Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Oxygen — Remains abundant at a height of approximately 120 km
  2. Carbon dioxide and water vapour — Found only up to approximately 90 km
  3. Ozone — Concentrated between approximately 10 and 50 km and absorbs ultraviolet radiation
  4. Atmospheric mass — About 99 per cent confined within 32 km of the Earth’s 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…