General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Geography: part3



General Knowledge : Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part3 : 11 to 15

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

11.Which one of the followig terms refers to the process of scooping the soil and blowing it away in arid areas ?

Abrasion
Deflection
Deflation
None of these

12.Plutonic earthquakes have their focus at a depth of

50 km
50 - 250 km
250 - 750 lm
These earthquakes can have focus and depth

13.The intrusion of lava into vertical structures forms Dykes while the intrusion of lave into horizontal layers will form

Laccoliths
Lopoliths
Sill
Batholiths

14.The movement inside the Earths crust is studies by

Geodesy
Geology
Plate Tectonics
Seismology

15.The phenomenon of an opening in the earths surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forced out at regular interval is called

Crater
Geyser
Volcano
Hot spring

More Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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