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261. The most pleasant elements i.e. summer temperatures rarely above 40o and winters are fairly mild, occur in the

tropical mid-latitude zone

sub-tropical latitude zone

temperature mid-latitude zone

sub-temperature latitude zone

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262. The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called

aridsols

vertisols

histosols

andisols

Detailed SolutionThe heavy day soils that show

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263. The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in

oceans and seas

groundwaters, rivers and streams

glaciers and ice sheets

freshwater lakes and water vapours

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264. Which of the following is an igneous rock?

Granite

Limestone

Slate

Quartzite

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265. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is

the Rio Grande

the Amazon

the Mississippi

the Colorado

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266. The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of

weak coriolis force

light and variable width

excessive humidity

connective activity

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267. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is

Mount Aconcagua

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kosciusco

Mount Blanc

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268. The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the waves and the energy they process.

larger, more

larger, less

smaller, more

smaller, less

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