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“Why do they pull down and do away with crooked streets, I wonder, which are my delight, and hurt no man living? Every day the wealthier nations are pulling down one or another in their capitals and their great towns: they do not know why they do it; neither do I. It ought to enough, surely, to drive the great broad ways which commerce needs and which are the life-channels of a modern city, without destroying all history and all the humanity in between: the islands of the past.”

(From Hilaire Belloc’s “The Crooked Streets”)

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

Your answerChoose one option.

The author of the passage takes delight in wondering.

The wealthier nations are pulling down the crooked streets in their capitals.

In the past, crooked streets were only built on islands.

Great broad ways are needed to protect commerce and history.

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Rohit goes to a restaurant for lunch at about 1 PM. When he enters the restaurant, he notices that the hour and minute hands on the wall clock are exactly coinciding. After about an hour, when he leaves the restaurant, he notices that the clock hands are again exactly coinciding. How much time (in minutes) did Rohit spend at the restaurant?

Your answerChoose one option.

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A color model is shown in the figure with color codes: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (Cy), Red (R), Blue (B), Green (G), and Black (K).

Diagram for Geology and Geophysics question 8

Which one of the following options displays the color codes that are consistent with the color model?

Your answerChoose one option.

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A circle with center at

and radius

intersects with another circle with center at

and radius

at two points. One of the points of intersection

is:

Your answerChoose one option.

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An object is said to have an

-fold rotational symmetry if the object, rotated by an angle of

, is identical to the original.

Which one of the following objects exhibits 4-fold rotational symmetry about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the screen?

Note: The figures shown are representative.

Your answerChoose one option.

Diagram for Geology and Geophysics question 10

Diagram for Geology and Geophysics question 10 (figure 2)

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The most volcanically active body in our Solar System is

Your answerChoose one option.

Mars

Moon

Venus

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A type of fold which is relatively sharp and angular at its synformal and antiformal hinges is known as

Your answerChoose one option.

Fan fold

Drag fold

Chevron fold

Dome

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Which one of the following geophysical methods can provide information on deep Earth structures (of the order of 1000 km) with highest resolution?

Your answerChoose one option.

Seismic methods

Magnetic methods

Electrical methods

Gravity methods

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The continuous series of Bowen’s reaction series is represented by

Your answerChoose one option.

the orthoclase - albite feldspar system

the anorthite - albite system

the forsterite - fayalite system

the diopside - anorthite system

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Which of the following time boundaries corres(s) to major mass extinction events?

Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.

Cretaceous - Paleogene

Paleogene - Neogene

Permian - Triassic

Precambrian - Cambrian

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