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Class 12 English (Vistas) Chapter 3 Journey To The End Of The Earth Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Students on Ice programme is organised by

Correct Answer: B) Geoff Green.

2. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE VESSEL OF THE AUTHOR

Correct Answer: C) $^{ Akademik Shokalskiy}$.

3. 'And for humans, the prognosis isn't good

Correct Answer: A) The future of mankind is not promising.

4. What was the climate like in Gondwana 650 million years ago?

Correct Answer: C) Warm and diverse.

5. THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY STARTED AT

Correct Answer: A) 12.2 DEGREE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.

6. What was the name of the Southern Super continent?

Correct Answer: D) Gondwana.

7. Antarctica has been described as .....

Correct Answer: A) Coldest, driest, windiest.

8. Gondwana existed roughly around .....

Correct Answer: D) 650 million years ago.

9. What was the climate like in Antarctica six hundred and fifty million years ago?

Correct Answer: B) Warm and diverse.

10. Why is a visit to Antartica important to understand the effect of global warming?

Correct Answer: A) Because here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves.

11. What were the writer's feelings on reaching the continent?

Correct Answer: A) Relief and amazement.

12. What type of vessel did the author travel on to reach Antarctica?

Correct Answer: A) A research vessel.

13. PHYTOPLANKTON IS

Correct Answer: A) A SINGLE CELLED PLANT.

14. What is the significance of the ice-cores in Antarctica?

Correct Answer: D) They contain ancient carbon records.

15. HOW DOES THE AUTHOR UTILIZE HIS ANTARCTICA'S VISITEXPERIENCE?

Correct Answer: A) BY FORMING NEW IDEAS ABOUT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OFTHE EARTH.

16. What per cent of the earth's total ice is stored in Antarctica?

Correct Answer: C) 90.

17. What does the Students on Ice program aim to achieve?

Correct Answer: B) To provide educational opportunities.

18. WHAT KIND OF CONTINENT WAS GONDWANA?

Correct Answer: C) SUPERCONTINENT.

19. How will the geographical phenomena help us to know the history of mankind?

Correct Answer: A) By telling the age of existence of human beings on the earth.

20. Antarctica is a perfect place to study the impact of environmental changes because of

Correct Answer: A) Simple ecosystem and lack of bio diversity.

21. MEANING OF REPERCUSSIONS IS

Correct Answer: A) RESULTS.

22. What does the author imply about the ecosystems encountered during the journey?

Correct Answer: B) They are diverse and varied.

23. Where does 90% of earth's total ice exist?

Correct Answer: D) Antarctica Continent.

24. Which supercontinent is mentioned in the text?

Correct Answer: B) Gondwana.

25. The word pristine in the context means

Correct Answer: B) Untouched.

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