The Indian Standard Time (IST) is based on

• 90° E meridian

• $82\raisebox{1ex}{$1$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2°$}\right.$ E meridian

• 75° E meridian

• 0° meridian

Collision-coalescence process of precipitation is applicable to

• those clouds which do not extend beyond the freezing level

• those clouds which extend beyond the freezing level

• all types of clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

Match List I with List II

List I (Map showing ocean current)

List II (Name of ocean current)

1. Kuroshio
2. Humboldt
3. Benguela
4. Oyashio

• (a) - 2, (b) - 1, (c) - 3, (d) - 4

• (a) - 4, (b) - 3, (c) - 1, (d) - 2

• (a) - 4, (b) - 1, (c) - 3, (d) - 2

• (a) - 2, (b) - 3, (c) - 1, (d) - 4

The equatorial rain forest is also known as

• Savanna

• Campos

• Selva

• Lanose

Match List-I with List-II

List I (Port)

1. Kandla
2. Kochi
3. Vishakhapatnam
4. Kolkata

List II (Special feature)

1. Deepest land-locked protected port
2. Located at the mouth of the lagoon
3. Tidal port
4. Inland riverine port

• (a) - 3, (b) - 1, (c) - 2, (d) - 4

• (a) - 3, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 4

• (a) - 4, (b) - 1, (c) - 2, (d) - 3

• (a) - 4, (b) - 2, (c) - 1, (d) - 3

The Earth's surface receives maximum energy at l2 noon but the maximum temperature never occurs at 12 noon. State which of the following reasons are correct.

1. The transformation of solar energy into heat requires some time.
2. The loss of energy through long-wave radiations from the Earth's surface exceeds the energy received from the Sun at 4:00 p.m.
3. Energy received by the Earth from solar radiations continues to exceed the energy lost by outgoing long-wave radiations from the Earth's surface up to 4:00 pm.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 and 2 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 1, 2 and 3

Consider the following coal mines of India:

1. Bokaro
2. Adilabad
3. Raniganj
4. Bishrampur

Select the correct sequence of the above from east to west

• 1-3-4-2

• 3-1-4-2

• 3-1-2-4

• 1-3-2-4

Which one among the following agricultural crops/ groups of crops may be grown in abundance in lowlands and river deltas of fertile alluvial' soil where there is high summer temperature and rainfall varies from 180 cm to 250 cm?

• Wheat and sugarcane

• Cotton

• Maize and coarse crops

• Rice, jute and tea

Arrange the following tropical forest groups in the correct order of sequence based on area covered in India beginning from the largest covered area:

1. Moist deciduous
2. Dry deciduous
3. Wet evergreen
4. Semi-evergreen

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1-2-3-4

• 3-4-2-1

• 1-3-2-4

• 4-3-2-1

270.

Which one among the following is the major reason for low agricultural productivity in dry regions of India?

• Constraints of financial resources

• Rural indebtedness

• Dependence on erratic monsoon

• Smail size of landholdings