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(a) North from U.S.A.
(b) Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
(c) Adriatic Sea to Italy
(d) West from Sahara
The correct answers to the above question in:
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.
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Question : 1
Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?
a) North America
b) Antarctia
c) South America
d) Asia
Answer »Answer: (b)
The continent Antarctica is present at the highest mean elevation in the world. This is because it is covered by a huge layer of ice, about 7,100 feet (2,200 m) thick.
Question : 2
Which of the following are cold ocean currents?
- Humboldt current
- Brazil current
- Oyashio
- Canary current
a) 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 3 and 4
Answer »Answer: (d)
Humboldt, Oyashio and Canaries are the cold ocean currents while Brazil current is the warm Ocean current.
Question : 3
Which one of the following parts of the world does not receive rainfall any time of the year?
a) Central North America
b) Central Europe
c) Sub-Saharan areas
d) Polar regions
Answer »Answer: (d)
The amount of precipitation in a given region depends on the amount of available atmospheric water vapour (precipitable water), as well as on the processes that cause condensation, in particular the uplift of air associated with cyclones and fronts, as well as convection.
If all the water vapour in the atmosphere were condensed, the earth’s surface would be covered, on average, with a 25 mm layer of water.
However, since the amount of water vapour the atmosphere can hold decreases with decreasing temperature, the amount of water that can be condensed from the air generally decreases with latitude.
In general, the amount of precipitable water in the humid tropics is more than 40 mm, while near the pole; it is often less than 5 mm.
The Polar Regions are the coldest places on Earth and differ the most from every other habitat on the planet. During the summer months, the days receive 24 hours of pure sunshine, but during the winter, the sun is barely seen at all.
There is very little rainfall in the Polar Regions, mainly because it is so cold, that there is very little water in the air. The average annual rainfall is less than 250 mm.
Question : 4
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 : 5
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 : 6
Which forests lie in the Amazon Basin in South America?
a) Tropical rain forests
b) Montane forests
c) Subtropical mixed forests
d) Wet deciduous forests
Answer »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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