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Tropical Hot Desert Climate is experienced in the _____________.

  1. Thar desert of India

  2. Sahara Desert

  3. Parts of Iran and Arabia

  4. All of these.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tropical Hot Desert Climate is experienced in the Thar desert of India, Sahara Desert and Part of Iran and Arabia.

The tropical desert is an environment of extremes: it is the driest and hottest place on earth. Rainfall is sporadic and in some years no measurable precipitation falls at all. The terribly dry conditions of the deserts is due to the year-round influence of subtropical high pressure and continentality.

Asia has ___________ different type of climate.

  1. 7

  2. 8

  3. 9

  4. 10


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Asia has majorly 9 types of climates which are:

a.       Tundra

b.      Taiga

c.       China

d.      Manchurian

e.      Temperate Desert

f.        Steppe

g.       Tropical Desert

h.      Mediterranean

i.         Monsoon

Rafflesia the largest flowers of the world blooms in the forest of ______________.

  1. India

  2. Japan

  3. China

  4. Indonesia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.

Tropical Hot Desert region experiences very less vegetation _____________.

  1. because of harsh climate

  2. because of  little rainfall

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Both a and b


There is very little vegetation within the desert due to the lack of rainfall. Vegetation will be very sparse and plants will cluster in areas where the growing conditions are slightly better.

Vegetation found within deserts is highly adapted to the extreme conditions found in these locations. Many plants are low-growing so that they can avoid water loss as their surface area is smaller. They also have small thick leaves or needles, like cacti, this means that less water is lost through evapotranspiration. Cacti also have a thick stem which can be used to store water, they can expand and store water during times of rainfall. Many plants also have long roots which travel horizontally to reach the maximum surface areas for water to find any surface moisture.

Animals like gibbons and orangutan are found in ___________.

  1. Tropical type of Climate

  2. Equatorial type of Climate

  3. Mediterranean type of climate

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:


Primates are iconic examples of tropical rainforests and of the diversity between different regional tropical rainforests. Primates are a group of animals that include humans, great apes, and monkeys. Central and South America has howler, spider, capuchin and squirrel monkeys, while Africa has vervet monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees and gorillas. Madagascar is the unique home of lemurs, and Asia has proboscis monkeys, macaque monkeys, langurs, gibbons and orangutans.

What is the full form of ITCZ?

  1. Indian Tropical Convergence Zone

  2. Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

  3. Inter Tropical Climate Zone

  4. Inter Temperature Convergence Zone


Correct Option: B

The grasslands of the northern and southern hemispheres experience different climates.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Yes.
The biggest factor in differences in the climate in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres has to do with the distribution of land vs. ocean. The Northern Hemisphere has much more of Earth’s land masses, while the Southern Hemisphere has a larger fraction of ocean.

There is more than one reason this is important. First, land and ocean heat and cool at different rates. Land heats up and cools down much faster (over a period of a day) compared with ocean (over a period of months).

Steppes or Temperate Grassland climate is found around the ___________.

  1. Caspian Sea in Western Asia

  2. Caspian Sea in Eastern Asia

  3. Caspian Sea in South Asia

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Steppes or Temperate Grassland climate is found around the Caspian sea in Western Asia.
Grasslands (steppes) are temperate environments, with warm to hot summers and cool to very cold winters; temperatures are often extreme in these midcontinental areas. They are often located between temperate forests and deserts, and annual precipitation falls between the amounts characteristic of those zones.

Indian plateaus are made up of _______.

  1. igneous rocks

  2. metamorphic rocks

  3. shale

  4. sedimentary rocks


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Indian plateaus are made up of igneous rocks. Igneous rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials . It can form beneath the Earth's surface , or at its surface, as lava. Deccan trap form the centre of igneous rocks in india.They cover almost all part of Maharashtra, a part of Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh , Andra Pradesh marginally. They are formed by sub - aerial volcanic activity associated with continental deviation in this part of earth in mesozoic era.

Which two countries share the water of the River Indus?

  1. China and India

  2. Pakistan and China

  3. India and Pakistan

  4. India and Afghanistan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India and Pakistan share the water of the River Indus. The Indus is one of Asia's mightiest rivers. From its source in the northwestern foothills of the Himalayas, it flows through the Indian state of Jammu and kashmir and along the length of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.The river and its five tributaries together make up the Indus Basin, which spans four countries and supports 215 m people. India and Pakistan, the two main countries in the basin , divided up rights to the various tributaries under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960( IWT). The IWT has survived various wars and other hostilities between the two countries , and as such it is largely consiiidered s success.