Mock Test-5 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

21. Which of the following colleges was the first to be established?

Correct Answer: (a) Rammohan Roy belonged to the gentry class whose power had been diminished because of the imposition of the Permanent Settlement.
Solution:Hindu College, Calcutta was established in year 1817 with active efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and his associates.

22. .

Statement I: Annie Besant worked together with the Congress and the Muslim League during the Home Rule Movement.

Statement II: Annie Besant felt that this was necessary to get the support of the masses for the Home Rule Movement.

Correct Answer: (a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

23. Diamond Ring is a phenomenon observed

Correct Answer: (c) only along the peripheral regions of the totality trail.
Solution:Diamond Ring is the phenomenon which occurs along the peripheral regions of the totality tail. As the last bits of sunlight pass through the valleys on the moon's limb, and the faint corona around the sun is just becoming visible, it looks like a ring with glittering diamonds on it.

24. Global Positioning System (GPS) is associated with

1. determining latitude and longitude

2. constellation of satellites

3. US system of GPS and Russian system of GLONASS

4. navigation

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 3 and 4
Solution:The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force. It is a global navigation satellite system that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

The GPS system operates independently of any telephonic or internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. The GPS system provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world.

The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. However, the US government can selectively deny access to the system, as happened to the Indian military in 1999 during the Kargil War.

25. Albedo effect would be relatively higher in

Correct Answer: (a) early morning and late evening
Solution:Albedo also varies according to the angle of incidence of the Sun Rays being higher for slanting rays and lower for vertical or nearly vertical rays. From this we can derive that albedo will be relatively higher during early morning and late evening because at both times, Sun rays are slanting.

26. Valley of Kashmir is situated between

Correct Answer: (b) Pir-Panjal and Himadri ranges
Solution:Kashmir valley is an intermontane valley. It is situated between the Pir Panjal and Himadri ranges. It is the capital of now the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India.

It is a beautiful valley with the attractive Mughal garden - Shalimar Bagh, which is linked through a channel to the northeast of the famous Dal Lake and. The other famous shoreline garden in the vicinity is the Nishat Bagh.

27. Consider the following statements

1. Igneous rocks are rich in natural gas.

2. Igneous rocks are rich in metallic minerals.

3. Igneous rocks are not fossiferous.

4. Igneous rocks consist of silicate minerals.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (c) 2, 3 and 4
Solution:Igneous rocks are rocks formed from molten magma. The material is made liquid by the heat inside the Earth's mantle. When magma comes out onto the surface of the Earth, it is called lava. Lava cools down to form rocks such as tuff and basalt. Also, the magma may slowly cool down to form rocks under the surface.

An example is granite. The upper 16 km (10 miles) of the Earth's crust is composed of about 95% igneous rocks. Sedimentary, rocks are the main source of natural gas.

28. Which one of the following statements is true about tropopause?

Correct Answer: (d) The temperature at its top is lowest over the equator and relatively higher over the poles.
Solution:The tropopause is the boundary in the Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the stratosphere.

The tropopause is higher than the global average in warm regions (e.g., tropics) and lower in cold regions (e.g., polar regions). If the atmosphere is warming due to climate change, then we might expect the height of the tropopause to increase.

29. In an Anticyclone

Correct Answer: (a) Barometric pressure is high towards centre of the system.
Solution:An anticyclone is a region of high atmospheric pressure relative to the surrounding air, generally thousands of kilometres in diameter and also known as a high or high-pressure system. Anticyclones appear on weather charts as a series of concentric, widely spaced isobars of 1000 mbs and above. The roughly circular closed isobar at its central region indicates the area of highest pressure.

30. Consider the following surface winds:

1. Doldrums

3. Westerlies

2. Trade winds

4. Polar winds

Which one among the following is the idealized global pattern of these winds from the Equator to the Pole?

Correct Answer: (a) 1-2-3-4
Solution:Doldrums are a low pressure area around equator after which come the trade wind whose expanse is from tropic of cancer to tropic of capricorn. They move in North-East direction in the Northern hemisphere and North-East in the Southern hemisphere.

They are followed by westerlies that prevail in mid latitude between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. As the name suggests polar winds are closer to the poles. The correct answer is (a).