141. Which of the following is incorrect about the earth?
A) The earth is slightly closer to the sun in early January
than it is in early July.
B) The earth is farthest from the sun during the Northern
Hemisphere summer.
C) The earth is closest to the sun during the Southern
Hemisphere summer.
D) The earth is farthest from the sun during the Northern
Hemisphere winter.
142. Which of the following is incorrect about rocks?
A) Intrusive igneous rocks tend to have larger mineral
crystals.
B) Granite is an extrusive igneous rock.
C) Coarse -grained intrusive rocks are called plutonic
igneous rocks
D) Batholith is a massive pluton.
143. Which of the following is the least urbanized state
after Himachal Pradesh ?
A) Sikkim
B) Bihar
C) Assam
D) Arunachal Pradesh
144. Which of the following state is not crossed by
tropic of cancer?
A) Rajasthan
B) Chattisgarh
C) Manipur
D) Madhya Pradesh.
145. Match the following : Place
State
(i) Riasi a. Odisha
(ii) Koraput b.
Assam
(iii) Digboi c. West Bengal
(iv) Asansol d.
Jharkhand
e. Jammu & Kashmir
(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
A) e a b d
B) d a b e
C) e a b c
D) e c b a
146. Which of the following denotes the correct order of
states in terms of population (2011 census) from the largest to the
smallest?
A) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar
B) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal
C) Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
D) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal
147. National Institute of Disaster Management is under
A) Ministry of Earth Sciences
B) Ministry of Science and Technology
C) Ministry of Home Affairs
D) Ministry of Rural Development
148. Which one is the correct order of the spatial
character of the universe?
A) Milky Way, Universe, Local Group, Local Super cluster.
B) Universe, Milky Way, Local super cluster, Local Group
C) Milky Way, Local Group, Local Super cluster, Universe.
D) Local Group, Milky Way, Universe, Local Super cluster.
149. Find the incorrect match
A) Talcher: Odisha
B) Namrup: Assam
C) Koyali: Gujarat
D) Sindri: Bihar
150. Isohyets are lines joining places of equal
A) temperature
B) rainfall
C) pressure
D) height
151. Bermuda is
A) North Atlantic’s high pressure cell
B) North Atlantic’s low pressure cell
C) Indian Ocean’s high pressure cell
D) Indian Ocean’s low pressure cell
152. If there is a difference of 2 degrees in the
longitudes of two places, there will be a difference of ________ in their time.
A) 4 hours
B) 4 minutes
C) 8 minutes
D) 8 hours
153. R. F. in the
scale of map denotes
A) Rainfall
B) Ratio factor
C) Rough form
D) Representative fraction
154. To measure humidity, we use
A) Planimeter
B) Psychrometer
C) Lactometer
D) Opisometer
155. New Moore Island is near the coast of
A) West Bengal
B) Odisha
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu
156. Which one of the following landforms is not
associated with continental glaciers ?
A) till
B) stratified drift
C) glacial drift
D) uvala
157. The rate of decline in temperature with altitude in
the troposphere is:
A) 6.5 ° C per 100 m
B) 6.5 ° C per 1000 m
C) 6.5 ° C per 10 m
D) 6.5 ° C per 100 km
158. Which one of the following statements about RF is
not correct:
A) In RF the unit of the numerator and the denominator are
taken as the same
B) The units are never mentioned when the scale is expressed
in the form of RF
C) The denominator is always 100
D) The numerator should always be 1
159. In which state of India is Angul, the largest
aluminum plant in Asia located ?
A) Gujarat
B) Jharkhand
C) Odisha
D) Chattisgarh
160. Read the following statements
(i) The place of origin of earthquake is called
focus.
(ii) The point directly above the focus on the earth’s
surface is called epicenter.
(iii) The Richter scale measures the intensity of the
earthquake.
(iv) The Modified Mercalli Scale ranges from I- XII.
Identify the incorrect statements:
A) (i) and (ii)
B) (iii)
C) (iii) and (iv)
D) (iv)
