Multiple Choice Questions

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Schaefer was in favour of

  • Exceptionalism

  • Idiography

  • Areal differentiation

  • Scientific genralization


D.

Scientific genralization


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Domestication of plants and animals was started in

  • Paleolihtic period

  • Mesolithic period

  • Neolithic period

  • Pre-paleolithic period


Which one of the following is different from the other three on the basis of their location ?

  • Canaries current

  • Benguala current

  • Guinea current

  • Labrador current


Falt topped sea mounts are known as

  • Shoals

  • Reefs 

  • Guyots

  • Banks


The north equatorial current in the northern Atlantic ocean and south equatorial curren in the Southern Atlantic ocean are caused by

  • Centrifugal force at the equator

  • Trade winds

  • Coriolis force

  • Centripetal force towrads the poles


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The average difference in the water level between high tide and low tide at a place is referred to as :

  • Tidal bore

  • Tidal period

  • Tidal range

  • Tidal wave


LIST I

(THEORY OF ORIGIN OF TIDES/CORAL REEFS)

LIST II

(PROPOUNDERS)

(a) Progressive Wave theory (i) Darwin
(b) Equilibrium theory (ii) W. Whewell
(c) Subsidence theory (iii) R.P. Dally
(d) Glacial Control theory (iv) Issac Newton
  • a-i , b-iv , c-ii , d-iii

  • a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-iii

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii


The origin of the ocean currents is related to

  • Garvitational force

  • Winds

  • Salinity and density

  • All o the above


Which of the following is not a calcareous zone?

  • Pteropod ooze

  • Diatom Ooze

  • Globigerina ooze

  • None of the above


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ASSERTION (A) : The sea water is more saline in tropical areas.

REASON (R) : Salinity of seawater is dependent on temperature and fresh-water mixing.

  • (A) is true , (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true .

  • Both (A) and (R) are true

  • Both (A) and (R) are wrong


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