GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 157

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 157

1561) Which of the following elements are found in highest and lowest quantities respectively in the crust of the Earth?
A) Oxygen and silicon
B) Calcium and sodium
C) Sodium and magnesium
D) Oxygen and magnesium

Answer: Oxygen and magnesium
   
1562) Consider the following statements
1. Weathered rock with change of volume is called saprolite.
2. The process of landscape formation by deep weathering followed by stripping of the saprolite is called etching.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
1563) Consider the following statements
1. Weathered rock with change of volume is called saprolite.
2. The process of landscape formation by deep weathering followed by stripping of the saprolite is called etching.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
1564) Earthquakes are caused by
A) ectonism
B) denudation
C) Earth revolution
D) Earth rotation

Answer: ectonism
   
1565) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I (City)      List II (Earthquake Zone)
A. Kolkata      1. Zone V
B. Guwahati      2. Zone IV
C. Delhi      3. Zone III
D. Chennai      4. Zone II

Codes are given in A B C D order.
A) 3 2 1 4
B) 3 1 2 4
C) 4 1 2 3
D) 4 2 1 3

Answer: 3 1 2 4

1566) Regarding Abrasion, a weathering process, choose the correct statement(s)
1. It is a wearing down process related only to fluvial erosion.
2. Friction is the prime force responsible for Abrasion.
3. Attrition is same as Abrasion in all respect.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) 2 and 3

Answer: Only 2
   
1567) Surface waves in earthquake are considered more disastrous. Pick correct statements regarding it.
1. S-waves are shear waves.
2. S-waves can travel only through solid.
3. S-waves are slower titan P-waves.
4. Speed is typically around 60% of that P-waves.
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above
   
1568) Match the following
List I (Wave)      List II (Characteristic)
A. Body      1. Travel through interior waves of Earth
B. Surface waves      2. Decay's more rapidly more destructive
C. P waves      3. Compressional waves, longitudinal in nature, travel through all media waves
D. S waves      4. Transverse waves, displace ground perpendicular to direction of propagation

Options are given in A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 3 2 1 4
C) 4 1 3 2
D) 3 1 2 4

Answer: 1 2 3 4
   
1569) Match the following
List I (Land forms)      List II (Feature)
A. Alluvial cone      1. Generally formed in acid region
B. Alluvial fan      2. When stream exudes out of constricted course
C. Alluvial flat      3. At border of river flat tract
D. Alluvial terrace      4. Paired in some cases on opposite sides

Options are given in A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 3 2 1 4
C) 4 1 3 2
D) 1 4 3 2

Answer: 1 2 3 4
   
1570) Mountain building is very slow process, that take place through multiple ways. Choose which are included.
1. Plate tectonics
2. Folding and faulting
3. Volcanic activity
4. Igneous intrusion
A) 1 and 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 1, 3 and 4
D) All of these

Answer: All of these