Which of the following statements is not true about a state ?

A.

It always has a social or cultural base.

B.

It has a territorial base.

C.

It claims internal sovereignty.

D.

It claims sovereignty in external relations.

Mohorovicic discontinuity marks the boundary between :

• Continental shelf and Ocean crust

• Asthenosphere

• Crust and upper mantle

• Core and mantle

3.

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

• Advection

• Subduction

• Convergence

• Convection

San Andreas Fault is a :

• Transform fault

• Converging fault

• Spreading fault

• Submergent fault

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

• Pediplain

• Kame Terrace

• Floodplain

• Loess plain

Which one of the following ranges of percentages of increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere since 1750 is correct ?

• 5-10%

• 10-15%

• 15-30%

• More than 30%

ASSERTION (A) : The shift of ITCZ is greater over sea than over land.

REason (R) : The land surface gets more heated than the water bodies.

• 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.

The UVI (Ultra Violet Index) was developed in : 

• 1950s

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 2010s

Who among the following scholars has given the Subsidence Theory relating to coral reefs ?

• Dally

• Davis

• Dutton

• Darwn 

• (a)-3 , (b)-1 , (c)-2 , (d)-4

• (a)-1 , (b)-3 , (c)-2 , (d)-4

• (a)-3 , (b)-1 , (c)-4 , (d)-2

• (a)-2 , (b)-4 , (c)-1 , (d)-3