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  1. The hunting and gathering economy can support only

  2. A.

     1 person per sq. km

    B.

     3 persons per sq. km

    C.

     5 persons per sq. km

    D.

     7 persons per sq. km


  3. The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by

  4. A.

     term contracts

    B.

     term tenders

    C.

     monthly tenders

    D.

     All the above


  5. The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences

  6. A.

     the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere

    B.

     the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above


  7. The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from

  8. A.

     seismic surveying

    B.

     echo sounder

    C.

     side-scan sonar

    D.

     All of the above


  9. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at

  10. A.

     Minsk in Byelorussia

    B.

     Moscow in Russia

    C.

     Kiev in Ukraine

    D.

     Kistiner in Moldavia


  11. The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called

  12. A.

     Novas

    B.

     Comets

    C.

     Meteors

    D.

     Asteroids


  13. The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is

  14. A.

     Pliocene

    B.

     Palaeozoic

    C.

     Holocene

    D.

     Palaeocene


  15. The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the

  16. A.

     nebula

    B.

     comet

    C.

     asteroid

    D.

     corona


  17. The longest ship canal in the world is the

  18. A.

     St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)

    B.

     Suez canal, Egypt

    C.

     Kiel canal, Germany

    D.

     Panama canal, Central America


  19. The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include

  20. A.

     Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore

    B.

     Appalachians and Central European mountains come up

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above