General Knowledge - World Geography

Exercise : World Geography - Section 3
56.
The rate at change of temperature is called
temperature difference
temperature gradient
isotherm
None of the above
Answer: Option
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57.
The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors responsible for this phenomenon are
  1. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces
  2. moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores
  3. raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores
I, II
I, III
II, III
All of the above
Answer: Option
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58.
The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called
saltation
suspension
traction
solution
Answer: Option
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59.
The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite
elliptic
ecliptic
eclipse
None of the above
Answer: Option
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60.
The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from
a spring in Vering
near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul
Rakas lake in Tibet
Mansarovar lake
Answer: Option
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