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Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?

  • (A) 12 hours
  • (B) 12 hours 26 minutes
  • (C) 15 hours 30 minutes
  • (D) 24 hours

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Q. The longitudinal, transverse and surface waves in an earthquake originate from

  • (A) The focus within the body of the earth
  • (B) The epicentre on the surface of the earth
  • (C) The focus on the surface of the earth
  • (D) The epicentre within the body of the earth

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Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.

  • (A) Lunar year
  • (B) Sidereal year
  • (C) Solar year
  • (D) Tropical year

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Q. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones?
I. The world is divided into thirty time zones
II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian
III. All countries have more than one time zone
IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast

  • (A) I, II, III and IV
  • (B) II and IV
  • (C) I, III and IV
  • (D) II only

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Q. Equator is

  • (A) Line which connects north and south poles
  • (B) Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
  • (C) The girdle around the Saturn
  • (D) Axis of the rotation of the Earth

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Q. Equator represents

  • (A) Line joining North and South poles
  • (B) Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
  • (C) A belt (ring) around the planet Saturn
  • (D) Axis of rotation of Earth

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Q. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?

  • (A) Bangladesh
  • (B) China
  • (C) Myanmar
  • (D) Nepal

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Q. Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?

  • (A) Gandak
  • (B) Kosi
  • (C) Krishna
  • (D) Sutlej

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Q. Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?

  • (A) Coal
  • (B) Mineral Oil
  • (C) Natural Gas
  • (D) Uranium