📊 History
Q. The place for Amritsar given by Mughal emperor Akbar to:
  • (A) Guru Harakrishan
  • (B) Guru Teg Bahadur
  • (C) Guru Amar Das
  • (D) Guru Ram Das
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) Guru Ram Das
📊 History
Q. The loss of Qandhar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of:
  • (A) strategic stronghold
  • (B) communication
  • (C) natural resources
  • (D) buffer territory
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) strategic stronghold
📊 History
Q. Which of the following Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar ?
  • (A) Rathor
  • (B) Pratihara
  • (C) Sisodiya
  • (D) Parmar
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) Pratihara
📊 Geography
Q. The radiation that heats earth's atmosphere comes from the
  • (A) Sun
  • (B) Earth
  • (C) Ionosphere
  • (D) Sun and earth
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Sun
📊 Geography
Q. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?
  • (A) Winds
  • (B) Clouds
  • (C) Gravity
  • (D) Rotation of the Earth
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Gravity

Explanation: Atmosphere contains particles and gases which do not escape to outer space because they are bounded by the force known gravity. Earth's gravity comes from all its mass. All its mass makes a combined gravitational pull on all the mass in your body. That's what gives you weight. And if you were on a planet with less mass than Earth, you would weigh less than you do here.

📊 Geography
Q. Some large lakes in temperate latitudes have a moderating influence upon the climate of adjacent land surfaces. Such an influence may develop when ________
  • (A) The water is shallow
  • (B) The lake is high above sea level
  • (C) Prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter
  • (D) The lake is a basin of inland drainage
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter

Explanation: Some large lakes in temperate latitudes have a moderating influence upon the climate of adjacent land surfaces. Such an influence may develop when prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter.

📊 Geography
Q. The clouds extending from one side of horizon to other as 3 dark grey sheet having uniform base are called ________
  • (A) Stratus clouds
  • (B) Cumulus clouds
  • (C) Cirrus clouds
  • (D) Nimbus clouds
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Stratus clouds
📊 Geography
Q. Which of the following characterises the Foehn?
I. It is warm
II. It is humid
III. It is common in the valleys of the northern Alps
IV. It blows in winter
  • (A) I, II and IV
  • (B) I, II and III
  • (C) I, III and IV
  • (D) I, II, III and IV
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) I, III and IV
📊 Geography
Q. What do you understand by the term 'Advection' ?
  • (A) Heat is transferred horizontally by winds
  • (B) Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
  • (C) Heat is transferred vertically through the air
  • (D) Heat is transferred horizontally through ocean currents
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
📊 Geography
Q. The continuous circulation of water among the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere is known as
  • (A) Water circulation
  • (B) Hydrologic cycle
  • (C) Hydro-equilibrium
  • (D) Precipitation
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) Hydrologic cycle

Explanation: The continuous circulation of water among the hydrosphere, atmosphere and Lithosphere is known as hydrologic cycle. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes the pilgrimage of water as water molecules make their way from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again, in some cases to below the surface. This gigantic system, powered by energy from the Sun, is a continuous exchange of moisture between the oceans, the atmosphere, and the land.

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