Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

RPSC Year 2013 School Lecturer

  1. Volcanoes with quiet eruptions are known as

    Options:
    1. Hawaiian type
    2. Strombolian type
    3. Vulcanian type
    4. Pelean type

    Option: A

  2. The percentage of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon-di-oxide in the atmospheric composition is respectively

    Options:
    1. 78, 21, 0.03
    2. 21, 78, 0.03
    3. 78, 0.03, 21
    4. 21, 0.03, 78

    Option: B

  3. Which among the following is not a metamorphic rock?

    Options:
    1. Marble
    2. Granite
    3. Quartzite
    4. Schist

    Option: B

  4. Which minor plate is situated between Middle America and Pacific Oceanic plate?

    Options:
    1. Scotia
    2. Caribbean
    3. Nasca
    4. Cocos

    Option: D

  5. The correct group of wind erosional landforms is

    Options:
    1. Esker, Yardang, Loess
    2. Loess, Sanddunes, Lapies
    3. Demoiselles, Mushroom rocks, Yardang
    4. Barchan, Demoiselles, Tombolo

    Option: C

  6. St. Paul Ridge is situated in

    Options:
    1. Atlantic Ocean
    2. Indian Ocean
    3. Pacific Ocean
    4. Mediterranean Sea

    Option: B

  7. The correct decreasing order of salts in the oceans is

    Options:
    1. Calcium carbonate, Sodium Chloride, Calcium sulphate, Magnesium Chloride
    2. Magnesium chloride, Magnesium Sulphate, Calcium Carbonate
    3. Potassium Sulphate Sodium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Sulphate
    4. Calcium Sulphate, Sodium Chloride, Magnesium Sulphate, Magnesium Chloride

    Option: C

  8. In which oceanic currents, the seasonal reversal is found?

    Options:
    1. North Indian Ocean
    2. South Indian Ocean
    3. North Atlantic Ocean
    4. South Pacific Ocean

    Option: A

  9. Who had propounded the dynamical theory of origin of Ocean tides?

    Options:
    1. Harris
    2. Airy
    3. Whewell
    4. Laplace

    Option: D

  10. The short radio waves are reflected from which of the Ionospheric layer?

    Options:
    1. D-Layer
    2. E-Layer
    3. F-Layer
    4. G-Layer

    Option: C

  11. Fossils of plants, animals and other microorganisms are related to

    Options:
    1. Igneous rocks
    2. Metamorphic rocks
    3. Sedimentary rocks
    4. Plutonic rocks

    Option: C

  12. The portion of solar radiation energy reflected back from the surface of object is called

    Options:
    1. Absorption
    2. Scattering
    3. Diffusion
    4. Albedo

    Option: D

  13. Which of the following evidences does not provide clue of the earth’s interior?

    Options:
    1. Density of rocks
    2. Temperature
    3. Seismology
    4. Secondary forms of vulcanism

    Option: D

  14. The discontinuity between crust and mantle is :

    Options:
    1. Repetti
    2. Moho
    3. Gutenberg
    4. Transitional

    Option: B

  15. The sharp-edge ridge formed by glacial erosion is called

    Options:
    1. Nunatak
    2. Eskar
    3. Arete
    4. Kame

    Option: C

  16. Zeugens are the result of :

    Options:
    1. Wind erosion
    2. Wind deposition
    3. Glacial deposition
    4. Glacial erosion

    Option: A

  17. The earthquake waves analogous to light waves are

    Options:
    1. P-waves
    2. S-waves
    3. L-waves
    4. S and L-waves

    Option: B

  18. Which one of the following area is not a Mediterranean climatic region of the world?

    Options:
    1. Central Chile
    2. Southern part of South Africa
    3. Eastern Europe
    4. California State

    Option: C

  19. On the basis of chemical composition, the atmosphere is divided into two broad zones :

    Options:
    1. Homosphere and Heterosphere
    2. Heterosphere and Thermosphere
    3. Chemosphere and Heterosphere
    4. Homosphere and Thermosphere

    Option: A

  20. Indian standard longitude passes through how many Indian states?

    Options:
    1. 5
    2. 6
    3. 7
    4. 8

    Option: A