1. Name the largest desert of Asia
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(A) Thar
(B) Gobi
(C) Takla Makan
(D) Karakum
2. The country whose 40 per cent of area is below sea level at high tide is
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(A) Denmark
(B) Norway
(C) Finland
(D) The Netherlands
3. Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight Sun’?
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(A) Sweden
(B) Norway
(C) Germany
(D) Finland
4. What is the name of grasslands of Southern Africa?
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(A) Savannah
(B) Pampas
(C) Velds
(D) Prairies
5. Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ because
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(A) Sun rises there as soon as it sets
(B) Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
(C) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise
(D) The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
6. The driest location on Earth is in which country?
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(A) Kenya
(B) Chile
(C) Congo
(D) Libya
7. Summer rains in Australia broadly decreases from
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(A) east to west
(B) west to east
(C) north to south
(D) south to north
8. Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in
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(A) Iceland
(B) New Zealand
(C) Russia
(D) Japan
9. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is
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(A) Maldives
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Mauritius
(D) Madagascar
10. Which of these straits separates Asia from Africa?
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(A) Malacca
(B) Hormuz
(C) Bab-al-Mandeb
(D) Bosphorus
