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upsc-p1-current-affairs-places-in-news MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 6 upsc-p1-current-affairs-places-in-news questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Match List I with List II: List I (Place) A. Bab-el-Mandeb B. Chabahar C. Minicoy D. Siachen List II (Association) 1. Eastern Karakoram 2. Iran and the Gulf of Oman 3. Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden 4. Near the Nine Degree Channel Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Bab-el-Mandeb links the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden; Chabahar is in Iran on the Gulf of Oman; Minicoy is near the Nine Degree Channel; and Siachen lies in the eastern Karakoram. Thus the complete mapping is A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1.
Q2With reference to India-linked connectivity projects, consider the following statements: 1. Chabahar is in Iran on the Gulf of Oman and is relevant to access to Afghanistan and Central Asia. 2. The Kaladan project uses a sea-river-road linkage between India's eastern seaboard and Mizoram through Myanmar. 3. The India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway is a maritime corridor. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Chabahar provides an Iran-Gulf of Oman route relevant to Afghanistan and Central Asia, whereas Kaladan links the Bay of Bengal side to Mizoram through Myanmar by sea, river and road. The Trilateral Highway follows a land-route logic through India, Myanmar and Thailand, so statement 3 is incorrect.
Q3With reference to maritime zones, consider the following statements: 1. Internal waters lie on the landward side of the baseline. 2. The coastal State has sovereignty over the territorial sea, subject to innocent passage. 3. The exclusive economic zone gives the coastal State full sovereignty identical to land territory. 4. The contiguous zone extends up to 24 nautical miles. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. Internal waters are landward of the baseline, territorial-sea sovereignty remains subject to innocent passage, and the contiguous zone extends up to 24 nautical miles. The exclusive economic zone provides resource-related sovereign rights rather than full land-like sovereignty, so statement 3 is incorrect.
Q4Consider the following statements about map-based locations: 1. Great Nicobar lies close to the Six Degree Channel. 2. Minicoy lies near the Nine Degree Channel. 3. Lakshadweep lies in the Bay of Bengal. 4. Siachen lies in the eastern Karakoram. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. Great Nicobar and Minicoy are associated respectively with the Six Degree and Nine Degree Channels, while Siachen lies in the eastern Karakoram. Lakshadweep is in the Arabian Sea, not the Bay of Bengal.
Q5Consider the following statements: 1. The continental shelf is mechanically identical to the water column above it and can never extend beyond 200 nautical miles. 2. On the high seas, freedoms such as navigation, overflight and laying submarine cables operate subject to international law. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Only statement 2 is correct. The continental shelf concerns seabed and subsoil rights and may extend beyond 200 nautical miles where geological conditions and the applicable procedure permit; it is not mechanically identical to the water column. High-seas freedoms remain subject to international law.
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6Arrange the following maritime zones in order from the landward side of the baseline towards the open sea: 1. Internal waters 2. Territorial sea 3. Contiguous zone 4. Exclusive economic zone Select the correct answer using the code given below.