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  1. What does the 17th parallel separate?

  2. A.

     South and North America

    B.

     North and South Korea

    C.

     South and North Vietnam

    D.

     South and North Yemen


  3. Cyclones are called as hurricanes in

  4. A.

     Bangladesh

    B.

     China

    C.

     Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea

    D.

     Japan


  5. What is the capital of East Timor ?

  6. A.

     Darwin

    B.

     DiIi

    C.

     Semarang

    D.

     Yogyakarta


  7. Khartoum is situated at the confluence of ________

  8. A.

     Murray and Darling

    B.

     Porena and Prague

    C.

     Tigris and Euphrates

    D.

     White Nile and Blue Nile


  9. On the Equator the day and night are equal

  10. A.

     On equinoxes

    B.

     On summer solstice

    C.

     On winter solstice

    D.

     Throughout the year


  11. Which of the following is incorrect?

  12. A.

     Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises

    B.

     At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year

    C.

     At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn

    D.

     The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year


  13. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?

  14. A.

     Anthracite

    B.

     Bituminous coal

    C.

     Lignite

    D.

     Peat


  15. In population, high growth rate is a characteristics of

  16. A.

     High birth and High mortality rate

    B.

     High birth and Low mortality rate

    C.

     Low birth and Low mortality rate

    D.

     Low birth and High mortality rate


  17. A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as

  18. A.

     Strait

    B.

     Isthmus

    C.

     Headland

    D.

     Bay


  19. Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country?

  20. A.

     Natural growth rate of population

    B.

     Food supplies

    C.

     Energy resources

    D.

     Modem means of transport and communication