Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Planetary wind pattern — Influenced by latitudinal heating, pressure belts, continents, oceans and Earth’s rotation.
  2. Large-scale atmospheric winds — Initiate large and slowly moving ocean currents.
  3. Oceans — Supply energy and water vapour to the atmosphere.
  4. Monsoon circulation — Remains unaffected by seasonal shifts in maximum heating and pressure belts.
  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…