Prelims Map Based Questions - 7 - SSC CGL MCQ

Sinai Peninsula

• Sinai Peninsula located in the Asian part of Egypt between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the south. The Sinai Peninsula is defi ned by the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Suez in west and the Gulf of Aqaba in south east.
• Countries with international borders to Sinai are Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip) and Israel, Egypt shares maritime borders in the Sinai with Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Option (c) is correct: Aral Sea is enclosed between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Aral Sea

• Once the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world, the Aral Sea today is a tenth of its original size.
• The North Aral Sea – the top half of the body of water – lies in Kazakhstan. The South Aral Sea, which consist of a strip of water in the west and a dried-out basin in the east, sits in Uzbekistan.

Statement 2 is incorrect: 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.

Option (d) is correct: Myanmar is bordered in the northwest by the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh and the Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh states of India.

Naku La

• Indian Army and the Chinese PLA clashed at Naku La in northern Sikkim on 20 January. According to the Indian Army spokesman, there was a “minor faceoff ” and the issues were resolved “by local commanders as per established protocols.” India has acknowledged that no weapons were used and that there had been injuries on both sides, but they were “insignifi cant and minor.”

Option (c) is correct: The Tsari Chu valley is in Arunachal Pradesh.

Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: Ken-Betwa  - Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Par-TapiNarmada – Maharashtra, and Gujarat

Option (a) is correct: Golden triangle comprises of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

Statement 1 is incorrect: The tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh.

Option (a) is the correct: Spratly IslandsParacel Islands-Pratas Islands-Senkaku Islands

Katchall Islan

• An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship has towed away a tanker, containing 910 tonnes of bunker fuel, from waters close to ecosensitive Katchall Island in the Nicobar archipelago, towards which it was drifting after a total power failure.
• The Dubai-bound ‘MT Anasthasia-1’, with 24 crew members aboard, was posing a danger of running aground, risking oil spillage in the island, after experiencing total power failure since November 19.
• In a swift sea-air coordinated operation on November 22, a Coast Guard team from ICG multi-mission vessel ‘Vishwast’ boarded the 243 m-long tanker, repaired its systems and towed it to safe water.

Sigur Plateau

• The Supreme Court appointed conservationist Nandita Hazarika as Member of a Technical Committee constituted by it on October 14 last year to hear complaints by land owners against the action taken by the Nilgris Collector, which included “arbitrary variance in acreage of the elephant corridor.”
• On October 14, the top court upheld the Tamil Nadu government’s authority to notify an ‘elephant corridor’ and protect the migratory path of the animals through the Nilgiri biosphere reserve, the largest protected forest area in India, spanning across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
• The corridor is situated in the ecologically fragile Sigur plateau.
  Sigur Plateau is a plateau in the north and east of Nilgiri District in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu.
• It connects the Western and the Eastern Ghats and sustains elephant populations and their genetic diversity.
• It has the Nilgiri Hills on its southwestern side and the Moyar River Valley on its northeastern side. The elephants cross the plateau in search of food and water.

Statement 2 is incorrect: It will be constructed by National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) under Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways.

Option (a) is correct: Crimea is situated between Black sea and Sea of Azov.

Statement 1 is incorrect: It is a transboundary river which originates in South Tripura district and fl ows through Sabroom town and then enters Bangladesh.