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711.  Cyclones form over the warm Oceans in the low latitudes during the hottest months of the year. What should be the ration of storm's winds before it is designated as a cyclone?
A. Winds must surpass 119 km per hour B. Winds must surpass 300 km per hour
C. Winds must surpass 50 km per hour D. Winds must surpass 75 km per hour

712.  Name the piece of land at a rivers mouth which is composed of silt deposited as the water slows on entering the sea?
A. Liver month B. Delta
C. Source D. None of them

713.  Which of the following term is used to describe a region of low atmospheric pressure?
A. Depression B. Cyclone
C. Low D. All of them

714.  An arid area in which there is no enough rainfall to support vegetation on a scale useful to humans, is called:
A. Barren land B. Desert
C. Dead land D. Drought

715.  The Kalahari desert in southwest Africa, Sahara in North Africa, the Arabian in Middle East, the Gobi in East Asia are among the world's greatest deserts. Which is the largest one?
A. Kalahari B. Gobi
C. Arabian D. Sahara

716.  What is called the process in which deserts are created by changes in climate or by human-aided processes?
A. Drought B. Desertification
C. Deforestation D. Urbanization

717.  In which region (s) about 135 million people are directly affected by desertification?
A. Africa B. Indian Sub-continent
C. South America D. All of them

718.  How is termed a period of dry weather, caused by lack of rain?
A. Desertification B. Famine
C. Dryness D. Draught

719.  There are four kinds of drought, permanent drought is found in arid and semi-arid regions, seasonal drought occurs in climates with definite dry and rainy season, unpredictable drought, where normal rainfall has failed to come. What is invisible drought?
A. Unpredictable drought B. When even frequent showers do not restore sufficient moisture to land.
C. Drought without any reason D. Drought without any known reason

720.  Earth is the only planet in the solar system on which the presence of living things is definitely known. Together with its single moon it revolves around the sun at an average distance of:
A. 149, 600, 100 km B. 349, 600, 100 km
C. 249, 600, 100 km D. 449, 600, 100 km




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