Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following best explains the meteorological importance of atmospheric carbon dioxide?

  1. It allows incoming solar radiation to pass through but absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation and returns some of it towards the Earth’s surface.
  2. It absorbs ultraviolet radiation between 10 and 50 km and prevents it from reaching the surface.
  3. It forms hygroscopic nuclei around which atmospheric water vapour condenses.
  4. It reflects radio waves transmitted from the Earth back towards the surface.
  1. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  2. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  3. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  4. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…
  5. Although the vertical pressure-gradient force in the lower atmosphere is much greater than the horizontal…
  6. An earthquake releases energy at a point below the Earth’s surface. Which one of the following correctly…