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Since regions demarcated in terms of rainfall, temperature, vegetation or soil exhibit

essential uniformity in terms of certain physical features, they can be regarded as ...

regions.

What does The presence of numerours craters on mercury's indicate ?

Which one of the following statements referring to population structure is false? (1) The IMR is the lowest in countries with well-trained doctors and nurses, modern hospitals and large supplies of medicine. (2) Population increases due to increases in fertility rates and decreases due to increases in mortality rates. (3) Stage 4 of the demographic transition is associated with a low, zero or even a negative NIR. (4) Currently the NIR is much higher in the developed than in the developing countries.

 In terms of languages ... is/are most dominant in South America, while the dominant religion 

is ... .

(1) Portuguese and Spanish; Roman Catholicism

(2) English; Protestant

(3) Arabic; Islam

(4) Hindi; Hinduism

(5) Mandarin; Buddhism

Which of the following statements about acidification is false?   (1) Conifer plantations frequently result in soil acidification. (2) The smelting of metals is not associated with acid rain.  (3) Most lichens are very sensitive to atmospheric pollution by sulphur dioxide. (4) Acid mist has been associated with forest dieback in Germany. 

Which of the following describe the long-term variations in the Earth's orbit that can lead to climatic change as calculated by Milankovitch?  (1) Orbital eccentricity with a periodicity of 100,000 years (2) Axial tilt or obliquity with a periodicity of 41,000 years  (3) Precession of the equinoxes with a periodicity of about 21,000 years (4) All of the above.

Which of the following countries has uncoupled economic growth from growing fossil fuel consumption over the last few decades?   (1) Denmark   (2) USA (3) Qatar (4) China

Global agreement to reduce the release of ozone depleting substances was made in the …  (1) Montreal Protocol.  (2) Kyoto Protocol. (3) Basel Convention. (4) Rio Convention

Which one of the following options gives the correct explanation for the deterioration of the Aral Sea in Central Asia since the 1960s? (1)The large scale use of the rivers for the irrigation of crops  (2)The sharp increase in population density around the sea (3)Pollution of the water by factories (4)A decrease in rainfall as a result of global warming