Welcome to your polityquiz49
1.
Assertion (A): Existence of human life on Venus is highly improbable.
2.
Consider the following statements: [2005]
- The axis of the earth magnetic field is inclined at 23° to the geographic axis of the earth.
- The earth’s magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere is located on a peninsula in northern Canada.
- Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumna in South India.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
3.
Consider the following statements: [2005]
- The axis of the earth magnetic field is inclined at 23° to the geographic axis of the earth.
- The earth’s magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere is located on a peninsula in northern Canada.
- Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumna in South India.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
4.
Consider the following statements: [2005]
1) Total land area of earth is approximately 1475 lakh square kilometres.
2) Ratio of land area to water area of earth is approximately 1: 4.
3) Maximum percentage of earth’s water is in the Pacific Ocean.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
5.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of earth’s land? [2005]
6.
Consider the following geological phenomena: [2004]
- Development of a fault
- Movement along a fault
- Impact produced by a volcanic eruption
- Folding of rocks
Which of the above cause earthquakes?
7.
Identify the correct order of the processes of soil erosion from the following: [2001]
8.
Consider the following statements: [2001]
I. Most magmas are a combination of liquid, solid and gas.
II. Water vapour and carbon dioxide are the principal gases dissolved in a magma.
III. Basaltic magma is hotter than the silicic magma.
IV. The magma solidified between sedimentary rocks in a horizontal position is known as dike.
Which of these statements are correct?
9.
Consider the following statements regarding earthquakes: [2001]
I. The intensity of earthquake is measured on Mercalli scale.
II. The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of energy released.
III. Earthquake magnitudes are based on direct measurements of the amplitude of seismic waves.
IV. In the Richter scale, each whole number demonstrates a hundredfold increase in the amount of energy released.
Which of these statements are correct?
10.
Consider the following statements made about the sedimentary rocks: [2001]
I. Sedimentary rocks are formed at Earth’s surface by the hydrological system.
II. The formation of sedimentary rocks involves the weathering of preexisting rocks.
III. Sedimentary rocks contain fossils.
IV. Sedimentary rocks typically occur in layers.
Which of these statements are correct?
