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