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  1. The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is

  2. A.

     June 21

    B.

     December 22

    C.

     July 21

    D.

     November 22

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  3. The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is

  4. A.

     foliation

    B.

     lineation

    C.

     lithification

    D.

     the reorientation of mineral crystals

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  5. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is

  6. A.

     Cainozoic era

    B.

     Pre-Cambrian era

    C.

     Palaeozoic era

    D.

     Mesozoic era

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  7. The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is

  8. A.

     improving the utilisation of irrigation potential

    B.

     optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above

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  9. The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at

  10. A.

     the equator

    B.

     the tropics

    C.

     the arctic

    D.

     None of the above

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  11. The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called

  12. A.

     salinisation

    B.

     gleisation

    C.

     calcification

    D.

     podsolisation

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  13. The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called

  14. A.

     aquifers

    B.

     aquicludes

    C.

     perched aquifer

    D.

     spring

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  15. The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is

  16. A.

     Mercury

    B.

     Venus

    C.

     Earth

    D.

     Pluto

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  17. The Penumbra is

  18. A.

     the outer portion of the moon's shadow

    B.

     formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above

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  19. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is

  20. A.

     the Rio Grande

    B.

     the Amazon

    C.

     the Mississippi

    D.

     the Colorado

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