Here is Question No. 36 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2019
Q36. Consider the following pairs:
Sea Bordering country
- Adriatic Sea: Albania
- Black Sea: Croatia
- Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan
- Mediterranean Sea: Morocco
- Red Sea: Syria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: B
- Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Adriatic Sea is a part of the Mediterranean Sea positioned between the eastern coastline of Italy, and countries of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia, South through Croatia, Montenegro, and to Albania.
- Pair 2 is not correctly matched: the Black Sea is located between Europe and Asia. Six countries border the Black Sea, Ukraine to the North, Russia and Georgia to the East, Turkey to the South, and Bulgaria and Romania to the West.
- Pair 3 is correctly matched: the Caspian Sea is an enclosed body of water between Asia and Europe. It is bordered by Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
- Pair 4 is correctly matched: Morocco’s Mediterranean coast represents the westernmost edge of the Northern African coast. The coastline features the Strait of Gibraltar marks the link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
- Pair 5 is not correctly matched: Red Sea is located between North-east Africa and Western Asia. The countries bordering it are Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
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