Most Important Regions for Map-based Prelims Questions

Map marking from current conflict ridden areas,generally middle east areas have been asked in recent years such as Golan heights few years back,countries having borders with Mediterranean sea region and the sea separating Turkey and Greece asked in 2014. Also there have been questions from Indian ocean region(like mapping the islands of Indian ocean from north to south question in 2008-09),South East Asia ( north to south arrangement of capitals of south east asian nations question in 2013)and Eastern Europe .Based on the trend,we have shortlisted some areas from the world which will easily fetch you marks in map based questions .Before that,lets have a look at previous years questions to get the idea of the trend-

Eg 2018 Prelims- Middle East region

Towns sometimes mentioned in news                Country

1. Aleppo                                                                     Syria

2. Kirkuk                                                                      Yemen

3. Mosul                                                                      Palestine

4. Mazar-i-sharif                                                       Afghanistan

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1 and 4

(c) 2 and3

(d) 3 and 4

2018 Prelims-

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:

a.1 only

b.2 and 3 only

c.2 only

d.1 and 3

2018 prelims-Indian Ocean Region

Consider the following statements:

1.The Barren Island volcano is an active volcano located in the Indian territory.

2.Barren Island lies about 140 km east of Great Nicobar.

3.The last time the Barren Island volcano erupted was in 1991 and it has remained inactive since then.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3

(c) 3 only

(d) 1 and 3

2018 Prelims-Conflict Regions of The World

Consider the following pairs :

Regions sometimes mentioned in news                 Country

Catalonia                                                                        Spain

Crimea                                                                            Hungary

Mindanao                                                                      Philippines

Oromia                                                                            Nigeria

Which of the pairs given, above are correctly matched ?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 3 and 4 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 2 and 4 only

Prelims 2017- Indian Ocean Region

At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

(a) Bhavnagar

(b) Bheemunipatnam

(c) Chandipur

(d) Nagapattinam.

Prelims 2017- Mediterranean Sea Region

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:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 and 4 only

(d) 1, 3 and 4 only

Prelims 2017- Indian Ocean Region

What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?

(a) India’s trade with African countries will enormously increase.

(b) India’s relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.

(c) India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.

(d) Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.

Prelims 2017- Indian Ocean Region and South East Asia

Which of the following is geographically closest to Great Nicobar ?

(a) Sumatra

(b) Borneo

(c) Java

(d) Sri Lanka

Eg-2015 prelims- related to Middle East

1. The area known as ‘Golan Heights’ sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to:

a) Central Asia

 b) Middle East

 c) South-East Asia

 d) Central Africa

2015 prelims-related to Middle East

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

 1. Syria

 2. Jordan

 3. Lebanon

 4. Israel

2014 prelims- related to Middle East

Turkey is located between

(a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea

(b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

 (c) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea

 (d) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea

By now you all must have got an idea about which regions to focus on for correctly answering map based questions in prelims.Now, we are enlisting the focus areas for coming prelims exam-

1. MIDDLE EAST REGION ( including WANA region)

 

2.MEDITERRANEAN SEA REGION

 

3.INDIAN OCEAN REGION

 

4.SOUTH EAST ASIA

 

5.SOUTH CHINA SEA (Check the names of disputed islands in the photo below)

 

6.EASTERN EUROPE

 

We will be providing more detailed and precise list of Map-based probable questions list ,conflict zones list to our paid subsribers.(Prelims 2020)