During the past century, the temperature of Earth has increased by ...........

• 0.6°C

• 1.6°C

• 2.6°C

• 3.6°C

Name the estuary on the border of India and Pakistan?

• Daman Creek

• Sir Creek

• Karwar Creek

• Mandovi Creek

As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as .............

• crooks

• flections

• rounds

• meanders

The oceanic crust mainly consists of silica and ................

• magnesium

• iron

• manganese

• sulphur

The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the .......... pass.

• Khyber

• Zojila

• Nathula

• Karakoram

During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow ...........

• jute

• tea

• sugarcane

• wheat

The place on the earth's surface above the focus is called the ..........

• focus

• incentre

• epicentre

• circumcentre

India is the ............. largest country in the world.

• 3rd

• 5th

• 7th

• 9th

The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

• Mulching

• Contour barriers

• Rock dam

• Terrace farming

In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cut-off lake, also called an ................ lake.

• ox-bow

• oasis

• lagoon

• tectonic