GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Steep-walled inlets, reaching like fingers of water from the sea into coastal mountains, are called a. fjords.

Detailed explanation-2: -fumarole, vent in the Earth’s surface from which steam and volcanic gases are emitted. The major source of the water vapour emitted by fumaroles is groundwater heated by bodies of magma lying relatively close to the surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sami are the descendants of nomadic peoples who had inhabited northern Scandinavia for thousands of years.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Iceland, fish and fish products constitute more than 70 percent of exports. The Nordic model refers to the economic and social models of the Northern European countries.