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(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Arctic Ocean
(d) Indian Ocean
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Most scientists consider a volcano active if it has erupted in the last 10,000 years. There are about 1500 active volcanoes in the world – the majority along the Pacific Ring of Fire – and around 50 of these erupt each year.
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Question : 1
The river which has a greater flow of water than any other river in the world is.
a) River Amazon
b) River Hwang-ho
c) River Nile
d) River Zaire
Answer »Answer: (a)
South America’s Amazon river is the world’s largest river. It flows into the South Altantic Ocean. Its length is 6,296 km.
Question : 2
“Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty, and the people used to be nomadic hoarders”. For which region is this statement correct ?
a) Central Asian Steppes
b) African Savanna
c) North American Prairies
d) Siberian Tundra
Answer »Answer: (a)
This statement is about the Central Asian Steppes. Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.
It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, “the ‘stans” (as the five countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix “-stan”, meaning “land of”) and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.
Central Asia has historically been closely tied to its nomadic peoples and the Silk Road. Central Asia has the following geographic extremes: world’s northernmost desert (sand dunes), at Buurug Deli in Els, Mongolia; the Northern Hemisphere’s southernmost permafrost, at Erdenetsogt sum, Mongolia; world’s shortest distance between non-frozen desert and permafrost: 770 km; and the Eurasian pole of inaccessibility.
A majority of the people earn a living by herding livestock. Industrial activity centres in the region’s cities.
Question : 3
The temperature and rainfall of a meteorological station are given below:
Month | Temperature (0°C) | Rainfall (cm) |
J | 9.4 | 12.2 |
F | 10.6 | 9.1 |
M | 11.7 | 7.9 |
A | 12.2 | 2.5 |
M | 13.3 | 1.0 |
J | 13.9 | 0.3 |
J | 13.9 | - |
A | 14.4 | - |
S | 15.6 | 0.8 |
O | 15.0 | 2.5 |
N | 13.3 | 6.1 |
D | 10.6 | 11.7 |
Average rainfall: 54.9 cm per annum
Identify the region having the above climatic patterns from amongst the following:
a) Monsoon region
b) Mediterranean region
c) N.W. European region
d) Steppe region
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 4
Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
a) East Indies islands comprising of Java, Sumatra and Borneo
b) South Africa
c) Russia and Northern Europe
d) The Western coasts of South America
Answer »Answer: (c)
Climate change benefits Russia and Northern Europe as they are in colder region.
Question : 5
Summer rains in Australia broadly decreases from
a) west to east
b) east to west
c) south to north
d) north to south
Answer »Answer: (d)
Summer rains in Australia Broadly decreases from north to south.
Question : 6
Which of the following deserts has been named after the phrase ‘The Great Thirst’?
a) Mojave Desert
b) Namib Desert
c) Sahara Desert
d) Kalahari Desert
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Kalahari Desert of southern Africa is named after the Tswana word Kgala, meaning 'the great thirst', or Kgalagadi, meaning 'a waterless place'.
It has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water. It extends 900,000 km2 covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
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