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Ground water is an agent of erosion, transportation and deposition. Regarding ground water, pick correct statements.
(1) Water filling up joints and pores-spaces is ground water.
(2) Groundwater plays an important role in weathering and mass movement.
(3) It re-enters hydrological cycle as springs.
(4) Amount of water available as ground water depends upon climate, season and nature of rocks.

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  1. 1 and 4

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 3 and 4

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

Regarding mass movement, choose the correct statements.
(1) Movement of weathered material down slope.
(2) Gravitational force of Earth is the reason for mass movement with multiple triggers.
(3) It is dependent upon gradient of slope, weight of weathered debris and presence of any trigger (lubricating agent or vibration).
(4) There are 3 types of mass movement.

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  1. 1 and 4

  2. 1, 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

Fluvial erosion is one of the most important exogenetic processes. On what factors does it depend?
(1) Channel gradient  (2) Volume of water
(3) Velocity of flow   (4) Water discharge   (5) Sediment load

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  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 2, 4 and 5

  3. 1, 3 and 5

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is/are not erosional land forms?
(1) Cliff
(2) Caves
(3) Wave-cut platform

(4) Beaches

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1 and 3

  3. All of above

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

If a small raindrop falls through air ______.

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  1. its velocity goes on increasing

  2. its velocity goes on decreasing 

  3. its velocity goes on increasing for some time and then becomes constant 

  4. it falls with constant speed for some time and then its velocity increases

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Correct Option: C

Which one of the following planetary wind is known to blow steadily in the same direction and in the constant course? 

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  1. Trade winds

  2. Westerlies

  3. Equatorial Easterlies

  4. Polar Easterlies

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Correct Option: D

Logically, what does a continually rising air pressure indicate? 

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  1. Advent of unsettled and cloudy weather

  2. Advent of a cyclone

  3. Fine and settled weather

  4. Fine and unsettled weather

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Correct Option: D

The windward slopes of coastal mountains which are at right angles to wind blowing from the sea are wetter than the leeward slopes. This is because _______.

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  1. they are nearer the sea

  2. the winds have to rise to cross them

  3. descending winds are warm

  4. the sea is warmer than the land

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Correct Option: C

What is the name of the winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure belt towards the subpolar low pressure belt?

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  1. Easterlies

  2. Trade winds

  3. Westerlies

  4. Western disturbances

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following factors is primarily responsible for the planetary wind belts?

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  1. The Earth's rotation

  2. Alternate areas of low and high pressure

  3. Differential rates of heating of water and land surfaces

  4. The tilt of Earth's axis

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Correct Option: B