Target Prelims 2023 Current Affairs Crash Course

Places in News - 1
Q1.Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The proposed Mekedatu project has turned into a dispute between Karnataka and Kerala.
2. It is proposed to be built on a west-flowing tributary of the Cauvery river.
Select the correct code from below:
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

Q2.The G695 and G219 highways, which are often in news, passes through -
A. Fergana Valley
B. Eastern China
C. Aksai Chin
D. North-East India

Q3.As you move along the Line of Actual Control between India and China, you will come across the following
places. Can you arrange them in a North-South direction?

1. Daulat Beg Oldie

2. Demchok
3. Pangong Tso
4. Galwan Valley

A. 1-2-3-4
B. 2-4-3-1
C. 1-4-3-2
D. 2-3-4-1

Q4.Which of the following places are located on the east coast of Sri Lanka?

1. Trincomalee
2. Sampur
3. Colombo

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Q5.Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Kuril islands are disputed between Japan and Russia.

2. The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their
southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula at their northern end.
3. The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean.

Select the correct code from below:

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Q6.Which are the following countries that constitute the Baltic states?
A. Romania, Serbia and Moldova
B. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
C. Norway, Sweden and Finland
D. None of the above

Q7.Which amongst the following are located along the rim of the Black Sea?
1. Odessa
2. Sevastopol
3. Kerch
4. Sochi

Select the correct code from below:

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 4 only
C. 2, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q8.Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. India’s EEZ in the Bay of Bengal stretches continuously from the mainland to the Andaman & Nicobar
islands.
2. India’s EEZ in the Bay of Bengal is bordered by the EEZ of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Myanmar only.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Q9.Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Region in News Country

1. Tigray Nigeria
2. Abyei Yemen
3. Gaziantep Turkey

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Q10.Under ‘Operation Kaveri’, Indian nationals from Sudan were evacuated via which of the following ports?
A. Port Said & Haifa Port
B. Port Sudan & Duqm Port
C. Port Sudan & Jeddah Port
D. Port Sudan & Port Said

Q11.Which of the following pairs are incorrectly matched?

New Elephant Reserves State

1. Terai Uttar Pradesh
2. Agasthyamalai Kerala
3. Lemru Manipur

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Q12.China and Philippines are party to which of the following disputes in the South China Sea?

1. Paracel Islands dispute

2. Scarborough Shoal dispute
3. Spratly Islands dispute

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Q13.Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Dam State
1. Tungabhadra Karnataka
2. Bhavani Sagar Tamil Nadu
3. Koyna Maharashtra

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Q14.Mangroves can be found at which of the following locations along India’s East Coast?

1. Pichavaram
2. Krishna – Godavari Delta
3. Bhitarkanika
4. Sunderbans

A. 1 and 4 only
B. 2 and 4 only
C. 1, 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q15.The El Nino & La Nina phenomena which affect the Indian Monsoons and weather patterns around the world
are reported in which region?
A. North-Eastern Indian Ocean – South China Sea – Hawaiian Coast
B. East Coast of Australia – Equatorial Pacific – West Coast of Peru
C. East Coast of Australia – Northern Pacific – West Coast of North America
D. Entire Coast of Australia – Southern Ocean – South-east of Indian Ocean

Q16.Where are the Solomon Islands located?

A. Caribbean
B. Mediterranean
C. Pacific Oceania
D. Indian Ocean
Q17.The Horn of Africa is composed of which countries?

1. Somalia
2. Djibouti
3. Eritrea
4. Ethiopia

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 4 only
C. 1, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q18.Where in India can you find a major concentration of coral reefs?

1. Andaman & Nicobar

2. Lakshadweep
3. Gulf of Mannar
4. Gulf of Kutch
5. Palk Strait

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 3 and 5 only
D. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Q19.Which is the only part of the U.K. that shares a land border with the EU?
A. England
B. Scotland
C. Wales
D. Northern Ireland

Q20.Which of the following maritime chokepoints offer a passage for ships from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific
Ocean?

1. Strait of Malacca
2. Sunda Strait
3. Lombok Strait

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Q21.It is a long, narrow nation shaped like the letter ‘S’. It is in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the
peninsula known as Indochina. It shares its northern borders with China and faces the South China Sea and Gulf
of Tonkin. Which country does this description refer to?

A. Thailand
B. Laos
C. Vietnam
D. Cambodia

Q22.Consider the following pairs:

Sea Littoral Countries

1. Mediterranean Sea Israel
2. Persian Gulf UAE
3. Red Sea Yemen
4. Arabian Sea Kuwait

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

A. only 1 pair
B. only 2 pairs
C. only 3 pairs
D. All the above pairs

Q23.Which of the following ports are located in Bangladesh?

1. Mongla
2. Sittwe
3. Matarbari

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only

Q24.Which amongst the following countries is not a part of the Sahel region?
A. Mauritania
B. Nigeria
C. Tanzania
D. Eritrea
Q25.The proposed Kra Isthmus Canal project is in which county?
A. Vietnam
B. China
C. Thailand
D. Malaysia