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Q.1
The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the ____ energy they process.
larger, more
larger, less
smaller, more
smaller, less
Q.2
The hunting and gathering economy can support only
1 person per sq. km
3 persons per sq. km
5 persons per sq. km
7 persons per sq. km
Q.3
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
term contracts
term tenders
monthly tenders
All the above
Q.4
The largest city in Latin America is
Mexico city
Caracas
Rio-de-Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Q.5
The important mountains of Europe include
Andes, Alps, Pyrenees
Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines
Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains
None of the above
Q.6
The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as
Pleistocene or ice age
Paleocene or ice age
Pliocene or ice age
Holocene or ice age
Q.7
The names of Harry Hess, R . S . Dietz, W . J . Morgan and Le Pichon are associated with:
Plate Tectonics Theory
Agriculture Location Theory
Diversion of Wind Theory
None of these
Q.8
The low latitude zone of globe extends between
Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
North pole to South pole
Tropic of Capricorn and equator
Equator and Tropic of Cancer
Q.9
The main objective of multi-purpose river projects are
extension of irrigation facilities by constructing dams to store surplus water during the rainy seas
power generation by constructing hydro power stations
flood controls and making rivers navigable
All of the above
Q.10
Cincinnati (U .S .A.) is famous in the making of:
Machine Tools.
Cement Industry
Bio-technical Industry
Aviation Tools
Q.11
The metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called
metasomatic metamorphism
dynamic metamorphism
thermal metamorphism
contact metamorphism
Q.12
The magnetosphere becomes unstable during the magnetic storms during a period of
initial phase
storm sudden commencement phase
main phase
None of the above
Q.13
Brown Waterfalls are situated in:
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
SwitSwitzerland
Q.14
The main vegetation of the steppe type climatic regions is
evergreen forests
evergreen deciduous forests
large grasslands
coniferous forests
Q.15
The minerals of sulphide group are
Cinnabar
Pyrite
Galena
All of the above
Q.16
The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by
morph metric analysis
law of drainage composition
law of basin areas
None of the above
Q.17
The most recent era of the geological time scale is
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Triassic
Paleocene
Q.18
The low heating capacity of which of the types of coal reduces its value as an industrial fuel?
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Lignite
Peat
Q.19
The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the
nebula
comet
asteroid
corona
Q.20
The longest ship canal in the world is the
St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
Suez canal, Egypt
Kiel canal, Germany
Panama canal, Central America
Q.21
The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences
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
both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Q.22
The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from
seismic surveying
echo sounder
side-scan sonar
All of the above
Q.23
The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are
extremes
average extremes
absolute extremes
relative extremes
Q.24
The highest mountain peak of Oceania is
Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea
Mt. Kosciusko, Australia
Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand)
Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.
Q.25
The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth's orbit.
44
1/2
55
1/2
66
1/2
0
Q.26
The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from
the ultraviolet rays of the sun
the infrared rays of the sun
the falling meteorites
None of the above
Q.27
The horizontal of soil profile is composed of
weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification
material affected by translocation & organic modification
unweathered bedrock
None of the above
Q.28
The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are
young mountains
old mountains
volcanic mountains
fold mountains
Q.29
The largest continent in the world is
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Q.30
The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called
structural landforms
weathering landforms
erosional landforms
depositional landforms
Q.31
The major cause of species extinction is
agricultural activities
extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
development (human settlements, industry)
habitat loss and degradation
Q.32
The major crops found in Sudan are
rice, barley, bananas, cocoa
maize, cotton, bananas, groundnut
bajra, oats, tobacco
wool, wine, jute
Q.33
The texture of a soil refers to
the size distribution of the mineral particles composing the soil
the distribution of mineral particles in the soil
the crystal distribution in soil
None of the above
Q.34
The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is
preceded by storm sudden commencement
magnetic storm at middle and low altitudes
a sharp increase of the field
None of the above
Q.35
The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____
SO
3
SO
2
SO
4
SO
Q.36
The term 'flora' in the context of natural vegetation refers to
assemblage of plant species living in association with each other in a given environmental frame
plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a group
a large tract covered by trees and shrubs and its administration for assessing economic benefits
role played by species of animals in the maintenance of ecological balance
Q.37
Mindanoo Island is located in:
The Indian Ocean
North Atlantic
The Pacific Ocean
South Atlantic
Q.38
The major crude oil markets are the
Middle East regions
far east regions
both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Q.39
The most important factor that is affecting all the chemical weathering processes is
vegetation
topography
climate
None of the above
Q.40
The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include
Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore
Appalachians and Central European mountains come up
both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Q.41
The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at
Minsk in Byelorussia
Moscow in Russia
Kiev in Ukraine
Kistiner in Moldavia
Q.42
The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of
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
Q.43
The largest gulf in the world is
Gulf of Mexico
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Mannar
Q.44
The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to
the temperature gradient
the development of waves
the latitude difference
the longitude difference
Q.45
The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are
Mongolia and Tibet
Sinkiang and Turkistan
Kirghiz steppe
All of the above
Q.46
The shape of earth is
sphere
oblate spheroid
circular
spheroid
Q.47
The radiation belts are zones in space around the
Earth
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury
Earth, Jupiter and Saturn
Q.48
The process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice is called
plucking
abrasion
scouring
None of the above
Q.49
The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called
summer and winter solstices
autumnal and vernal equinox
north celestial pole and south celestial pole
None of the above
Q.50
The Palaeozoic era contains ____ time periods.
six
four
five
seven
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