1) The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of

2) The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called

3) The Ice age ended about ____ years ago.

4) The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused

5) The greatest variety of animal and plant species is found in

6) The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are

7) The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is

8) The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is

9) The largest gulf in the world is

10) The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is

11) The largest production of mica in Asia is from

12) The heavier silicates named as ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the

13) The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in

14) The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called

15) The imaginary line on the earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180o meridian, is called the

16) The latitude ‘AA’ on the map represents the

17) The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as

18) The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is

19) The highest mountain peak of Oceania is

20) The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

21) The island state of Australia is

22) The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the

23) The islands of Seychelles are located in the

24) The hunting and gathering economy can support only

25) The important mountains of Europe include

26) The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by

27) The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of

28) The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called

29) The length of the day is determined in

30) The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to

31) The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are

32) The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called

33) The languages used in China is

34) The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by

35) Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by

36) The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as

37) The horizontal of soil profile is composed of

38) The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the

39) The longest ship canal in the world is the

40) The largest city in Latin America is

41) The largest part of our hydrosphere is

42) The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth’s orbit.

43) The largest continent in the world is

44) The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at

45) The highest sand dunes are found in

46) The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from

47) The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include

48) The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called

49) The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world’s continents and major oceans influences

50) The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from