Articles Tagged: People and environment

Q) The term ‘Regur’ refers to: Options: A)Laterite soils B) Black Cotton soils C) Red soils D) Deltaic Alluvial soils

Q) The standard time of India is the local time of Options: A)81° East longitude B) 82.5° East longitude C) 84° East longitude D) 86° East longitude

Q) Human ear is most sensitive to noise in which of the following ranges: Options: A)1-2 KHz B) 100-500 Hz C) 10-22 KHz D) 13-16 KHz

Q) The southern tip of India is: Options: A)Cape Comorin B) Point Calimere C) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands D) Kovalam in Trivandrum

Q) Tides in the oceans are caused by: Options: A)Gravitational pull of the moon on the earth’s surface including sea water B) Gravitational pull of the sun on the earth’s surface only and not on the sea water C) Gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on the earth’s surface including the sea water […]

Q) Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand? Options: A)Cook Straits B) Tasman Sea C) Munro Sound D) Great Barrier Reef

Q) It gains half-a-day Options: A)India & Sri Lanka B) North & South Korea C) Pakistan & China D) Britain & France

Q) Water is always involved with landslides. This is because it : Options: A)reduces the shear strength of rocks. B) increases the weight of the overburden C) enhances chemical weathering D) is a universal solvent

Q) When a ship crosses the International Date Line from west to East Options: A)It loses one day B) It gains one day C) It loses half-a-day D) It gains half-a-day

Q) Slums in metro-city are the result of: Options: A)Rural to urban migration B) Poverty of the city-scape C) Lack of urban infrastructure D) Urban-governance