ASSERTION (A) : Divergent plate margin cause sea floor spreading.

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Geography UGC NET

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UGCNET Class 12

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1.

A drainage pattern which is not related to the structure of the region i sknown as :

  • Radial drainage

  • Trellis drainage

  • Dendritic drainage

  • Superimposed dendritic


2.

Crickmay while disagreeing with Davis supplemented peneplain with the terms :

  • Pediplain

  • Panplane

  • Etchplain

  • Structural plain


3.

Which of the following is strongly presumptive of the fault line scarp ?

  • Superimposed drainage

  • Frequent severe earthquakes

  • Actual fault plane identified along the scarp.

  • Poor correlation between rock resistance and topographic form.


4.

ASSERTION (A) : Deep chemical decay of rocks is one of the outstanding  features of humid tropical regions.

REASON (R) : Intensity of chemical weathering depends to a large extent on abundance of water and higher air temperature.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  • Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is no the correct explanation of (A).

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


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5.

ASSERTION (A) : The island along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are highly prone to volcanic activity.

REASON (R) : The sea-floor spreading is the main cause of earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  • Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


6.

Which one of the following arrangements of Pleistocene Ice age is in a correct chronological order ?

  • Mindel-Würm-Gunz-Riss

  • Gunz-Mindel-Riss-Würm

  • Würm-Mindel-Riss-Gunz

  • Riss-Mindel-Würm-Gunz


7.

 

LIST I

(Authors)

LIST II

(Title of the book)

(a) Woolridge & Morgan (1) Principles of Geomorphology
(b) Thornbury (2) Geomorphology
(c) Von Richtofen (3) Spirit & Purpose of Geography
(d) Steers (4) Unstable Earth
  • a-1 , b-2 , c-3 , d-4

  • a-2 , b-3 , c-1 , d-4

  • a-3 , b-1 , c-2 , d-4

  • a-4 , b-2 , c-1 , d-3


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8.

ASSERTION (A) : Divergent plate margin cause sea floor spreading.

REASON (R) : Construction plate margins result in the formation of faults.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  • Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


C.

(A) is true , but (R) is false.


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9.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

  • Microscale - Turbulence

  • Planetary scale - Waves in the westerlies

  • Mesoscale - Tornadoes 

  • Syneptiscale - Valley and mountain winds


10.

Which one of the following statements about polar jet stream is not true ?

  • It moves northwards during summer.

  • It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms.

  • Its velocity is greater during the summer.

  • Its location roughly coincides with that of the polar front.


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