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Question 41. “.....They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high check bones, sparse hair and medium height.”
The reference here is to :
  1.    Negroids
  2.    Nordic Aryans
  3.    Austrics
  4.    Mongoloids
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Mongoloids
Answer: (d)
Mongloids are inhabitants of northern, eastern and south-east Asia. Their eyes have a characteristic fold of skin on the upper lid, hair is lank and straight and the height is medium.
The group also includes the Chinese, Japanese, Burmese, Thais, Vietnamese and Malays.
Question 42. Taiga forests are characteristics of
  1.    Sub-tropical region
  2.    Equatorial region
  3.    Tropical region
  4.    Temperate region
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Temperate region
Answer: (d)Taiga forests are characteristics of Temperate region.
Question 43. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Ranches – Large cattle farms

  2. Bison – American buffalo

  3. Alfa–Alfa – Medicines

  4. Combine – A machine that can sow, plough and work as a thresher all by itself.


  1.    I and IV only
  2.    I and II only
  3.    I, II and IV only
  4.    All the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All the above
Answer: (d)
Question 44.
List I
List II
(Natural Vegetation of India)
(Annual Rainfall Received)
A. Tropical evergreen forests
1. 100-200 cm
B. Tropical deciduous forests
2. Above 200 cm
C. Tropical dry forests
3. Less than 50 cm
D. Arid forests
4. Above 300 cm
 
5. 50-100 cm
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 5 3
  2.    1 2 5 3
  3.    4 3 1 5
  4.    2 1 3 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 1 5 3
Answer: (a)
A. Tropical evergreen forests- Above 200 cm
B. Tropical deciduous forests - 100-200 cm
C. Tropical Dry forest- 50-100 cm
D. Arid forest- Less than 50 cm
Question 45. Which one of the following is not a biotic resource?
  1.    Petroleum
  2.    Fresh water
  3.    Coal
  4.    Fish
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Fresh water
Answer: (b)
The resources which are obtained from the biosphere and have life are called biotic resources. Examples of biotic resources are forests, animals, birds, fish and marine organisms.
Mineral fuels can be regarded as biotic resources since they are derived from or products formed from decayed organic matter.
Question 46. Which one of the following countries is devoid of Glossopteris flora?
  1.    Norway
  2.    India
  3.    Australia
  4.    South Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Norway
Answer: (a)Glossopteris flora are found in Australia, India and South Africa. They are not found in Norway.
Question 47. The term ‘Kraal’ is used for
  1.    Cattle shed of the Kikuyus
  2.    House of Masai herder
  3.    Fenced villages of Masai herder
  4.    Tent of the Kirghiz
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Fenced villages of Masai herder
Answer: (c)‘Kraal’ refers to a term cognate to ‘corral’, used in an African village, sometimes for a cattle-pen or enclosure surrounded by a thorn-fence.
Question 48. Which one of the following continents has the highest growth of population?
  1.    South America
  2.    Africa
  3.    Asia
  4.    North America
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> North America
Answer: (d)
Question 49. Assertion (A):
Yak is an important animal of Tibetan Highlands.Reason (R) :
This is a small animal requiring less grazing.
  1.    A is true but R is false
  2.    Both A and R are true and R Explains A
  3.    Both A and R are true but R does not explain A
  4.    A is false but R is true
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A is true but R is false
Answer: (a)Yak is animal with large body. It is reared in cold regions as it can withstand cold climate.
Question 50. Yellow complexion, Medium stature, Oblique eye with an epicanthic fold are the characteristic features of:
  1.    Australoids
  2.    Mangoloid
  3.    Negroid
  4.    Cancosoid
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mangoloid
Answer: (b)
As per Sir Herbert Risley’s classification of Indian races, the Mongoloids are of short stature, yellow in complexion, have a medium broad nose, flat face, and oblique eyes with an epicanthic fold.
Their representatives are the Kinnets of Lahul-Spiti and Kullu, the Lepchas, and Bhutias of Sikkim, and the Tharus of the Tarai region of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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