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Question 41. The soil formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts is called
  1.    loamy soil
  2.    silty soil
  3.    loess soil
  4.    sandy soil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> loess soil
Answer: (c)Loess soil is a wind-blown sedimentary deposit. Good examples are found in China and Europe and United States etc. It is a kind of silt that forms a fertile topsoil in some parts of the world. Loess consists of tiny mineral particles brought by wind to the places where they now lie. These mineral particles are finer than sand, but coarser than clay.
Question 42. Consider the following statements
  1. In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
  2. In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    Neither 1 nor 2
  4.    Both 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 only
Answer: (a) In Macedonia, ethinic Albanian population is 23%, which is a good number in Macedonia. But in Kosovo 92% Albanians present where Serbians are the minority.
Question 43. Sahara is located in which part of Africa ?
  1.    Western
  2.    Eastern
  3.    Southern
  4.    Northern
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Northern
Answer: (d)The Sahara covers most of North Africa and extends over Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. It covers about 1D 4 of the African continent.
Question 44.
List I
List II
(Towns)
(Rivers)
A. Jabalpur
1. Ravi
B. Paris
2. Narmada
C. London
3. Siene
D. Lahore
4. Thames
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 2 1 4
  2.    2 3 4 1
  3.    4 1 2 3
  4.    1 4 3 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2 3 4 1
Answer: (b)
Jabalpur: Narmada;
Paris: Seine;
London: Thames; and
Lahore: Ravi
The river flows on the north-western side.
Question 45. Which one of the following continents was not a part of Gondwana Land?
  1.    South America
  2.    North America
  3.    Australia
  4.    Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> North America
Answer: (b)North America was not the part of Gondwana Land.
Question 46. Which forests lie in the Amazon Basin in South America?
  1.    Tropical rain forests
  2.    Montane forests
  3.    Subtropical mixed forests
  4.    Wet deciduous forests
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Tropical rain forests
Answer: (a) The largest expanse of tropical rain forest is found in the Amajon basin of Brazil, extending from the Atlantic Coast of the foot hills of the Ande and from the Guiana Highlands in the north to the tropic of Capricorn in the South.
Question 47. Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?
  1.    North America
  2.    Antarctia
  3.    South America
  4.    Asia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Antarctia
Answer: (b) The continent Antarctica is present at the highest mean elevation in the world. This is because it is covered by a huge layer of ice, about 7,100 feet (2,200 m) thick.
Question 48. The cyclone that brought devastation in Bangladesh was named as
  1.    Sidr
  2.    Shary
  3.    Erin
  4.    Wendy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Sidr
Answer: (a)Cyclone Sidr was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh on 15 November 2007. 3,447 deaths were blamed on this Category-5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
Question 49. Where are most of the earth’s active volcanoes concentrated ?
  1.    Pacific Occan
  2.    Europe
  3.    South America
  4.    Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pacific Occan
Answer: (a)
The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements.
The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circumPacific seismic belt. About 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 81% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
The next most seismic region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world’s largest earthquakes) is the belt which extends from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most prominent earthquake belt.
Question 50. Select the correct direction of Sirocco storm.
  1.    North from U.S.A.
  2.    Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
  3.    Adriatic Sea to Italy
  4.    West from Sahara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
Answer: (b)Sirocco originates in the Sahara and blows across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe. It arises from a warm, dry, tropical airmass in the Arabian or Sahara deserts that is pulled northward by lowpressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea.

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