Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Mid-oceanic ridge — Two mountain chains separated by a large depression.
  2. Seamount — Volcanic mountain with a pointed summit that does not reach the ocean surface.
  3. Guyot — Flat-topped submerged seamount showing evidence of gradual subsidence.
  4. Atoll — Steep-sided, narrow tectonic basin several kilometres deeper than the surrounding ocean floor.
  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…