Atlas quiz -1

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1. If you fly from Pune to Jaipur and from there to Hyderabad and then on to Lucknow which letter of English your flight  would trace ?

A. M
B.N
C. H
D. L
E. Z

2. Divya and Riya are flying from Delhi to Bengalore , the flight leaves Delhi at 2:45 PM and reaches Benagalore at 5:15 PM . Divya get a right side window seat in Business class and Riya get a left window seat in Business class . Who will be able to see the sun clearly during greater part of the flight ( diagram of seating plan in pasted for your reference )

A. Divya
B. Riya
C. Both
D. None of the above

3.Your friend plans to visit you at Kanyakumari  and he plant to take a direct flight to reach India  from Singapore. Which nearest Airport from Kanyakumari would you suggest so that you can go and pick him up in minimum time ?
A. Chennai
B. Kochi
C. Thiruananthapuram or Trivandrum

4.A cargo ship  has sunk at 32 degree east and 32 degree south , the captain and his crew members are in  lifeboats and send an SOS message . Name the nearest country from the accident spot who can send rescue boats .

5. An aircraft takes off from New Delhi at 1400 hrs IST to Dubai . The flying time is 3.5 hours .At what time would it arrive in Dubai ( accg to UAE time)

6. Which Indian province borders both Pakistan and China?

7.Name the neighbouring country with which India share the longest border.?

8. If you have to fly from New Delhi to a city in USA by a non stop flight . You can fly eastwards from New delhi and reach that city and also fly westward and reach that city in USA . If you have to decide on a shorter route  what information would you like ?

9Tanvi's dad is a scientist and works in an Indian research station near the pole . On June 22nd he rang her up and told that we are going to have no sunrise and sunset for a few days in fact sun would be visibe at all times  during those days in that place . In which country or region this research station is located .
A. USA
B. RUSSIA
C. CANADA
D. NORWAY
E. SWEDEN
F. ANTARCTICA

ANSWER

1. If you fly from Pune to Jaipur and from there to Hyderabad and then on to Lucknow which letter of English your flight  would trace ?

A. M
B.N
C. H
D. L
E. Z

2.Divya and Riya are flying from Delhi to Bengalore , the flight leaves Delhi at 2:45 PM and reaches Benagalore at 5:15 PM . Divya get a right side window seat in Business class and Riya get a left window seat in Business class . Who will be able to see the sun clearly during greater part of the flight ( diagram of seating plan in pasted for your reference )

ANSWER IS a. Divya
3.It has to be Trivandrum or Thiruananthapuram (since it is nearest from Kanyakumari

4. South Africa( see SOS mark off the south east coast of S Africa)

5. 1600 Hrs( when the plane takes off from Delhi at 1400 hrs IST it is 1230 hrs in Dubai
6. Ladakh ( refer the latest  official map of India)
7. Bangladesh ( look carefully Bangladesh is surrounded on 3 sides by India)
8see this rotating earth.
The answer is longitude . It is easier to to reach the eastern coast of USA flying towards west and easier to reach the western coast flying east from New Delhi.( San Francisco is 8 hours behind GMT)
9. India has reserach stations near the pole at Antarctica and Norway. It cannot be Antarctica because during June it it winters  over there. Indias polar research station in Norway is called Himadri.