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Q1. The approximate age of the Aravalli ranges is
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Q2. The term "nife" refers to
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Q3. Why is there a severe difference in the climates of Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
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Q4. The term "lithosphere" refers to............
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Q5. Which of the following is one of the warm currents in the Indian Ocean?
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Q6. Gulf Stream is a ..........
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Q7. The escape velocity from the earth's surface is about
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Q8. Salinity is likely to be the highest in ........
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Q9. The shortest distance between two places on the globe is along:
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Q10. The sea water is most abundant with ............
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Q11. The famous Tuscarora Deep is located ..........................
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Q12. The radiant energy of the sun is due to
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Q13. Arrange the ocean floor parts according to increasing distance from the coast.A)continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, deep sea plainB)continental shelf, continental rise, deep sea plain, continental slopeC)Continental slope, continental shelf, continental rise, deep sea plain.D)Continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, deep sea plain.
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Q14. Dew is caused when......
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Q15. The leeward side of a mountain which does not receive rain is known as the ................
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Q16. Distance of stars is measured in ...
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Q17. Rainfall caused due to the presence of mountains in the way of winds is known as .............
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Q18. Soil formed by weathering of soil forming rocks is known as ............
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Q19. Hail consists of ...........
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Q20. What is a Continental Shelf?
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Q21. Fog is a .........
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Q22. "Cirrus" means a............
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Q23. The temperature at which an air parcel will become saturated with the present amount of water vapour is known as .............
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Q24. International Date Line .....
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Q25. Amount of water vapour (grams) in a given volume of air (cubic metre) is called as ........
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Q26. Among the following rivers, which one is a tidal river?
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Q27. Sling Psychrometer is used for measuring
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Q28. In which type of rocks, fossils are more abundantly found?
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Q29. When humidity is expressed as a percentage, it is known as .......
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Q30. ASSERTION {A}: The atmosphere receives most of the heat only indirectly from the Sun and directly from the earth's surface. REASON {R}: The conversion from short wave solar to long wave terrestrial energy takes place at the earth's surface.
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Q31. Of the following statements about soils, which one is correct?
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Q32. Snowfall occurs when ............
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Q33. Doldrums refer to
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Q34. Tornado is a ............
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Q35. Pick the wrongly matched ones: A) Cyclone - West Indies B)hurricanes - Indian Ocean C) typhoons - China Sea D) tornadoes - Australia
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Q36. Of the following places in Rajasthan which one is likely to have the highest temperature on a day in June?
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Q37. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting to larger bodies of land is called....
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Q38. An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the atmosphere is called...........
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Q39. An anticyclone is the ..........
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Q40. A cyclone is a ........
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Q41. Nili and Ravi breed of buffaloes are commonly found in ........
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Q42. When it is 8 AM on Wednesday at Greenwich, what is at Tokyo?
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Q43. .........forms the greatest body in igneous rocks.
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Q44. Kashmir Valley is separated from the Indus Valley by .........
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Q45. ASSERTION:{A}: Eclipses do not occur on all full moon and new moon days. REASON : {R}: The moon revolves round the earth in an elliptical orbit.
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Q46. Pampas are the vast grassy plains of
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Q47. The importance of Ozone in the atmosphere is to ...........
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Q48. In which of the following oceans is Diamantina Trench situated?
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Q49. The rising of evening star Venus indicates
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Q50. Blizzards are characteristic of which region?