Mock Test-3 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

31. Thunder cloud develops due to —

Correct Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Solution:Thunder cloud develops due to high temperature and high humidity.

32. Which of the following statements is incorrect about 'great circle'?

Correct Answer: (c) Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
Solution:There can be more than one great circle which can be drawn on a sphere.

33. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I (Region)List-II (Characteristic vegetation)
A. Selvas1. Tropophytes
B. Savanna2. Mosses and lichens
C. Tundra3. Epiphytes
D. Monsoon land4. Grasses and trees

 

Code:ABCD
(a)3241
(b)1423
(c)1243
(d)3421
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:
List-I List-II 
SelvasTropophytes
SavannaGrasses and Trees
TundraMosses and Lichens
Monsoon lar.1Epiphytes

34. Taiga forests are characteristics of —

Correct Answer: (d) Temperate region
Solution:Taiga forests are characteristics of Temperate region.

35. 'Minamata disaster' in Japan was caused by pollution due to

Correct Answer: (b) Mercury
Solution:Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956. It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.

36. Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct?

Correct Answer: (d) Tamrai - Brazil
Solution:Shifting Cultivation is known as Ladang in Indonesia, Caingin in Philippines, Milpa in central America & Mexico, Ray in Vietnam, Taungya In Myanmar, Tamrai in Thailand, Chena in Sri Lanka, Conuco in Venezuela, Roca in Brazil, Masole in central Africa.

37. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I (Processes)List-II (Land forms)
A. Permafrost1. Flood plain
B. Diastrophism2. Pingo
C. Running water3. Stack
D. Sea waves4. Horst

 

Code:ABCD
(a)2413
(b)2143
(c)1224
(d)4321
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Permafrost Pingo (A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter. Diastrophism - Horst: A horst is a raised block of the Earth's crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided.

Running water - Flood Plain (A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls and experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.)

Sea waves Stack (A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

38. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List-I (Himalayan Peak)List-II (State)
A. K21. Uttarakhand
B. Nanda Devi2. Jammu & Kashmir
C. Tara Pahar3. Sikkim
D. Kanchenjunga4. Himachal Pradesh

 

Code:ABCD
(a)2413
(b)2143
(c)3142
(d)3412
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:K2 is the 2nd highest peak in the world and is located in Jammu & Kashmir.

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India, and the highest located entirely within the country. It is the 23rd-highest peak in the world. It is in Uttarakhand.

Tara pahar is in Himachal Pradesh.

Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world, and lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India.

39. Deserts, fertile plains and moderately forested mountains are the characteristic features of which one of the following regions of India?

Correct Answer: (d) North-Western India
Solution:Deserts, fertile plains and moderately forested mountains are the characteristics features of North-Western India.

40. Which of the following wetlands are designated as Ramsar sites?

1. Chilka Lake

2. Loktak

3. Keoladeo

4. Wullar Lake

Select the Correct answer from the code given below;

Correct Answer: (d) All
Solution:All the wetlands mentioned here are designated as Ramsar sites of international importance as per International wetland convention (Ramsar convention, Iran 1971).