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| 1. |
Which is the lowest point of Africa ? |
| A. | Death Valley |
| B. | Caspian Lake |
| C. | Eyre Lake |
| D. | Assal Lake |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Where does the smallest annual temperature range occurs ? |
| A. | temperate climate zone |
| B. | subtropical climate zone |
| C. | polar climate zone |
| D. | equatorial tropical climate zone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
What is the mean thickness of troposphere over equator and poles ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | 17 kilometers and 8 kilometers |
| C. | 27 kms and 18 kms |
| D. | 27 kms and 20 kms |
| Answer» C. 27 kms and 18 kms | |
| 4. |
The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows ________________ |
| A. | chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate |
| B. | chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium |
| C. | sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium |
| D. | chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate |
| Answer» C. sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium | |
| 5. |
What are smallest glaciers ? |
| A. | piedmont glaciers |
| B. | None of the above |
| C. | mountain or alpine glaciers |
| D. | continental glaciers |
| Answer» D. continental glaciers | |
| 6. |
Which is the soils whose parent material tends to be rich in sand ? |
| A. | aridsols |
| B. | spodsols |
| C. | ultisols |
| D. | alfisols |
| Answer» C. ultisols | |
| 7. |
Which is the biggest desert on the earth ? |
| A. | Sahara desert |
| B. | Gobi desert |
| C. | Thar desert |
| D. | None Of These |
| Answer» B. Gobi desert | |
| 8. |
Where is the thermal equator located ? |
| A. | Both |
| B. | None Of These |
| C. | In northern hemisphere |
| D. | In southern hemisphere |
| Answer» D. In southern hemisphere | |
| 9. |
Which is the largest city in Latin America ? |
| A. | Caracas |
| B. | Rio-de-Janeiro |
| C. | Buenos Aires |
| D. | Mexico city |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Identify the largest sea ? |
| A. | East China Sea |
| B. | Mediterranean Sea |
| C. | Bering Sea |
| D. | Caribbean Sea |
| Answer» C. Bering Sea | |
| 11. |
What is the delta of a river ? |
| A. | The confluence of two rivers |
| B. | The place where river falls in the sea |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | The area drained by river and its distributaries |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
What does the magma not able to reach the surface crystallizes to form ? |
| A. | Both |
| B. | Plutonic rocks |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Volcanic rocks |
| Answer» C. None Of These | |
| 13. |
What does the platform and the basement rock form together ? |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | both (a) and (b) |
| C. | craton |
| D. | shield |
| Answer» D. shield | |
| 14. |
What is temperature inversion ? |
| A. | whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature |
| B. | whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature or moisture or both change with height over a short vertical interval |
| C. | All of the above |
| D. | when the decrease in temperature or moisture or both takes place |
| Answer» C. All of the above | |
| 15. |
Where is the highest waterfall of the world ? |
| A. | Angel |
| B. | Kaiteur |
| C. | Skykje |
| D. | Tugela |
| Answer» B. Kaiteur | |
| 16. |
What are the most important type of forest in terms of economic value and easy exploitation ? |
| A. | equatorial forest |
| B. | tropical monsoon forests |
| C. | coniferous forests |
| D. | temperature deciduous forest |
| Answer» D. temperature deciduous forest | |
| 17. |
The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called _________________ |
| A. | the Loo |
| B. | the Sirocco |
| C. | the Harmattan |
| D. | the Chinook |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What is the part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, called ? |
| A. | mesosphere |
| B. | biosphere |
| C. | ionosphere |
| D. | stratosphere |
| Answer» C. ionosphere | |
| 19. |
The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused _________________ |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | when there is a large decrease in field intensity |
| C. | when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere |
| D. | when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
What is the highest point of Asia ? |
| A. | Elbrus |
| B. | Mt. McKinley |
| C. | Mt. Everest |
| D. | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| Answer» D. Mt. Kilimanjaro | |
| 21. |
The major control over the form of the developing slope is exerted by ______________ |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | inputs to the hill slope |
| C. | outputs from the hill slope |
| D. | balance between inputs and outputs from the hill slope system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Where is Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, located ? |
| A. | Egypt |
| B. | France |
| C. | Dubai |
| D. | Italy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called _________________ |
| A. | sublimation |
| B. | stem flow |
| C. | through fall |
| D. | interception |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga are located in _________________ |
| A. | the greater Himalayas |
| B. | the Lesser Himalayas |
| C. | the outer Himalayas |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. the Lesser Himalayas | |
| 25. |
What is the place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream's bed called ? |
| A. | scoured pools |
| B. | riffles |
| C. | flood plain |
| D. | ox-bow lakes |
| Answer» B. riffles | |
| 26. |
Mistral is a cold wind associated with ? |
| A. | Mediterranean region |
| B. | None of above |
| C. | Equatorial region |
| D. | Monsoon region |
| Answer» B. None of above | |
| 27. |
Where are Sinkhole lakes common ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | New York |
| C. | Florida |
| D. | Michigan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
What is Quartz ? |
| A. | Sedimentary rocks |
| B. | Igneous rocks |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Mineral |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
What is the reaction between compounds and oxygen called ? |
| A. | solution |
| B. | hydrolysis |
| C. | carbonation |
| D. | oxidation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
What is the reason for high salinity in the sea ? |
| A. | High temperature |
| B. | Low temperature |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Enclosed Seas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Where are Coral reefs are formed ? |
| A. | marine sediments |
| B. | tiny colonial marine animals which construct limestone skeleton material |
| C. | volcanic rocks |
| D. | chlorine material precipitated from sea water |
| Answer» C. volcanic rocks | |
| 32. |
One of the properties of the Mercator's Projection is that it preserves what ? |
| A. | Distance |
| B. | Area |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Shape |
| Answer» B. Area | |
| 33. |
What is 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 called? |
| A. | geyser |
| B. | hot spring |
| C. | crater |
| D. | volcano |
| Answer» B. hot spring | |
| 34. |
What is the gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe called? |
| A. | the Gulf of Lions |
| B. | the Gulf of Genoa |
| C. | the Gulf of Bothnia |
| D. | the Gulf of Venice |
| Answer» D. the Gulf of Venice | |
| 35. |
Which sea is located in Central Asia? |
| A. | Aral Sea |
| B. | Red Sea |
| C. | Japan Sea |
| D. | North Sea |
| Answer» B. Red Sea | |
| 36. |
Which of the following place has the largest petroleum deposit in the world? |
| A. | Abadan |
| B. | Dubai |
| C. | Kirkuk |
| D. | Ghawar |
| Answer» B. Dubai | |
| 37. |
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. |
| A. | smaller, less |
| B. | larger, less |
| C. | smaller, more |
| D. | larger, more |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Where are the Andes mountains located? |
| A. | East Europe |
| B. | West Europe |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | South America |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
What factors the humidity of the air depends ? |
| A. | location |
| B. | weather |
| C. | temperature |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
A glaciated region is characterised by _________________ |
| A. | Meandering |
| B. | U-Shaped valleys |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Sand dunes |
| Answer» C. None Of These | |
| 41. |
What is the type of soil needed for rice ? |
| A. | clayey loam |
| B. | rich , muddy and saturated with water |
| C. | humus, rich in Fe and potash |
| D. | deep, loamy, well drained |
| Answer» C. humus, rich in Fe and potash | |
| 42. |
Which atmospheric element combines readily with many elements and compounds in rocks is ? |
| A. | Nitrogen |
| B. | Oxygen |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Hydrogen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo Gangetic plain and the peninsula is _________________ |
| A. | the Vindhya range |
| B. | the Aravallis |
| C. | the Nilgiri hills |
| D. | the Satpwas |
| Answer» B. the Aravallis | |
| 44. |
Which region are Chernozem soils formed in region ? |
| A. | Precipitation and evaporation are balanced |
| B. | Evaporation exceeds precipitation |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Precipitation exceeds evaporation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of _________________ |
| A. | plant litter at various levels of decomposition |
| B. | None of the above |
| C. | unweathered bedrock |
| D. | weathered parent material |
| Answer» D. weathered parent material | |
| 46. |
Where is the world famous bridge Golden Gate situated ? |
| A. | San Francisco |
| B. | Paris |
| C. | Sydney |
| D. | London |
| Answer» B. Paris | |
| 47. |
Where is the thermal equator found? |
| A. | at the equator |
| B. | South of the geographical equator |
| C. | North of the geographical equator |
| D. | at the tropic of cancer |
| Answer» D. at the tropic of cancer | |
| 48. |
What does the Normal lapse rate of temperature mean ? |
| A. | The range of temp |
| B. | The rate at which the temperature decreases with height |
| C. | None of These |
| D. | The departure of temperature from normal |
| Answer» C. None of These | |
| 49. |
Where is active volcano 'Mauna Loa' located ? |
| A. | Italy |
| B. | U.S.A. |
| C. | Hawaii |
| D. | Fiji |
| Answer» D. Fiji | |
| 50. |
What is the rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about ? |
| A. | 650 mm a year |
| B. | 750 mm a year |
| C. | 550 mm a year |
| D. | 850 mm a year |
| Answer» B. 750 mm a year | |