Map Based Test - 1 - UPSC MCQ

Mekong flows southeast from Tibet and enters the Yunnan province of China. It then snakes its way around to the border of China, Myanmar and Laos. 

 Its estimated length is 4,909 km (3,050 mi),^[3] and it drains an area of 795,000 km² (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km³ (114 cu mi) of water annually.^[4] From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.

• Corbett National Park
• In Uttrakhand- founded in 1936-formerly known as Hailey National Park.
• This is the national park which was established by Britishers in India.
• The governing body of this national park is Project Tiger.
• Fauna founds includes Tiger, Golden Jackal .Indian Pangolins .Elephants etc.

The enormous desert spans 11 countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. 

The correct answer is option 2, i.e 1, 2, 3, 4.

• The location of the hills asked in the question are mentioned below:
  • Nallamalas hills are a section of the Eastern Ghats which forms the eastern boundary of Rayalaseema region of the state of Andhra Pradesh and Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda districts of the state of Telangana, in India.
  • Nilgiri hills are the mountainous region of Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. Nilgiri hills are the part of the Western Ghats, and the hills are separated from the Karnataka Plateau (north) by the Noyar River and from the Anaimalai and Palni hills (south) by the Palghat Gap.
  • Anaimalai or Anamala hills, also known as the Elephant Mountains, are the range of mountains that form the southern portion of the Western Ghats and span the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in Southern India.
  • Cardamom hills or Yela Mala hills are mountain range of southern India and part of the southern Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu in India.

The South Andaman forests have a profuse growth of epiphytic vegetation, mostly ferns and orchids. The Middle Andaman's harbors mostly moist deciduous forests.

North Andaman's is characterized by the wet evergreen type, with plenty of woody climbers. The North Nicobar Islands (including Car Nicobar and Battimalv) are marked by the complete absence of evergreen forests, while such forests form the dominant vegetation in the central and southern islands of the Nicobar group. Grasslands occur only in the Nicobars, and while deciduous forests are common in the Andamans, they are almost absent in the Nicobars.

• The seven major perennial rivers of the Gir region are
• Hiran, Shetrunji, Datardi, Shingoda, Machhundri, Godavari and Raval.
• The largest dam is Kamleshwar Dam.