DAY – 14: Insights Self Study Guide for Prelims + Mains – 2015

Consider the following statements:

1. The term geography was first coined by Eratosthenese
2. Geography is called as the study of areal differentiation i.e. to study all those phenomena which vary over space
3. Geography as a discipline attempts temporal synthesis

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the origin of earth, consider the following statements:

1. Nebular Hypothesis considered that the planets were formed out of a cloud of material associated with a youthful sun, which was slowly rotating
2. The Big Bang Theory does not explain the origin of earth

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. A light year is a measure of distance and not of time
2. Throughout the universe, all light doesn’t travel at the same speed

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to planets in our consider the following statements:

1. The density of Jupiter is more than that of Earth’s
2. Jupiter has more known planets than any other planet in our solar system
3. Neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons at all

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

On the Geological Time Scales, during which Period did extinction of dinosaurs take place?

Which one of the following is not related to the formation or modification of the present atmosphere?

Which of the following provide direct information regarding the interior of the earth?

1. Volcanic eruptions
2. Rocks available in mining pits
3. Meteors
4. Deep drilling projects
5. Gravitation field

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Earthquake waves are basically of two types — body waves and surface waves. With reference to them, consider the following statements:

1. Body waves are generated due to the release of energy at the focus and interact with the surface rocks and generate new set of waves called surface waves
2. Surface waves are considered to be the most damaging waves
3. S-waves or Secondary waves, a type of body waves, travel through gas, liquid and solid medium

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The Hawaiian volcanoes belong to which of the following types of volcanoes?

Which of the following are used to support the theory of continental drift?

1. The Jig-Saw matching of continents
2. Presence of rocks of same age across continents
3. Presence of Gondwana sediments in six different landmasses
4. Presence of iron mines across continents

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With reference to ‘Sea floor Spreading’ theory, consider the following statements:

1. According to the “sea floor spreading” theory, the ocean floor spreads due to the rupture of oceanic crust and eruption of material from below the crust
2. According to this theory spreading one ocean floor causes the sinking of another floor

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In which part of the world would you find Nazca Tectonic Plate?

Consider the following statements:

1. The boundary between India and the Antarctic plate is marked by a divergent boundary
2. The Indian tectonic plate includes Peninsular India, Himalayas and the Australian continental portions

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

In geography, the ‘Polar fleeing force’ or ‘ Pole fleeing force’ relates to:

Which of the following rocks are mechanically formed sedimentary rocks?

1. Sandstone
2. Limestone
3. Shale

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Mass movements can be grouped under three major classes: (i) slow movements; (ii) rapid movements; (iii) landslides. Which of the following is a Slow Movement?