Young rivers usually have (a) flood plains (b) many trilftitaries (c) natural leaves (d) V-shaped valleys 77. Sandstone is a sed'imentary rock because it is (a) formed by heat (b) fomled under water (c) made in desert areas (d) made of sand 78.
Young rivers usually have (a) flood plains (b) many trilftitaries (c) natural leaves (d) V-shaped valleys 77. Sandstone is a sed'imentary rock because it is (a) formed by heat (b) fomled under water (c) made in desert areas (d) made of sand 78.
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Young rivers usually have (a) flood plains (b) many trilftitaries (c) natural leaves (d) V-shaped valleys 77. Sandstone is a sed'imentary rock because it is (a) formed by heat (b) fomled under water (c) made in desert areas (d) made of sand 78.
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(a) flood plains (b) many trilftitaries (c) natural leaves (d} V-shaped valleys 77. Sand-Stone is a sed'imentary rock because it is (a) formed by heat (b) fomled under water (c) made in desert areas (d) made of sand 78. Plant and animal remains preserved in rocks are called (a) fossils (b) stalact ites (b) humus (d) minerals ·· 79. Moonlight is caused by (a) buming gases on the moon (b) r~flected sunlig,ht (c) evaporation ofwatcr on the moon (d) the moon's hot surface 80. Astronomy best explains the cause of (a) a hurricane (b) an epidemic (c) an eclipse (d) an earthquake 81. To determine whether a rock hac; be~n worn away by a gJaci.er, look for (0) cracks in the rock (b) scratches in the rock (c) soil packed rocks nearby (d) rocks that are smooth 82. A person should observe a solar eclipse (a) through a frosted glass (b) through a darkened negative film (c) through a clear glass (d) with the naked eye 83. Which rock is formed by the cooling of molten rock? (0) granite (b) limestone (c) sandstone (d) shale 84. Which of the following weathers.most slowly '/ (a) marble (b) slate (c) iron \' , (d) granite 85. Which rol,i< crumbles most easily? (a) shale (b) marble (c) lime-stone (d) quartz 86. The moon revolves around the earth about once each (a) day (b) year (c) week (d) month 87. An earthquake is recorded by a (a) spectroscope (b) seismograph (c) thennometer Cd) barometer 88. Coal was formed in la.rge amounts when the climate was (a) hot and dry (b) cold and dry (c) warm and moist (d) cool and moist 89. A girl observes that on December 21 at 12 O'clock noon a flag -pole outside his home casts no shadow. Her home must be near the latitude line known as the (a) Tropic of Capric om (b) Equator (c) Antarctic Circle (d) Tropic of Cancer 90. The time required for light from the moon to reach the earth is about alart (a) day (b) hour (c) minute (d) second 91. The number of days between one full moon and the next full moon is about (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) 30 (d) 31 92. A 'shooting star' that flashes across the night sky is really a (a) meteor · (b) comet (c) falling planet (d) falling star 93. \Vhich rock results directly from the cementing together of rock particle? (a) shale (b) granite (c) slate (d) sand stone 94. Organic matter useful to plants is usually found most abundantaly in (a) top soil (b) sub-soil (c) sand (d) clay 95. What method of energy transfer requires no medium for transfer? (a) conduction (b) convention (c) radiation (d) advenction 96. The best proof that dinosaurs once lived on the earth can be found ii'om a study of (a) living animals (b) scientific book (c) plants (d) fossils 97. Some planets appear brighter than stars because the planets are (a) nearer to the earth (b) are hotter (c) are colder (d) are large in size 98. If the distances from earth to the sun were doubled, the gravitational attraction between the sun and earth would become (a) twice (b) one-half (c) one-third (d) one-fourth 99. If the air temperature were 20°C 'which saturation temperature would indicate the highest moisture content (a) 0° (b) 9n (c) 18° (d) 20° 100. Which kind of the soil would water pass through most slowly? (a) fine clay (b) fine sand (c) peat (d) silt 101. Solar eclipse is caused when (a) the earth comes between the sun and the moon (b) the. earth hides the face of the sun (c) the moon comes between the SlID and the earth (d) none of the above 102. The deepest sea in the world is (a) Pacific ocean (b) Atlantic ocean (c) Indian ocean (d) Arctic ocean 103. The degree to which dampness is present in the air is called (a) Lightening (b) Cloud (c) Humidity (d) Rainfall 104. Which planet is known as the 'Evening Star' ? (a) Mercury (b) Pluto (c) Venus (d) Earth lOS. Solstices, the occasion during which the sun shines vertically over tropic occur in a year (a) once (b) twice (c) thrice (d) four times around the sun ? (a) 112year:> (c) 624 years (b) .248 years (d) 136 years _., (d) none of the ahove 115. When warm moist air come,: in contact with cold 107. Rite vl:lHcy is (a) a va l!ey on the 5ides of which are huge mountains (b) a deep valley in the mountains (c) subsidised land leaving a long and narrow opening (d) m ne of the above 1080 Artisian well is (a) a well which is dug artificially (b) a well for irrigating land (c) a hole in the upper impervi<)us rock (d) none of the above 109. Of the total ma:,s of all of bodies of ollr solar system the sun comprises (a) 10% (b) 1% . (c) 90% (d) 50% 1] O. Stratosphere is (a) the middle regl,)n onile atmosphere (b) lm.yer region of the atmosphere (c) upper region of the atmosphere (d) none of the above Ill. Anemometer is an instrument for measuring force and velocity of (a) waves of tile sea (b) glaciers (c) winds (d) none of the above 112. Tornados are whirlwinds having (a) high temperature (b) funnel shape (c) grate velocity (d) none of the above 113. The submerged part of the land 'wh ich is adjoining the continent and is not more than 600 ft deep is called (a) coral island (b) continental island (c) continental shelf (d) none of the above t 14. Climate of a particular place is detennined by (a) vegetation ' . (b) the people living over there air water vapour condense on the particles floating in the air. This is caPed (a) d(!w (b) fog (c) r;loud (d) nOlle oftlle above 116. 1"ne ml!an distance of the earth from the sun i~ (a) )5000 miles (b) 30000 miles (c) 25000 miles (d) 20000 miles 117. Th<.: longest day is on (a) 21st March (b) 21stApri! (0:.:) 21st June (d) ? ist August J 18. Sidereal day is the time during 'which (a) the earth cGmpletes revolution (b)' moon revolve~ around the earth (c) em1h makes a complete revolution on its axis (d) none of the above 119. hUl'Jginary line joining two poler, that cut. the , eqllator at rJght angles is called (a) meridian (b) longitude (c) latitude Cd) none of tJ!C above 120. The olltl~r layer of the ~ urface about 12.5 kilometer above the earlh is called (a) Hemisphere (b) Biosphr:re (c) Stratosphere (d) Ionosphere 1,21 . An igneous rock having no traces of ctystallin~ grains, is known as (a) hetrocrystalline (b) holocrystalline (c) holohyaline (d) hemicrystalline 122. The essential constituent of igneous rock il: (a) sulphur (b) carbon (c) calcium (a) silica 123. The rehltive ages of rock layers may be deterrnined by using (a) law of superposition (b) principle of uniformatization (c) horizontallaY\!'f ofsediment!l (d) none of the above 124. Musconite belongs to (a) Pyroxen group (b) Amphibote group (c) Felspar group (d) Mica group 125. Ifthe amount of water vapour in the air increases, then the dew point of the air will (a) remain the same (b) decreases (c) increases (d) nOlle of the above ta) clay bed (b) grand bed (c) sand bed (d) laterite 127. The giant sea wave generated by such massive earthquakes is termed as (a) Tsunami (b) Typho.o.n (c) Hurricane (d) Bay 128. The disco.ntinutiy between mantle and core is kno.wn as during the (a) winter so.lstice (b) summer solstice (c) spring equino.x (d) autumn equino.x 139. The lo.cuso.fthe po.int in space where gravity is co.nstant is called (a) Litho.sphere (c) Io.no.sphere 140. Which o.f these (b) Tropo.sphere (d) Equigraisphere statement about earth's (a) Bo.lt (b) . Gutenberg atmo.sphere is wrong? (c) Lehmann (d) Mo.ho. (a) Thelo.cuso.fthepo.intinspacewheregravity