Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole ?

(1) High altitude

(2) More rainfall

(3) Strong winds

(4) Away from the sun

An earthquake is also known as

(1) Teacher

(2) Tremor

(3) Temper

(4) None of these

Which one of the following rivers crosses the tropic of Capricorn twice?

(1) Vaal

(2) Limpopo

(3) Nizer

(4) Zambezi

‘Willow’ for a cricket bat is obtained from

(1) Tropical forests

(2) Rain forests

(3) Deciduous forests

(4) Coniferous forests

The longest river in Asia is

(1) River Indus

(2) River Yangtze

(3) River Hwang Ho

(4) River Ganga

The Equator does not pass through which of the following countries?

(1) Kenya

(2) Mexico

(3) Indonesia

(4) Brazil

The majority of Earth’s crust is composed of which rock ?

(1) Igneous

(2)Metamorphic

(3) Sedimentary

(4)Carbonate

The largest forest which covers 25 percent of the world’s forest land is :

(1) The Tropical Rain forest

(2) Taiga forest of Siberia

(3) Monsoon forest

(4) Temperate forests of Europe

. The ‘graded profile’ of a river course is a

(1) smooth curve from source to mouth.

(2) smooth curve in the upper course.

(3) smooth curve in the middle course.

(4) smooth curve in the lower course.

Sink hole is a phenomenon of _______ topography.

(1) Plain

(2) Desert

(3) Tundra

(4) Karst

Earthquakes are caused by

(1) Denudation

(2) Tectonism

(3) Earth revolution

(4) Earth rotation