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Velds have _______ winters.

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  1. Cold and Rainy

  2. Cold and Dry

  3. Warm and Dry

  4. Warm and Rainy

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Correct Option: B

Velds lie in the Southern hemisphere. When it is summers in velds, what season would it be in the prairies?

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  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Autumn

  4. Spring

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Correct Option: B

The Velds have a mild climate due to the influence of the ________.

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  1. Mediterranean Sea

  2. Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. North Sea

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Correct Option: C

Which is the most important occupation of the people in Velds?

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  1. Automobile manufacturing

  2. Fishing

  3. Rubber plantation

  4. Sheep rearing

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Correct Option: D

A person of mixed race, European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ______.

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  1. Mulatto

  2. Mestizo

  3. Meiji

  4. Mau Mau

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following animals is found Peru in South America ?

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  1. Llama

  2. Kangaroo

  3. Giraffe

  4. Gorilla

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Llamas are native to Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina in South America. They are related to the camel and are the oldest domesticated animal in the world.

What is said 'veld' in Africa?

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  1. Savanna forest

  2. Equatorial forest

  3. Grass lands

  4. Tropical forest

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide-open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Zimbabwe and Botswana.

What is Uspallata in South America?

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  1. An animal

  2. A lake

  3. A pass

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the Argentine city of Mendoza, the Chilean city Los Andes and Santiago the Chilean capital situated in the central Chilean valley.

Which one of the following countries is famous for the production of nitrate?

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  1. Chile

  2. Brazil

  3. Peru

  4. Columbia

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Correct Option: A

In which of the following countries Savanna lands are known as the `campos'?

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  1. Brazil

  2. Venezuela

  3. Cuba

  4. Senegal

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tropical Grasslands
East Africa- Savanna
Brazil- Campos
 Venezuela- Llanos
Temperate Grasslands
 Argentina- Pampas

  1. America- Prairie
  2. Africa- Veld
  3. Asia- Steppe

Australia- Down