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short questions on physical geography Net Exam as well as 11 and 12 exams .

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  1. GEOGRAPHY 61. Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India? B. c. D. Alluvial soils Black soils Laterite soils Red soils Answer: Option A 62. The two states of India, most richly endowed with iron ore, are B. c. D. Bihar and Orissa Madhya Pradesh and Orissa Bihar and West Bengal Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal Answer: Option A 63. The most fertile region of India is B. c. D. the Himalayas the central Highlands the Indo-Gangetic plain peninsular plateau Answer: Option C 64. Which of the following groups accounts for over 90 per cent of India's annual coal production? B. c. D. Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Answer: Option A 65. The significant shifts in Indian agriculture during green revolution include
  2. B. c. D. non-food grains reported some spectacular progress and shift in the cropping pattern major food grains, in the eastern regions productions decreased and in the northern states increased both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C 66. The number of major ports in India is 5 c. 13 Answer: Option C 67. Which of the following Gandak c. Krishna Answer: Option C 68. Which of the following India? B. D. 8 15 is a peninsular river of India? B. D. Kosi Sutlej is the most important raw material for generation of power in B. c. D. Coal Mineral Oil Natural Gas Uranium Answer: Option A 69. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be B. c. D. midnight ,GMT 1730 hours 0630 hours None of the above Answer: Option C 70. Which country has the largest coast line?
  3. USA Canada B. D. Australia India Answer: Option C 71. The river Godavari is often referred to as Vridha Ganga because c. 1. B. c. D. it is the older river of India of its large size and extent among the peninsular rivers there are a fairly large number of pilgrimage centres situated on its banks its length is nearly the same as that of the river Ganges Answer: Option B 72. The scarcity or crop failure of which of the following can cause a serious edible oil crisis in India? coconut c. Linseed Answer: Option B B. D. Groundnut Musta rd 73. The pennines (Europe), Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of B. c. D. old mountains young mountains fold mountains block mountains Answer: Option A 74. Which of the following factors are responsible for present crisis in the jute industry in India? 11. 111. The decline in overseas market Inadequately supply of raw jute Stiff competition from synthetic packing materials Select the correct answer from the codes given below B. c. 1 and 11 1, 11 and 111 1 and 111
  4. 11 and 111 D. Answer: Option A 75. Which of the following factors are responsible for India's failure to fully exploit the inland fisheries during the last five decades? 1. 11. 111. Silting and pollution of the inland water bodies Deforestation in the catchment areas of the rivers Lack of marketing facilities Select the correct answer from the codes given below B. c. D. 1, 11 and 111 1 and 11 1 and 111 11 and 111 Answer: Option C WORLD GEOGRAPHY The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of 1. 2. 3. shape c. baring Answer: Option B B. D. a rea distance The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with B. c. D. zones of climate zones of oceans zones of land zones of cyclonic depressions Answer: Option A The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the process. waves and the energy they B. c. larger, more larger, less smaller, more
  5. smaller, less D. Answer: Option A The hazards of radiation belts include 4. 5. B. c. D. deterioration of electronic circuits damage of solar cells of spacecraft adverse effect on living organisms All of the above Answer: Option D The great Victoria Desert is located in B. c. D. Canada West Africa Australia North America Answer: Option C 6. The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are A. B. c. D. latitudes longitudes geographic grids None of the above Answer: Option C 7. The light of distant stars is affected by B. c. D. the earth's atmosphere interstellar dust both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C
  6. 8. 9. The landmass of which of the following continents is the least? Africa c. Australia Answer: Option C B. D. Asia Europe Without the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler. B. c. D. latitudinal redistribution of heat cycle of air circulation global wind pattern All are similar terms Answer: Option D 10. The habitats valuable for commercially harvested species are called B. c. D. coral reefs sea grass bed hot spots None of the above Answer: Option B 11. Which of the following is tropical grassland? Taiga c. Pampas Answer: Option B B. D. Savannah Prairies 12. With the disintegration of USSR in end 15 c. 5 Answer: Option A 1991, comprised of Union Republics. B. D. 10 25 13. The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials? Britain c. Poland Answer: Option B B. D. Japan Germany
  7. 14. The temperature increases rapidly after ionosphere c. stratosphere Answer: Option A 15. The humidity of the air depends upon temperature c. weather Answer: Option D B. D. B. D. exosphere troposphere location All of the above 16. The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called B. c. D. artesian artesian well unconfined groundwater confined groundwater Answer: Option A 17. The largest glaciers are B. c. D. mountain glaciers alpine glaciers continental glaciers piedmont glaciers Answer: Option C Explanation: The largest glacial bodies, ice sheets or continental glaciers, cover more than 50,000 km2 (20,000 mile2). Several kilometers deep, they obscure the underlying topography. Only nunataks protrude from the surface. The only extant ice sheets are the two that cover most of Antarctica and Greenland. These regions contain vast quantities of fresh water. The volume of ice is so large that if the Greenland ice sheet melted, it would cause sea levels to rise six meters (20 ft) all around the world. If the Antarctic ice sheet melted, sea levels would rise up to 65 meters (210 ft). 18. The ionosphere includes mesosphere
  8. B. c. D. thermosphere thermosphere and exosphere thermosphere, exosphere and mesosphere Answer: Option C 19. The highest degree of concentration of mineral deposits are found in B. c. D. northeastern zone northwestern zone southern zone All of the above Answer: Option A 20. The group of minerals chemically containing hydrocarbons is B. c. D. silicate group organic group oxide group hydride group Answer: Option B 21. The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly haematite c. limonite Answer: Option A 22. The leading state in producing paper is B. D. siderite magnetic B. c. D. Bihar West Bengal Kerala Orissa Answer: Option B 23. The largest dune files are found in
  9. B. c. D. Middle East North Africa both (a) and (b) None of the above Option C 24. The Harmattan is B. c. D. cool, extremely dry wind that forms over the Sahara and blows westward or south-westward to the African coast wind that blows during the dry season from December to February tertiary wind that carry great quantities of fine dust from the Sahara All of the above Answer: Option D 25. The largest gold producing country in the world(in 2006) is B. c. D. China Canada South Africa USA Answer: Option C 26. The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes B. c. D. the storage of water between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere the movement of water between biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C 27. The least explosive type of volcano is called B. Basalt plateau Cinder cone
  10. c. D. Shield volcanoes Composite volcanoes Answer: Option A 28. The largest fish exporting region in the world is B. c. D. the north-east atlantic region the north-east pacific region the north-west pacific region the south-east asian region 29. The largest country of the world by geographical area is B. c. D. Russia Vatican City Australia USA Answer: Option A 30. The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly 1/2 c. 1/3rd Answer: Option C B. D. land area of the world. 3/4th 31. The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from B. c. D. Dead Sea Red Sea Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Answer: Option A 32. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following? B. c. Volcanic mountains Residual mountains Block mountains
  11. Fold mountains D. Answer: Option D 33. The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called aridsols c. histosols Answer: Option B B. D. vertisols andisols 34. The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to B. c. D. 20 MM SC MD 33.4 MM SC MD 22.3 MM SC MD 29.6 MM SC MD Answer: Option B 35. The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K 2, Kanchenjanga are located in B. c. D. the greater Himalayas the Lesser Himalayas the outer Himalayas None of the above Answer: Option A 36. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by B. c. D. carbon dioxide water vapours carbon dioxide and water vapours ozone Answer: Option A 37. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of axis of earth
  12. B. c. D. north pole south pole equator Answer: Option D 38. The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as B. c. D. polygenetic landforms structural landforms polycyclic landforms None of the above Answer: Option A 39. The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused B. c. D. when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere when there is a large decrease in field intensity when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere None of the above Answer: Option A 40. The island state of Australia is Victoria c. Tasmania Answer: Option C 41. The Ice age ended about 140 c. 14,000 Answer: Option C 42. The languages used in China is years ago B. D. B. D. Queensland New South Wales 140,000 B. Chinese, English Chinese, Arabic
  13. c. D. Chinese, French Chinese, Korean Answer: Option A 43. The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are B. c. D. Andaman islands Nicobar islands both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option B 44. Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by B. c. D. suspension solution and traction solution All of the above Answer: Option D 45. The length of the day is determined in B. c. D. astronomical units solar terms length of the hours None of the above Answer: Option A 46. The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called B. c. D. the Chinook the Sirocco the Harmattan the Loo Answer: Option A
  14. 47. The islands of Seychelles are located in the B. c. m Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Answer: Option C 48. The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as Madagascar c. Ceylon Answer: Option C 49. The highest sand dunes are found is B. D. Tasmania None of the above B. c. D. the Sahara desert the Atacama desert the Kalahari desert the Gobi desert Answer: Option A 50. The greatest variety of animal and plant species is fund in B. c. m temperate grasslands tropical moist forests tundra regions in hot deserts Answer: Option B 51. The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called B. c. outer core inner core inner mantle
  15. outer mantle D. Answer: Option D 52. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is B. c. D. Mt. Aconcagua Mr. Kilimanjaro Mt. Kosciusco Mont Blanc Answer: Option B 53. The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the c. crust mantle B. D. core ocean floors Answer: Option D 54. The imaginary line on the earth's surface, which closely follows the 180 ÄO meridian, is called the B. c. D. International Date Line Tropic of Cancer Equator Prime Meridian Answer: Option A 55. The largest part of our hydrosphere is B. c. D. Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific ocean Antarctica ocean Answer: Option C 56. The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the B. Raman Effect Chandrasekhar limit
  16. c. D. Aurora Borealis Quasan Zone Answer: Option B 57. The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called B. c. D. unconfined groundwater confined groundwater aquifer artesian Answer: Option A 58. The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is B. c. D. the Gulf of Bothnia the Gulf of Lions the Gulf of Genoa the Gulf of Venice Answer: Option A 59. The largest continent in the world is Africa c. Australia Answer: Option B B. D. Asia Antarctica 60. The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called B. c. D. structural landforms weathering landforms erosional landforms depositional landforms Answer: Option A 61. The largest production of mica in Asia is from
  17. c. Indonesia Myanmar B. D. Malaysia India Answer: Option D 62. The latitude 'AA' on the map represents the B. c. D. Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Equator None of the above Answer: Option C 63. The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is B. c. D. lake Victoria lake Tanganyika lake Malawi lake Rudot Answer: Option A 64. The important mountains of Europe include B. c. D. Andes, Alps, Pyrenees Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains None of the above Answer: Option B 65. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as B. c. m Pleistocene or ice age Paleocene or ice age Pliocene or ice age Holocene or ice age
  18. Answer: Option A 66. The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of to the plane of earth's orbit. B. c. D. 44 1/2 ÄO 55 1/2 66 1/2 Äo Answer: Option C 67. The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from B. c. D. the ultraviolet rays of the sun the infrared rays of the sun the falling meteorites None of the above Answer: Option C 68. The horizontal of soil profile is composed of B. c. D. weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification material affected by translocation & organic modification unweathered bedrock None of the above Answer: Option A 69. The largest city in Latin America is B. c. D. Mexico city Caracas Rio-de-Janeiro Buenos Aires Answer: Option A 70. The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are extremes
  19. B. c. D. average extremes absolute extremes relative extremes Answer: Option C 71. The highest mountain peak of Oceania is B. c. D. Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea Mt. Kosciusko, Australia Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand) Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. Answer: Option D 72. The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrence of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of B. c. D. small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C 73. The largest gulf in the world is B. c. D. Gulf of Mexico Persian Gulf Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Mannar Answer: Option A 74. The hunting and gathering economy can support only 1 person per sq. km B. c. D. 3 persons per sq. 5 persons per sq. 7 persons per sq. km km km
  20. Answer: Option A 75. The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by B. c. D. term contracts term tenders monthly tenders All the above Answer: Option A 76. The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences B. c. m the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C 77. The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from B. c. m seismic surveying echo sounder side-scan sonar All of the above Answer: Option D 78. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at B. c. D. Minsk in Byelorussia Moscow in Russia Kiev in Ukraine Kistiner in Moldavia Answer: Option A
  21. SET 2 The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. salinisation c. calcification Answer: Option B B. D. gleisation podsolisation The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called B. c. D. aquifers aquicludes perched aquifer spring Answer: Option B Explanation: An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is Mercury c. Ea rth Answer: Option B The Penumbra is B. D. Venus Pluto B. c. D. the outer portion of the moon's shadow formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is the Rio Grande
  22. B. c. D. the Amazon the Mississippi the Colorado 6. 7. 8. 9. Answer: Option A The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called B. c. D. sublimation stem flow interception through fall Answer: Option C The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are older c. larger Answer: Option B The period of daylight B. D. than the oldest continental rocks. younger smaller B. c. D. is nearly constant near the equator varies with latitude and the season reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer All of the above Answer: Option D The process of weathering results into B. c. D. the complete loss of particular atoms or the compounds from the weathered surface the addition of specific atoms or compounds to the weathered surface a breakdown of one mass in to two or more masses, with no chemical change in the mineral or rock All of the above Answer: Option D
  23. 10. The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent? B. c. D. Continental shelf Continental Slope both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option C 11. The original landmass, pangola split into B. c. D. Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east Answer: Option A 12. The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of B. c. D. unweathered bedrock weathered parent material plant litter at various levels of decomposition None of the above Answer: Option A 13. The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by troposphere c. exosphere Answer: Option B sides are called horns c. a retes Answer: Option A 15. The process that involves the eroded B. D. ionosphere thermosphere 14. The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more B. D. cirques medial moraines material being dissolved and carried along in water
  24. as individual ions is called solution c. saltation Answer: Option A B. D. suspension traction 16. The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows B. c. D. chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate Answer: Option A 17. The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are B. c. D. Mercury and Venus Earth and Pluto Mars and Neptune Jupiter and Saturn Answer: Option A 18. The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called B. c. D. planet's albedo earth's albedo both are similar terms None of the above Answer: Option A 19. The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost? Barely c. Maize Answer: Option B 20. The religion of Afghanistan B. D. Cotton None of the above is
  25. c. Islam Hinduism B. D. Buddhism Christianity Answer: Option A 21. The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the B. c. D. Kerala coastal plain western Ganga plain eastern Rajasthan Telengana plateau Answer: Option A 22. The reaction between compounds and oxygen is called oxidation c. carbonation Answer: Option A B. D. hydrolysis solution 23. The percentage of sun's radiation reflected back into space is about B. c. D. 36 percent 47 percent 17 percent None of the above Answer: Option A 24. The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by B. c. D. R.A. Harris Issac Newton William Whewell G.B. Airy Answer: Option C 25. The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are
  26. B. c. D. Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan Answer: Option C 26. The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between and B. c. D. Romania, Bulgaria Norway, Sweden Hungary, Romania France, Spain Answer: Option D 27. The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the basic components of the hydrological cycle. The other process that is considered to be essential for the completion of hydrological cycle is the B. c. D. flow tide and ebb tide in a river movement of water vapour in the atmosphere flow of water in the sea movement of water in the water table Answer: Option B 28. The ocean water is saline due to B. c. D. evaporation of its surface volume of fresh water added by rainfall salts are already present in sea water both (a) and (b) Answer: Option D 29. The platform and the basement rock together form craton
  27. B. c. D. shield both (a) and (b) None of the above Answer: Option A 30. The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavi is B. c. D. isostasy continental drift plate tectonics None of the above Answer: Option A 31. The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is Jupiter c. Saturn Answer: Option A Explanation: B. D. Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Mars Earth Venus Mercury 60 27 13 3 2 1 0 0 32. The river Jordan drains into the B. c. D. Dead Sea Adriatic Garden Gulf of Suez Resaca Garden Answer: Option A 33. The ratio of land to ocean in the southern hemisphere is 1 to 1.5
  28. B. c. D. 1 to 1 1 to 4 1 to 10 Answer: Option C 34. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound P04 c. P02 Answer: Option A 35. The polar diameter is more c. less Answer: Option C B. D. P03 PO to the equatorial diameter. B. D. they cannot be compared 36. The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called B. c. D. stem flow through flow interception canopy drip Answer: Option A 37. The region of three W's that is wheat, wool and wine is B. c. D. mediterranean climatic regions china type climatic regions steppe type climatic regions equatorial regions Answer: Option A 38. The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called c. podsolosation laterisation B. D. calcification gleisation
  29. Answer: Option A 39. The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the total weight of air (including the water vapor) is called B. c. D. specific humidity mixing ratio relative humidity absolute humidity Answer: Option A 40. The polar Easterlies lie at B. c. D. 0-30? latitude 30-60? latitude 60-90? latitude 90? latitude Answer: Option C 41. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called B. c. D. crater hot spring volcano Answer: Option B 42. The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by B. c. D. the International Date line the plane of the equator the plane of Tropic of Cancer the plane of Tropic of Capricorn Answer: Option B 43. The process of soil development is called leaching B. illuviation
  30. c. eluviations Answer: Option D D. pedogenesis 44. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound oxides c. carbonates Answer: Option B 45. The panama canal links Canada with Greenland B. D. silicates phosphates B. c. D. North America with South America Siberia with Greenland None of the above Answer: Option B 46. The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into B. c. D. the Baltic sea the North sea the Bay of Biscay the Adriatic sea Answer: Option B 47. The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream's bed is called B. c. D. scoured pools riffles ox-bow lakes flood plain Answer: Option A 48. The planets called the inner planets, are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  31. B. c. D. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Answer: Option D The periodic rise and fall of the sea level on the earth, gives rise to tides. This is related to 49. 50. 51. 52. B. c. D. the position of the moon with reference to the earth and the gravitational pull exerted mainly by the moon and partly by the sun infrared rays from the sun ultraviolet rays from the sun None of the above Answer: Option A The planets that are called superior planets are B. c. D. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth Earth, Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter Answer: Option B The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is B. c. D. volcanoes island arcs earthquakes All of the above Answer: Option D The products of are a major source of sediments for erosion and B. weathering, deposition deposition, weathering
  32. c. D. rocks, weathering rocks, deposition Answer: Option A The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. B. c. D. the growing season is short in these areas the ground is often frozen or snow or ice covered the rainfall is very low All of these factors. Answer: Option D The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as stratosphere c. biosphere Answer: Option C B. D. ionosphere mesosphere The ridges of the waves are where the jet stream of waves closes to the B. c. D. poles equator prime meridian None of the above Answer: Option A The rate at change of temperature is called B. c. D. temperature difference temperature gradient isotherm None of the above Answer: Option B The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors
  33. responsible for this phenomenon are 1. Il. 111. B. c. D. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores 1, 11 1, 111 11, 111 All of the above Answer: Option D The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, 58. 59. 60. 61. continuous, repeated cycles is called saltation c. traction Answer: Option A B. D. suspension solution The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite elliptic c. eclipse Answer: Option C B. D. ecliptic None of the above The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from B. c. D. a spring in Vering near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul Rakas lake in Tibet Mansarovar lake Answer: Option C The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called B. c. fromtogenesis frontolysis both (a) and (b)
  34. None of the above D. Answer: Option B The Palaeozoic era starts at 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. million years ago and ends at million years ago. B. c. D. 500, 100 570, 225 470, 150 470, 225 Answer: Option B The reaction is carbonate and bicarbonate ions with mineral is called hydrolysis c. oxidation Answer: Option B B. D. carbonation solution The plants grown in equatorial regions include wheat, barley, maize B. c. D. everg reen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes everg reen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa Answer: Option B The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are B. c. D. abrasion, crystallization, pressure release abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation None of the above Answer: Option A The process of particle detach ment by moving glacial ice is called plucking abrasion B.
  35. c. scouring Answer: Option A D. None of the above The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called B. c. D. summer and winter solstices autumnal and vernal equinox north celestial pole and south celestial pole None of the above Answer: Option A Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main 68. 69. 70. 71. features of the universe? Cosmography c. Geomorphology Answer: Option A B. D. Cosmology None of these The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called B. c. D. plate tectonics sea floor spreading continental drift isostasy Answer: Option A The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about B. c. D. 650 mm a year 750 mm a year 850 mm a year 550 mm a year Answer: Option A The Palaeozoic era contains c. six five time periods. B. D. four seven
  36. Answer: Option A 72. The northern portion of the western coastal plain is called 73. 74. 1. 75. 76. B. c. D. Konkan plain Malabar coast Coromendel coast None of the above Answer: Option A The ozone layer at high altitude contains B. c. D. atomic oxygen (O) and ordinary oxygen (02) only ozone (03) mixture of atomic oxygen (O), ordinary oxygen (02) and Ozone (03) only ordinary oxygen (02) Answer: Option C The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be B. c. D. 1 : 250,000 100,000 1 : 50,000 1 : 25,000 Answer: Option D The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of B. c. D. d eg rees time-hours, minutes and seconds only hours only seconds Answer: Option B The radiation belts are zones in space around the Ea rth
  37. B. c. D. Jupiter and Saturn Mercury Earth, Jupiter and Saturn Answer: Option D The periods of different eras are further divided into 77. 78. eon s c. stages Answer: Option C The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about B. D. epochs Any of the above years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations. B. D. 1,000 100 c. 10,000 Answer: Option C 79. The production of wheat has increased mainly due to A. B. c. D. increase in area under wheat increase in yield per hectare increase in demand for wheat increase in prices Answer: Option B 80. The term 'Abyssal refers to B. c. D. inner most part of the earth organism found in the shallow water zone of the seas deeper parts of the oceans None of the above Answer: Option C

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