Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following constitutes the traction load of a river?

  1. Pebbles, stones and boulders rolled along the river bed.
  2. Minerals dissolved in the river water.
  3. Fine sand, silt and mud carried within the flowing water.
  4. Alluvium already deposited across a flood plain.
  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…