Exercise 1

Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

"Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze, as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then the rain comes with thunder and lightning, But rain is soon over".

Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?

In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?

What explains the Eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?

Tides occur in the oceans and seas due to which, among the following?

1. The gravitational force of the Sun

2. The gravitational force of the Moon

3. The centrifugal force of the Earth

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The term "Goldilocks Zone' is often seen in the news in the context of:

In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?

1. Cambay Basin

2. Cauvery Basin

3. Krishna-Godavari Basin

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The Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries?

1. Jordan

2. Iraq

3. Lebanon

4. Syria

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