1. Which statements is correct:-

(1) Colombia’s Congress has given its approval to a peace accord with FARC guerrillas.
(2) It aimed at ending a 52-year-old armed conflict Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 & 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. Which one of the following causes rainfall in the North- Western parts of India during Winter Season?

(a) Cyclonic depression
(b) Retreating monsoon
(c) Western disturbances
(d) South- West monsoon

3. Tidal range denotes the

(a) rise of sea water and its movement toward the coast
(b) fall of sea water and its movement toward the sea
(c) rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces
(d) difference between high and low tide

4. Consider the following statements

1. The Damuda series of rock system contain all the metallurgical coal in India.
2. Tamil Nadu is the chief producer of lignite coal in India.
3. Tertiary coal is mainly confined to the peninsular India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3

5. Which one of the following states of India is surrounded by Bangladesh on three sides?

(a) Mizoram
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Tripura
(d) West Bengal

6. Through which one of the following continents, do the equator, the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn pass through?

(a) Africa
(b) South America
(c) North America
(d) Australia

7. The laboratory from where carbon dioxide measurements have been taken since 1958 A.D., which form the basis of present global warming data base is

(a) Maragheh observatory
(b) Mauna Loa observatory
(c) Griffith observatory
(d) Sydney observatory

8. What happens to the soil, where soil water freezes and it tends to form ice layers parallel with the ground surface?

(a) It heaves the soil upward in an uneven manner
(b) It heaves the soil downward in an uneven manner
(c) It heaves the soil both upward and downward in an even manner
(d) It remains unaffected

9. What happens to the water depth as the Tsunami waves approach the coast?

(a) Decreases
(b) Increases
(c) Increases and decreases alternatively
(d) Neither increases nor decreases

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10. Consider the following statements

1. The Earth receives the Sun's energy at the infrared end of the spectrum.
2. The Earth re-radiates the Sun's heat as ultraviolet energy.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

11. Which one of the following is a planetary wind?

(a) Monsoon
(b) Trade
(c) Chinook
(d) Mistral

12. Which one of the following does not control climate?

(a) Latitude
(b) Altitude
(c) Longitude
(d) Forest cover

13. Which one of the following types of forests cover the largest area in India?

(a) Tropical dry deciduous
(b) Tropical moist deciduous
(c) Tropical evergreen
(d) Himalayan moist temperate

Directions : Each of the next FIVE (05) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)'and the other as 'Reason (R)!. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below

Codes

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

14. Assertion (A) : Import of Chinese toys was recently banned by the Government of India.
        Reason (R) : The plastic material used to make the toys are not biodegradable.

15. Assertion (A) : A person suffering from myopia uses a concave lens.
        Reason (R) : A concave lens diverges a beam of light incident on it.

16. Assertion (A) : The 'Green Belt' represents a planning concept for controlling the physical expansion of large cities.
        Reason (R) : "Green Be1'"' is an integral component of a city.

17. Assertion (A) : In areas of intensive subsistence agriculture animal husbandry plays an insignificant role.
        Reason (R) : Throughout the region, the farmers are handicapped in raising cattle due to lack of scientific methods of breeding.

18. Assertion (A) : Nitrogen gas is used to provide inert atmosphere in chemical reaction.
        Reason (R) : Nitrogen gas has a very little chemical reactivity at ordinary temperature.

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Answer:-
1.(c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a)