Geology

Total Questions: 47

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

A ) Metamorphic rock
B ) Igneous rock
C ) Backlight rock
D ) Sedimentary rock ✅

3 - Sedimentary rocks are----:

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

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

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

5 - Which direction does gain flow around areas of high pressure in the 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 ) Creeping
B ) Erosion ✅
C ) Silting
D ) Water logging

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 - Which layer of Earth produces magma?

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

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

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

18 - Which type of rock and contain fossils?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A ) Marble ✅
B ) Slate
C ) Schist
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 drafting (separation) begin?

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

31 - Who first proposed the concept of Continental draft?

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

32 - Who is credited with proposing the theory of Continental draft in 1912?

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

33 - What does the conventional current theory explain?

A ) Mental moments ✅
B ) Mountain formation
C ) Sea-floor separating
D ) Continental breakup

34 - What was the plate tectonic theory developed?

A ) 1944 ✅
B ) 1950
C ) 1960
D ) 1980

35 - Who contributed 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 platea tectonic theory?

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

37 - The idea of Pangaea supports which geological theory?

A ) Sea floor separating
B ) Mantle convection
C ) Continental drift ✅
D ) Plate Tectonics

38 - What does the Sea-floor spreading theory emphasize?

A ) Tectonic plates 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 tectonic plate
C ) A supercontinent ✅
D ) An ancient ocean

41 - What mechanism drives the movement of tectonic plates according to Holmes?

A ) Tidal force
B ) Earth quack activity
C ) Magnetic shifts
D ) Conventional currents ✅

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

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

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

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

44 - Tropical stroms become hurricanes in which ocean?

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

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

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