Which one of the following combinations of stalactites and stalagmites occurrences is correct?

• Stalactites hang as icicles of different diameters and stalagmites hang from the floor of the caves

• Stalactites hang as icicles of different diameters and stalagmites rise up from the floor of the caves

• Stalactites rise up from the floor of the caves and stalagmites hang as icicles of different diameters

• Stalactites hang as icicles of different diameters and stalagmites also hang as icicles of different diameters

Which one of the following describes the Lithosphere?

• Upper and lower mantle

• Crust and upper mantle

• Crust and core

• Mantle and core

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

• Temperatures decrease from the equator to poles

• Temperatures in equatorial regions change substantially from January to July

• Large land masses located in the subarctic and arctic zones develop centres of extremely low temperatures in winter

• Highlands are always colder than surrounding low lands

Magnetic meridian is an imaginary:

• line along north-south

• point

• vertical plane

• horizontal plane

An up fold in rock is:

• graben

• horse

• anticline

• syncline

Which one of the following gases is found in highest quantity in Exosphere?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

Match List-I with List-II

List I (Low-Latitude Climate)

1. Wet Equatorial
2. Monsoon and trade wind coastal
3. Wet-dry tropical
4. Dry tropical

List II (Characteristic)

1. Uniform temperatures, mean near 27°C
2. Marked temperature cycle with very high temperature before the rainy season
3. Temperatures show an annual cycle with high temperature in the high Sun season
4. . Strong temperature cycle, with intense temperature during high-Sun season

• (a) - 2, (b) - 3, (c) - 4, (d) - 1

• (a) - 1, (b) - 2, (c) - 3, (d) - 4

• (a) - 2, (b) - 4, (c) - 3, (d) - 1

• (a) - 1, (b) - 3, (c) - 2, (d) - 4

Which one of the following Air Mass : Source Region pairs of properties of typical air masses is correct?

• Maritime Equatorial : Warm oceans in the equatorial zone

• Maritime Polar : Warm oceans in the tropical zone

• Continental Tropical : Less warm oceans in the tropical zone

• Continental Polar : Moist oceans in the polar zone

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

• Application of lime makes the soil acidic

• High acidity in soil is typical of humid climate

• Increasing soil acidity results in declining soil fertility

• Arid climate is characterized by alkaline soil

According to the Geo-scientists. the shape of the earth is:

1. round
2. spherical
3. close to that of a sphere
4. an oblate ellipsoid

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 2,3 and 4

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1 and 2 only

• 3 and 4 only