The concept of geosyncline was propunded by :

• Holmes

• James Hutton

• Hall and Dana

• J.W. Powell

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Gutenberg Discontinuity is found between the :

• Crust and mantle

• Mantle and core

• Upper core and Lower core

• Upper mantle and lower mantle

The concept of panplain was propagated by :

• C.A.Cotton

• Von Richtofen

• Crickmay

• Alfed Von Wegener

The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as :

• Strike

• Dip

• Anticline

• Free face

Paternoster lakes are :

• Lakes formed on glacial stairways

• Lakes having volcanic origin

• Lakes formed by shallow stretch of water caused by sea erosion

• Cresent shaped lakes are formed due to cut-off of a river meander

"The present is the key to the past." This phrase is related to the concept of :

• Isostasy

• Diatrophism

• Plate Tectonics

• Uniformitarianism

Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Fault of California ?

• Transform boundary with Sinistral motion

• Transform boundary with dextral motion 

• Divergent boundary with sinistral motion

• Convergent boundary with dextral motion

In which of the following directions the Nazca Plate is moving ?

• East

• West

• South

• North

Wbich one of the following phenomena plays a vital role in the dispersion of majestic dinosaurs ?

• Volcanic eruption

• Zonal faulting

• Global cooling

• Continental Drift

The Hydraulic Slope Theory was propounded by :

• R.E. Horton

• Darwin

• Penck

• Mallot