NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 111 of 118)
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- Consider the following statements regarding Kant՚s view on origin of the Earth:
- Kant introduced the Newtonian law of gravitation in his theory.
- Kant developed his theory accepting the principle of conservation of angular momentum.
- Though Laplace put forward the nebular hypothesis of origin of the Earth, Kant is regarded by many as the real propounder of the nebular hypothesis.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- Answer: a
- Tertiary period had five epochs, Select the correct order in which these epochs appeared in the geological time scale from ancient to more recent times:
- Palaeocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene
- Palaeocene-Pliocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene
- Oligocene-Palaeocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene
- Palaeocene-Eocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Pliocene
- Answer: d
- Pelagic deposits are mainly found below the depth of
- 1000 fathoms
- 100 fathoms
- 600 fathoms
- 200 fathoms
- Answer: b
- The given fault in the diagram is an example of
- Normal fault
- Overthrust fault
- Reverse fault
- Transcurrent fault
- Answer: c
- In the given diagram, the point marked as x in B part indicates
- Food plain
- Natural levee
- Meander scar
- Wind gap
- Answer: d
- Laterite is produced by
- Hydration and carbonation
- Hydrolysis and oxidation
- Leaching and oxidation
- Hydration and calcification
- Answer: c
- Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
- Carbon dioxide
- Methane
- Nitrous oxide
- Argon
- Answer: d
- The most abundant gas emitted from volcanoes is
- Water vapour
- Helium
- Sulphur dioxide
- Carbon dioxide
- Answer: a
- The blueness of the sky is mainly due to
- Absorption of blue light by the atmosphere
- Scattering of sunlight by air molecules
- Emission of blue light by air
- Presence of water vapour
- Answer: b
- Warming in the Earth՚s stratosphere is mainly caused by
- Release of latent heat energy during condensation
- Frictional heating caused by meteorites
- Chemical reaction between ozone and chlorofluorocarbons
- Absorption of solar radiation by ozone
- Answer: d
- Match List I (Cloud) with List II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 111 of 118) List-I (Cloud) List-II (Characteristics) - Cirrus
- Stratus
- Nimbus
- Cumulus
- Rain giving
- Feathery appearance
- Vertically growing
- horizontally spreading
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- Answer: c
- Match List I (Types of Cloud) with List II (Mechanisms for Formation) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 111 of 118) List-I (Types of Cloud) List-II (Mechanisms for Formation) - Convective cloud
- Layer cloud
- Orographic cloud
- Funnel cloud
- Forced lifting of stable air
- Adiabatic expansion and cooling due to rapid local reduction in pressure
- Local ascent of warm, buoyant air parcel in a conditionally unstable environment
- Forced lifting of air as it passes over mountains or hills
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- Answer: a
- A relatively small rotating funnel that extends downward from the base of a towering cloud with thunder, lightning and strong gusty wind is known as
- Hurricane
- Tornado
- Tropical cyclone
- Extratropical cyclone
- Answer: c
- In the northern hemisphere, tropical cyclones and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both
- Originate over warm ocean
- Intensify with increasing height above the ground
- Generally move from east to west
- Have winds that blow counter-clockwise around their centres
- Answer: d
- Match List I (Climatic Conditions) with List II (Tree Species) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Climatic Conditions) | List-II (Tree Species) |
|
|
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- Answer: d