March 28, 2024
Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?
  • (A) Antarctica
  • (B) North America
  • (C) Asia
  • (D) South America
Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
  • (A) Indian Ocean is half an ocean
  • (B) Indian Ocean has monsoon drift
  • (C) Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
  • (D) Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of:
  • (A) Choropleth map
  • (B) Isopleth map
  • (C) Chorochromatic map
  • (D) Choroschematic map
Estuaries possess distinct blooms of excessive growth of a pigmented dinoflagellates. These blooms are called
  • (A) Red tides
  • (B) Sea tides
  • (C) Black tides
  • (D) Sea flowers
Consider the following statements:
1. Tides are of great help in navigation and fishing.
2. High tide enables big ships to enter or leave the harbour safely.
3. Tide prevents siltation in the harbours.
4. Kandla and Diamond Harbour are tidal ports.
Which of these statements are correct?
  • (A) 1 and 4
  • (B) 2, 3 and 4
  • (C) 1, 2 and 3
  • (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Consider the following statements about the 'Roaring Forties':
1. They blow uninterrupted in the northern and Southern Hemispheres
2. They blow with great strength and constancy
3. Their direction is generally from north-west to east in the Southern Hemisphere
4. Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them
Which of these statements are correct?
  • (A) 1, 2 and 3
  • (B) 2, 3 and 4
  • (C) 1, 3 and 4
  • (D) 1, 2 and 4
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Timber) List-II (Country)
A. Cedar 1. Myanmar
B. Douglas Fir 2. Canada
C. Mahogany 3. Mexico
D. Teak 4. Honduras
Codes:
  • (A) A - 3; B- 2; C- 1; D-4
  • (B) A - 3; B- 2; C- 4; D-1
  • (C) A - 2; B- 3; C- 4; D-1
  • (D) A - 2; B- 3; C- 1; D-4
Quartzite is metamorphosed from:
  • (A) Limestone
  • (B) Obsidian
  • (C) Sandstone
  • (D) Shale
Assertion (A) : During the neap tides. The high tide is lower and the low tide is higher than usual.
Reason (R) : The neap tide, unlike the spring tide, occurs on the new moon instead of on the full moon.
  • (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • (B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
  • (C) A is true but R is false
  • (D) A is false but R is true
Consider the following statements:
1. In equatorial regions, the year is divided into four main seasons
2. In Mediterranean region, summer months receives more rain.
3. In China type climate; rainfall occurs throughout the year
4. Tropical highlands exhibit vertical zonation of different climates
Which of these statements are correct?
  • (A) 1 and 3
  • (B) 2 and 3
  • (C) 1 and 4
  • (D) 3 and 4
Consider the following climatic and geographical phenomena:
1. Condensation
2. High temperature and humidity
3. Orography
4. Vertical wind
Thunder cloud development is due to which of these phenomena?
  • (A) 1 and 2
  • (B) 2, 3 and 4
  • (C) 1, 3 and 4
  • (D) 1, 2 , 3 and 4
Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to our solar system?
  • (A) The earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system
  • (B) The predominant element in the composition of earth is silicon
  • (C) The sun contains 75 percent of the mass of the solar system
  • (D) The diameter of the sun is 190 times that of the earth
Assertion (A) : The amount of moisture in the atmosphere is related to latitude
Reason (R) : The capacity to hold moisture in the form of water vapour is related to temperature.
  • (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • (C) A is true but R is false
  • (D) A is false but R is true
Recently Emissions Gap Report was in news released by which of the following organisation?
  • (A) The International Union for Conservation of Nature
  • (B) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • (C) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • (D) Earth System Governance Project
Sunda Strait separated which of the following islands of the Indonesia?
1. Java
2. Sumatra
3. Bali
4. Borneo
Choose the correct options
  • (A) 1 and 4 only
  • (B) 1 and 2 Only
  • (C) 2 and 3 Only
  • (D) 3 and 4 only
Which of the following countries located in the Great Green Wall of Africa that is also called Sahel region?
1) Libya
2) Chad
3) Tunisia
4) Mali
5) Mauritania
Which of the following statement(s) is/ are correct?
  • (A) 1, 3 and 5 only
  • (B) 1, 2 and 4 Only
  • (C) 2, 4 and 5 Only
  • (D) All of the above
Which of the following countries are surrounding Arctic Ocean?
1) Swedan
2) United Kingdom
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) United States
6) Denmark
Consider the following option:
  • (A) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
  • (B) 1, 3, 5 and 6
  • (C) 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
  • (D) All of the above
Which of the following countries shares land border the Egypt?
1) Palestinian
2) Israel
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Libya
5) Sudan
Consider the following option:
  • (A) 2, 3 and 5 only
  • (B) All of the above
  • (C) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
  • (D) 2,3 and 4 only
Mekong Ganga Co-operation Project is :
  • (A) An irrigation project involving India and Myanmar
  • (B) A joint tourism initiative of some Asian countries
  • (C) A hydroelectric power project involving India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
  • (D) A defence and security agreement of India with its eastern neighbours
Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
  • (A) Delhi
  • (B) Kolkata
  • (C) Jodhpur
  • (D) Nagpur

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