Places and Locations: World Geography: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Geography)
2 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
Explanations state facts as of the year each question was asked; words like “recently” refer to that year.
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UPSC 2017Geography · Places and Locations: World Geography
Q1. Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries? 1. Jordan 2. Iraq 3. Lebanon 4. Syria Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Explanation
The Mediterranean Sea is a significant body of water almost entirely enclosed by land, serves as a natural border for numerous countries across three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Option (c) is correct: The countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
Additional insight:
Jordan has a coastline along the Red Sea at its southwestern tip (the Gulf of Aqaba) but does not have a coastline along the Mediterranean Sea. Iraq shares borders with Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. Iraq has a minimal coastline along the Persian Gulf but lacks any coastline on the Mediterranean Sea.
UPSC 2017Geography · Places and Locations: World Geography
Q2. If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?
Explanation
Option (b) is correct: Traveling by road from Kohima in Nagaland to Kottayam in Kerala involves traversing multiple Indian states. To determine the minimum number of states one would pass through, including the origin and destination, let’s analyze the shortest route:
Nagaland: Starting point at Kohima.
Assam: Proceed westward into Assam.
West Bengal: Continue through Assam into West Bengal. Odisha: Travel southward from West Bengal into Odisha. Andhra Pradesh: Proceed further south into Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu: From Andhra Pradesh, enter Tamil Nadu. Kerala: Finally, arrive at Kottayam in Kerala. This route covers seven states in total. Alternatively, after Andhra Pradesh, one could enter Karnataka before reaching Kerala, still totaling seven states.
Answer key for these questions
Q
UPSC year
Correct answer
1
2017
(c) 3 and 4 only
2
2017
(b) 7
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How many previous year UPSC questions are there on Places and Locations: World Geography?
This page covers 2 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography), asked from 1997 to 2025. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Questions on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography) are available for 26 years, from 1997 to 2025. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
