General Knowledge :: World Agriculture, Minerals and Industries
- The climate of a place is decided by ________
- What happens to tropical soils when the rain forest is cleared?
- Among foodgrains, international trade of rice is quite small because ________
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Consider the following statements about anticyclones:
1. The winds are divergent, and spiral out from the centre of high pressure
2. The air moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in Southern Hemisphere
3. It is accompanied by heavy rainfall
4. A sudden rise in barometric reading heralds the approach of anticyclone
Which of these statements are correct? -
Consider the following statements associated with Mediterranean climate:
1. It is so named because it occurs extensively in the periphery of Mediterranean sea.
2. These lands are exposed to hot, dry, land winds during the summer months.
3. The seasonal range of temperatures is considerable less than that in other areas of corresponding latitudes.
Which of these statements are correct? - The lowest winter temperature in the northern hemisphere is of ________
- Which country falls in all three natural regions : Hot desert, Mediterranean and Cool temperate type of climate?
- Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
- Tropical evergreen forests remain evergreen because ________
- Central and western part of California experience climate ________