1 |
With in two or three centuries there will only be enough room on the earth for people to. |
Sit down
Stand up
Run across
Lie down
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2 |
The population is increasing at a rate which would double the numbers in only .................... years. |
20
30
40
50
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3 |
The number doubled by 1850 and 1950 doubled again to ............... million. |
700
800
900
1000
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4 |
Till by the birth of Christ the world population was about ................. million. |
200- 300
50-150
600-700
400-500
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5 |
the number of people in the world is repidly. |
Declining
Increasing
Lessening
Receding
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6 |
In the world, not only is there not enough food, but each year there are many more............ to eat it. |
Beasts
Birds
animals
People
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7 |
It may be that there are just too many people for the amount of food. |
Avail
Availed
Availing
Available
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8 |
A year later, India still faced an even worse............ of famine. |
Threat
Thread
Tread
Thud
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9 |
Transport problems were so great that the ............... could not have been distributed, to the isolated. |
water
food
oil
wood
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10 |
In India in 1964-65 there was the worst famine of the century owing to the failure of the. |
Rivers
Dams
Monsoon
Wind
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11 |
As recently as 1942 in Bombay one million ................... to death whenthe rice crop failed. |
Smiled
Slept
Starved
Strayed
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12 |
Ten millions died in the great famine of Bengal.................. |
1769-70
1569-70
1669-70
1469-70
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13 |
China had............. major famines in one century. |
Thousand
Million
Trillion
Billion
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14 |
But famines in ................................... have been much less serious than in other parts of the world. |
Australia
Asia
Africa
Europe
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15 |
We can get some idea of these................. from our folk lore. |
famines
Enjoyments
Travels
Pinics
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16 |
Robin Hood helped with transport of food, robbing the............ to feed the poor. |
Villagers
rich
Destitute
Penniless
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17 |
From the birth of Christ to about................ there are records of famine every............ years. |
Two
Five
Ten
Twenty
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18 |
Joseph's own.......... came ot Egypt from Palestine to buy grain |
Brothers
Sisters
Uncles
Ants
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19 |
Widespread disaster was only.................... by joseph's management. |
Diverted
Averted
Inverted
Converted
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20 |
There were seven years of famine in Egypt during the time of . |
Christ
John
Joseph
Moses
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