NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 22 of 118)
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- Which of the following is/are the correct characteristic (s) of primary seismic wave?
- It is a longitudinal and compressional wave
- It is analogous to sound waves
- It travels with faster speed through solids but slowly through liquids
- All the above three
- Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the mountain building?
- Alpine-Caledonian-Hercynian Precambrian
- Precambnan-Hercynian-Caledonian Alpine
- Precambnan-Caledonian-Hercynian Alpine
- Caledonian-Precambrian-Alpine-
- Hercynia
- Which of the following are formed due to collision of continental plates?
- The Alps
- The Himalayas
- The Rockies
- The Caucasus mountains
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- The given diagram represents a/an
- Asymmetrical fold
- Monoclinal fold
- Overfold
- Recumbent fold
- Match List I (Rock Type) with List II (Example) and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 22 of 118) List-I List-II - Clastic
- Extrusive
- Metamorphic
- Plutonic
- Granite
- Conglomerate
- Gneiss
- Tuff
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- Which of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge?
- Divergent movement
- Convergent movement
- Transform fault movement
- Parallel movement
- Match List I (Landforms) with List II (Representative Sites) and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 22 of 118) List-I List-II - Rift valley lake
- Basic lava sheet
- An active volcano
- Batholith
- Himalayas
- Upland of Brittany, France
- Deccan trap region, India
- Tanganyika Stramboli
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 3
- Consider the following statements:
- P-wave are the first seismic waves to reach a place
- S-waves travel only through liquids
- Arrival time of P and S-waves is used to locate the epicentre.
- Richter scale is a logarithmic scale.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 3 and 4
- A weathering process in which layers of rocks peel off as expansion alternates with contraction, is known as
- Shattering
- Block separation
- Granular disintegration
- Exfoliation
- Match List I (Term) with List II (Process Involved) and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 22 of 118) List-I List-II - Valley-in-valley profile
- Collapse sinks
- Shadow zone
- Exhumed erosion surface
- Karst topography
- Earthquake
- Planation
- Rejuvenation
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Residual hill in the desert region is known as
- Inlier
- Inselberg
- Playa
- Pediment
- In the diagram given above, which of the 1,2, 3,4 and 5 represent bluffs? Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1 and 5
- 2 and 3
- The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks is termed as
- Rectangular
- Radial
- Dendritic
- Trellis
- Bowl shaped depression created as a result of glacial erosion high on a mountainside is called
- Glacial trough
- Hum
- Hanging valley
- Cirque
- Which one of the following statements is correct?
- Jet streams are-best developed in winters
- Jet streams often develop oscillations
- Jet streams greatly influence our surface weather
- All the above three are correct in respect of jet streams