Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, features, inhabitants, and natural phenomena. It aims to understand the locations of various elements, the reasons for their presence, and how they evolve and transform over time.
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Question 1161: The major means of transportation of goods from the Rhine industrial region to other European cities is by?
Options:
A) waterways
B) road
C) air
D) rail
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1162:
The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forest is mainly due to?
Options:
A) Shortage of labour
B) Absence of many rivers
C) Absence of pure stands of trees
D) low quality of available timber
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1163:
One of the following is not a favourable condition for siting a settlement
Options:
A) Adequate water supply
B) Land for building
C) Defence
D) Infertility of soil
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1164: The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the?
Options:
A) Benguela current
B) Guinea current
C) Canaries current
D) Agulhas current
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1165:

The country marked L has in recent years overtaken that marked M in the production of
Options:
A) Bananas
B) Coffee
C) Pineapples
D) Flowers
E) Cocoa
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1166:

The main occupation of the people in the area on the map is most likely to be
Options:
A) fishing
B) lumbering
C) mining
D) farming
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1167: Which of the following is NOT correct in terms of the country's major product for international trade?
Options:
A) Manritius: sugar
B) Libya: petroleum
C) Zambia: copper
D) Cote d'Ivoire: diamond
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1168:

When is the earth relative to the sun in the position shown in the diagram above?
Options:
A) December 22
B) March 21
C) June 21
D) September 22
E) October 23
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1169: High tides are produced when the?
Options:
A) moon is perpendicular to the earth's axis
B) earth completes a revolution round the sun
C) earth, the moon and the sun are on a straight line
D) sea level rises because of the earth's rotation
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1170: A major feature of the tropical continental climates is the?
Options:
A) relatively low annual range of temperature
B) regular and reliable rainfall
C) excess of evaporation over rainfall
D) excess of rainfall over evaporation
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The correct answer is C .