The ozone layer at high altitude contains

The shape of earth is

The northern portion of the western coastal plain is called

The Suez canal connects the

The two ‘equinoxes’ take place respectively in the months of

The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite

The time at a place is determined by

The process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice is called

The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from

The umbra is

The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as

The south temperature zone is a region lying between

The South Frigid Zone is the region

The southernmost part of the world is

The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about

Which of the following is measured on the Richter scale?

The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is

The soil found in areas of heavy rainfall and high humidity, where there is good growth of vegetation is

The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of

The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth’s

The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about

The periods of different eras are further divided into

The tunnel that connects France and Italy is

The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.

The unit of the light year is used for measuring

The subatomic particles arriving from outer space having high energy are called

The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is

The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be

The Palaeozoic era contains ____ time periods.

The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors responsible for this phenomenon are I. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces II. moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores III. raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores

The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is

The thickness of biosphere is

The time interval between one vernal equinox and the next is nearest to which of the following figures?

The underlying cause of bio diversity loss is

The term ‘flora’ in the context of natural vegetation refers to

Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms?

The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from

The plants grown in equatorial regions include

The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in

The smallest country of the world is

The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called

The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called

The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called

The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called

The rate at change of temperature is called

The shortest day (longest night) in the southern hemisphere is

The temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called

The soil used for cutting bricks, used in the construction of houses is

The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called

The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called

Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?

The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ____ of the land surface of the worlds.

The sidereal month may be defined as

The reaction is carbonate and bicarbonate ions with mineral is called

The smallest annual temperature range occurs in the

The southern Deccan area is in a rain shadow and receives only

The smallest glaciers are

The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is

The production of wheat has increased mainly due to

The type of igneous rock that form from magma is a function of

The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are

The storms or frontal systems develop where

The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of

The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the

The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is

The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called

The Palaeozoic era starts at ____ million years ago and ends at ____ million years ago.

The various types of plate convergence is I. oceanic-oceanic convergenceII. oceanic-continental convergenceIII. continental-continental convergence

The soils common to the south eastern USA are called

Which of the following is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them?

The study of human geography includes study of

The tide of minimum rise is called

The shallow seas found in the Atlantic basin include the

The second largest continent in the world is

The time difference between each side of the International Date line is

The third world includes about 120 countries of

The smallest division of geological time scale is

The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called

The texture of a soil refers to

The study of day-to-day variations in weather called is called

The study of soils is called

The term ‘regur’ refers to

The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to

The spring season in the north temperate zone is when

The smallest state, population wise, in the world is

The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____

The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are

The temperature inversion is

The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are

The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called

The tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms are called

The tropical easterlies wind lie at

The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called

The radiation belts are zones in space around the

The strongest bonds exist between the particles found within

The type of soil needed for rice is

The short term variations of the atmosphere, ranging from minutes to months are called

The term ‘Abyssal’ refers to

The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the

The snow line on the northern side of greater Himalayas range about