Which one of the following is generally found in sedimentary rocks?

The summer and winter season in a year are caused by __________.

The place where an earthquake originates is called _______.

If an earthquake occurs then, what you should do?

'X' is a vent in Earths surface that periodically ejects a column of hot water and steam. The formation of it is a rare phenomenon because it is due to particular hydrogeological conditions which exist at few places on Earth. Taupo volcanic zone in New Zealand is one of its examples. Identify 'X'.

An earthquake of magnitude $3$ on Richter scale is ________.

The weak zones of Earth's crust which are more prone to earthquakes are called _________.

The plateau of India is roughly _______ in shape.

Sial layer forms ____________.

The latest theory relating to the movement of the continents in relation to one another is called ________________.

Which is the largest continent in the world?

Richter scale is used for measuring ______________.

Which of the following statements is wrong?

The theory of Continental Drift was first given by ______________.

Which of the following statements relating to earthquakes is/are correct?
(1) The point of origin of earthquake is called epicentre.
(2) The lines joining the places which were affected earthquakes at the same point of time are called homoseismal lines.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Statement I: There is a large-scale fluctuation of oil flow from oil wells prior to earthquakes.
Statement II: Tectonic stress accumulates to a certain level, the pore pressure within a deep oil bearing stratum reaches its breaking strength causing oil to sprout along the oil wells.

Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

Ocean basin has been divided into number of types. Abyssal plain is one of them. Choose correct statement.
1. It lies immediately after continental slope.
2. They are among flattest, smoothest surface on Earth.
3. It covers more than 50% of Earth's surface.

Which one among the following is not a cause of generation of ocean currents?

Pelagic zone is one of the most important division of ocean with respect to commercial exploitation. Choose correct statement:
1. Any water in sea or lake is neither close to bottom nor near the shore can be said to be in pelagic zone.
2. Pelagic life decreases with increasing depth.
3. Demersal zone lies between benthic and pelagic zone.

Which one among the following is responsible for the expansion of water in the ocean?

This item consists of two statements I and II.
Statement I : The Kuroshio is a warm North-flowing ocean current on the West side of the North Pacific Ocean. 
Statement II : Presence of a number of volcanoes at the bottom of the sea of Japan is responsible for the Kuroshio becoming warm.

Which one among the following sequences of water bodies, from lower to higher salinity concentration, is correct?

The time it takes for the crests (or troughs) of two successive waves to pass a given point is known as the _________.

Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Indian ocean?

Consider the following statements
1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern hemisphere than that in the Southern hemisphere.

Which one among the following best explains the reason for the Eastern and Western boundaries of the Pacific Ocean experiencing frequent earthquake?

Which one of the following factors is responsible for change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?

Which one among the following is a cold ocean current?

Which of the following currents is located near the coastline of Philippines and China?

Consider the following statements:
I. Ocean currents are large mass of surface water, that circulate in regular patterns around the oceans.
II. The planetary winds are probably the dominant influence on the flow of ocean currents.
III. The water of high salinity are denser than the water of low salinity.
IV. A land mass always obstructs and diverts an ocean current.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The acidification of oceans is increasing. Why is this phenomenon a cause of concern?

Consider the following statements with reference to the continental shelf:
1. It is submerged in water. 
2. Its average depth is 100 fathoms.
3. Its higher percentage is found in the Pacific ocean.
4. It is wider, where high mountains are close and parallel to the coast.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following conditions hinders the development of corals?

Which of the following factors affects the origin and nature of movement of ocean current?

Identify the wrong pair.

With respect to thermocline, choose the correct statement:
1. Layer in which temperature changes more rapidly than it does in layers above as below.
2. It depends upon season, latitude and turbulent mixing by wind.
3. It may be semi-permanent feature of body of water in which they occur.

Which among the following statements about the North Atlantic Drift is/are correct?
1. It keeps the West coast of Northern Europe ice free.
2. It is responsible for the warm air mass which interacts with the cold air mass from the Polar region and causes rainfall in Western Europe.
3. It meets the Labrador current near Vancouver Island and causes dense fog.

Tides are of various types, caused by different alignments of Sun, Moon and Earth. Choose correct statement.
1. Height of high tide and low tides at different places in different oceans, differs. 
2. At perigee, spring tide gets abnormally high.
3. Same place will have another spring tide after 12 hours exactly.

Which of the following statements relating to tsunami is/are correct?
As the tsunamis leave the deep water of the open sea and travel towards shallow water:
1. The speed is reduced considerably.
2. They attain enormous height.
3. They appear as a gentle rise and fall of the sea.

Volcanic eruptions do not occur in the ____________.

The interval between two high tides is approximately _________.

Identify the odd one.

On the planet Earth, most of the fresh water exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining fresh water, the largest proportion _____________.

Extensive coral formations develop between 30°N and 30°S especially on the sides of the landmasses.

Which of the following theory is related to origin of tides.
1. Isostasy theory 
2. Dynamic theory of Laplace
3. Canal theory of G. B. Airy
4. Equilibrium theory of Newton.

Identify the incorrect statement (s).
1. Other things being equal, the differential effect of wave refraction tends to smooth the coastal outline.
2. A wave of translation can be a powerful force of destruction.
3. Waves often change direction as they approach the shore, a phenomenon known as Wave Refraction.
4. Wave amplitude is one half of the wavelength. 

Evaporation is greater when __________.

The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where ___________.

Consider the following statements:
1. Nearly 30% of the petroleum production in the world is from the offshore areas.
2. The exclusive economic zone in the oceans extends upto 100 nautical miles from the coast. 
3. Only less than 1% of marine area is declared as protected area.
4. The largest marine protected area is the Great Barrier Reef.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Identify the incorrect statement(s) about marine deposits.
1. Blue mud covers the largest area of ocean.
2. Green mud is found in abundance on the sea floor near the Cape of Good Hope.
3. Grey colour of Green Mud is because of mineral Glauconite.
4. Red Clay is the most widespread Pelagic deposit.

Which one of the following is a correct sequence in the increasing order of salinity concentration?

Which one of the following type of tides is observed at an interval of every 6 months?

Identify the odd ones out in relation to the process of upwelling in the ocean?

The Gulf stream is the warm ocean current. It is moving along the East of North America upto 40° N, where it meets with Labrador current, which is cold current. This meeting of warm and cold ocean current is helping for the ___________.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

What are Rogue waves?

Which one among the following is not correct regarding Tsunami?

Which of the following theories of the origin of tides is not correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:
1. Ocean currents are the slow surface movement of water in the same.
2. Ocean currents, assist in maintaining the Earth's heat balance.
3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds.
4. Ocean currents are affected by the configuration of the ocean.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

The ocean relief is generally ____________.

Which of the following statements are true?
1. The direction of Canary current is North to South. 
2. The direction of Benguela current is South to North.
3. The direction of North Atlantic drift is West to East.
4. The direction of Californian current is North to South.
Choose the right answer from the options given below.

Water with more salinity freezes at __________.

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The Earth completes one rotation on its axis in ____________.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(1) The Earth is nearest to the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on January 3.
(2) The Earth is farthest away from the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on July 4.
(3) The Earth is farthest away from the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs ion July 4.
(4) The Earth is nearest to the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on January 3.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The Earth without rotational movement would result into ________.
(1) no Sun-rise and Sun-set
(2) no occurrence of day and night cycle
(3) only one reason
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Which of the following statements relating to earthquakes is/are correct?
(1) The point of origin of earthquake is called epicentre.
(2) The lines joining the places which were affected earthquake at the same point of time are called homoseismal lines.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Surface waves in earthquake are considered more disastrous. Pick correct statements regarding it.
(1) S-waves are shear waves.
(2) S-waves can travel only through solids.
(3) S-waves are slower than P-waves.
(4) Speed is typically around 60% of that of P-waves.

Land forms that we see today is the result of millions of years of endogenetic and exogenetic forces working together. With respect to geologic time scale, choose the correct statements.
(1) There have been 9 or more orogenic phases.
(2) Alpine is the most recent geologic period of orogeny.
(3) Caledonian and Hercynian are also a geologic time period of orogeny.
(4) Urals, Pennines, Applachians belong to Hercynian period.
(5) Alps, Himalayas, Andes and Rockies belong to Alpine period.

Match the following

Match the following

Which one of the following islands is of volcanic origin?

With respect to acid lava, choose the correct features of them.
(1) Low density and have high percentage of silica
(2) Highly viscous  

Match the following:

The 'eye' of the cyclone has ______.

Which one of the following conditions does not favour the formation of a tropical cyclone?

The highest hydro-power potential in the African Continent is in ______.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Through which one of the following continents, do the equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricon pass through?

South-East Asia has captivated the attention of global community over space and time as a geostrategically significant region. Which among the following is the most convincing explanation for this global perspective?

Which one of the ocean touches the shores of Asia on one side and that of America on the other?

Eucla Basin in Australia is well-known as _______.

Which one of the following is the highest plateau in the world?

Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the Chilean Earthquake (February 2010)?
(1) Scientists estimated that the Earth's axis of rotation had moved by 3 inches due to the earthquakes.
(2) Santa Maria island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile second largest city, may have been raised by 2m.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following countries is land locked?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Give the correct sequence of the following from South to North:

With respect to Tsunami, consider the following statement:
1) Japanese word 'tsu' means harbor and 'nami' means 'wave'.
2) Generated due to abrupt deformation of sea floor resulting vertical displacement of overlying water.
3) Tsunami waves have small amplitude but very long wavelength.
4) It may be caused by non-seismic event also.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

The planets nearest to the Sun are

Temperate Cyclone are characterized by which of the following? 

A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is knows as

Australia lies between ______________.

The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called

Regarding Halocline, choose correct facts given below.
1. It relates to salinity change only.
2. Pycnoclines, in normally follows halocline.
3. It is a subtype of chemocline.

Thermohaline is a part of large scale ocean circulation around the earth. Choose correct statements:
1. It is driven by density gradient.
2. It includes both the processes of sinking and upwelling of waters.
3. State of circulation has large impact on climate of Earth.
4. It is sometimes called ocean conveyor belt or meridional overturning circulation.

The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of __________.

Mountain building is a very slow process that take place through multiple ways. Choose which are included:
(1) Plate tectonics
(2) Folding and faulting
(3) Volcanic activity
(4) Igneous intrusion

Which of the following conditions is/are essential for tea cultivation?
1. Tropical and sub-tropical climate
2. Heavy rainfall ranging from 150 cm to 250 cm
3. Soil should contain good amount of lime
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