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1. Identify the water body in which the Chabahar Port is located.
Gulf of Oman. It is located in the Gulf of Oman, in Southeastern Iran. The port serves as the only oceanic port of Iran and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari.
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2. Honiara is the capital of which Island?
Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, comprising more than 990 islands. Its capital is Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal. The Solomon Islands have been inhabited by Melanesian people for at least 30,000 years. It consists of a double chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in Melanesia. Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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3. Identify the country which borders Black Sea from the South?
Turkey. The Black Sea is bordered by Ukraine to the north and northwest, Russia and Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west. It links to the Sea of Marmara through the Bosphorus Strait and then to the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles strait.
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4. The ‘Mount Ruapehu’ recently seen in the news is located in?
Central North Island, New Zealand. Mount Ruapehu is 2800m stratovolcano in New Zealand's central North Island. It is also capped by a hydrothermal system and a warm crater lake (Te Wai a Moe). The volcano is forested below its line of permanent snow cover. Above the line, glaciers flow from the peak. Within the crater lies a lake, which is drained by the Whangaehu River.
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5. Locate the country in which al-Aqsa Mosque is situated.
Jerusalem, Israel. The al-Aqsa Mosque is one of Jerusalem’s most recognized monuments. The site is part of the Old City of Jerusalem, sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has classified the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls as a World Heritage Site.
