Geography Quiz - 2

Geography Quiz - 2 ........ (RPAEA)

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1. The earthquake at Sagami bay in Japan which killed two and a half lakh people was an example of –
   1.   Main- induced earthquake
   2.   Plutonic earthquake
   3.   Is static earthquake
   4.   Tectonic earthquake
2. The oldest rocks in India are reported from
   1.   Dharwar region, Karnataka
   2.   Siwalik range, Punjab
   3.   Aravalli range, Rajasthan
   4.   Vindhyan range, Madhya Pradesh
3. The lines joining the place of equal intensity of seismic waves are known as :
   1.   Isogonal line
   2.   Isogonic line
   3.   Seisimice line
   4.   Isoseisimic line
4. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
   1.   Gulf of Cambay
   2.   Gulf of Mannar
   3.   Chilka lake
   4.   Backwaters of Kerala
5. The refineries are Mathura, Digboi and Panipat are set up by
   1.   Crude Distillation unit of Madras Refineries Ltd.
   2.   Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
   3.   Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
   4.   Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
6. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
   1.   the evaporation of moisture by heat
   2.   the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
   3.   the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
   4.   that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
7. Which of the following statements best describes the usefulness of vulcanicity?
   1.   Fissure eruption are usually non- violent
   2.   Some volcanoes are dormant
   3.   The high density of population in parts of java is dependent an on agriculture
   4.   A violent volcanic eruption represents the release of an enormous amount of energy
8. Which of the following features is the product t of vulcanicity?
   1.   Escarpment
   2.   Geosynclines
   3.   Atoll
   4.   Fold mountain
9. Which is not a causative factor of earthquake?
   1.   Volcanoes
   2.   Isostacy
   3.   Tectonics
   4.   Waves
10. The mountain building in Himalayas began
    1.   Both
    2.   about 45 million years ago
    3.   None
    4.   when the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other

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