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  1. The years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were

  2. A.

     Leap years

    B.

     Not leap years

    C.

     Famine years

    D.

     Years of natural calamities


  3. Which among these is a form of precipitation?

  4. A.

     Dew

    B.

     Fog

    C.

     Mist

    D.

     Hail


  5. The tropical rain forests in the Amazon basin is known as

  6. A.

     Savanna

    B.

     Prairies

    C.

     Selvas

    D.

     Pampas


  7. Which among these is an intermontane plateau?

  8. A.

     Deccan

    B.

     Anatolia

    C.

     Columbia

    D.

     Tibet


  9. The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs

  10. A.

     Temperate deciduous forests

    B.

     Tropical moist forests

    C.

     Heavily polluted rivers

    D.

     Deserts and savannas


  11. Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?

  12. A.

     Pygmies

    B.

     Kazaks

    C.

     Masai

    D.

     Lapps


  13. "Tin Bigha" corridor connects

  14. A.

     India and Pakistan

    B.

     India and China

    C.

     Bangladesh and Pakistan

    D.

     Bangladesh and India


  15. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?

  16. A.

     Cape Town

    B.

     Johannesburg

    C.

     Kimberley

    D.

     Pretoria


  17. A country lying within the Arctic Circle having geysers is

  18. A.

     Greenland

    B.

     Iceland

    C.

     Norway

    D.

     Denmark


  19. Which of the following is known as "the cold pole" of the world?

  20. A.

     Laurentian region of Canada

    B.

     Verkhoyansk in Russia

    C.

     Antarctica

    D.

     Greenland