Q. The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are

? Absolute extremes

Q. The highest mountain peak of Oceania is

? Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.

Q. The largest gulf in the world is

? Gulf of Mexico

Q. The hunting and gathering economy can support only

? 1 person per sq. km

Q. The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by

? Term contracts

Q. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at

? Minsk in Byelorussia

Q. The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth’s orbit.

? 66 1/2 °

Q. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

? Pleistocene or ice age

Q. The important mountains of Europe include

? Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines