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31.

What is the water-surrounded bit of land called?

A.	An island	B.	A penninsula
C.	A cape	D.	A spit

32.

The earth is not a true sphere. Then what is it?

A.	It is elliptical	B.	It is oval
C.	It is slightly flattened at the Poles and bulges slightly at the Equator.	D.	It is flat at the top and bottom.

33.

What is a prairie?

A.	A scrub forest in North America.	B.	A nor American farmland.
C.	A kind of American vegetation.	D.	A large, flat grassland in North America.

34.

What is the science of making maps called?

A.	Cartography	B.	Seismography
C.	Pantography	D.	Geodesy

35.

When a high area of land drops steeply, especially into the sea, what is the land formation that results called?

A.	Valley	B.	Cliff
C.	Plain	D.	Precipice

36.

What is the approximate Russian equivalent of the prairie?

A.	Siberian plain	B.	Taiga
C.	Tundra	D.	Steppes

37.

Excluding Australia, generally treated as a continent, which is the largest island in the world?

A.	Greenland	B.	Madagascar
C.	Hispaniola	D.	Britain

38.

In what units is rainfall usually measured in Pakistan?

A.	Cubic centimetres	B.	Centimetres
C.	Grams	D.	Litres

39.

What is the Gulf Stream?

A.	A river in North America.	B.	A wind in the Caribbean.
C.	A warm sea current from the Gulf of Mexico.	D.	The entrance to a gulf in North America.

40.

What is the largest gorge in the world?

A.	Grand Canyon, USA	B.	Bdeath Valley
C.	Kashmir Valley	D.	Marble Rocks