1.

Thesoilswhoseparentmaterialtendtoberichinsandare

A.spodsols
B.alfisols
C.aridsols
D.ultisols

Option:A

2. Thetideproducedwhenthemoonandthesunareatrightanglestotheearth,
thuspullinginoppositedirections,iscalled

A.neaptide
B.springtide
C.diurnaltide
D.ebbtide

Option:A

3. Thesoilfoundinareasofheavyrainfallandhighhumidity,wherethereisgood
growthofvegetationis

peatandmarshysoil
salineandalkalinesoil
blacksoil
alluvialsoil

Option:A
 4. Thethicknessofbiosphereis

810kmabovetheearthssurface
58kmabovetheearthssurface
510kmabovetheearthssurface
1012kmabovetheearthssurface

Option:A

5. Thetemperatureinversionis

wheneverthenormaldecreaseofatmospherictemperature
whenthedecreaseintemperatureormoistureorbothtakesplace
wheneverthenormaldecreaseofatmospherictemperatureormoistureorbothchange
withheightoverashortverticalinterval
Alloftheabove

Option:C

6.Whichofthefollowingismostusefulformeasuringtheshortestdistance
betweentwoplacesontheearthandpathbetweenthem?

Atlasmap
Thematicmaps
Wallmaps
Globe

Option:D

 7. Thesecondlargestcontinentintheworldis

AsiaB.Australia
AfricaD.Europe

Option:C

8. ThesouthernDeccanareaisinarainshadowandreceivesonly

50to1000mmofrainfallayear
100to200mmofrainfallayear
200to400mmofrainfallayear
50to400mmofrainfallayear

Option:A

9. Theunderlyingcauseofbiodiversitylossis

povertyandunsustainabledevelopmentprojects
macroeconomicpolicies
internationaltradefactors
Alloftheabove

Option:D

10. Thetemperatureincreasesrapidlyafter

ionosphereB.exosphere
 stratosphereD.troposphere

Option:A

11. Thespiralflowinastreamcausedbychannelshapeiscalled

streamflow
laminarflow
turbulentflow
helicalflow

Option:D

12. Thestormsorfrontalsystemsdevelopwhere

airisrising
atmosphericpressureislow
attheequatorandinthemidlatitudes
Alloftheabove

Option:D

13. Thesubatomicparticlesarrivingfromouterspacehavinghighenergyarecalled

protons
electrons
cosmicrays
Noneoftheabove
 Option:C

14. Thestrongestbondsexistbetweentheparticlesfoundwithin

metamorphicrocks
igneousrocks
sedimentaryrock
allhavesimilarstrengthofbonds

Option:B

15. ThesnowlineonthenorthernsideofgreaterHimalayasrangeabout

1. 4,500to6,000metres
2. 5,500to6,000metres
3. 3,500to6,000metres
4. Noneoftheabove

Option:B

16. Theunitofthelightyearisusedformeasuring

1. speedofsatellites
2. speedofships
3. distancebetweenbodiesintheuniverse
4. speedofrockets

Option:C
17. Thetideofminimumriseiscalled

1. springtide
2. lowtide
3. ebbtide
4. Noneoftheabove

Option:B

18. Thesecondlargestisland(nexttoGreenland)intheworldis

1. Borneo
2. Malagasy
3. NewGuinea
4. Sumatra

Option:C

19. Thepedogenicprocessassociatedwithpoordrainageandwhichinvolvesthe
accumulationoforganicmatterintheupperlayersofthesoiliscalled

1. salinisationB.gleisation
2. calcificationD.podsolisation

Option:B

20. Therockformationsthatcannotstoregroundwaterarecalled


1. aquifers
2. aquicludes
3. perchedaquifer
4. spring

Option:B

21. Theozonelayerathighaltitudecontains

1. atomicoxygen(O)andordinaryoxygen(O2)
2. onlyozone(O3)
3. mixtureofatomicoxygen(O),ordinaryoxygen(O2)andOzone(O3)
4. onlyordinaryoxygen(O2)

Option:C

22. Thenumberofatopographicmapis4A/16/NW.Itsscalemustbe

1. 1:250,000
2. 1:100,000
3. 1:50,000
4. 1:25,000

Option:D

23. Therightascensionistheequivalentoflongitudeonthecelestialsphere,andit
isgivenintheunitsof

1. degrees
 2. timehours,minutesandseconds
3. onlyhours
4. onlyseconds

Option:B

24. Theradiationbeltsarezonesinspacearoundthe

1. Earth
2. JupiterandSaturn
3. Mercury
4. Earth,JupiterandSaturn

Option:D

25. Theperiodsofdifferenterasarefurtherdividedinto

1. eonsB.epochs
2. stagesD.Anyoftheabove

Option:C

26. ThePlioPleistoceneboundaryliesabout____yearsago,atthebeginningofthe
intervalofwarmingafterthelastPleistoceneglaciations.

1. 1,00,000B.1,000
2. 10,000D.100
Option:C