Miscellaneous World Geography - Study Mode

[#66] 'The Land of the Morning Calm' is
Correct Answer

(D) Korea

Explanation

Solution: 'The Land of the Morning Calm' is Korea. The title was most suited to South Korea because of its spellbinding natural beauty of picturesque high mountains and clear waters and its splen-did tranquillity, particularly in the morning which further confirmed the title on South Korea as the ''Land of Morning Calm''.

[#67] The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called
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(B) Ethnography

Explanation

Solution: The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called Ethnography. Ethnography is descriptive study of a particular human society or the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork and requires the complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of the people who are the subject of his study.

[#68] In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the
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(A) Equator

Explanation

Solution: In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the Equator. The surface air that flows from these subtropical high-pressure belts toward the Equator is deflected toward the west in both hemispheres by the Coriolis effect.

[#69] Death Valley is in
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(A) The USA

Explanation

Solution: Death Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of California.

[#70] Quinine is obtained from the
Correct Answer

(C) Cinchona plant

Explanation

Solution: Quinine is obtained from the Cinchona plant. Quinine, drug obtained from cinchona bark that is used chiefly in the treatment of malaria, an infection caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of mosquitoes.