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(a) Tropical rain forests
(b) Montane forests
(c) Subtropical mixed forests
(d) Wet deciduous forests
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
The largest expanse of tropical rain forest is found in the Amajon basin of Brazil, extending from the Atlantic Coast of the foot hills of the Ande and from the Guiana Highlands in the north to the tropic of Capricorn in the South.
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Question : 1
The cyclone that brought devastation in Bangladesh was named as
a) Sidr
b) Shary
c) Erin
d) Wendy
Answer »Answer: (a)
Cyclone Sidr was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh on 15 November 2007. 3,447 deaths were blamed on this Category-5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
Question : 2
Where are most of the earth’s active volcanoes concentrated ?
a) Pacific Occan
b) Europe
c) South America
d) Africa
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements.
The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circumPacific seismic belt. About 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 81% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
The next most seismic region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world’s largest earthquakes) is the belt which extends from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most prominent earthquake belt.
Question : 3
Select the correct direction of Sirocco storm.
a) North from U.S.A.
b) Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
c) Adriatic Sea to Italy
d) West from Sahara
Answer »Answer: (b)
Sirocco originates in the Sahara and blows across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe. It arises from a warm, dry, tropical airmass in the Arabian or Sahara deserts that is pulled northward by lowpressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea.
Question : 4
Sahara is located in which part of Africa ?
a) Western
b) Eastern
c) Southern
d) Northern
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Sahara covers most of North Africa and extends over Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. It covers about 1D 4 of the African continent.
Question : 5
List I | List II |
(Towns) | (Rivers) |
A. Jabalpur | 1. Ravi |
B. Paris | 2. Narmada |
C. London | 3. Siene |
D. Lahore | 4. Thames |
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 1 2 3
d) 1 4 3 2
Answer »Answer: (b)
- Jabalpur: Narmada;
- Paris: Seine;
- London: Thames; and
- Lahore: Ravi
The river flows on the north-western side.
Question : 6
Consider the following statements
- In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
- In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.
a) 2 only
b) 1 only
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) Both 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (a)
In Macedonia, ethinic Albanian population is 23%, which is a good number in Macedonia. But in Kosovo 92% Albanians present where Serbians are the minority.
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