(a) Marble

(b) Deciduous

(c) Broad-leaved

(d) Limestone ✅

(a) Shale

(b) Quartzite

(c) Granite ✅

(d) Limestone

(a) Change in wind direction

(b) Degree of hardness of minerals ✅

(c) Viscosity of liquids

(d) Elasticity of materials

(a) Winter ✅

(b) Summer

(c) Spring

(d) Autumn

(a) Mediterranean regions

(b) Temperate regions

(c) Equatorial regions ✅

(d) Tropical mountain areas

(a) Rises towards the center

(b) Decrease towards the center, causing wind to move in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere ✅

(c) Remains constant

(d) Initially decreases towards the center and then increases

(a) Sudden, heavy floods

(b) No rain for a long duration

(c) Heavy showers

(d) Violent winds and rain ✅

(a) Earth’s geometric shape

(b) Earth’s orbit around the Sun

(c) Earth’s axial rotation ✅

(d) Solar system movement

(a) Tropic of Cancer ✅

(b) Equator

(c) The sun’s position is not fixed

(d) Tropic of Capricorn

(a) Equator ✅

(b) North Pole

(c) South Pole

(d) Tropic of Cancer

(a) Moon and the Earth being at right angles

(b) Alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in line ✅

(c) Sun and the Moon positioned opposite to each other

(d) Moon and the Sun being farther from the Earth

(a) Solely on a full Moon day

(b) Solely on a new Moon day

(c) On the day when the Moon’s position is in its first quarter

(d) Full moon day as well as the new moon day

(a) Typhoon

(b) Cyclone ✅

(c) Anticyclone

(d) Tornado

(a) Contour: Regions with identical heights above sea level ✅

(b) Isotherms: Areas characterized by consistent temperature

(c) Isohytes: Regions with uniform precipitation

(d) Isobars: Zones with consistent atmospheric pressure levels

(a) Coniferous forest ✅

(b) Broad-leaved forests

(c) Deciduous forest

(d) Littoral forests