Question 1
A tremor below the surface of the earth which causes shaking of the crust:
1. Earthquake waves
2. Earthquake
3. Seismic waves
4. None of the above
Answer
Earthquake
Question 2
A series of shocks that result from sudden earth movement:
1. Earthquake
2. Volcanoes
3. Earthquake waves
4. Plate tectonics
Answer
Earthquake waves
Question 3
Which amongst the following is NOT a factor that causes an earthquake?
1. Folding and faulting
2. Volcanoes
3. Lava
4. Plate tectonics
Answer
Lava
Question 4
Which waves are recorded on a seismograph after the P waves?
1. Primary waves
2. Push waves
3. Shear waves
4. Surface waves
Answer
Shear waves
Question 5
Which of the following measures the power of an earthquake on a scale of 1 to 9?
1. Seismograph
2. Richter scale
3. Mercalli scale
4. Thermometer
Answer
Richter scale
Question 6
The point on the earth's surface directly above the seismic focus is called:
1. Epicentre
2. Seismic focus
3. Seismograph
4. Mercalli
Answer
Epicentre
Question 7
The instrument that grades the earthquakes on the basis of observed effects on a 12-point
scale.
1. Thermometer
2. Seismograph
3. Richter scale
4. Mercalli scale
Answer
Mercalli scale
Question 8
Which, amongst the following, is NOT a destructive effect of earthquakes?
1. Submergence
2. Landslides
3. Energy release
4. Tsunami
Answer
Energy release
Question 9
A large destructive ocean wave that can be generated by any disturbance (earthquakes,
volcanoes etc.) that rapidly displaces a large mass of water:
1. Submergence
2. Tsunami
3. Landform
4. Volcano
Answer
Tsunami
Question 10
Which of the following is not correct?
1. Circum-Pacific Mountain Belt : 70% of world earthquakes
2. Mid Atlantic Ridge: 10% of world earthquakes
3. Mid World Mountain Belt: 20% of world earthquakes
4. Pacific Ring of Fire: 15% of world earthquakes
Answer
Pacific Ring of Fire: 15% of world earthquakes
Question 1
The process of breaking down of rocks but not their removal:
1. Weathering
2. Block Disintegration
3. Oxidation
4. Mechanical Weathering
Answer
Weathering
Question 2
Which amongst the following is NOT a characteristic of Weathering?
1. It affects the surface of the earth
2. It changes hard massive rocks into finer materials
3. It causes disintegration of soil
4. It involves disintegration or decay of solid rocks
Answer
It causes disintegration of soil
Question 3
Rock disintegration without any change in the chemical constituents of the rock:
1. Block Disintegration
2. Mechanical Weathering
3. Carbonation
4. Organic Weathering
Answer
Mechanical Weathering
Question 4
The sudden contraction and expansion peels off the outer rock layer:
1. Solution
2. Exfoliation
3. Hydration
4. Oxidation
Answer
Exfoliation
Question 5
Reaction of minerals in rocks to atmospheric oxygen:
1. Oxidation
2. Solution
3. Hydration
4. Carbonation
Answer
Oxidation
Question 6
Which of the following occurs in moist and cold climates?
1. Mechanical Weathering
2. Chemical Weathering
3. Organic Weathering
4. Physical Weathering
Answer
Physical Weathering
Question 7
Biological Weathering is also known as:
1. Mechanical Weathering
2. Chemical Weathering
3. Organic Weathering
4. Physical Weathering
Answer
Organic Weathering
Question 8
Expansion of minerals on coming into contact with rainfall:
1. Oxidation
2. Solution
3. Hydration
4. Carbonation
Answer
Hydration
Question 9
A process in which minerals in the rocks dissolve in water:
1. Solution
2. Oxidation
3. Carbonation
4. Hydration
Answer
Solution
Question 10
Which of the following is more rapid in desert climates?
1. Mechanical Weathering
2. Chemical Weathering
3. Organic Weathering
4. Weathering
Answer
Mechanical Weathering
Question 11
In which of the following decomposition of rocks take place with changes in the chemical
constituents of rocks?
1. Weathering
2. Chemical weathering
3. Organic Weathering
4. Physical Weathering
Answer
Chemical weathering
Question 12
In which of the following climates there is a marked dry season and wet season?
1. Polar climates
2. Equatorial climates
3. Tropical climates
4. Dry climates or deserts
Answer
Tropical climates
Question 13
The internal forces operating in the interior of the earth are called ............... .
1. Exogenic forces
2. Endogenic forces
3. Constructive forces
4. Weathering forces
Answer
Constructive forces
Question 14
Tension and splitting of rocks is known as ................ .
1. Hydration
2. Weathering
3. Block Disintegration
4. Solution
Answer
Block Disintegration
Question 15
In which of the following climates physical weathering due to frost action is more prevalent?
1. Equatorial climates
2. Polar climates
3. Tropical climates
4. Temperate climates
Answer
Polar climates
Question 1
The process of breaking and removing the rocks from the surface of the earth:
1. Erosion
2. Mass movement
3. Denudation
4. Weathering
Answer
Denudation
Question 2
The disintegration of rocks by atmospheric agents at or near the surface of the earth:
1. Erosion
2. Weathering
3. Mass movement
4. Denudation
Answer
Weathering
Question 3
The displacement of rocks by agents like wind, water or ice:
1. Deposition
2. Transportation
3. Erosion
4. Mass wasting
Answer
Erosion
Question 4
The large-scale movement of loose materials (rock-waste) down the slope on account of
gravity:
1. Mass movement
2. Deposition
3. Denudation
4. Weathering
Answer
Mass movement
Question 5
The laying down of material that has been weathered, eroded and transported by natural
processes such as water, wind and ice.
1. Physical Weathering
2. Deposition
3. Denudation
4. Tributary
Answer
Deposition
Question 6
The streams or small rivers which join the main river are called:
1. Transporteries
2. Tributaries
3. Distributaries
4. Meanders
Answer
Tributaries
Question 7
When a river divides into channels or smaller rivers they are called its:
1. Tributaries
2. Distributaries
3. Meanders
4. Transporteries
Answer
Distributaries
Question 8
In the upper course the dominant activity of a river is:
1. Valley
2. Meander
3. Erosion
4. Mass wasting
Answer
Erosion
Question 9
............... are moon-shaped dunes.
1. Dunes
2. Sand Dunes
3. Barchan
4. Seifs
Answer
Barchan
Question 10
Stationary, long and narrow sand-ridges which grow parallel to the direction of the prevailing
wind and remain in a fixed position.
1. Dunes
2. Sand Dunes
3. Barchan
4. Seifs
Answer
Seifs
Question 11
The lowering of land, rounding of exposed rock surfaces and levelling of the peaks:
1. Denudation
2. Erosion
3. Mass wasting
4. Deposition
Answer
Denudation
Question 12
There are ............... active agents of denudation.
1. 7
2. 6
3. 8
4. 4
Answer
Question 13
Which amongst the following is not a factor affecting work of a river?
1. Velocity of water
2. Quality of water
3. Volume of water
4. Load
Answer
Quality of water
Question 14
Dunes have heights ranging from a few metres to about ............... metres.
1. 170
2. 160
3. 142
4. 150
Answer
150
Question 1
Hydrosphere refers to the combined mass of water :
1. in the oceans
2. rivers, streams and lakes
3. in the atmosphere
4. All of the above.
Answer
All of the above
Question 2
Ocean : 97% :: Fresh water : ...............
1. 3%
2. 2.3%
3. 0.7%
4. 0.66%
Answer
0.7%
Question 3
Underground water is found in:
1. soil
2. subsoil
3. underground streams
4. All of the above.
Answer
All of the above
Question 4
Name the oscillatory movements in water, manifested by an alternate rise and fall of the sea
surface.
1. Tides
2. Waves
3. Spheres
4. Oscillations
Answer
Waves
Question 5
Apogee : Earth-moon distance ............... :: Perigee : Earth-moon distance ...............
1. maximum, minimum
2. minimum, maximum
3. equal, equal
4. All of the above.
Answer
maximum, minimum
Question 6
............... flow from the lower latitudes towards the higher latitudes.
1. Warm currents
2. Cold currents
3. Surface currents
4. Deep water currents
Answer
Warm currents
Question 7
Which amongst the following is NOT one of the causes of Ocean Currents?
1. Level of Salinity
2. Temperature
3. The Earth's Revolution
4. Planetary Winds
Answer
The Earth's Revolution
Question 8
Name the winds that blow between the Equator and the Tropics.
1. Westerlies
2. Trade Winds
3. Monsoon Winds
4. Summer Winds
Answer
Trade Winds
Question 9
What is the direction of air circulation over the oceans in the middle latitudes?
1. Cyclonic
2. Hemispherical
3. Spherical
4. Anticyclonic
Answer
Anticyclonic
Question 10
Name the warm Atlantic Ocean Current which flows from North America to Western Europe.
1. The West Atlantic Drift
2. The East Atlantic Drift
3. The North Atlantic Drift
4. The South Atlantic Drift
Answer
The North Atlantic Drift
Question 11
Which current is also known as the 'Black Stream'?
1. Atlantic current
2. Kuroshio current
3. Oyashio current
4. Newfoundland current
Answer
Kuroshio current
Question 12
Name the current that keeps ports of Europe ice-free in winters
1. North Atlantic drift
2. Labrador current
3. Canaries current
4. Florida current
Answer
North Atlantic drift
Question 13
Which currents have created one of the world's richest fishing grounds?
1. Labrador current and Gulf stream
2. Labrador current and Irminger current
3. Oyashio current and Kuroshio current
4. Both (a) and (c).
Answer
Both (a) and (c)
Question 14
Currents influence:
1. temperature
2. rainfall
3. fish population
4. all of the above.
Answer
all of the above
