Mohorovicic discontinuity marks the boundary between : from Geog

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21.

Geologically , the oldest rocks in India are from -

  • Aravali region of Rajasthan

  • Vindhyan region  of Madhya Pradesh

  • Siwalik region of Punjab

  • Dharwar region of Karnataka


22.

LIST I

(Geographer)

LIST II

(Contribution)

(a) H.H. Barrows (i) Cycle of Erosion
(b) W.M. Davis (ii) Geography of Human Ecology
(c) M.Jefferson (iii) Morphology of Landscape
(d) Carl Sauer (iv) Laws of Primate City
  • (a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)

  • (a)-(iii) , (b)-(iv) , (c)-(ii) , (d)-(i)

  • (a)-(i) , (b)-(iii) , (c)-(ii) , (d)-(iv)

  • (a)-(iv) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(iii)


23.

The Two-Cycle theory on the origin of limestone caverns was proposed by :

  • Davis

  • Gardener

  • Malott

  • Swinerton


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24.

Mohorovicic discontinuity marks the boundary between :

  • Continental shelf and Ocean crust

  • Asthenosphere

  • Crust and upper mantle

  • Core and mantle


C.

Crust and upper mantle

Mohorovicic discontinuity - crust and mantle. It is a global seismic velocity discontinuity. Located 24 miles below earth's surface and 6 miles below oceanic floor.

Gutenberg discontinuity - It is between core and mantle.


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25.

The process in which one plate slides beneath another is known as :

  • Advection

  • Subduction

  • Convergence

  • Convection


26.

San Andreas Fault is a :

  • Transform fault

  • Converging fault

  • Spreading fault

  • Submergent fault


27.

Which one of the following is a fluvio-glacial deposit ?

  • Pediplain

  • Kame Terrace

  • Floodplain

  • Loess plain


28.

Which one of the following pair does not match correctly ?

  • P.Hagget - Geography a modern synthesis

  • G.P.Marsh - Explanations in Geography

  • P.E.James - All Possible Worlds

  • Abler,Adams and Gould - Spatial Organisation


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29.

The concept of Pediplain is associated with :

  • W.M.Davis

  • L.C.King

  • W.Penck

  • C.A.Cotton


30.

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

  • Anticline

  • Syncline

  • Dip

  • Strike


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