In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks is often

• road repairs and construction

• traffic congestion

• land slides

• land slides

12.

Match the following:

List I (Crops)	List II (First in the World)
A. Rice	1. Brazil
B. Maize	2. Malaysia
C. Rubber	3. China
D. Sugarcane	4. USA

• A   B  C   D
  2   1   3   4

• A   B  C  D
  3   4  2   1

• A   B    C    D
  1   3    4     2

• A   B    C    D
  1   3    4     2

The remedies to soil erosion are
I.    Contour bunding
II.   Regulation of land use
III.  Cutting of trees
IV.   Allowing grazing of animals

• I,  III

• I,  II

• III,  IV

• III,  IV

One of the regions that receives rainfall from the North-Easterly monsoon is

• Kerala

• Paschim Banga

• Asom

• Asom

Which of the following lakes is called 'Honeymoon Lake'?

• Chad

• Titicaca

• Toba

• Toba

Harmattan blows in Sahara desert from

• East to West

• West to East

• North to East

• North to East

The busiest ocean from the point of view of trade is

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

The forest in Silent Valley of Kerala is an example of

• deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• alpine coniferous forest

• alpine coniferous forest

Annaimudi peak is located in the

• Eastern ghats

• Nilgiri hills

• Palani hills

• Palani hills

Among the following states, the literacy rate is highest in

• Orissa

• Punjab

• Maharashtra

• Maharashtra