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  1. Desert building can be prevented by

  2. A.

     Plugging Gullies

    B.

     By stopping Trespassing

    C.

     Contour Ploughing

    D.

     Forming Protective Belts


  3. Which of the statements given above are correct?
    1. P - waves are the first seismic waves to reach a place
    2. S - waves travel only through liquids
    3. Arrival time of P and S - waves is used to locate the epicentre
    4. Richter scale is a logarithmic scale

  4. A.

     1, 2 and 3

    B.

     1, 3 and 4

    C.

     1 and 4

    D.

     3 and 4


  5. ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.

  6. A.

     Weathering

    B.

     Attrition

    C.

     Erosion

    D.

     Abrasion


  7. Which of the following pairs is correct ?

  8. A.

     Shale-possesses laminations

    B.

     Quartzite-soft rock

    C.

     Granite-sometimes contains fossils

    D.

     Basalt-coarse grained rock


  9. Artesian wells are found in ________

  10. A.

     Sedimentary rocks

    B.

     Igneous rocks

    C.

     Metamorphic rocks

    D.

     None of these


  11. The soil material is mainly derived from ________

  12. A.

     Metamorphic rocks

    B.

     Sedimentary rocks

    C.

     Igneous rocks

    D.

     Biological action


  13. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?

  14. A.

     Divergent movement

    B.

     Convergent movement

    C.

     Transform fault movement

    D.

     Parallel movement


  15. As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as

  16. A.

     Crooks

    B.

     Flections

    C.

     Rounds

    D.

     Meanders


  17. Alps mountains are spread over

  18. A.

     France, Switzerland, Italy, Romania

    B.

     France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria

    C.

     France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain

    D.

     France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium


  19. Which of the following forms of coal is the oldest?

  20. A.

     Peat

    B.

     Lignite

    C.

     Bituminous

    D.

     Anthracite