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Which one among the given seas is the deepest?
South China Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Bering Sea
Japan sea
The surface of the earth covered with water is approximately?
41st BPSC
One-fourth
Half
Two-thirds
None of the above
On the sea level, nearest place to the center of earth is?
38th BPSC
North pole
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of equator
None of the above
Datum line :
is a horizontal line to the sea level from where heights and depths are measured
International date line
is the mean of primary and secondary data
None of the above
The largest part of our hydrosphere is –
Atlantic ocean
Pacific ocean
Antarctica ocean
None of the above
A ridge of 64000 km. length and 2000 km to 2400 km width passing through the north and south Atlantic oceanic basin enter into the south pacific oceanic basin through Indian oceanic and then from the middle of Australia and Antarctic. This ridge is –
47th BPSC
Pacific - Antarctic Ridge
Dolfin - Challenger Ridge
Mid - Oceanic Ridge
None of the above
Out of the following which combination is incorrect?
Telegraph Plateau - Indian Ocean
Cocoa Ridge - Pacific Ocean
Walvis Ridge - Atlantic Ocean
None of the above
Ninety East Ridge (90° E Ridge) is the name of a ridge located in the __________. Located near 90° east longitude (meridian), this ridge is 5000 km long parallel to it and stretched across 33° south latitude to 17° northern latitude with an average width of 200 km.
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Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Antarctica ocean
Consider the following statements:
1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
2. Of the total freshwater found on the planet Earth, 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
UPSC 2010
1 only
2 only
both 1 and 2
neither 1 nor 2
Clouds are the result of –
Evaporation
Catabatic lapse rate
Condensation
None of the above
Which of the following cloud is responsible for highly intense rain?
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
Nimbostratus
None of the above
Highest altitude clouds are -
Cirrostratus
Cumulus
Altostratus
None of the above
Consider the following climatic and geographical phenomena:
1. Condensation
2. High temperature and humidity
3. Orography
4. Vertical wind
Thunder clouds development is due to which of these phenomena?
UPSC 2002
1 and 2
2, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1, 2, 3 and 4
Which of the following is the correct order of clouds in ascending order (lowest to highest) of height from surface?
1. Cirrocumulus
2. Nimbostratus
3. Cirrus
4. Altostratus
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