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Questions : The main reason for deforestation in Asia is

(a) excessive soil erosion

(b) excessive fuel wood collection

(c) construction of roads

(d) floods

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact.

Tourism is becoming a larger threat to the forests. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that ‘1.5 billion of the 2 billion people worldwide who rely on fuelwood for cooking and heating are overcutting forests’. This problem is worst in drier regions of the tropics.

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Question : 1

Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(Volcano) (Country)
A. Sabancaya 1. Italy
B. Mount Etna 2. Peru
C. Colima 3. Indonesia
D. Merapi 4. Mexico
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 2 1 4

b) 3 1 4 2

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 2 1 4 3

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Assertion (A):
Major natural regions of the world possess similar topography.
Reason (R):
Climate is a major influencing factor in a natural region.

a) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

c) A is false but R is true

d) A is true but R is false

Answer: (c)

Major natural regions of the world have not the same type of climates. The different climates make different topographies.

Question : 3

The largest freshwater lake in the world is

a) Lake Michigan

b) Lake Victoria

c) Lake Superior

d) Lake Balkhash

Answer: (c)

The Caspian Sea is generally regarded as the world’s largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust.

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in area (if Lakes Michigan and Huron are taken separately), and the third-largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.

Question : 4

Which one of the following lakes forms an international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda?

a) Malawi

b) Chained

c) Zambezi

d) Victoria

Answer: (d)

Lake Victoria acts as the international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda. It is the largest lake in Africa and second widest fresh water body in the world.

Question : 5

Which one of the following is known as the Manchester of the East?

a) Shanghai

b) Tokyo

c) Osaka

d) KualaLumpur

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

In which one of the following areas is monsoon climate found?

a) South-Eastern United States

b) Pacific Coast of Columbia

c) Central California

d) Southern Part of South Africa

Answer: (b)

Monsoon type climate is found in Pacific Coast of Columbia.

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