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  1. The important mountains of Europe include

  2. A.

     Andes, Alps, Pyrenees

    B.

     Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines

    C.

     Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains

    D.

     None of the above


  3. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

  4. A.

     Pleistocene or ice age

    B.

     Paleocene or ice age

    C.

     Pliocene or ice age

    D.

     Holocene or ice age


  5. The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth's orbit.

  6. A.

     441/2

    B.

     551/2

    C.

     661/2

    D.

     0


  7. The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from

  8. A.

     the ultraviolet rays of the sun

    B.

     the infrared rays of the sun

    C.

     the falling meteorites

    D.

     None of the above


  9. The horizontal of soil profile is composed of

  10. A.

     weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification

    B.

     material affected by translocation & organic modification

    C.

     unweathered bedrock

    D.

     None of the above


  11. The largest city in Latin America is

  12. A.

     Mexico city

    B.

     Caracas

    C.

     Rio-de-Janeiro

    D.

     Buenos Aires


  13. The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are

  14. A.

     extremes

    B.

     average extremes

    C.

     absolute extremes

    D.

     relative extremes


  15. The highest mountain peak of Oceania is

  16. A.

     Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea

    B.

     Mt. Kosciusko, Australia

    C.

     Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand)

    D.

     Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.


  17. The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of

  18. A.

     small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed

    B.

     small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above


  19. The largest gulf in the world is

  20. A.

     Gulf of Mexico

    B.

     Persian Gulf

    C.

     Gulf of Carpentaria

    D.

     Gulf of Mannar