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Geography -One Liners
1-A meteoric crater lake found in India — Lohar in Maharashtra
2-Gutenberg discontinuity separates — mantle and core
3-Seismic wave that causes maximum destruction — L wave
4-Earth is round was first theorised by — Plato
5-The antipodal point of 10 degrees North 125 degree East is — 10 degrees South 55 degree West
6-Layer beneath the lithosphere capable of flowing under stress — Asthenosphere
7-Line joining places that experience earthquake at the same time — Homo seismal line
8-Magnitude of an earthquake is measured on — Richter Scale
9-The only active volcano in India — Barron, Andaman, and Nicobar
10-Theory that explains Earthquakes — elastic rebound theory
11-Seismic wave transverse in nature which does not pass through molten outer core — s wave
12-The intensity of earthquake wave is recorded by — seismograph
13-Lighthouse of the Mediterranean — Mt. Stromboli
14-Meridian accepted as the Indian Standard Time — 82 1/2 degree east
15-Continental Drift Theory was given by — Alfred Wegenor
16-When it’s noon in London, the local time for a place 90 degree west of it will be — 6 am
17-Earth’s rotational velocity at equator is — 1690 km/hr
18-Each degree of latitude equals — 111 km
19-The sun is vertically overhead at the equator on — March 21st (spring equinox)
20-A person crossing International Date Line from East to West — loses one day
21-Circum-Pacific belt is called Ring of Fire because — 80% of volcanic activity of Earth is there
22-Gigantic seismic sea-waves are called — Tsunami
23-Mohorovicic discontinuity separates — Crust and Mantle
24-Earth’s tilted axis causes — Season
25-Hardest mineral — Diamond, and softest mineral — talc
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