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  1. The chief industry of Afghanistan is ________

  2. A.

     Cotton textiles

    B.

     Carpet making

    C.

     Sugar refining

    D.

     Automobile manufacturing

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  3. Venice in Italy and Vienna in Austria are famous for ________

  4. A.

     Pottery

    B.

     Glass industry

    C.

     Chemical industry

    D.

     Textile industry

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  5. The Appalachian coal fields, one of the important coal fields in the world, are located in ________

  6. A.

     China

    B.

     Great Britain

    C.

     U.S.A.

    D.

     Russia

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  7. Which of the following is a type of farming that involves both the growing of crops as well as raising of livestock?

  8. A.

     Intensive Farming

    B.

     Mixed Farming

    C.

     Dairy Farming

    D.

     Dry Farming

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  9. Which one of the following terms for natural vegetation is associated with Siberia?

  10. A.

     Selva

    B.

     Taiga

    C.

     Pampas

    D.

     Savanna

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  11. The method of soil conservation in which stones grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

  12. A.

     Mulching

    B.

     Contour barriers

    C.

     Rock dam

    D.

     Terrace farming

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  13. Among the following countries, the only one to have about half of its area under cultivation is ________

  14. A.

     China

    B.

     India

    C.

     Japan

    D.

     US

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  15. World's leading producer of fertilizers is ________

  16. A.

     U.K.

    B.

     India

    C.

     U.S.

    D.

     Russia

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  17. Which of the following gives the maximum Oxygen

  18. A.

     Green Forest

    B.

     Desert

    C.

     Grassland

    D.

     Phytoplankton

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  19. ________ affect the rate of humus formation of soil.

  20. A.

     Flora & Fauna

    B.

     Time

    C.

     Temperature

    D.

     Parent rock

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