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A soil profile refers to the
A shape of the soil
B vertical section of the soil
C mineral composition of the soil
D zone of eluvation
Loess is an example of
A clayey soil
B loamy soil
C wind deposited soil
D montane soil
Which of the following winds affects the West Indian Islands of the Caribbean?
A hurricane
B mistrat
C chinook
D tornadoes
Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called
A isohyets
B isohels
C isohalines
D isotherms
A line joining places having an equal degree of cloudiness is an
A isotherm
B isohyet
C isobar
D isoneph
A mercury barometer is used for measuring
A wind speed
B temperature
C sunshine
D atmospheric pressure
The climatic belts recognized by the Greek were
A torrid,temperate and frigid
B hot,cold and medium
C hot,mild and cool
D equatorial,polar and torrid
Which of the following is not true of pie chart?
A statistics of various item can be represented on a single diagram
B it is often difficultto compare the component parts
C data with wide extreme can be conveniently represented in a pie chart
D it is easy to draw
A geyser is best described as/an
A pool of hot water
B explosion of volcano
C thermal stream
D fountain of super heated stream
Most of the world's lakes are fresh lakes which are
A fed by rivers with outlets to the sea
B fed by melting glaciers
C fairly saline due to excessive evaporation
D constant in volume
Which of the following pairs are are desert landforms?
A wave-cut platforms and self dunes
B sandbars and sandspits
C yardangs and zeugens
D barchans and tombolos
Which of the following is not true of stalagmites and stalactites?
A stalagmites are upward growing pillars while stalactites are downward growing
B stalagmites are short and wide while stalactites are long and narrow
C stalacties are formed on the floor of limestone caves while stalagmites are formed on roofs of limestone caves
D stalactites are longer than stalagmites
Which of the following is not a type of mountain?
A conical mountain
B block mountain
C fold mountain
D mountain of accumulation
Rocks which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of molten magma are called
A igneous rocks
B sedimentary rocks
C conglomerates
D metamorphic rocks
Which of the following is not a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They
A contain fossils
B are crystalline
C are usually laid down in layers
D are porous
The innermost section of the Earth is the
A core
B mantle
C crust
D sial
When a ship appears over the distant horizon the
A hull is seen before the cabin
B hull and the mast are seen together
C mast is seen before the hull
D cabin is seen before the mast
On June 21st, when the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer,places in the Northern Hemisphere experience
A longer day and shorter night
B twilight
C shorter day and linger night
D longer day and night
Which two planets lie between the sun and the earth?
A venus and mars
B venus and jupiter
C mercury and venus
D mercury and satum
One of the major problems of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa is
A high demand for manufactured products
B inadequate raw materials
C high quality of industril labour
D high cost of labour
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