World Towns

Most of the mega cities of the world are located in coastal areas. This is mainly due to the reason that they are the gateways to international ocean routes. Thus, assertion and reason both are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Ghazni and Kandahar are located in Afghanistan, while Fer- gana and Samarkand are located in Uzbekistan..

The correct match of the lakes and the cities located on their banks is as follows:

The names of the countries and their respective capitals marked with 1,2,3 and 4 are as follows-

The countries and their capitals are correctly matched as follows:

The above map shows the northern part of Sri Lanka. The cities marked with A, B, C and D are as follows:
A- Chavakachcheri
B- Point Pedro
C- Kankesanturai
D- Jaffna
Thus, it is clear that Jaffna is located at the point marked as (d).

Alaska is a province of United State of America situated in the North West extremity. The United State purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867. Significantly, the treaty was signed by President Andrew Johnson on May 28, 1867 and Alaska was formally transferred to the US on 18 Oct. 1867.

Alaska is a province of United State of America situated in the North West extremity. The United State purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867. Significantly, the treaty was signed by President Andrew Johnson on May 28, 1867 and Alaska was formally transferred to the US on 18 Oct. 1867.

In the given options, Santa Rosa is not located within the “Silicon Valley”. Santa Rosa is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, (USA).

The House of Parliament of South Africa is situated in Cape Town while the seat of government is in Pretoria. Cape Town is known as the legislative capital of South Africa, while Pretoria is known as the administrative (Executive) capital of South Africa and Bloemfontein is known as the judicial capital of South Africa. The upper and lower house of the Parliament of South Africa is known as National Council of Provinces (90) and National Assembly (400) respectively. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.