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  1. Doldrums pressure belts lies in between which of the following latitudes?

  2. A.

     5°N to 5°S

    B.

     35° to 60° N and S

    C.

     25° to 35° N and S

    D.

     35° to 45° N and S

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  3. Where was the world's first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?

  4. A.

     Baku in Russia.

    B.

     Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

    C.

     Digboi in Assam, India

    D.

     Dhahran in Saudi Arabia

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  5. Which of the following deserts does not lie in the Northern Hemisphere?

  6. A.

     Gobi

    B.

     Kalahari

    C.

     Sahara

    D.

     Thar

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  7. The thermal equator is found

  8. A.

     At the equator

    B.

     South of the geographical equator

    C.

     North of the geographical equator

    D.

     At the tropic of cancer

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  9. No trees are found in Tundra biome near polar region of northern hemisphere. This is due to ________

  10. A.

     Snowfall inhibits plant respiration

    B.

     Frozen ice beneath the surface soil (permafrost) restricts root growth

    C.

     Less wind movement and inadequate sunlight

    D.

     Low temperature which restricts development of reproductive organs

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  11. Land breeze is a cold breeze which flows from land to

  12. A.

     Sea

    B.

     Forest

    C.

     Desert

    D.

     None of these

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  13. Put the following ores in descending order of their iron content:
    1. Haemetite
    2. Magnetite
    3. Limonite
    4. Siderite

  14. A.

     1, 2, 3, 4

    B.

     2, 1, 3, 4

    C.

     2, 1, 4, 3

    D.

     1, 2, 4, 3

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  15. Identify the correct descending order of production of wood pulp of the following countries:
    1. USA
    2. Sweden
    3. Japan
    4. Canada

  16. A.

     1, 3, 2, 4

    B.

     2, 4, 1, 3

    C.

     1, 4, 2, 3

    D.

     2, 3, 1, 4

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  17. The Rhur-Complex is a major Industrial centre in

  18. A.

     North America

    B.

     Germany

    C.

     Europe

    D.

     Former USSR (now defunct)

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  19. World's largest synthetic rubber and tyre making centre is ________

  20. A.

     Cleveland

    B.

     Sharon

    C.

     Akron

    D.

     Wheeling

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