EARTH MCQS SET 05

EARTH MCQS SET 05

 

1. Minerals in which a country has total inadequacy and depend upon foreign sources for its needs are described as
a) Strategic minerals
b) Critical minerals
c) Essential minerals
d) Expendable minerals

2. Hail is a type of precipitation that consists of
a) Ice crystals of delicate, feathery structure
b) Hard pallets of ice
c) Droplets of water deposited on objects near the ground
d) Minute crystals of ice deposited on a cold surface

3. A dense mass of water on smoke or dust particles in the lower atmospheric layers constitute
a) Fog
b) Mist
c) Frost
d) Blizzard

4. A majority of aquifer consists of
a) Sand and gravels
b) Sandstones
c) Limestones
d) Porous breccias and conglomerate

5. An impermeable formation that neither contains nor transmit water is called
a) Aquifer
b) Aquiclude
c) Aquifuge
d) Aquitard

6. In general, fine-grained rocks have
a) High porosity
b) High permeability
c) High porosity and permeability
d) High porosity and low permeability

7. Which of the following materials has the highest porosity?
a) Clay
b) Silt
c) Gravels
d) Sandstones

8. Which of the following has the least stiffness?
a) Limestone
b) Sandstone
c) Quartz
d) Basalt

9. The type of dam preferred where the river section is wide and the foundation is unsound is
a) Gravity dam
b) Embankment dam
c) Arch dam
d) Multiple arch dam

10. The soil that is most characteristic of the Archaean basement of the peninsular India is
a) Alluvial soil
b) Laterite soil
c) Red soil
d) Regur

ANSWERS:
1)a)Strategic minerals
2)b)Hard pallets of ice
3)a)Fog
4)a)Sand and gravels
5)b)Aquiclude
6)b)High porosity and low permeability
7)a)Clay
8)c)Quartz
9)d)Multiple arch dam
10)c)Red soil