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1. Which among the following statements is
not correct about saint Lawrence Climatic
region?
a) These are found in the eastern part of
the continent between 40⁰ - 60⁰
latitude
b) These regions are under the influence of
westerly winds throughout the year
c) These regions are highly developed
d) Dairy Industry is developed in this
region of North America
2. Consider the following statements
1) Tsunami is small in Open Ocean, It may
be over 30 m high when it reaches a
coast line
2) Tsunamis travel across the open ocean
at high speed. As they approach shore,
the wave length and the wave height
increases.
Which among the above statements is/are
true?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
3. Consider the following statements
1) Nagpur is called the zero mile centre of
India
2) Britishers measured distances from
Nagpur in India
Choose the correct code
a) Neither 1 nor 2
b) Both 1 and 2
c) 1 alone
d) 2 alone
4. Which among the following statements are
not correct?
a) Tropical dry Evergreen forests are found
on the coromandel coast in India
b) They gain approximately 100cm rainfall
from South West Monsoon
Total Question: 100
c) Mainly Jamun, Ritha, Neem & Benta
trees are found here
d) Trees are small (height 9 – 12 m) and
conopy shaped here
5. Consider the following statements about
El–nino
1) El–nino is a cold ocean current, moving
on peru coast during winter season
2) Generally S.W. Monsoon weakens due
to El–nino effect and it causes draught
in India due to low Precipitation
3) Atmospheric Pressure over Indian
Ocean is low during winter season due
to El–nino effect
4) A broad area of India comes under the
influence of descending due to El–nino
effect
Which among the above statement are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
6. Statements
(A):Monsoonal
Rainfall
decreases from East to West In Gangatic
Plane
Reason (R): Ongoing upward in Gangatic
plane, The height of the Himalaya
increases.
Choose the correct answer
a) A & R both true but R is a explanation
of A
b) A & R both true but R is not
explanation of A
c) A is correct but R is wrong
d) A is wrong but R is correct
7. Which among the following statements
correct
1) Day and night occurs due to axial
rotation of the earth
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2) The duration of time in day and night
during different seasons is caused due
to latitudinal position of the place and
the axial rotation
3) Change in season is caused due to
revolution of the earth on tilted axis
4) The extension of time in day and night
is equal on 21st March and 23rd
September on the whole earth
Correct code is:
a) 1. 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
8. Consider the following statements about
plate Tectonics
1) Plates are made of crust and upper part
of the mantle
2) This Theory can explain properly the
mechanism of folded Mountain
building, Earthquake and tsunamies.
3) Folded Mountains are formed at
constructive plate margins
4) Mid oceanic ridges are formed at
Distructive plate margins
Which among the above statements are
correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 3 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
9. Consider the following statements:
1) Clouds are formed due to Adiabatic
process, when rising air cools to such an
extent that it can no longer hold all the
water within it as water vapour
2) Nuclei are minute solid particles on
which water vapour condenses t
produce clouds
3) Cloud seeding is a method of the
injection of Artificial Nuclei by which
the precipitation process is artificially
induced in a cloud
Total Question: 100
4) Precipitation occurs when the humidity
reaches at the level of 100 gm/ cm³
Which of the above statements are correct?
a) 2, 3 and 4
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
10. What is the major role of a Green House
Gas that contributes to temperature rise of
the earth’s surface
a) Transparent to both Incoming Sunlight
and Outgoing Infrared Radiation
b) Stops both incoming sunlight and
outgoing infrared radiation
c) Lets outgoing infrared radiation pass
through but stops incoming sunlight
d) Lets incoming sunlight pass through
but stops outgoing infrared radiation
11. Consider the following statements:
1) The presence of Ozone layer in
stratosphere is discovered by C.F. Scan
been
2) The density of Ozone in atmosphere is
measured in Dobson unit
3) Density of Ozone below the 220
Dobson unit causes Ozone Hole in the
atmosphere of Antarctica
4) In stratosphere the density of ozone is
more at equator while less at poles
Which of the above statements are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
12. Which among the following is/are correct?
1) Mid latitude cyclones are developed by
polar front due to convergence of winds
opposite in nature in the subtropical
region
2) Tropical cyclones are developed by
frontal conditions in low latitudes
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Choose the correct answer
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
13. Which among the following is/are correct
about ocean current?
1) Responsible for the mixing of ocean
salinity and chemical properties
2) Rotational circulation of ocean currents
is same in all the oceans
3) Cold currents developed in polar region
move towards hot regions because of
low temperature
Choose the correct answer
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) Only 1
d) All
14. Which among the following are correct?
1) Coral reefs are found in the eastern
coast of continents in the tropical
oceans
2) High temperature and low salinity is
essential for corals
3) Coral bleaching decreases due to El–
Nino since fast growth of coral occurs
Choose the correct answer
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) Only 1
d) All
15. Which among the following is not correct?
a) Jet stream is a strong and fast flowing
stream of air in the upper atmosphere
b) Jet streams generally blow from west to
east around the earth
c) Their speed is maximum during
summer season
d) They change position and path with the
season
16. Consider the following statements about
seismic waves
1) P, S and L are seismic waves which
travel interior to the earth
2) S – waves cannot pass through liquid
medium
Total Question: 100
3) S – Waves are like sound waves
4) S–Waves move 1.7 times faster than P –
waves
Which among the above statements is/are
correct?
a) Only 2
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) All of the above
17. Which among the following is not correct?
a) The averages salinity of oceanic water is
35%
b) Sodium and magnesium chloride are the
main constituents of salinity of oceanic
water
c) Surface water salinity of the oceans is
maximum in the region near about to
30⁰N &S latitudes
d) Salinity always increases with the
depth in the oceans
18. Deserts are found in the east coast of
tropical oceans. Reasons are
1) Increase in hotness due to effect of hot
ocean currents
2) Continental anticyclonic condition
3) Dry continental air throughout the year
4) High temperature throughout the year
Chose the correct answer
a) 1 and 2
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
19. Match the following
A. Isobath
1. A line joining the points
of equal sunshine hours
B. Isohaline
2. A line joining the points
of equal amount of rainfall
C. Isohel
3. A line joining the points
of equal depth
D. Isohyte
4. A line joining the points
of equal salinity
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Choose the correct code:
a)
b)
c)
d)
A
B
C
D
4
2
3
3
3
1
4
1
2
4
1
2
1
3
2
4
c) Average
annual
rainfall
is
approximately 200cm during summer
season
d) Monsoon climate is found in northern
Australia
20. Major Reason of the tide is.
a) Revolution of the earth
b) Rotation of the earth
c) Centrifugal force on the water of ocean
due to the earth rotation
d) Gravitational Attraction of the moon
and the sun
21. Match the following
Discontinuity
Between the layers of the
Earth
A. Conrad
1. Upper & Lower mantle
B. Moho
2. Upper & Lower crust
C. Repitti
3. Mantle & Core
D. Gutenbarg
4. Upper & Lower core
E. Lehmann
5. Curst & Mantle
Chose the correct code
a)
b)
c)
d)
Total Question: 100
A
B
C
D
E
5
1
2
3
2
5
5
5
3
2
1
4
1
4
3
2
4
3
4
1
22. Which among the following is not a
characteristic of Monsoon climate?
a) Change in the direction of wind
according to the change in climate
b) Dryness & Rain come one by one
23. Consider the following statements
1) Water vapour is a variable gas in the
atmosphere which increases with
altitude
2) Water vapour increases form the
equator towards the poles
3) Water vapour also contributes to the
instability in the air
Choose incorrect statements from given code
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 2
d) 1, 2 and 3
24. Which of the following trenches, does not
belong to the Pacific Ocean?
a) Kermadec–Tonga b) Kuril
c) South Sandwich d) Mariana
25. Match List I with List II
List I
List II
A. Mass of water
vapour in a volume
of air
1. Mixing Ratio
B. Ratio of mass of
water vapour to total
mass of air
2. Relative Humidity
C. Ratio of mass of
water vapour to mass
of dry air
3.Absolute Humidity
D. Ration of water
4. Specific Humidity
vapour content and the
possible amount of
vapour that air could hold
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Codes
a)
b)
c)
d)
A
B
C
D
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
26. Which of the following islands has been
referred to as ‘ Mini Continent’?
a) Borneo
b) Greenland
c) Australia
d) Madagascar
27. Consider the following statements:
1) An ocean current is named by the
direction towards which it flows
2) Warm currents move pole wards ,cool
currents move equator ward
3) The term ‘Guano’ relates to Peru
current
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Direction for the next item:
The following question consists of two
statements, one labeled ‘ Assertion’ (A) and
the other labeled ‘Reason’ (R). Examine these
two statements carefully and decide if the
Assertion and the Reason are individually true
and if so, whether the reason is a correct
explanation of the Assertion. Select your
answer from the codes given below:
a) If both A and R are true and R is the
reason
b) If both A and R are true and R does not
explain A
c) If A is true and R is false
d) If A is false and R is true
Total Question: 100
28. Assertion (A): S – waves cannot pass
through Asthenosphere
Reason (R): S – waves are Shear Waves
29. Assertion (A): Polar regions are dry, in
part, for the same reason that the sub –
tropics are dry
Reason (R) : Heat contributes to aridity
inn low latitude deserts
30. Assertion (A): The effect of cloud cover is
to reduce the daily temperature range
Reason (R) : The angle of Sun’s rays affects
albedo
31. Assertion (A): Air pollution episodes are
worsened by temperature inversion
conditions
Reason (R) : Frost often occurs as a result
of a surface temperature inversion
32. Assertion (A): There is a direct
relationship between the moisture content
in the atmosphere and the amount of
precipitation
Reason (R): The tropical latitudes contain
most of the wettest areas
33. Assertion (A): Station located high in the
mountains generally have a greater daily
temperature range than stations at lower
elevations
Reason (R) : With increases in altitude,
atmospheric density decreases
34. Assertion (A): The surface temperatures
on Mars are very low
Reason (R) : The Martian atmosphere is
very thin
35. Assertion (A): The atmosphere is as
efficient a radiator as either Sun or Earth’s
surface
Reason (R) : The hotter the object, the
shorter the wavelengths of that radiation
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36. Assertion (A): In summer season, there is a
pole ward curvature of the isotherms over
continents
Reason (R) : Summer temperatures are
higher over the continents than over the
oceans
37. Assertion (A): The largest form of frozen
precipitation generally occurs during the
coldest time of the year
Reason (R) : In winter the freezing level is
much lower, and falling snowflakes have a
better chance of survival
38. Assertion (A): Latent Heat is an important
source of atmospheric energy
Reason (R) : As vapour condenses, Latent
Heat is liberated
39. Assertion (A): There occurs a temperature
inversion across tropopause
Reason (R) : Troposphere is ‘Weather
Sphere’ of the nature
40. Assertion (A): In Northern Hemisphere,
sinks drain clockwise and in Southern
Hemisphere, sinks drain counter clockwise
Reason (R) : The apparent deflection of
moving bodies, in Northern Hemisphere is
towards right and in southern Hemisphere
41. Consider the following statements:
1) Evaporation increases sea – water
salinity
2) The formation of Sea – ice increases
salinity in the sea water
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
42. Which one of the following represents the
correct order of relative abundance of
elements in the Earth, in terms of weight?
a) Oxygen, Silicon, Iron, Aluminium
b) Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminium, Iron
c) Iron, Oxygen, Silicon, Magnesium
d) Iron, Oxygen, Magnesium, Silicon
Total Question: 100
43. Consider the following statements:
1) As ocean water gets heated by the Sun,
convection distributes the heat through
a considerably larger mass
2) Because land surfaces are opaque, heat
is absorbed only at the surface
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
44. Consider the following:
1) Availability of moisture
2) Temperature
Which of the above mentioned factors is/are
important in the horizontal distribution and
variation of Relative Humidity?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
45. On about which date, Earth reaches
aphelion position in its orbit?
a) 22nd December
b) 21st June
c) 3rd January
d) 4th July
46. Consider the following statements:
1) The monthly mean temperature is
calculated by adding together the daily
means for each day of the month and
dividing by the number of days in the
month
2) The annual mean temperature is an
average of the 12 monthly means
3) The annual temperature range is
computed by finding the difference
between the warmest and coldest
monthly mean temperatures
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
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47. Which of the following regions have the
greatest diurnal temperature ranges in the
world?
a) Middle – latitude grasslands
b) Humid tropical regions
c) Middle – latitude deserts
d) Low – latitude deserts
48. Consider the following statements:
1) Low environmental lapse rates can exist
if denser and colder air is drained into a
valley form a higher elevation
2) If the surface is heated strongly by the
Sun’s rays on a hot summer afternoon,
the environmental lapse rate will be
steep
Which of these statements is / are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
49. Which of the following cells is represented
by the given figure?
70⁰E
140⁰W
a) Equatorial Hadley b) Ferrel
c) Walker
d) Hadley
50. Consider the following statements:
1) The process of disintegration and
decomposition of rocks in situ is called
mass movement
2) The detachment and down slope
transport of soil and rock material
under the influence of gravity is called
weathering
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Total Question: 100
51. Consider the following statements:
1) Pluto, once considered as 9th planet of
solar system, is declared as Dwarf
Planet in 2006
2) Dwarf planet are not able to clear their
orbital path
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
52. Consider the following statements:
1) Pole star often helps in the sea voyage
due to its permanence of positioning in
the sky
2) Pole star is the part of Satpa Rishi
Mandal or Great Bear Constellation of
stars
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
53. Consider the following statements:
1) Igneous Rocks are formed due to
weathering
2) One the surface of the earth, the igneous
rock is found maximum in volume
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
54. Consider the following statements:
1) All longitudes are parallel to each other
2) The distances between two latitudes
are almost same
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
55. Consider the following statements:
1) International Date Line is a zig zag line
2) The Prime meridian almost coincides
with International Date Line
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Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
56. Which of the following countries surround
South China Sea?
a) Cambodia, Brunei, Japan and Taiwan
b) Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines and
South Korea
c) Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei and
Vietnam
d) South Korea, China, Philippines and
Indonesia
57. Consider the following statements:
1) Basaltic lava forms volcanic mountains
or cones
2) Acidic lava forms lava plateau
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
58. Which of the following methods provide
information about the interior of the Earth?
1) Gravitational force
2) Magnetic field
3) Seismic activity
4) Meteors on the earth
Select the answer using the following code
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
59. Match the following
Part I
Part II
A. Active volcano
1. Barren island
B. Dormant volcano
2. Visuvious
C. Extinct volcano
3. Hawaiian volcano
D. Intra plate volcano
4. Strombolian
Total Question: 100
Select the correct code given below:
a)
b)
c)
d)
A
B
C
D
1
4
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
1
2
4
4
3
4
1
60. Consider the following statements:
1) To locate a place on earth both latitude
and longitude are required
2) To identify the time of particular place
either longitude or latitude is enough
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
61. Consider the following statements:
1) Dead sea is the world’s lowest lake
2) Dead sea is part of African Rift Valley
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
62. Consider the following statements:
1) Earthquake is more violent in
constructive plate boundaries
2) Volcanoes are more explosive in
constructive plate boundaries
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of the above
63. Which of the following inner layer of earth
forms “shadow zone” region by obstructing
seismic waves?
a) Inner core
b) Outer core
c) Upper Mantle
d) Lower Mantle
64. What are the factors affect the weathering
process?
1) Composition and structure of rocks
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2) Nature of ground slope
3) Gravity of the Earth
4) Climatic variance
5) Floral effects
Select the answer using the code given below
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
c) 1, 2, 4 and 5
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
65. Consider the following statements:
1) A Comet is an icy small Solar system
body that, when passing close to the
Sun, heats up and begins to outgas,
displaying a visible atmosphere called
tail
2) If a meteoroid falls into the Earth’s
atmosphere, it will begin to heat up and
start to glow is called “meteor” or
“falling star”
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
66. Consider the following statements:
1) The longest day in the earth is always
witnessed in the northern hemisphere
2) The earth is inclined 23 ½ ⁰
perpendicular to its axis
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
67. Match the following
A. 22nd Dec
1. Spring in Northern
hemisphere
B. 23rd Sep
2. Sun rays directly fall on
Tropic of Cancer
C. 21st March
3. Sun rays directly fall on
Tropic of Capricorn
D. 21st June
4. Spring in Southern
hemisphere
Total Question: 100
Codes:
A
B
C
a) 3
4
1
b) 4
1
2
c) 3
1
2
d) 4
3
2
68. Match the following
D
2
3
4
1
Currents
Oceans
A. Alhugas current
1. North Pacific
ocean
B. Humboldt current
2. Indian Ocean
C. Oyashio current
3. South Altantic
Ocean
D. Benguela current
4. South Pacific
Ocean
a)
b)
c)
d)
A
B
C
D
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
69.
A. Assertion: The convectional currents
split the curst into number of pieces
and make it moves
B. Reason: Over Asthenosphere the
Convectional current circulation could
be the driving force
a) A is correct and B is the correct reason
for A
b) A is correct but B is not reason for A
c) A is not correct but B is individually
correct
d) A and B are individually correct
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70. Which those planets rotates in anti–clock
wise?
a) Venus and mars
b) Uranus and mercury
c) Venus and Uranus
d) Mars and Mercury
71. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
a) Csb : Mediterranean
b) Csa : N.W.Europe
c) Dw : tropical monsoon
d) BWk : Siberia
72. Consider the following statements:
1) Ozone is found mostly in the
stratosphere
2) Ozone layer lies 55-75 km above the
surface of the earth
3) Ozone absorbs UV radiation from the
sun
4) Ozone layer has no significance for life
on the earth
Which of the above statements are correct?
a) 1 & 3
b) 2 & 4
c) 2 & 3
d) 1 & 4
73. Consider the following conditions for the
formation of temperate inversion:
1) Cloudy sky
2) Strong winds
3) Long winter nights
4) Cold dry air
Codes:
a) 1, 2 & 3
b) 1 & 2
c) 2, 3 & 4
d) 3 & 4
74. Identify the correct sequence of the given
processes regarding rainfall:
a) Unsaturated air, condensation, dew
point, precipitation
Total Question: 100
b) Dew point, condensation, unsaturated
air, precipitation
c) Unsaturated air, dew point,
condensation, precipitation
d) Dew point, precipitation, condensation,
unsaturated air
Directions:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is a not
correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
75. Assertion (A): the annual range of
temperature is greater over land areas.
Reason(R): land area warm and cool more
rapidly than water bodies.
76. Assertion (A): polar areas have high
atmospheric pressure
Reason(R): These areas receive minimum
sunshine throughout the year
77. Assertion (A): the tropical cyclones are
thermal in origin.
Reason(R): the tropical cyclones develop
due to Coriolis force
78. Assertion (A): the WALR is lower than
the DALR
Reason(R): when condensation begins, the
latent heat if condensation is released in
the parcel of air.
79. Assertion (A): seas near the equator
receive rainfall throughout the year.
Reason(R): high temperature and high
humidity near the equator causes
convectional rain in most afternoons.
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80. Most of the weather phenomena take place
in troposphere only because:
a) Temperature remains almost constant
in troposphere
b) It contains electrically charged particles
c) It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation
from the sun
d) It contains almost all the water vapour
and most dust particles
81. Temperature generally decreases towards
the poles because:
a) Air movement is generally towards the
equator
b) Cold air polar air masses prevent
surface heating of the land
c) Cold surface do not absorb solar energy
as readily as warm surfaces
d) Progressively lesser solar energy per
unit area falls on the earth’s surface as
we move to polar regions
82. In the ferral cell, rising air is found in the :
a) Sub tropical high pressure zone
b) Trade winds
c) Westerlies
d) ITCZ
83. What is the correct sequence of the
following zonal pressure belts?
a) Sub polar low
b) Equator low
c) Polar high
d) Subtropical high
84. What is the evidence in favour of the
continental drift theory?
1. Jig-saw fit
2. Trans-current faults
3. Fossils in different areas
4. Convection in mantle
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a) 1&3
b) 1&4
c) 1&2
d) 1,3&4
Total Question: 100
85. Which part of the earth has the highest
density
a) Lithosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) mantle
d) core
86. Consider the following characteristics of a
Rock type:
1. Formed
by
the
cooling
and
solidification of molten magma.
2. Molten lava when cooled forms into
crystals.
3. Forms into lava plateaus, lava plains
and lava shields.
Which one of the following mentioned rocks
possess the above characteristics?
a) Sedimentary rocks.
b) Igneous rocks.
c) Metamorphic rocks.
d) Both ‘a’ and ‘c’.
87. Consider the following statements:
1. Tropical cyclones occur only in oceanic
areas where the sea temperature
exceeds 33⁰C
2. In order to achieve the rotational
component, the tropical cyclone must
be spawned at least 5⁰N or 5⁰S of the
equator.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a) 1 Only
b) 2 Only.
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2.
88. Consider the following statements:
1. Contour ploughing promotes soil
erosion and the formation of gullies.
2. Gully erosion is the removal of top soil
and creation of many steep- sided
cutting in a hill side.
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Which of the statements given below is/are
correct?
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2.
89. Consider the following statements:
Larger bodies of intrusive rocks called
bathyliths are:
1. Very commonly formed of granites
though not invariably.
2. Lens shaped masses of rock occupying
the saddles of anticlines or the keels of
synclines of mountains.
3. Larger dome shaped masses the sides of
whose plunge steeply to unknown
depth.
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a) 1,2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 3
d) 1 and 3
90. Consider the following statements:
1. The Jet Streams are located near the
altitude of the tropopause.
2. The Polar Front Jet Stream is evident
throughout the year, but the
subtropical Jet Stream is strong only
during the half-year centered on winter.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct.
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2.
91. Which one of the following facts was not
considered by those while discussing the
concept of sea floor spreading?
a) Volcanic activity along the mid-oceanic
ridges
b) Stripes of normal and reverse magnetic
field observed in rocks of ocean floor
Total Question: 100
c) Distribution of fossils in different
continent
d) Age of rocks from the ocean floor
92. In which of the following the direction of
Ocean currents is reversed with season?
a) In the Pacific Ocean
b) In the Atlantic Ocean
c) In the Indian Ocean
d) In the Arctic Ocean
93. Ocean acidification and calcium carbonate
dissolution of the skeletons of organisms
result from
a) Photosynthesis
b) Global warming
c) Overfishing
d) High atmospheric CO2 concentrations
94. Of the following, which feature is closest
to Australia?
a) Sargasso Sea
b) Coral Sea
c) Arabian Sea
d) Bay of Bengal
95. In the Pacific Ocean, the currents flowing
towards the equator are the:
a) Kuroshio and California.
b) Peru and East Australia.
c) California and Peru
d) Benguela and Brazil
96. Which of the following is not listed as a
factor in creating the large-scale patterns of
surface currents in the ocean?
a) Sediments
b) Wind
c) distribution of land mass
d) Coriolis effect
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97. Consider the following
1) Denmark act as the barrier between
north sea and Baltic sea
2) An isthmus is a narrow strip of land
connecting two larger land areas,
usually with water on either side.
3) Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip
of land that lies between the gulf of
Mexico and the Pacific Ocean
Which of the statements given above is/are?
correct?
a) 3 Only
b) 2 Only.
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 3.
Total Question: 100
100. The Atacama Desert is located in?
a) North Africa
b) South America
c) South West Asia
d) Australia
98. Consider the following
1) Bering sea which connects the Pacfic
Ocean and Arctic Ocean
2) Caspian Sea which splits the Ukraine
and Turkey
3) Gulf of Aden and gulf of omen are
present in between the Arabian Sea and
Red sea
Which of the statements given above is/are?
incorrect?
a) 1 Only
b) 2 Only.
c) 2 and 3
d) Neither 1 nor 3.
99. Study the following statements are correct
1) The average density of the rocks of
lower crust is 3.
2) There is gradual increase in the velocity
of the seismic waves at the base of the
lower crust.
3) The mantle core boundary is
determined by the Moho discontinuity.
4) The outer core of the earth is in molten
form
Codes:
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 1 and 4
d) All
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