X – STD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OLYMPIAD 1. Which of the following is not true? a. Tropical forests of rainforests grow near the equator where it is always hot and wet. b. Temperate forest grows in a place that has no summers ad cold winters. the summer can be as hot as 30 degrees Celsius in winter as cold as – 30 degrees Celsius c. Boreal or taiga forests grow inn Russia, Canada ad elsewhere in the far North. Winters are long and very cold. d. Forest covers 2.6% of the Earth’s land area and almost a quarter of this is in Russia. 2. Match the following. National parks / Wildlife sanctury City / Stat A. Jim Corbett ...