III. General Knowledge of World & India : MCQ — 8 Practice Questions with Answers

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NOAA describes the Pacific Ocean as the largest and deepest of the world's ocean basins. The Arctic Ocean, by contrast, is the smallest major ocean basin, so options that assign these features to the Arctic, Indian or Atlantic oceans are incorrect.

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NCERT geography material lists Asia as the largest continent and Australia as the smallest continent. Therefore, the correct comparison is Asia as the largest by land area, not Australia, Europe or Antarctica in the ways stated.

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UN material on globalization links it with greater mobility of goods, services, capital, labour and technology, making economies and societies more interconnected. It does not mean the disappearance of cross-border flows, total self-sufficiency or the end of cooperation.

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NASA explains the Intertropical Convergence Zone as the region near the equator where the trade winds from the two hemispheres come together. Subtropical highs, polar highs and mid-latitude westerlies are different parts of the circulation pattern.

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The United Nations defines an international migrant, for statistical purposes, as a person who has changed the country of residence. The definition is about crossing a national residence boundary, not merely changing village, job or language preference.