UGC NET / JRF Environmental Science Question Paper II: December 2004

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1. Identify the correct chronological sequence (oldest to youngest) in the order of their formation: 

(A) Pacific ocean> Atlantic ocean> Mediterranean sea> Indian ocean
(B) Pacific ocean > Atlantic ocean > Indian ocean > Mediterranean sea
(C) Atlantic ocean > Pacific ocean > Indian ocean > Mediterranean sea
(D) Atlantic ocean> Pacific ocean> Mediterranean sea> Indian ocean

2. Movement of individual rock masses along structural planes such as bedding, joints and faults on a slope is known as : 

(A) debris slide 

(B) slump 

(C) rock slide 

(D) soil creep 

3. Consider the following about the Himalayan orogeny: 

(a) The orogeny resulted from the southward movement 

(b) The orogeny began about 25 million years ago 

(c) The orogeny closed about 1 million years ago 

(d) The Himalayas have a root of relatively light crustal rocks projecting into the denser mantle. 

Which of the following combinations is correct? 

(A) (a) and (b)

(B) (c) and (d) 

(C) (a) and (c)

(D) (b) and (d) 

4. A seismogram records the following types of earthquake waves. 

(a) L - waves 

(b) P - waves 

(c) S - waves 

The correct chronological sequence of the arrival of these waves is : 

(A) (b), (c) and (a)

(B) (b), (a) and (c)

(C) (c), (a) and (b)

(D) (a), (b) and (c) arrive at the same time 

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