Ice glacier melting is a common phenomenon linked to the rise in seawater level. The glaciers are predominantly present in

(1) Greenland

(2) Antarctica

(3) Himalayas

(4) Arctic

The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is

(1) Azimuth

(2) Dip

(3) Declination

(4) Latitude

Lake formed in a cut-off river, a meander is called:

(1) Playa Lake

(2) Meteoric Lake

(3) Ox-Bow Lake

(4) Crater Lake

Sandstone is metamorphosed to:

(1) Shale (2) Slate

(3) Quartzite

(4) Marble

Moraines are formed in

(1) River deltas

(2) Arid regions

(3) Glacial regions

(4) Monsoon region

The Himalayan mountain range is an example of

(1) Volcanic mountain

(2) Residual mountain

(3) Block mountain

(4) Fold mountain

Breaking down of rock in situ is known as

(1) Erosion

(2) Weathering

(3) Mass wasting

(4) Degradation

Which of the following is an example of Plutonic Igneous Rock?

(1) Basalt

(2) Granite

(3) Slate

(4) Dolomite

The cup-shaped mouth of the volcano is

(1) Focus

(2) Epicentre

(3) Crater

(4) Cinder cone

The stagnant water at the bottom of a lake is called

(1) Epilimnion

(2) Mesolimnion

(3) Metalimnion

(4) Hypolimnion

The formation of ‘Mushroom rock’ in desert region is an example of

(1) Deflation

(2) Attrition

(3) Abrasion

(4) Erosion