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Question : 46 [SSC SO 2007]

The main reason for deforestation in Asia is

a) excessive soil erosion

b) excessive fuel wood collection

c) construction of roads

d) floods

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.

Question : 47 [UP–PCS 2015]

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 : 48

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 : 49 [SSC CISF 2010]

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 : 50

Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?

a) Denmark Strait

b) Davis Strait

c) Strait of Gibraltar

d) Strait of Dover

Answer: (d)

Strait of Dover connects United Kingdom and France. It is about 32 km in length.

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