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241.

Land and Sea breezes are basically caused by:

A.	Temperature variations in summer and winter	B.	Differential heating between land and sea
C.	Convergence of warm and cold currents	D.	None of these

242.

The world's highest lake is:

A.	Lake Baikal, Asia	B.	Lake Titicaca, South America
C.	Lake Como/Europe	D.	Caspian Lake

243.

Rift valleys are formed through the process of:

A.	Faulting	B.	Folding
C.	Glaciation	D.	Vulcamcity

244.

The soils of the equatorial regions deteriorate rapidly because of:

A.	Strong winds	B.	Absence of humus
C.	Overgrazing	D.	Heavy leaching

245.

The most distinctive feature of the hot, wet equatorial climate is its:

A.	Heavy summer rain	B.	Distinct dry and wet seasons
C.	Large annual range of temperature	D.	Double maxima of rainfall coinciding with the equinoxes

246.

The sun is overhead at noon along the latitude 18?N:

A.	At the equinoxes	B.	Between 21 March and 21 June
C.	At the summer solstice	D.	At the winter solstice

247.

When fresh water enters the ocean, it:

A.	Increases salinity	B.	Decreases salinity
C.	No effect on salinity

248.

Snow line is a line:

A.	Above which snow never melts	B.	Below which snow never melts
C.	Above which mountains are free of snow

249.

A small waterfall or a series of small waterfalls is-known as:

A.	Cascades	B.	Cataracts
C.	Waterfall clusters

250.

The interior layer of the earth which is subjected to great heat and pressure is known technically as the barysphere. Which part of the earth does it refer to:

A.	Asthenosphere	B.	Upper mantle
C.	The core	D.	Hydrosphere