[amp_mcq option1=”Cape of Good Hope, Africa” option2=”Cape of Horn, South America” option3=”Colombo, Sri Lanka” option4=”Wellington, New Zealand” correct=”option3″]
World geography
22. The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is
[amp_mcq option1=”troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, ionosphere(thermosphere, thermopause, exosphere)” option2=”troposphere, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere , ionosphere” option3=”troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere” option4=”troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, mesosphere , exosphere, thermosphere, thermopause” correct=”option1″]
Detailed SolutionThe sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is
23. The great Victoria Desert is located in
[amp_mcq option1=”Canada” option2=”West Africa” option3=”Australia” option4=”North America” correct=”option3″]
24. The largest glaciers are
[amp_mcq option1=”mountain glaciers” option2=”alpine glaciers” option3=”continental glaciers” option4=”piedmont glaciers” correct=”option3″]
25. The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country’s water resources. It covers
[amp_mcq option1=”sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines” option2=”technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj” option3=”facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p” option4=”All of the above” correct=”option4″]
26. The names of Harry Hess, R . S . Dietz, W . J . Morgan and Le Pichon are associated with:
[amp_mcq option1=”Plate Tectonics Theory” option2=”Agriculture Location Theory” option3=”Diversion of Wind Theory” option4=”None of these” correct=”option1″]
27. The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include
[amp_mcq option1=”Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore” option2=”Appalachians and Central European mountains come up” option3=”both (a) and (b)” option4=”None of the above” correct=”option3″]
Detailed SolutionThe major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include
28. The storms or frontal systems develop where
[amp_mcq option1=”air is rising” option2=”atmospheric pressure is low” option3=”at the equator and in the mid-latitudes” option4=”All of the above” correct=”option4″]
Detailed SolutionThe storms or frontal systems develop where
29. The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at
[amp_mcq option1=”the equator” option2=”the tropics” option3=”the arctic” option4=”None of the above” correct=”option4″]
Detailed SolutionThe minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at
30. The major cause of species extinction is
[amp_mcq option1=”agricultural activities” option2=”extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)” option3=”development (human settlements, industry)” option4=”habitat loss and degradation” correct=”option4″]