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Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called sublimation stem flow through fall interception 2 / 50 2) The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ____ than the oldest continental rocks. older smaller larger younger 3 / 50 3) The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are calcification and salinisation laterisation and podsolisation salinisation and gleisation All of these 4 / 50 4) The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are the Pyranees the Balkans the Carpathians the Urals 5 / 50 5) The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately 227.9 million km 149.6 million km 579 million km 0.384 million km 6 / 50 6) The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called None of the above energy cycle water cycle rock cycle 7 / 50 7) The religion of Afghanistan is Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism 8 / 50 8) The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ____ direction to the earth’s main field. opposite southward same northward 9 / 50 9) The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is improving the utilisation of irrigation potential None of the above both (a) and (b) optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area 10 / 50 10) The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost? Barely Cotton Maize None of the above 11 / 50 11) The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in oceans and seas freshwater lakes and water vapours glaciers and ice sheets groundwaters, rivers and streams 12 / 50 12) The main factor determining a region’s climate is latitude temperature longitude All of these 13 / 50 13) Which of the following is a warm current? Benguela current Labrador current South Pacific current Kurosiwo current 14 / 50 14) The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of None of the above unweathered bedrock plant litter at various levels of decomposition weathered parent material 15 / 50 15) The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate 16 / 50 16) The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about None of the above 9600 km above the earth's surface 8000 km above the earth's surface 64,000 km above the earth's surface 17 / 50 17) The main crops of kharif are otton, jute ragi, maize rice, jowar, bajra All of these 18 / 50 18) The moon’s volume is about ____ that of earth. 1/60th 1/20th 1/50th 1/40th 19 / 50 19) The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is Mesozoic era Pre-Cambrian era Cainozoic era Palaeozoic era 20 / 50 20) The main producers of free gas are the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore both (a) and (b) None of the above 21 / 50 21) The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country’s water resources. It covers All of these facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines 22 / 50 22) The main properties of cosmic ray particles are its energy its rest mass All of these are its properties its electric charge 23 / 50 23) The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is lithification lineation the reorientation of mineral crystals foliation 24 / 50 24) The reaction between compounds and oxygen is called solution carbonation hydrolysis oxidation 25 / 50 25) The process of weathering results into All of these the addition of specific atoms or compounds to the weathered surface a breakdown of one mass in to two or more masses, with no chemical change in the mineral or rock the complete loss of particular atoms or the compounds from the weathered surface 26 / 50 26) The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is November 22 July 21 December 22 June 21 27 / 50 27) The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the Telengana plateau western Ganga plain Kerala coastal plain eastern Rajasthan 28 / 50 28) The original landmass, pangola split into Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north 29 / 50 29) The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is Mercury Pluto Earth Venus 30 / 50 30) The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent? None of the above Continental shelf both (a) and (b) Continental Slope 31 / 50 31) The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called perched aquifer aquicludes aquifers spring 32 / 50 32) The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called medial moraines cirques horns aretes 33 / 50 33) The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by ionosphere thermosphere troposphere exosphere 34 / 50 34) The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include crude Petroleum and natural gas natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U Fe, Au(gold) coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond 35 / 50 35) The major countries of central America are China, Taiwan, Japan All of these Belize, Costa Rica, Panama Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait 36 / 50 36) The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by Issac Newton R.A. Harris William Whewell G.B. Airy 37 / 50 37) The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the Aravalli hills Siwalik hills Western Ghats Raj Mahal hills 38 / 50 38) The mean radius of the earth is approximately 9,600 km 12,800 km 32,000 km 6,400 km 39 / 50 39) The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called solution suspension saltation traction 40 / 50 40) The percentage of sun’s radiation reflected back into space is about None of the above 47 percent 36 percent 17 percent 41 / 50 41) The longest epoch of the tertiary period is Eocene Miocene Oligocene Palaeocene 42 / 50 42) The period of daylight All of these varies with latitude and the season reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer is nearly constant near the equator 43 / 50 43) The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called calcification salinisation gleisation podsolisation 44 / 50 44) The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan 45 / 50 45) The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is the Amazon the Rio Grande the Mississippi the Colorado 46 / 50 46) The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called None of the above earth's albedo planet's albedo both are similar terms 47 / 50 47) The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at the tropics None of the above the equator the arctic 48 / 50 48) The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are Jupiter and Saturn Mercury and Venus Mars and Neptune Earth and Pluto 49 / 50 49) The Penumbra is None of the above formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon both (a) and (b) the outer portion of the moon's shadow 50 / 50 50) The moon has no atmosphere has no liquid water All of these is the natural satellite of earth Your score isThe average score is 0%🎉 Challenge alert! 💡 Share this quiz with your friends and see who scores the highest! 🏆🤩🔥 LinkedIn Facebook Follow Us @ 0% Restart quiz Exit We’d love to hear your thoughts! 📝 Share your valuable review with us. 🙌 🌟 Thank you for your support! 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