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Question 281. The driest location on Earth is in which country?
  1.    Chile
  2.    Kenya
  3.    Libya
  4.    Congo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Chile
Answer: (a)
According to the latest research, the driest location on Earth lies in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The location is called Maria Elena South (MES).
The site has a mean atmospheric relative humidity (RH) of 17.3 per cent and a soil RH of a constant 14 per cent at a depth of one meter
Question 282. The highest altitude (4411 meters above sea level) is of:
  1.    Heathrow Airport
  2.    Daocheng Yading Airport
  3.    Bangda Airport
  4.    Kathmandu Airport
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Daocheng Yading Airport
Answer: (b)With the height of 4,411 meters above sea level, the Daocheng Yading Airport has become the highest civil airport in the world. It is located in Daocheng County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Question 283. The World’s largest island is
  1.    Iceland
  2.    Greenland
  3.    Madagascar
  4.    New Guinea
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Greenland
Answer: (b)
Greenland is the world’s largest island covering 2,130,800 square kilometres. It is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland.
An island, Greenland has no land boundaries and 44,087 km of coastline; it possesses the world’s second-largest ice sheet.
Question 284. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?
  1.    Jordan
  2.    Syria
  3.    lsrael
  4.    Lebanon
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Jordan
Answer: (a) Jordan does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea.
Question 285. The Savannah finds its ideal conditions of growth in :
  1.    dry summer and wet winter climate
  2.    mild and humid climate
  3.    hot summer and cool winter climate
  4.    hot humid climate with long dry season
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> hot humid climate with long dry season
Answer: (d)
Savanna formations find a favourable growth in form of a hot sub-humid tropical climate, a dry season and a rainy season, with an average annual temperature between 22 °C and 27 °C.
A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and a desert biome. not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands.
They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. Savannas have warm temperature year-round. There are actually two very different seasons in a savanna; a very long dry season (winter), and a very wet season (summer).
Question 286. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South?
  1.    Peshawar–Gujranwala–Multan–Islamabad
  2.    Islamabad–Gujranwala–Peshawar–Multan
  3.    Islamabad–Multan–Peshawar–Gujranwala
  4.    Peshawar–Islamabad–Gujranwala–Multan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Peshawar–Islamabad–Gujranwala–Multan
Answer: (d)
While moving from the North to the South of Pakistan, the correct sequence of the town is
Peshwar – Islamabad – Gujranwala – Multan.
Question 287. U-shaped valley develops in
  1.    Glacial region
  2.    Karst region
  3.    All of these
  4.    Desert region
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Glacial region
Answer: (a)U-shaped valley develops in the Glacial region. Ice causes friction on the sides of the valley.
Question 288. The first three countries in order of iron-steel production in the world are
  1.    Japan, USA, China
  2.    USA, China, Germany
  3.    Japan, Germany, China
  4.    Germany, China, USA
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Japan, USA, China
Answer: (a)
Question 289. Which one of the following is the correct descending order of countries in terms of per capita availability of arable land?
  1.    China - Brazil - India
  2.    India- China - Brazil
  3.    Brazil - India – China
  4.    Brazil - China - India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Brazil - India – China
Answer: (c)
Question 290. Fishing grounds of the world are found in areas where
  1.    warm and cold currents meet
  2.    there are high tides
  3.    high stormy waves occur
  4.    there are low tides
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> warm and cold currents meet
Answer: (a)
The major fishing grounds of the world are found in those regions where the warm oceanic currents meet the cold currents.
The mixing of these waters and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface. They are rich in planktons on which fish feed.

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