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(a) Europe
(b) North America
(c) Asia
(d) South America
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
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Question : 1
Consider the following statements.
- The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 in amplitude.
- Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times than the previous integer reading.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) Only 1
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) Only 2
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 2
Which of the following refers to the white salt which covers the land in some areas during dry season?
a) erg
b) usar
c) reg
d) reh
Answer »Answer: (d)
Reh refers to a mixture of soluble sodium salts appearing as efflorescence on the ground in arid or semiarid regions in India. It covers the land in the form of a white layer. It is also known as Kallar.
Question : 3
What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun?
a) Perihelion
b) Aphelion
c) Aldiate
d) Antipode
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Earth is farthest away from the Sun, at the aphelion point, two weeks after the June Solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying warm summer months.
Conversely, it is closest to the Sun, or at the perihelion, about two weeks after the December Solstice, when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Question : 4
Choose the incorrect pair from the following :
a) Landforms associated with glacial cycle — Aretes and pyramidal peaks
b) Feature associated with coastal deposit — Spits and bars
c) Features associated with lower course of a river — Oxbow lakes
d) Valleys of Karst region — Dunes
Answer »Answer: (d)
Dunes are features associated with wind deposition. Dunes are infact hills of sand formed by the accumulation of sand and shaped by the movement of winds.
Question : 5
The main source of usable water on the Earth is
a) Underground water
b) Oceans
c) Precipitation
d) Rivers
Answer »Answer: (a)
Even though most of the Earth's surface is water, only 1% of it is fresh usable water. Ninety-seven per cent of the Earth's water is saltwater, which contains too many minerals for humans to use untreated.
Two per cent of our water is 'locked up' in ice caps and glaciers, leaving only one per cent as usable freshwater. Groundwater comprises 0.62 per cent of water, followed by Freshwater Lakes: 0.009 per cent; and rivers: 0.0001 per cent.
Question : 6
The Equator does not pass through which of the following countries?
a) Indonesia
b) Kenya
c) Brazil
d) Mexico
Answer »Answer: (d)
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