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The agricultural practices prevalent in the Sahara desert is ___________.

  1. Nomadic hearding

  2. Plantation agriculture

  3. Mixed farming

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The activity which is mainly carried on to produce food for the family and to fulfill the needs of clothing, shelter, and recreation is known as nomadic herding. It is an ecological system of agriculture. The nomadic herders are dependent on sheep, cattle, goats, camels, horses, and reindeers for their livelihood. Nomadic herding is mostly practiced in less arable land. It is mostly practiced in central Asia and the Sahel region of West Africa. It is most prevalent in the Sahara desert.

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Cactus is a plant usually found in _____________.

  1. Flood plains

  2. Semiarid regions

  3. Deltaic regions

  4. Fresh water lakes
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Cactus is a plant usually found in Semiarid region.

A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-arid climates, depending on variables such as temperature, and they give rise to different biomes.

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Thorny bushes are found in _________.

  1. Semi-arid areas

  2. Moderate climate areas

  3. Cold polar climate areas

  4. All the places
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The vegetation in these forests are thorny trees and bushes. The Thorn Forests are found in the semi-arid areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Acacias, palms, euphorbias and cacti are the main plants found in these forests.

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Which of the following countries fall in all the three regions: hot desert, Mediterranean and cool temperate?

  1. Egypt

  2. Spain

  3. U.K.

  4. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

None of the listed countries (Egypt, Spain, U.K.) possess all three distinct climate zones (hot desert, Mediterranean, and cool temperate) within their borders. Egypt is mostly desert, Spain is Mediterranean/temperate, and U.K. is temperate.

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'High temperature, high rainfall, a perpetual summer without any change of season' is the characteristic of_________________.

  1. Monsoon region

  2. Steppe or prairie region

  3. Equatorial region

  4. Polar region
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The equatorial region is characterized by high temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year, resulting in a climate that feels like a perpetual summer.

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Which of the following is not true of the Monsoon Region?

  1. They experience high rainfall in summer and negligible rainfall in winter

  2. They experience four seasons in a year
  3. They fall between $33^{\circ}$ North and $30^{\circ}$ South parallels

  4. Crops grown in tropical monsoonal regions required a large supply of water
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Monsoon region does not fall strictly between 33 degrees North and 30 degrees South; the monsoon climate is influenced by land-sea temperature differences and is found in various parts of the world, not defined solely by these specific parallels.

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The land and sea breeze blow in a gigantic scale in the ____________.

  1. Equatorial Region

  2. Polar Region

  3. Monsoon Region

  4. Sahara Region
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Monsoon regions experience large-scale seasonal reversals of winds, which are essentially land and sea breezes on a continental scale. Other regions do not exhibit this specific large-scale seasonal wind pattern.

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Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below: 
The heat zone with the coldest climate is the _______

  1. Torrid Zone

  2. Northern Temperate Zone

  3. The Frigid Zones

  4. either of the Temperate Zones
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C Correct answer
Explanation

There three heat zone on the earth.

The heat zone with coldest climate is known as a Frigid zone. It is a permanently frozen zone.

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Eskimos live by _____.

  1. Hunting

  2. Fishing

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hunting and fishing is the main occupation of Eskimos. They hunt caribou, musk ox and other animals. Hunters do not apply the same techniques they use in many parts of the world due to lack of trees. Over hunting seriously endangers some species in the far north, especially musk oxen. Some natives are dependent on fishing as their occupation.