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Llanos and Campos are grasslands found in
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Answer: Option C
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llanos and campos are grasslands found in South America. Ilanos is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the flooded grasslands and savannas biome.The Campos, grassland with few trees or shrubs except near streams, lies between 24°S and 35°S; it includes parts of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, and all of Uruguay.
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St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of
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Answer: Option D
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St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of San Francisco. The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal).
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The correct decreasing order of the population of the various continents is ________
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Answer: Option C
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The correct decreasing order of the population of the various continents is
Sr. No.Continent
1Asia
2Africa
3Europe
4North America
5South America
6Oceania
7Antarctica
24
________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.
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Answer: Option B
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Panama Canal is called the Gateway to the Pacific. The Panama Canal combines the Pacific Ocean and (by the Caribbean Sea) the Atlantic Ocean.
25
Lines Joining places having equal height are
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Answer: Option A
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A line joining the places with equal heights is called counter lines. The countor lines join places with equal heights. Countor lines are also called as isolines.
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Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in ________
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Answer: Option A
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Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in Antarctic Ocean. It is estimated that more than 330,000 blue whales had been caught in the Antarctic alone, and the original population had been reduced to just 360 individuals.
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The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ________ trench.
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Answer: Option A
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The deepest of the Oceanic trenches is the Mariana trench. The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.
28
What is meant by 'brain drain'?
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Answer: Option D
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Brain Drain is the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector, or field for another usually for better pay or living conditions.
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Which part of Europe is most densely populated?
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Answer: Option B
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Western Europe is most densely populated because they have flatter land, good soils and a mild climate.
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The world's most humid continent is
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Answer: Option D
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As most of the South America lies in humid temperate zone & also the fact that equator passes through South America, the climate is mostly humid.