261. Which river of Africa crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice?
1. Congo
2. Limpopo
3. Niger
4. Zambezi
Option “2” is correct. Limpopo, River of Africa crosses the tropic of Capricorn twice. The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean.
262. The Groups of people inhabiting Asiatic Tundra is known as-
1. Vedda
2. Kirghiz
3. Samoyed
4. Guacho
Option “3” is correct. The group of people inhabiting Asiatic Tundra is known as Samoyed. The Samoyedic people are those groups that speak Samoyedic languages.
263. The Kiel canal connects-
1. Caribbean sea and Pacific Ocean
2. Bering sea and Chukchi sea
3. Red sea and Mediterranean sea
4. Baltic sea and North sea
Option “4” is correct. The Kiel canal connects Baltic sea and North sea. The Kiel Canal, known as the Kaiser-WilhelmKanal until 1948, is a 98-kilometre long canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau.
264. Foehn is a local wind of-
1. China
2. Japan
3. Korea
4. Switzerland
Option “4” is correct. Foehn is a local wind of Switzerland. A foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift).
265. The Great Barrier Reef is located on the coast of-
1. Central Australia
2. West Australia
3. East Australia
4. South Australia
Option “3” is correct. The Great Barrier Reef is located on the coast of East Australia.
266. Which one of the following is the wettest place in India?
Option “4” is correct. Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 65 kilometers from Shillong. It is the wettest place in India.
267. The mineral oil was first discovered in India at-
1. Naharkotiya
2. Mumbai
3. Ankleshwar
4. Digboi
Option “4” is correct. Digboi is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, India. Crude oil was first discovered in India at Digboi.
268. The busiest ocean trade route of the world is in-
Option “1” is correct. The Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean of all Oceans. It connects the South Amrica to North America(Panama Canal) , Africa to Europe and Europe to Asia (through Gibraltar Strait connecting Mediterranean Sea ).It is the trade route between the continents and is always full of cargo ships being carried around continent
269. Atlas Mountain is in which continent?
1. Africa
2. Europe
3. Asia
4. Australia
Option “1” is correct. Atlas Mountains, series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone of the countries of the Maghrib (the western region of the Arab world)—Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
270. Majid Gyre is a feature of which of the following Oceans?
Option “3” is correct. The Indian Ocean consists of one gyre, the Indian Ocean (Majid) Gyre, which exists mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is named after Ahmad Bin Majid, the 15th-century Arab mariner.
