Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes the normal lapse rate?

  1. Air temperature generally decreases by about 6.5°C for every 1,000 metres of increase in altitude.
  2. Air temperature generally increases by about 6.5°C for every 1,000 metres of increase in altitude.
  3. Surface temperature decreases by about 6.5°C whenever a place moves 1,000 kilometres closer to the sea.
  4. Air temperature changes by about 6.5°C only when a warm air mass is replaced by a cold air mass.
  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…