GK Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by
- (A) Morph metric
analysis
- (B) Law
of drainage composition
- (C) Law
of basin areas
- (D) None
of the above
2. The highest mountains on earth namely mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga are located in
- (A) The
greater Himalayas
- (B) The
Lesser Himalayas
- (C) The
outer Himalayas
- (D) None
of the above
3. The model which explains the various types of igneous rocks
- (A) Rock cycle
- (B) Bowens
reaction series
- (C) Both
are similar terms
- (D) None
of the above
4. The most notable example of a tectonic valley is that of the
- (A) Doon valley
- (B) Kashmir valley
- (C) Plains of
Aksai Chin
- (D) None of the
above
5. The length of the day is determined in
- (A) Astronomical
units
- (B) Solar terms
- (C) Length
of the hours
- (D) None
of the above
6. The largest continent in the world is
- (A) Africa
- (B) Asia
- (C) Australia
- (D) Antarctica
7. Which of the following is a warm current?
- (A) Benguela
current
- (B) Labrador
current
- (C) Kurosiwo
current
- (D) South
Pacific current
8. The main crops of kharif are
- (A) Rice, jowar,
bajra
- (B) Ragi, maize
- (C) Cotton, jute
- (D) All
of the above
9. The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of
- (A) Small,
progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed
- (B) Small,
progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None of the
above
10. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is
- (A) Cainozoic
era
- (B) Pre-Cambrian
era
- (C) Palaeozoic
era
- (D) Mesozoic era
11. The temperature increases rapidly after
- (A) Ionosphere
- (B) Exosphere
- (C) Stratosphere
- (D) Troposphere
12. The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called
- (A) Aquifers
- (B) Aquicludes
- (C) Perched
aquifer
- (D) Spring
13. The ocean water is saline due to
- (A) Evaporation
of its surface
- (B) Volume
of fresh water added by rainfall
- (C) Salts
are already present in sea water
- (D) Both
(a) and (b)
14. The process of soil development is called
- (A) Leaching
- (B) Illuviation
- (C) Eluviations
- (D) Pedogenesis
15. The processes that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are
- (A) Abrasion,
crystallization, pressure release
- (B) Abrasion,
oxidation, hydrolysis
- (C) Crystallization,
carbonation, thermal insulation
- (D) None
of the above
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