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| 31)Duncan passage is located between | |||
| South and little Andaman. | Little and great Nicobar. | ||
| North and Middle Andaman. | Middle and South Andaman. | ||
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| 32)The main area of production of icebergs is found in | |||
| the West Coast of Greenland. | the East Coast of Japan. | ||
| the North Coast of Siberia. | the West Coast of Africa. | ||
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| 33)Which of the following cities will not get vertical rays of the sun? | |||
| Srinagar | Mumbai | ||
| Chennai | Trivandrum | ||
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| 34)The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from ________ to _______. | |||
| equator, pole | pole, equator | ||
| tropic of Cancer, equator | tropic of cancer, tropic of capricon | ||
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| 35)Which of the following is wrong? | |||
| The sun never shines vertically beyond the tropics | At the pole there is light for half the year | ||
| The sun never shines vertically over the tropic of cancer at the time of the winter solistice | When the sun shines vertically over the equator, it is called an equinox | ||
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| 36)Equinoxes occur on | |||
| January 4 and September 22 | March 21 and September 23 | ||
| December 22 and June 21 | March 21 and December 22 | ||
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| 37)The standard time of India is | |||
| 4 hours ahead of Greenwich time | 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich time | ||
| 5.5 hours behind Greenwich time | 4.5 hours behind Greenwich time | ||
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| 38)The South Pole experiences continuous light at the time of | |||
| winter solistice | summer solistice | ||
| vernal equinox | autumn equinox | ||
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| 39)To travel by the shortest route one should follow | |||
| the winds | the rivers | ||
| the latitudes | the longitudes | ||
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| 40)A day is added when one crosses | |||
| the equator from north to south | 180 degree longitude from west to east | ||
| 180 degree longitude from east to west | the equator fro south to north | ||
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| 41)A day is subtracted when one crosses | |||
| the equator from north to south | 180 degree longitude from west to east | ||
| 180 degree longitude from east to west | the equator fro south to north | ||
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| 42)The order of the layers of atmosphere, upwards from below | |||
| stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere | exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere | ||
| troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere | stratosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and exosphere | ||
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| 43)Which of the following gases has the maximum volume in the atmosphere? | |||
| nitrogen, methane | nitrogen, oxigen | ||
| oxygen, carbondioxide | hydrogen, nitrogen | ||
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| 44)Most of the weather phenomena take place in the | |||
| stratosphere | troposphere | ||
| ionosphere | exosphere | ||
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| 45)Which layer of the atmosphere maintains almost uniform temperature? | |||
| troposphere | stratosphere | ||
| ionosphere | exosphere | ||
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