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The following question based on World Physical Geography topic of indian geography mcq
- Alpine
- Torridonian
- Caledonian
- Hercynian
(a) 2, 3, 4,1
(b) 2, 4, 1,3
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1
(d) 1, 3, 4, 2
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
In geology, the term Torridonian is the informal name for the Torridonian Supergroup, a series of Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic arenaceous and argillaceous sedimentary rocks, which occur extensively in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building era recorded in the northern parts of Ireland and Britain, the Scandinavian Mountains, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe. The Caledonian orogeny encompasses events that occurred from the Ordovician to Early Devonian, roughly 490–390 million years ago (Ma).
It was caused by the closure of the Iapetus Ocean when the continents and terranes of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia collided.
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny is a geologic mountain-building event caused by the Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Question : 1
The rigid lithospheric slabs are known as ‘Plates’. What would be the result, if the oceanic plate collides with the continental plate?
- Oceanic plate is forced below the continental plate.
- Continental plate is forced below the oceanic plate.
- Continental and oceanic plates never collide.
a) 2 only
b) 1 only
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 1 and 2 only
Answer »Answer: (b)
When two rigid slabs of lithospheric, known as plate collid with an another. The plate made of heavier material is tend to below the plate made of lights material (SIAG).
Question : 2
Match List–I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
| List I | List II |
| (River) | (Dam) |
| A. Colorado | 1. Aswan |
| B. Damodar | 2. Kariba |
| C. Nile | 3. Panchet |
| D. Zambezi | 4. Hoover |
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 3 4 1 2
Answer »Answer: (c)
All these dams are important dams on respective rivers.
Question : 3
Match the following List I & List II:
| List I | List II |
| A. Isobars | 1. Temperature |
| B. Isohyets | 2. Pressure |
| C. Isotherms | 3. Rainfall |
| D. Isohel | 4. Snowfall |
| 5. Sunshine |
a) 2 3 1 5
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 2 1 3 5
d) 2 3 5 1
Answer »Answer: (a)
- Isobars are lines on a weather map joining together places of equal atmospheric pressure.
- A line drawn on a map connecting points, having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period is called Isohyet.
- Isotherms, lines connecting points of equal air temperature are used to map the geographic pattern of temperature across the earth’s surface. The spacing of isotherms depicts the temperature gradient across a portion of the Earth’s surface.
- Isohel is a line on a map connecting places with an equal period of sunshine.
Question : 4
The general climate of the equatorial regions is
a) warm and humid
b) hot and humid
c) highly seasonal
d) hot and dry
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 5
Which one of the following processes is responsible for the weathering of rocks in a Karst region?
a) Carbonation
b) Hydrolysis
c) Scree formation
d) Oxidation
Answer »Answer: (a)
The process responsible for the Weathering of rocks in the Karts region is carbonation.
Because it is a type of chemical weathering of rocks by rainwater. It is a very significant process in the reduction of limestone terrain.
Question : 6
Selvas are
a) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil
b) Huge Canadian forests
c) Evergreen monsoon forests
d) Coniferous forests of Siberia
Answer »Answer: (a)
Selvas are equatorial rain forests. The name was used earlier in Brazil for the forests. Today this name is used as a term for rain forests throughout the world.
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