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 which of the following reason justifies the statement of  that Asia and Australia were joined together some million years ago?

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  1. Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia

  2. Culture of both places has many similarities

  3. Climate is quite similar

  4. The big green fields found in Australia are very much like

    those in Asia

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Correct Option: A

Match the following:

List-I List-II
A. Deccan Traps 1. Late cenozoic
B. Western Ghats 2. Pre-cambrian
C. Aravalli 3. Cretaceous Eocene
D. Namada-Tapi Alluvial deposits 4. Cambrian
5. Plestocene
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  1. A - 3, B - 5, C - 1, D - 4

  2. A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 5

  3. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4

  4. A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D - 5

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Correct Option: B

Forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as _______________.

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  1. Exogenic forces

  2. Endogenic forces

  3. Eurogenic forces

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The horizontal and vertical movements caused by the forces coming from the origin of the earth are known as endogenic forces. The origin of the endogenic force is caused by the contraction and expansion of rocks due to variation in thermal conditions and temperature inside the earth.

During solar eclipse which of the following comes in the middle?

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  1. Sun

  2. Moon

  3. Earth

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.

 Two halves in which Earth is divided are called _______________.

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    1. ridges

    2. trenches

    3. equators

    4. hemispheres

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    Correct Option: D
    Explanation:

    The Hemispheres of the Earth in geography and cartography refer to any division of the globe into two hemispheres. The most common such divisions are by latitudinal or longitudinal markers:

    North-South

    Northern Hemisphere, the half that is north of the equator

    Southern Hemisphere, the half that lies south of the equator,

    East-West

    Eastern Hemisphere, the half that lies east of the prime meridian and west of the 180th meridian

    Western Hemisphere, the half that lies west of the prime meridian and east of the 180th meridian

    In which of the following continent, there is no active volcano? 

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    1. Asia

    2. Africa

    3. Europe

    4. Australia

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    Correct Option: D
    Explanation:

    There are no volcanoes on the Australian mainland that have erupted since European settlement, but some volcanoes in Victoria, South Australia, and North Queensland were witnessed by Aboriginal people several thousand years ago.

    The area associated with the greatest frequency of earthquakes is ____________________.

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    1. Eastern coastal areas of Asia

    2. Northern coastal areas of Europe

    3. West coast of North and South America

    4. Western coastal areas of Africa

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    Correct Option: A

    The point from where earthquake originates is called ____________.

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    1. Crust

    2. Earth

    3. Surface

    4. Focus

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    Correct Option: D
    Explanation:

    An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

    An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.

    Sometimes hot molten rocks formed inside the earth are forced out through openings in the earth's surface such as the craters in volcanoes. What is the molten rock inside the earth called? 

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    1. Magma

    2. Sludge

    3. Coal tar

    4. None of these

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    Correct Option: A

    Name the huge ancient landmass which consisted of India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass.

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    1. Angara land

    2. Canadian shield

    3. Gondwana land

    4. Tethys sea

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Gondwana land:.Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica.