Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

Climatic Change

  1. What do the records of temperature of the Thames river from 9th century to 18th century indicate?

    Options:
    1. A decreasing trend of frequencies of freezing of the Thames river
    2. No change in the frequency of freezing of the Thames river
    3. An increasing trend of frequencies of freezing of the Thames river
    4. A constant frequency of freezing of the Thames river

    Option: C

  2. What do the recorded data from Iceland from 900 to 1900 YBP demonstrate?

    Options:
    1. Warming of North Atlantic Ocean
    2. Cooling of North Atlantic Ocean
    3. No change in North Atlantic Ocean temperature
    4. Fluctuations in North Atlantic Ocean temperature

    Option: B

  3. What do the records of high floods in the Nile Valley since 640 reveal?

    Options:
    1. Increase in rainfall in the source regions of the Nile river
    2. Decrease in rainfall in the source regions of the Nile river
    3. No change in rainfall in the source regions of the Nile river
    4. Fluctuations in rainfall in the source regions of the Nile river

    Option: A

  4. What is the meaning of the prefix “palaeo” in Palaeozoic?

    Options:
    1. Middle
    2. Ancient
    3. New
    4. Life

    Option: B

  5. Which period is known as the “middle era”?

    Options:
    1. Palaeozoic
    2. Mesozoic
    3. Cambrian
    4. Permian

    Option: B

  6. What does the term “kainos” mean?

    Options:
    1. Ancient
    2. Middle
    3. New
    4. Life

    Option: C

  7. Which is the earliest period in the geological timescale?

    Options:
    1. Ordovician
    2. Cambrian
    3. Silurian
    4. Devonian

    Option: B

  8. Which period is named after a tribe in North Wales?

    Options:
    1. Silurian
    2. Ordovician
    3. Devonian
    4. Carboniferous

    Option: B

  9. Which period is named after a place and region in the UK?

    Options:
    1. Silurian
    2. Devonian
    3. Carboniferous
    4. Permian

    Option: B

  10. Which period is known for the dominance of coal deposits?

    Options:
    1. Cambrian
    2. Silurian
    3. Devonian
    4. Carboniferous

    Option: D

  11. Which period is named after a province in the erstwhile USSR?

    Options:
    1. Permian
    2. Silurian
    3. Devonian
    4. Carboniferous

    Option: A

  12. What does ‘Triassic’ mean in German?

    Options:
    1. Double
    2. Triple
    3. Single
    4. Quadruple

    Option: B

  13. Which period is dominated by deposits of abundant writing chalk?

    Options:
    1. Cretaceous
    2. Jurassic
    3. Triassic
    4. Paleozoic

    Option: A

  14. What does ‘Eocene’ mean in Greek?

    Options:
    1. Daybreak
    2. Little
    3. Greater
    4. Smaller

    Option: A

  15. How many years does each revolution of the geological clock’s arm represent?

    Options:
    1. 1 billion years
    2. 100 million years
    3. 10 million years
    4. 1 million years

    Option: A

  16. What does the spiral system representing the whole geological and geomorphic history together called?

    Options:
    1. Geological map
    2. Geographical clock
    3. Geological timeline
    4. Geographical system

    Option: B

  17. Which is the oldest era on the geological time table?

    Options:
    1. Mesozoic
    2. Paleozoic
    3. Pre-Paleozoic
    4. Cenozoic

    Option: C

  18. Which epoch comes after the Holocene epoch?

    Options:
    1. Pleistocene
    2. Pliocene
    3. Miocene
    4. Oligocene

    Option: A

  19. What is the duration of the Pliocene period?

    Options:
    1. 10 million years
    2. 25 million years
    3. 40 million years
    4. 65 million years

    Option: B

  20. Which period is characterized by the dominance of deposits of abundant writing chalk?

    Options:
    1. Cretaceous
    2. Jurassic
    3. Triassic
    4. Paleozoic

    Option: A