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Questions : With reference to Kober’s Theory of Geosyncline, consider the following Term and Meaning
  1. Orogen : Geosyncline
  2. Kratogen : Foreland
  3. Randketten : Marginal ranges
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 2 and 3 only

(b) 1 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3

(d) 1 and 2 only

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

A geosyncline may be defined as “a thick, rapidly accumulating body of sediment formed within a long, narrow, subsiding belt of the sea which is usually parallel to a plate margin”. (Oxford Dictionary of Geography).

Or we may say a geosyncline is a “very large linear depression or down-warping of the earth’s crust, filled (especially in the central zone) with a deep layer of sediments derived from the landmasses on each side and deposited on the floor of the depression at approximately the same rate as it slowly, continuously subsided during a long period of geological time”.

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Question : 1

Three mountain ranges determining boundary between India and Myanmar are

a) Great Dividing range

b) Khasi, Patkoi and Arakan Yoma

c) None of the above

d) Akai Mountain range

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A):
New folded mountains are also called Tertiary Mountains.
Reason (R):
They are mainly formed along the constructive plate margins. ,
Codes:

a) A is true, but R is false.

b) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

c) A is false, but R is true.

d) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Answer: (a)

New folded mountains are also caller Tertiary Mountains. All the old folded mountains were originated before the Tertiary period. The folded mountains of Caledonian and Hercynian mountain-building periods come under this category.

These mountains have been so greatly denuded that they have now become relict folded mountains, for example, Aravallis, Vindhyachal etc.

The Alpine folded mountains of the Tertiary period arc grouped under the category of new folded mountains, for example, Rockies, Andes, Alps, and Himalayas etc.

Question : 3

The longest day in Northern hemisphere is

a) 22 December

b) 21 May

c) 25 December

d) 21 June

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Oil is found in petroliferous rock. Which one among the following structures demonstrates an ideal trap?

a) Synclinal structure

b) Horizontal structure

c) Anticlinal structure

d) Fault structure

Answer: (d)

Fault trap is a kind of structural trap.Here, the fracture and slippage of rock along a fault line may bring an impermeable stratum in contact with a layer of permeable reservoir rock and thus forms a barrier to petroleum migration.

Question : 5

Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called:

a) Ox-Bow Lake

b) Playa Lake

c) Crater Lake

d) Meteoric Lake

Answer: (a)

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen.

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