QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 06 February 2020 – Geography

Solution: b)

The Kerch Strait is a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai in the east.

Solution: c)

Kolkata city is located below Tropic of Cancer Kolkata (W.B) – 22.34 N. Diphu Pass is a mountain pass around the area of the disputed tri-point borders of India, China, and Myanmar. West Bengal shares border with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

Solution: b)

Palghat Gap is located between Nilgiri hills and Anaimalai hills. New Moore Island is located in Bay of Bengal between India and Bangladesh.

Solution: a)

Damodar occupies the eastern margins of the Chotanagpur Plateau where it flows through a rift valley and finally joins the Hugli. Barakar is its main tributary. The Sharda River or Mahakali River is also called Kali Gad or Kali Ganga in Uttarakhand where the river demarcates Nepal’s western border with India.

Solution: b)

Shyok and Soan are the tributaries of Indus River.