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  • The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called


  • Options
  • A. Novas
  • B. Comets
  • C. Meteors
  • D. Asteroids

  • Correct Answer
  • Asteroids 


  • World Geography problems


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    • 1. The major events of Pre-Cambrian era include

    • Options
    • A. formation of crust, continents and oceans
    • B. formation of crust, birth of oldest known rock, origin of life
    • C. formation of present day atmosphere
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo Gangetic plain and the peninsula is

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    • A. the Vindhya range
    • B. the Aravallis
    • C. the Nilgiri hills
    • D. the Satpwas
    • Discuss
    • 3. The most explosive type of volcano is

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    • A. the caldera
    • B. a cinder cone
    • C. basalt plateau
    • D. shield volcanoes
    • Discuss
    • 4. Wood is the main raw material for the manufacture of

    • Options
    • A. paint
    • B. paper
    • C. ink
    • D. gun powder
    • Discuss
    • 5. Gypsum is added to cement clinker to

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    • A. increase the tensile strength of cement
    • B. decrease the rate of setting of cement
    • C. facilitate the formation of colloidal gel
    • D. bind the particles of calcium silicate
    • Discuss
    • 6. The low latitude zone of globe extends between

    • Options
    • A. Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
    • B. North pole to South pole
    • C. Tropic of Capricorn and equator
    • D. Equator and Tropic of Cancer
    • Discuss
    • 7. The modern theory of plate tectonics states

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    • A. the creation of oceanic crust and the drifting of continents
    • B. the convention currents within the earth's mantle cause the creation of new oceanic crust at the mid oceanic ridges
    • C. that the oceanic crust is destroyed at areas where this crust type becomes subducted under the lighter continental crust
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The longest ship canal in the world is the

    • Options
    • A. St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
    • B. Suez canal, Egypt
    • C. Kiel canal, Germany
    • D. Panama canal, Central America
    • Discuss
    • 9. The main tributaries of Indus river system are

    • Options
    • A. the Jhelum, the Chenab , the Ravi
    • B. the Beas, the Sutlej
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is

    • Options
    • A. Cainozoic era
    • B. Pre-Cambrian era
    • C. Palaeozoic era
    • D. Mesozoic era
    • Discuss


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