Prelims Map Based Questions - 9 - SSC CGL MCQ

Orang National Park

• The Orang National Park also known as Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam and covers an area of 78.81 square kilometers.
• It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1985 but was declared as a National Park in 1999. It is also the 49^th Tiger Reserve of the country, being notifi ed in 2016.
• It is also known as the mini Kaziranga National Park since the two parks have a similar landscape made up of marshes, streams, and grasslands.
• It is the only stronghold of rhinoceros on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River.

Hence, the correct option is 'A'.

Option 1 and 4 are correctly matched. Option 2 and 3 are reversed.

Major lakes of Asia

• Lake Baikal is situated in Russia;
• Lake Akanis situated in Japan;
• Qinghai Lake or Lake Khanka are situated in China;
• Dal Lake, Chilka, Vembanada, Pullicat and Sukhnaare situated inIndia;
• Lake Matano is situated in Indonesia.

Option (d) is correct: The above description describes Mangolian Plateau

Correct Answer-Option A (4-1-3-2 )

Option (c) is correct: It touches the boundary of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel.

Option (a) is correct: Kamchatka PeninsulaKuril Islands (Russia)-Bonin Islands (Japan)-VolcanoIslands (Japan).

El Salvador

• El Salvador has recently planned to build an entire city based on the largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
• ]The city will be located along the Gulf of Fonseca near a Conchagua volcano to take advantage of the country’s geothermal energy— to power both the city and cryptocurrency mining.
• The city would be funded with the issuance of a $1 billion Bitcoin Bond.
• El Salvador, the country of Central America. It is the smallest and most densely populated of the seven Central American countries. Despite having little level land, it traditionally was an agricultural country, heavily dependent upon coff ee exports.
• El Salvador is bounded by Honduras to the north and east, by the Pacific Ocean to the south, and by Guatemala to the northwest. Its territory is situated wholly on the western side of the isthmus, and it is, therefore, the only Central American country that lacks a Caribbean coast.
• El Salvador fully ‘dollarized’ its economy in 2001 to take advantage of the stability that it off ers and attract investments; get linked to the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve in Washington and prevent hyperinfl ation in the economy.
• El Salvador became the fi rst country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

South China Sea

• South China Sea is a marginal sea, an arm of western Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia.
• The People’s Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam border the South China Sea.
• Taiwan Strait connects South China Sea with the East China Sea while the Luzon Strait connects it with the Philippine Sea.
• It contains numerous shoals, reefs, atolls and islands like the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Scarborough Shoal, the Pratas Islands and the Macclesfi eld Bank.
• The sea carries tremendous strategic importance; one-third of the world’s shipping passes through it, carrying over $3 trillion in trade each year and an estimated 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
• There are a few hundred small islands in the SCS, a part of the Pacifi c Ocean. Some of the main ones are Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands and Scarborough Shoal — the bone of contention between China and the Philippines. China claims most of these islands as its own. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.

Option (b) is correct: Gulf of Mannar and Gulf of Aden lies below the Tropic of Cancer.

Option (a) is correct: Ashgabat is in Turkmenistan.

Option (d) is correct: Kunming-MandalayDhaka-Kolkata

Bullet train between India and China

• China is planning a bullet train from Kolkata to its Kunming City.
• The service is also expected to give a thrust to trade and commerce in the BangladeshChina-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor.
• The BCIM project, initiated by China, is projected to run through Mandalay in Myanmar, Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, terminating in Kolkata.

Option (b) is correct: It lies mainly in southeastern Saudi Arabia, with lesser portions in Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.

Option (b) is correct: Socotra (Yemen)-Phuket (Thailand)-Sumatra (Indonesia)-Borneo(Indonesia)