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1. Who is the author of the lesson?
Tishani Doshi
Kamla Das
Jane Austen
Chitra Das
2. What does the lesson revolve around?
It revolves around the world
tourism
children and their tour
the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica
3. What is the purpose of The Journey to the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica?
to tour the world
to see the beauty of the earth
to know the geography more closely
to sensitize the young minds towards climatic change
4. How will the geographical phenomena help us to know the history of mankind?
by telling the age of existence of human beings on the earth
by showing the global warming
by showing the imapcts of global warming
none
5. Why is a visit to Antartica important to understand the effect of global warming?
because here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves
because it is filled with snow
because it is away from urban rush
None
6. What is there in Antarctica?
man's history
snow's history
geographical history
Geological history
7. Which programme aimed to take high school students to the end of the world?
The author's delight
Teachers delight
School program
Geoff Green's 'Students on Ice' programme
8. Why did Geoff decide to take high school students on the journey?
to make them tour the world
to make them enjoy
to make them feel relaxed
to make them understand their planet and respect it.
9. Why is the Antarctica the right place to understand the past, present and future?
because half million-year-old carbon records are trapped in its layers of ice.
because of layers of ice
because of cold
none
10. Why did the author visit Antarctica?
to have a better understanding of the planet
 to see the white expanse
to enjoy the cold weather
none
11. Why has the author called her journey as Journey to the End of the Earth'?
because it was too far
because no human race or plants exist
crosses nine time zones, six checkpoints, three water bodies and many ecospheres to reach there.
All these
12. Why is Antarctica a restricted place?
because it's too cold
because of no life
because of snow
to protect the environment
13. Who was Geoff Green?
Geoff was a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.
A scientist
A traveller
A tourist guide
14. How many years back were India and Antarctica part of the same landmass?
100 million years back
300 million years ago
200 million years ago
400 million years ago
15. What was Gondwana?
An ancient tourist place
an ancient city in Antarctica
An ancient super continent
None
16. What wondered Tishani Doshi?
Beauty of the place
white expanse
Beauty of balance on the earth
None
17. What was the objective of the Students on the Ice program?
to make them travel
to make them see snow
to make them see white expanse in the form of ice
 to enable them to think differently to save the planet
18. What are the important indications of the future of human kind?
melting glaciers
depleting ozone layer
increasing global warming
All these
19. Why was Tishani Doshi filled with relief and wonder when she first set his foot on the continent?
to see its white expanse
to see its vastness and immense white expanse
to see the isolation from the rest of the world
All these
20. What were the writer's feelings on reaching the continent?
of relief and amazement
tired and fatigued
sad
none
21. What disturbed the silence of the continent?
The birds
the animals
the humans
Avalanches
22. Why was the programme 'Students on Ice ' a great success?
because of its arrangements
good travel facilities
good food arrangements
because of the life changing exposure to the youngsters
23. How has the man created ruckus on the earth?
by travelling
by encroaching the earth
by visiting the iceland
none
24. What is phytoplankton?
Oceas
Southern oceans
Microscopic grasses
 None
25. How were the Himalayas formed?
by a collapse in the Gondwana supercontinent
by evolution
by deforestation
All these
26. What does the author compare the running and stretching of crabs to?
to melting glaciers
to avalanches
to stray dogs
 None
27. What was the center of the Gondwana Supercontinent?
Asia
Pacific
Antarctica
All these
28. What are the reasons of increasing global tempratures?
cutting of trees
human activities
increasing pollution
All these
29. What kind of atmosphere does Antarctica have?
coldest
 driest
windiest
All these
30. How old are the records trapped in the layers of ice on Antarctica?
1 million year old
2 million years old
half million-year-old carbon records
All these
31. What used to flourished on Antarctica years back?
Animals
Tigers
Humans
Fauna and flora
32. Where does 90% of earth's total ice exist?
Pacific region
Southern oceans
Northern pole
Antarctica Continent
33. Why is Antarctica completely pure?
Because of ice
because of avalanches
because of melting glaciers
because of non-existence of humans
34. Where is the world's geological history trapped?
on southern pole
On Northern Pole
on Asia Continent
On Antarctica Continent
35. Which program was the author a part of?
Tour Program
Research Program
Students on Ice Program
None
36. Which program was a life changing program?
Tour and Travels
Know Antarctica
Know your earth
Students on Ice
37. What gives us an insight into the world's geological history?
Study of Northern Pole
Study of Southern Pole
Study of Antarctica Continent
None
38. How does the geographical phenomena help us?
how small changes cause big things to happen
 it makes us study
it helps us to watch everything closely
none
39. What was the name of the Southern Super continent?
Asia
Asia Pacific
Northern pole
Gondwana
40. If we want to know our earth ,the human race and its past,present,and future where should we go?
Northern Pole
Southern Pole
Gondwana
Antarctica Continent
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