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Kangaroo is found in __________.

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  1. Australia

  2. New Zealand

  3. Japan

  4. Norway

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Correct Option: A

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences given below:
It is called an island continent.

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  1. South America

  2. Antarctica

  3. Africa

  4. Australia

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Although Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,” most geographers consider islands and continents to be separate things. According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by water” and also “smaller than a continent.”

Where did the British started raising sheep in Australia?

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  1. Sydney Cove

  2. Queensland

  3. Canberra

  4. New South Wales

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Sydney Cove
Sheep stations and sheep husbandry began in Australia when the British started raising sheep in 1788 at Sydney Cove.

When sheep stations began in Australia?

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  1. 1668

  2. 1788

  3. 1812

  4. 1834

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1788.
Sheep stations and sheep husbandry began in Australia when the British started raising sheep in 1788 at Sydney Cove. In Australia, the owner of a sheep station can be called a pastoralist, grazier; or formerly, a squatter, as in "Waltzing Matilda".

The Australian desert covers about _____ per cent of that continent.

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  1. 45%

  2. 30%

  3. 50%

  4. 70%

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
70% of the Australian mainland is classified as semi-arid, arid or desert; making it the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Only Antarctica is drier.

There are ten deserts in Australia: the Great Victoria Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Tanami Desert, Simpson Deset, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Tirari Desert, Pedirka Desert.

Only 3% of the Australian population live in the desert.

The main reason for the formation of the Australian deserts is their location. Like most major deserts across the world the they are found around a certain latitude (roughly 30° north/south of the equator) where the weather phenomena create a dry climate.

Machine shear is known as _________.

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  1. mechanical shearing

  2. blade shear

  3. guillotine

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
guillotine,
The machine used is called a squaring shear, power shear, or guillotine.


Shearing machines are multipurpose devices used in the cutting of alloys and other sheet metal. Some shearing machines use a scissor-like, angular shear action to cut metal into sheets or strips. Other, larger machines use a straight shear action with the blade fixed at an angle as opposed to the angular movement.

When was the Bowen method developed for removing wool? 

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  1. 1878

  2. 1950

  3. 1963

  4. 1987

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1950,

Wool removal,
It is shorn using a mechanical handpiece. The wool is removed by following an efficient set of movements, devised by Godfrey Bowen in 1950, (the Bowen Technique) or the Tally-Hi method developed in 1963 and promoted by the Australian Wool Corporation.

What replaced shepherds in Australia?

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  1. Boundary riders

  2. Stockmen

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

What does the shearers who "tally"more than 200 sheep per day are known?

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  1. rapid shearers

  2. fast shearers

  3. gun shearers

  4. boundary riders

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gun shearers.
Shearers who “tally” more than 400 sheep per day when shearing crossbreds, or around 200 for finer wool sheep such as merino, are known as “gun shearers”. Gun shearers using blade shears are usually shearers that have shorn at least 200 sheep in a day.

Which of the following continent is believed to be the oldest?

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  1. Australia

  2. Asia

  3. America

  4. Europe

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Among the given options Australia is the oldest continent. Human in-habitation began between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. It is a country as well as a continent. The capital city of Australia is Canberra. It has six states. It is an island surrounded by Indian and Pacific oceans.