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High mean temperature, high relative humidity and heavy rainfall (well distributed all over the year) are the characteristic features of the:
- monsoon region
- mediterranean region
- equatorial region
- Savanna region
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Mild and rainy winters, warm and dry summers are the characteristic features of:
- Monsoon Region
- Mediterranean Region
- Tropical Grasslands
- Temperate Grasslands
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The polar regions of the earth cannot support forest growth because:
- the rainfall is very low
- the growing season is short in these areas
- the ground is often frozen or snow or ice-covered
- all the above factors
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Snow line is:
- the altitude below which no snowfall occurs
- the altitude only above which the snowfall occurs and this snow melts during summer
- the altitude above which snow never melts
- the altitude above which the snow melts regularly to give rise to perennial rivers
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Which of the following is correctly matched:
- Selvas – Rainy tropical forests
- Pampas – Equatorial rain forests
- Savanna – Temperate grassland
- Llanos – Wet and dry tropical forests
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Summers in Western Europe are warmer than those in Eastern Europe because of
- the influence of the warm ocean current
- the influence of bright sunshine
- the lower mountains terrain
- peninsular nature of the continent
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Which of the following ecosystems receives most solar energy:
- Taiga
- Tropical evergreen
- Tropical deciduous
- Tundra
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The mediterranean region specialises in fruit culture because:
- hill slopes are best suited for cultivation of trees
- hill slopes are not favourable for food grain cultivation
- the long dry summer favour drying and packing of fruits for export
- there is a demand of dry fruits
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Which one of the following regions of the world is called “the bread basket of the world”?
- Temperate grassland
- Tropical monsoonal region
- Mediterranean region
- Savana grassland
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The thermal equator is found:
- at the equator
- south of geographical equator
- north of geographical equator
- at the Tropic of Cancer
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Grasses are almost absent in:
- tropical moist deciduous forest
- tropical dry evergreen forest
- tropical semi-evergreen forest
- tropical wet-evergreen forest
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The role of spines in the desert plants is:
- to protect themselves from the herbivores
- to provide more surface for photosynthesis
- to save the moisture from evaporation
- none of the above
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Which one of the following characteristics is NOT found in the Mediterranean climate?
- Temperatures range from 21°C in summer to 10°C or below in the winter
- Off-shore trade winds blow in the summer
- On-shore westerly winds blow in the winter bringing cyclonic rain
- The annual rainfall ranges from 1500 mm to 2000 mm
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Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth’s surface?
- Desert Ecosystem
- Grassland Ecosystem
- Mountain Ecosystem
- Marine Ecosystem
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