Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes an ocean wave?

  1. Energy moves across the surface while individual water particles generally move in small circular paths.
  2. A large body of water permanently moves from one ocean basin to another with the wave.
  3. Deep bottom water advances towards the coast at the same speed as the surface crest.
  4. Water particles remain stationary while only the sea floor moves vertically.
  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…