but there is no mention of immensely drying up. Hence answer A: 1 only.

In the map, you can see Mediterranean Sea doesn't touch Jordan and Iraq so, by elimination, we are left with answer "c".

In the map, Sumatra is quite closer to Great Nicobar than Sri Lanka. See:

All 12 Pacific Rim Countries have signed Trans -Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
These 12 countries are: Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Darussalam, Japan, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
Objectives of TPP:
(i) Lower track barriers such as tariffs.
(ii) Establish a common framework for intellectual property.
(iii) Enforce standards for labour low and environmental low.
(iv) Establish an investor - state dispute settlement mechanism.

Jordan does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea.

The correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north is Jakarta-Singapore-Bangkok and Hanoi.

The Chechen Republic is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia. Darfur is a region in western Sudan. Swat is a valley and an administrative district in Pakistan.

Turkey's smaller part is in Southeastern Europe and its larger part in Western Asia which is located between Black Sea and Mediterranean

Malacca strait is between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the Malaya Peninsula. Singapore lies on the tip of the Malay Peninsular.