Arts (English Medium) Class 11 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

Who amongst the following was the first to consider the possibility of Europe, Africa and America having been located side by side.

Polar fleeing force relates to:

What were the forces suggested by Wegener for the movement of the continents?

How are the convectional currents in the mantle initiated and maintained?

What are the evidences in support of the continental drift theory?

What were the major post-drift discoveries that rejuvenated the interest of scientists in the study of distribution of oceans and continents?

In which of the following stages of landform development, downward cutting is dominated?

A deep valley characterised by steep step-like side slopes is known as ____________.

What do incised meanders in rocks and meanders in plains of alluvium indicate?

Running water is by far the most dominating geomorphic agent in shaping the earth’s surface in humid as well as in arid climates. Explain.

Which one of the following gases constitutes the major portion of the atmosphere?

Sea salt, pollen, ash, smoke soot, fine soil – these are associated with:

Oxygen gas is in negligible quantity at the height of atmosphere:

Which one of the following gases is transparent to incoming solar radiation and opaque to outgoing terrestrial radiation?

Describe the composition of atmosphere.

Describe the composition of the atmosphere.

What are the different levels of biodiversity?

Make correct pairs from the following two columns.

In India, why is the day temperature maximum in May and why not after the summer solstice?

How do the latitude and the tilt in the axis of rotation of the earth affect the amount of radiation received at the earth’s surface?