Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes an ocean wave?

  1. Energy moves across the surface while individual water particles generally move in small circular paths.
  2. A large body of water permanently moves from one ocean basin to another with the wave.
  3. Deep bottom water advances towards the coast at the same speed as the surface crest.
  4. Water particles remain stationary while only the sea floor moves vertically.
  1. A cultivated hillside is experiencing rapid runoff and the formation of several small finger gullies. Which…
  2. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  3. A physiographic region has the following characteristics: Its principal river flows from northeast to…
  4. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  5. A soil is deep, clayey and relatively impermeable. It becomes sticky when wet, develops wide cracks during the…
  6. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…