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The largest region of Eurasia is known as the ________________.

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  1. Steppes

  2. Prairies

  3. Maidans

  4. Grasslands

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The largest region of Eurasia is known as the Steppes
The world's largest steppe region, often referred to as "the Great Steppe", is found in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and neighbouring countries stretching from Ukraine in the west through Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the Altai, Koppet Dag and Tian Shan ranges.

Which one of the following is not a natural resource?

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  1. Forest resource

  2. Cattle resource

  3. Mineral resource

  4. Water resource

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?

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  1. Prairies-North America

  2. Pampas-Europe

  3. Down-Australia

  4. Veld-South Africa

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Prairies-Temperate grasslands of North America

Pampas-Temperate grasslands of South America
Down-Tropical/subtropical grasslands of Australia
Veld-Temperate grasslands in South-east Africa(covering South Africa,Lesotho,Zimbabwe)

Match the following:

List-I (Towns) List-II (Specialisation)
A. Alibag 1. Fishing centre
B. Balapur 2. Holiday resort
C. Nhava Sheva 3. Petro-chemical cplx
D. Ratnagiri 4. Port
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  1. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4

  2. A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1

  3. A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1

  4. A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3

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Correct Option: B

Match the following:-

   List - I    List - II
 I.  Shifting Cultivation  A.  Pygmies
 II.  Pastoralism  B.  Eskimos
 III.  Hunter & Food gatherers  C.  Kirghiz
 IV.  Hunters  D.  Rengmas
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  1. I - A, II - B, III - C, IV - D

  2. I - A, II - C, III - B, IV - D

  3. I - D, II - A, III - C, IV - B

  4. I - D, II - C, III - A, IV - B

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  1. Pigmy is an ethnic group in Central Africa. They follow shifting cultivation.
  2. Eskimos are the indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the northern circumpolar region of Russia, United States, Canada and Greenland. Their main occupation is rearing of livestock which is pastoralism.
  3. Kyrgyz is a Turkic ethnic group that lives primarily in Kyrgyzstan. These are hunters and food gatherers.
  4. Rengma is a Naga tribe found in Nagaland and Assam states of India. The people of this tribe are hunters.

Paris is situated on the river ______________.

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  1. Thames

  2. Siene

  3. Danube

  4. Vistula

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following is not a Baltic nation?

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  1. Latvia

  2. Slovakia

  3. Lithuania

  4. Estonia

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Correct Option: B

The smallest country in Europe is ________.

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  1. Monaco

  2. Vatican city

  3. Malta

  4. San Marino

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vatican city,

The state of Vatican City is the smallest country in Europe and as well as in the world both by size and population with an area of around 0.17 square miles. The country is not formally self-governing, and it is governed by the Holy See. The population was estimated at 1,000 in 2015. The city was established through the Lateran treaty signed on February 11, 1929, between the Holy See and Italy. Italian is the official language of the Vatican. Vatican City is located at the Vatican Mount, and so the name was derived from the mountain. The government of Vatican City is an absolute elective monarchy with the power being exercised by the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope.

Sofia is the capital of _______________.

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  1. Albania

  2. Bulgaria

  3. Hungary

  4. Austria

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Correct Option: B

Germany, Switzerland, Austria are _________ countries of Europe.

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  1. Eastern

  2. Western

  3. Low

  4. Central

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Usually the countries considered to be Central European are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland; in the broader sense Romania too, occasionally also Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.