Prelims

Tungurahua Volcano, which was declared a Global Geopark by UNESCO in 2025, is situated in which one among the following countries?

Consider the following water bodies:
1. Lake Tanganyika
2. Lake Tonlé Sap
3. Patos Lagoon
Through how many of the above does the Equator pass?

Consider the following statements:
1. The Red Sea receives very little precipitation in any form.
2. No water enters the Red Sea from rivers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert ?

With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements:

1. The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater.
2. The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs:
River Flows into
1. Mekong Andaman Sea
2. Thames Irish Sea
3. Volga Caspian Sea
4. Zambezi Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities?
1.Aral Sea
2.Black Sea
3.Lake Baikal
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

On the planet earth, most of the freshwater exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining freshwater, the largest proportion

Consider the following statements:
1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?