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51
Albert Canal links ________ and ________
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Answer: Option C
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Albert Canal links Antwerp and Liege. Albert Canal, waterway connecting the cities of Antwerp and Liège in Belgium. The Albert Canal is about 130 km (80 miles) long.
52
What is the usual altitude of the plains?
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Answer: Option B
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The usual altitude of the plains less than 500 metres above sea level.
53
Outwash plain is a depositional feature associated with
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Answer: Option C
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Outwash plain is a depositional feature associated with Glacier. It is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier. As it flows, the glacier grinds the underlying rock surface and carries the debris along.
54
Strait of Malacca separates ________
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Answer: Option A
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Strait of Malacca separates Sumatra and Malaysia. The Strait of Malacca (also called the Straits of Malacca, and in Malay Selat Melaka) is a narrow stretch of water between Peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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Ladang refers to
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Answer: Option A
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Ladang refers to Shifting cultivation. Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which areas of land are cultivated for a short time. Then they are left to grow back their natural vegetation, while the farmer moves to another area.
56
Lake Manasarovar is in
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Answer: Option B
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Lake Manasarovar is in Tibet. Lake Manasarovar is Tibet's holiest lake. It is located in Ngari prefecture over 1200 kilometers from Lhasa.
57
The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of ________ degrees from the perpendicular to its orbital plane.
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Answer: Option B
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Earth has seasons because our planet's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of 23.5° relative to our orbital plane – the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun. The tilt in the axis of the Earth is called its obliquity by scientists.
58
The largest Inland Sea is the
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Answer: Option C
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The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland water body. The sea covers roughly 143,200 square miles (371,000 square kilometers) and borders five countries: Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
59
The world's largest port is ________.
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Answer: Option C
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The world's largest port is New York/New Jersey. The Port of New York and New Jersey is the busiest container port on the East Coast of the United States. Its terminals are located throughout the New York metropolitan area including Newark, New Jersey. The largest terminal in the port is operated by Maher Terminals.
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Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a
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Answer: Option B
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Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a Intermontane plateau. Tibetan plateau is the highest plateau in the world at the height of 4599-5000 Meters.