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51. The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.

1,00,000

1,000

10,000

100

Detailed SolutionThe Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.

52. The underlying cause of bio diversity loss is

poverty and unsustainable development projects

macroeconomic policies

international trade factors

All of the above

Detailed SolutionThe underlying cause of bio diversity loss is

53. The radiation belts are zones in space around the

Earth

Jupiter and Saturn

Mercury

Earth, Jupiter and Saturn

Detailed SolutionThe radiation belts are zones in space around the

54. The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the

poles

equator

Prime meridian

None of the above

Detailed SolutionThe troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the

55. The temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called

the surface temperature

equilibrium temperature

the mean global surface temperature

global temperature

Detailed SolutionThe temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called

56. 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

Detailed SolutionThe metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called

57. India’s major contacts with out-side world for the last two millennia have been by sea there-by earning the title for India:

The Mistress of the Eastern Seas

The Mistress of the Western Seas

The Mistress of the Southern Seas

The Mistress of the Northern Seas

Detailed SolutionIndia’s major contacts with out-side world for the last two millennia have been by sea there-by earning the title for India:

58. 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

Detailed SolutionThe mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by

59. The south temperature zone is a region lying between

the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle

the Antarctic circle and the South pole

the Tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn

the Tropic of Capricorn and the equator

Detailed SolutionThe south temperature zone is a region lying between

60. The longest epoch of the tertiary period is

Palaeocene

Eocene

Oligocene

Miocene

Detailed SolutionThe longest epoch of the tertiary period is

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