Prelims Map Based Questions - 2 - UPSC MCQ

Kamchatka PeninsulaKuril Islands (Russia)-Bonin Islands (Japan)-VolcanoIslands (Japan).

The Aegean is located between the mainland of Greece and Turkey, respectively.

Dardanelles Strait and the Aegean Sea

• Dardanelles is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey linking the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
  The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea and an important natural feature of the Mediterranean region.
• The Aegean is located between the southern Balkan and the Anatolian peninsulas, between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey, respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus.

Mississippi River drains its water in Gulf of Mexico

• Gila river is a tributary of Colorado river and their water drains into Pacifi c Ocean
• Colorado River, major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., and fl owing generally west and south for 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometres) into the Gulf of California in north-western Mexico.
• The Fraser River is a river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and fl owing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia.

Young Ranges of the St. Elias Mountains is in Canada.

North America is divided between five physiographic regions-Canadian Shield; Appalachian Mountains; Atlantic Coastal Plain; Interior Lowlands; and North American Cordillera.

The Ethiopian Highlands are located in East Africa, not North America, so option d is the correct answer.

Lake Ontario is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by St. Lawrence River.

The Rocky Mountains have a rugged topography that extends from Alaska to New Mexico.

Lake Superior-Lake Michigan-Lake Huron-Lake Erie-Lake Ontario 

Ashgabat is in Turkmenistan.

Gulf of Mannar and Gulf of Aden lies below the Tropic of Cancer.

Altai Mountains-Tian Shan-Altun Shan-Kunlun Shan-Himalayas

Arkansas (west)-Missouri (northwest)-Illinois (northeast)-Ohio (east)

North America is separated from Asia by the Bering Strait.

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake to be located entirely within the United States.

The faces of four presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore.

This region was dominated by the manufacturing of steel. It is now characterized by old steel mills.

Bering Strait and Isthmus of Panama

• The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacifi c Ocean, linking North and South America.
• Bering strait helps you navigate from Pacifi c Ocean  or Bering Sea to Arctic Ocean.

Galapagos Island is in Ecuador. Rest all are in Peru.