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Air temperatures are effected by slope and orientation as slopes facing into the Sun will be 

A) Warmer than those facing away B) Colder than those facing away
C) Neither warmer nor colder than those facing away D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Warmer than those facing away

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Which one of the following rivers has a cuspate delta?

A) Mississippi B) Niger
C) Nile D) Tiber
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tiber

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A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is known as _________

A) Pediment B) Bajada
C) Playa D) Peneplain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Playa

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A weathering process in which layers of rocks peel off as expansion alternates with contraction , is known as ___

A) Shattering B) Block seperation
C) Granular disintegration D) Exfoliation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Exfoliation

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What is seismic zone extending at an angle of about 45o from the base of an ocean trench, down through lithosphere to the asthenosphere known as?

A) Appleton layer B) Benioff zone
C) Conard discontinuity D) Convergence zone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benioff zone

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During Pleistocene epoch, four glacial phases were identified. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order in which they appeared during this epoch from early times?

A) Gunz - Mindel - Wurm - Riss B) Gunz - Mindel - Riss - Wurm
C) Wurm - Riss - Mindel - Gunz D) Mindel - Gunz - Riss - Wurm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gunz - Mindel - Riss - Wurm

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During the recent Venus transit (June 2012), the planet appeared as a tiny black circle moving on the Sun. The black colour on the sun is because the planet :

 

A) Is black in colour B) Obstructed all light from the sun
C) Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit

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During Indian freedom struggle , a general strike jointly called by the Girni Kamgar Union and the Railway workers place in March, 1929 in bombay. This was actually in protest against ______

A) the congress acceptance of Domination Status to India as a desirable interim goal B) the visit to india of Whiteley commission on Labour
C) the Government's insistance on passing the Trade Disputes Bill through the Central Legislative Assembly D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes

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