Question: The Vindhyan system of rocks is important for the production of
1. iron ore and manganese
2. precious and building materials
3. bauxite and mica
4. copper and uranium
Answer: 1
Question: Which of the following best explain why the lower course of a river is sometimes choked with sediments?
1. The valley of a river is widest in its lower course.
2. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low. 3. The delta sometimes develops in a river’s lower course
4. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. 1, 3 and 4 only
3. 2 and 4 only
4. 1, 2 and 3 only
Answer: 4
Question: The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the Sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the Earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation?
1. Difference between seasons will be reduced
2. It would not make any difference
3. The Earth would become very hot
4. The Earth would become very cold
Answer: 1
Question: Asia has large areas of inland drainage. Why is it so?
1. It is a very large continent
2. Rainfall is seasonal and scanty
3. There are a number of inter-montane plateaus
4. River channels are obstructed by lava flows
Answer: 2
Question: In the interior of the Earth
1. the temperature rises with increasing depth
2. the temperature falls with increasing depth
3. the pressure falls with increasing depth
4. both temperature and pressure fall with increasing depth
Answer: 1
Question: Currently half of the world’s population live in just six countries. Identify them from the following.
1. China, India, Unites States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan
2. India, China, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Indonesia
3. India, China, Bangladesh, South Africa, Pakistan, Indonesia
4. China, India, Bangladesh, Unites States, Pakistan, Indonesia
Answer: 1
Question: The angular speed of a whirlwind in a tornado towards the centre
1. remains constant
2. decreases rapidly
3. increases
4. slowly becomes zero
Answer: 1
Question: We observe twinkling of stars due to
1. constant change of refractive index of the medium between the stars and the Earth because of temperature variation
2. frequent and periodic fluctuation of temperature of the surface
3. great distance of stars from the Earth
4. rise and fall of gaseous ball of fire inside the stars
Answer: 1
Question: Global positioning system (GPS) is associated with
1. determining latitude and longitude
2. constellation of satellites
3. US system of GPS and Russian system of GLONASS
4. navigation
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. 1 and 4 only
2. 1, 2 and 4 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1
Question: Which one among the following statements is correct?
1. In winter season, the duration of day is more in northern hemisphere
2. In summer season, the duration of day is more in northern hemisphere
3. In summer season, the duration of day is less in northern hemisphere
4. In winter season, the duration of day is less in southern hemisphere
Answer: 2
Question: What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep?
1. They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
2. They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean
3. They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean
4. They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: 1
Question: Jet streams are usually found in the:
1. Ozonosphere
2. Mesosphere
3. Tropopause
4. Ionosphere
Answer: 1
Question: The Narmada river in the Peninsular plateau flows westward with a remarkably straight channel. It is because the:
1. slope gradient in this part controls the river channel pattern.
2. river carries a huge amount of water which has created a straight channel course
3. river forms the boundary between the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau
4. river flows through the trough of a rift valley inclined westward
Answer: 4
Question: Why the summer monsoon winds blow from south-western direction in the northern hemisphere?
1. The general direction of wind from the Indian Ocean is south-western
2. The presence of the the doldrums around the Equator
3. The low pressure conditions in northwest India
4. Due to the effect of Coriolis force
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following is the best reason for the marked increase in the agricultural production in India in the past decades?
1. Increase in the area under cultivation
2. Conversion of barren land into agricultural land
3. Use of improved agricultural methods and technologies
4. Priority status given by the successive governments to agricultural sector over the industry sector
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following statements regarding the Deccan Traps is/are correct?
1. Intense volcanic activity in the form of fissure eruption took place towards the end of Cretaceous period
2. The volcanic lava spread out in horizontal sheets.
3. The regur soil found here is rich in nitrogen
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1, 2 and 3
3. 3 only
4. 1 only
Answer: 1
Question: Hot deserts like Sahara, Arabia etc. receive very negligible amount of rainfall. This is because they:
1. do not receive moisture-bearing wind from the oceans
2. are the most rocky and barren areas of the earth
3. are located on the tropical high pressure belt of the atmosphere
4. are not on the path of the monsoons
Answer: 2
Question: In which one of the following countries does river Thames flow?
1. United Kingdom
2. Russia
3. Chile
4. Argentina
Answer: 1
Question: Which of the following is a mineral?
1. Diamond
2. Castor
3. Cinnamon
4. Clove
Answer: 1
Question: Name the continents that form a mirror image of each other –
1. Africa and South America
2. North America and South America
3. Asia and Africa
4. Europe and Asia
Answer: 1