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  1. 17th Parallel separates ________

  2. A.

     North and South America

    B.

     North and South Korea

    C.

     North and South Vietnam

    D.

     North and South Yemen

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  3. The wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The Hottest place is

  4. A.

     Azizia (Libya)

    B.

     Ramagundam (India)

    C.

     Stwart Island (New Zealand)

    D.

     Kandy (Sri Lanka)

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  5. Burkina Faso is the new name of ________ Republic.

  6. A.

     Chad

    B.

     Cameroon

    C.

     Kenya

    D.

     Upper Volta

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  7. Rubber is the coagulated Juice or latex or an equatorial tree called

  8. A.

     Ebony

    B.

     Mahogany

    C.

     Cinchona

    D.

     Hevea

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  9. Botswana was formerly known as

  10. A.

     Bachuanaland

    B.

     Bahamas

    C.

     Barbados

    D.

     Cameroon

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  11. Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because

  12. A.

     Suez Canal has no locks

    B.

     Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America

    C.

     Suez Canal is older

    D.

     Panama Canal has limited capacity

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  13. ________ is called the 'land of a thousand lakes'.

  14. A.

     Finland

    B.

     Holland

    C.

     Sweden

    D.

     Portugal

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  15. The forces responsible for the movements of the earth's crust, eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes are

  16. A.

     Terrestrial forces

    B.

     Tectonic forces

    C.

     Gravitational forces

    D.

     Mountain building movements

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  17. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?

  18. A.

     Japan

    B.

     West Indies

    C.

     Indonesia

    D.

     Philippines

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  19. Blizzards are more frequent in

  20. A.

     Tropical region

    B.

     Temperate region

    C.

     Arctic region

    D.

     Antarctic region

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