Geology

Total Questions: 47

2 - In which type of rocks is limestone found----:

A ) Black light rock
B ) Sedimentary rock ✅
C ) Igneous rocks
D ) Metamorphic rocks

3 - Sedimentary rocks are----:

A ) Hard
B ) Porous ✅
C ) Brittle
D ) Rough

4 - Movement of air is called-----?

A ) Climate
B ) Mixture of gases
C ) Weather
D ) Wind ✅

5 - Which direction does wind flow around areas of high pressure in Northern hemisphere?

A ) Clockwise direction ✅
B ) Counter clockwise direction
C ) South west direction
D ) None of these

6 - The areas where there is a deficiency of rainfall-------:

A ) Humid area
B ) Arid Areas ✅
C ) Tropical Areas
D ) None of these

7 - Removal of topsoil by wind or water is called?

A ) Water logging
B ) Creeping
C ) Erosion ✅
D ) Silting

9 - Tourmaline, a gemstone is found in -----:

A ) Gilgit baltistan
B ) Kohistan
C ) Chaghi
D ) Chitral ✅

11 - Which type of rock is formed by cooling and solidification of magma?

A ) Igneous ✅
B ) Sedimentary
C ) Metamorphic
D ) Fossilized

12 - Which type of rock is found by deposition of material at the Earth's surface?

A ) Sedimentary ✅
B ) Metamorphic
C ) Volcanic
D ) Igneous

13 - Rocks found under heat and pressure are called------:

A ) Metamorphic ✅
B ) Sedimentary
C ) Igneous
D ) Magmatic

14 - Which of the following is an intrusive igneous rock?

A ) Granite ✅
B ) Basalt
C ) Limestone
D ) Sandstone

16 - Which layer of earth produces magma?

A ) Crust
B ) Core
C ) Mantle ✅
D ) Lithosphere

17 - The most type of volcanic rock on Earth's surface is-----:

A ) Granite
B ) Limestone
C ) Basalt ✅
D ) Rhyolite

18 - Which type of rock can contain fossils?

A ) Sedimentary ✅
B ) Metamorphic
C ) Volcanic
D ) Igneous

19 - The Ring of fire is located around which ocean?

A ) Pacific ✅
B ) Atlantic
C ) Arctic
D ) Indian

20 - Mount Vesuvius is an example of a ----:

A ) Composite volcano ✅
B ) Cinder cone volcano
C ) Extinct volcano
D ) Shield volcano

21 - What is the molten rock below the Earth's surface called?

A ) Ash
B ) Lava
C ) Pyroclastic
D ) Magma ✅

22 - Pumice an igneous rock is known for ----:

A ) Floating on water ✅
B ) Containing fossils
C ) Being metallic
D ) Being heavy

23 - What is the main process in the formation of sedimentary rocks?

A ) Weathering and Erosion ✅
B ) Crystallization
C ) Compression
D ) Melting

24 - A volcano's vent is located ----:

A ) At its base
B ) On its summit ✅
C ) Inside the magma chamber
D ) Below sea level

25 - Which type of igneous rock is formed on the Earth's surface?

A ) Besalt ✅
B ) Granite
C ) Marble
D ) Quartzite

26 - What type of metamorphic rock is formed from limestone?

A ) Marble ✅
B ) Schist
C ) Slate
D ) Gneiss

27 - A composite volcano is also known as a -------:

A ) Shield volcano
B ) Lava Dome
C ) Fissure volcano
D ) Strato volcano ✅

28 - The oldest known rocks on earth are classified as-----:

A ) Metamorphic ✅
B ) Sedimentary
C ) Igneous
D ) Fossilized

29 - What was Earth referred to as 350 million years ago?

A ) Pangaea ✅
B ) Laurasia
C ) Gondwana
D ) Tectonic Earth

30 - When did Earth's drafting (separation) begin?

A ) 100 million years ago
B ) 175 years ago
C ) 175 million years ago ✅
D ) 175,000 years ago

31 - Who first proposed the concept of Continental drift?

A ) Abraham Ortelius ✅
B ) Harry Hess
C ) Arthur Holmes
D ) Alfred Wegener

32 - Who is Credited with proposing the theory of Continental drift in 1912?

A ) Alfred Wegener ✅
B ) Harry Hess
C ) Arthur Holmes
D ) Abraham Ortelius

33 - Who proposed the conventional current theory?

A ) Abraham Ortelius
B ) Arthur Holmes ✅
C ) Harry Hess
D ) Alfred Wegener

34 - When was the plate Tectonic theory developed?

A ) 1912
B ) 1944 ✅
C ) 1960
D ) 1980

35 - Who contributes to the development of plate tectonic theory?

A ) Holmes, Wegener and Hess
B ) Morgan, Mackenzie and parker ✅
C ) Ortelius, Hess and Parker
D ) Wegener, Holmes and Morgan

36 - What is the key idea of plate tectonic theory?

A ) Plates are fixed but continents move
B ) Tectonic plates gradually separate ✅
C ) Earth has immobile plates
D ) Only oceanic plates move

37 - The idea of "Pangaea " sports which geological theory?

A ) Continental drift ✅
B ) Sea floor spreading
C ) Mantle Convention
D ) Plate Tectonic

38 - What does the sea floor separating theory emphasize?

A ) Tectonic plate collision
B ) Oceanic crust creation and movement ✅
C ) Sedimentation
D ) Earth's surface expansion

39 - Who proved the significance of the land beneath the sea?

A ) Harry Hess ✅
B ) Arthur Holmes
C ) Abraham Ortelius
D ) Alfred Wegener

40 - The term "Pangaea " refers to what ?

A ) Earth's outer core
B ) A supercontinent ✅
C ) A tectonic plate
D ) An ancient ocean

41 - What mechanism drive the moment of the tectonic plates according to Holmes?

A ) Tidal forces
B ) Earthquake activity
C ) Magnetic shifts
D ) Conventional currents ✅

42 - Tropical cyclone becomes horikand at speed more than----:

A ) 24 mph
B ) 44 mph
C ) 74 mph ✅
D ) None of these

43 - Cycles of monsoon are well developed in ----:

A ) Africa
B ) East United States
C ) North Australia
D ) South & South East Asia ✅

44 - Tropical stroms become hurricanes in which ocean?

A ) Atlantic ✅
B ) Indian
C ) Arctic
D ) Pacific

47 - Which of the following is the last planet in the solar system?

A ) Moon
B ) Neptune ✅
C ) Uranus
D ) Earth