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Question 91. The water fall ‘Victoria’ is associated with the river.
  1.    Missouri
  2.    Amazon
  3.    Zambezi
  4.    St. Lawrence
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Zambezi
Answer: (c)
Question 92. What is referred to as the Sorrow of China ?
  1.    Tibetan region
  2.    Taklamakan Desert
  3.    Nei Mongol
  4.    Hwang He river
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Hwang He river
Answer: (d)
Question 93. Huangpu river flows through which one of the following cities?
  1.    Ho Chi Minch City
  2.    Beijing
  3.    Manila
  4.    Shanghai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Shanghai
Answer: (d)Huangpu River flows through Shanghai.
Question 94. What is the other name for the equatorial rain farests?
  1.    Campos
  2.    Lianos
  3.    Selvas
  4.    Gran Chaco
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Selvas
Answer: (c)Selvas is a tropical rain forest found in the Amazon basin of South America.
Question 95. Which of the following two gulfs are connected by Hormuz Strait?
  1.    Persian Gulf—Gulf of Aden
  2.    Persian Gulf—Gulf of Oman
  3.    Persian Gulf—Gulf of Aquaba
  4.    Gulf of Aden—Gulf of Oman
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Persian Gulf—Gulf of Oman
Answer: (b)
Question 96. Which of the following deserts has been named after the phrase ‘The Great Thirst’?
  1.    Mojave Desert
  2.    Namib Desert
  3.    Sahara Desert
  4.    Kalahari Desert
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Kalahari Desert
Answer: (d)
The Kalahari Desert of southern Africa is named after the Tswana word Kgala, meaning 'the great thirst', or Kgalagadi, meaning 'a waterless place'.
It has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water. It extends 900,000 km2 covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
Question 97. Summer rains in Australia broadly decreases from
  1.    west to east
  2.    east to west
  3.    south to north
  4.    north to south
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> north to south
Answer: (d)
Summer rains in Australia Broadly decreases from north to south.
Question 98. Many of the active volcanoes are situated in
  1.    Pacific Ocean
  2.    Atlantic Ocean
  3.    Arctic Ocean
  4.    Indian Ocean
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pacific Ocean
Answer: (a)Most scientists consider a volcano active if it has erupted in the last 10,000 years. There are about 1500 active volcanoes in the world – the majority along the Pacific Ring of Fire – and around 50 of these erupt each year.
Question 99. Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
  1.    East Indies islands comprising of Java, Sumatra and Borneo
  2.    South Africa
  3.    Russia and Northern Europe
  4.    The Western coasts of South America
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Russia and Northern Europe
Answer: (c)Climate change benefits Russia and Northern Europe as they are in colder region.
Question 100. The river which has a greater flow of water than any other river in the world is.
  1.    River Amazon
  2.    River Hwang-ho
  3.    River Nile
  4.    River Zaire
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> River Amazon
Answer: (a)South America’s Amazon river is the world’s largest river. It flows into the South Altantic Ocean. Its length is 6,296 km.

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