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Why do Fold mountains have enormous thickness of sedimentary rocks?

A) Due to deposition of sediments in a valley for milions of years B) Due to accumulation of sediments in a geosyncline
C) The plains were folded into mountains D) The sediments were folded into recumbent and nappe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Due to accumulation of sediments in a geosyncline

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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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The famous battle of Takkolam of South India was fought between _______

A) Cholas and North Chalukyas B) Cholas and Rashtrakutas
C) Cholas and Hoyasals D) Cholas and Pandyas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cholas and Rashtrakutas

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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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During which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi write: 'Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the rise of anarchy' ?

A) Home Rule movement B) Non-Co-operaton movement
C) Civil Disobedience movement D) Quit India movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Quit India movement

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During the Indian Freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts (Lal Kurtis) called for _____

A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism B) the union of Pasthun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
C) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers. D) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism

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