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Geomorphology D. Fossils (iv) Innermost layer
Level I of the earth.
1. Which one of the following is the dominant Codes :
element of the earth crust? (a) A - iii, B - ii, C - iv, D - i
(a) Aluminium (b) Iron (b) A-ii, B-i, C-iii, D-iv
(c) Oxygen (d) Silicon (c) A - iii, B - i, C - iv, D - ii
2. The mouth of a volcano is known as (d) A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii
(a) Glacier (b) Cone 11. Which of the following statements relating to
(c) Crater (d) Pipe Earthquakes is/are correct?
3. Gutenberg discontinuity separates 1. The point of origin of Earthquake is called
(a) Crust from the upper mantle epicenter.
(b) Upper mantle from lower mantle 2. The lines joining the places which were
(c) Lower mantle from outer core affected Earthquake at the same point of time
(d) Outer core from the inner core are called homoseismal lines.
4. The largest volume and mass of the earth is Select the correct answer using the codes
found in given below
(a) Crust (b) Mantle (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Outer core (d) Inner core (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Which one of the following is not related to 12. Which of the following statements is / are
plate Tectonic Theory? correct?
(a) Continental drift (b) Pole wandering 1. The earth is nearest to the sun at Perihelion,
(c) Transform fault (d) Sea floor spreading which generally occurs on January 3
6. Epicentre is concerned with 2. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at
(a) Earthquake (b) Volcano Perihelion, which generally occurs on July 4
(c) Cyclone (d) Land sliding 3. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at
7. What does the term ‘sial’ refer to ? Aphelion, which generally occurs on July 4
(a) Earth’s surface layer 4. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Aphelion,
(b) The core part of the earth which generally occurs on January 3.
(c) Ocean bottom rocks Select the correct answer using the code
(d) A rock which is rich in calcium given below :
8. ‘Nife’ refers to (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 4
(a) innermost layer of the earth (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2
(b) outermost layer of the earth 13. Which one of the following is the reason due
(c) intermediate layer of the earth to which the wind in the southern hemisphere
(d) none of the above is deflected towards its left?
9. Isoseismal lines join places (a) Difference in the water masses of northern
(a) experiencing no earthquake and southern hemisphere
(b) experiencing the same intensity of the (b) Temperature and pressure variations
earthquake (c) Inclined axis of the Earth
(c) experiencing the earthquake for the same (d) Rotation of the Earth
duration 14. Which of the following elements are found in
(d) experiencing an earthquake at the same highest and lowest quantities respectively in
time the crust of the earth?
10. Match column I with column II and select the (a) Oxygen and silicon
correct answer using the code given below (b) Calcium and sodium
the columns: (c) Sodium and magnesium
Column I Column II (d) Oxygen and magnesium
A. Sial (i) Remains of the 15. How many hours of daylight does the equator
dead plants and experience on September equinox?
animals trapped in (a) 8 hours (b) 9 hours
rocks (c) 10 hours (d) 12 hours
B. Sima (ii) Layer lies between 16. Which one of the following is correct?
crust and core The mean distance from the Sun to the Earth
C. Nife (iii) Uppermost layer of is called a/an
the earth. (a) Light year (b) Parallactic second
(c) Astronomical unit (d) Angstrom

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17. An Earthquake epicentre is the 1. they are crystalline
(a) point where the seismograph is located 2. they have a layered structure
(b) point within the Earth where the movement 3. they contain metals
along the fault occurs 4. they contain fossils
(c) approximate centre of a group of related (a) 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
Earthquakes (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
(d) point on the surface directly above where 28. What is true of sedimentary rocks?
the rupture along the fault zone occur 1. they are layered.
18. Match the following 2. they contain fossils.
List I List II 3. they are transported rocks.
(Sphere of the Earth (Main Constituent of 4. many of these are formed in water bodies.
the the Sphere) (a) 1,2 and 3 (b) 1,2 and 4
A. Lithosphere 1 Living objects (c) 1 and 4 (d) all the above
B. Hydrosphere 2 Mixture of gases 29. Match List-I with List-ll and select the correct
C. Atmosphere 3 Water answer using the code given below the Lists
D. Biosphere 4 Soil Codes List-I List-ll
A B C D (Weathering type) (Landform/ Process)
(a) 1 2 3 4 A. Chemical weathering 1. Till
(b) 4 2 3 1 B. Mechanical weathering 2. Oxidation
(c) 1 3 2 4 C. Glacial deposits 3. Plant roots
(d) 4 3 2 1 D. Deposition by ground 4. Stalactite
19. Which of the following is/are direct source(s) water
of information about the interior of the Earth? A B C D
(a) Earthquake wave (b) Volcano (a) 2 3 1 4
(c) Gravitational force (d) Earth magnetism (b) 2 1 3 4
Select the correct answer using the codes (c) 4 1 3 2
given below (d) 4 3 1 2
(a) 1 and 2 (b) Only 2 30. Which one of the following describes the
(c) 3 and 4 (d) All of these Lithosphere?
20. Which one of the following is not a (a) Upper and lower mantle
metamorphic rock? (b) Crust and upper mantle
(a) Geneiss (b) Conglomerate (c) Crust and core
(c) Quartzite (d) Schist (d) Mantle and core
21. During volcanic eruption deposition of lava in 31. An up fold in rock is:
anticlines and synclines of folded mountains (a) graben (b) horse
accounts for formation of (c) anticline (d) syncline
(a) Phacolith (b) Lopolith 32. ‘Esker’ is a geomorphic feature developed by
(c) Batholith (d) Lacolith (a) mechanical weathering
22. Which one among the following is a primary (b) river action
rock? (c) glaciofluvial deposits
(a) Sedimentary rock (b) Igneous rock (d) aeolian deposits
(c) Metamorphic rock (d) None of these 33. On the earth, originally, there was only one
23. Granite and Basalt are the examples of which huge landmass which is known is
of the following? (a) Panthalassa (b) Pangaea
(a) Sedimentary rock (b) Metamorphic rock (c) Laurasia (d) Gondwanaland
(c) Igneous rock (d) Calcareous rock 34. Which one of the following is not a glacio-
24. Which of the following is not igneous rock? fluvial depositional feature?
(a) Granite (b) Conglomerate (a) Drumlin (b) Esker
(c) Basalt (d) Rhyolite (c) Horn (d) Kame
25. Quartzite is metamorphosed from 35. Peneplain is related to
(a) Limestone (b) Obsidian (a) wind (b) underground water
(c) Sandstone (d) Shale (c) glacier (d) river
26. Limestone is an example of 36. The sideways erosion which widens the river
(a) sedimentary rocks (b) metamorphic rocks valley called?
(c) igneous rocks (d) volcanic rocks (a) Lateral Corrosion (b) Vertical Corrosion
27. What is not true of igneous rocks? (c) Side Corrosion (d) Mean Corrosion

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37. Sink hole is a phenomenon of (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(a) Plain (b) Desert (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and 4
(c) Tundra (d) Karst 45. Study the following statements and select the
38. Ox-bow lake is a feature formed by correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) River erosion in youthful stage (a) The average density of rocks in the lower
(b) Transportation action of the river crust of the earth is 3.
(c) River erosion in mature stage (b) There is a gradual decrease in the velocity
(d) Deposition in old stage of a river of the seismic waves through the lower crust.
39. Which one is not a depositional landform (c) The mantle-core boundary is marked by
developed by the running water? Moho-discontinuity.
(a) River terraces (b) Alluvial (d) The outer core of the earth is in molten
(c) Natural levees (d) Delta form.
40. Assertion (A): The circum-pacific belt is the (a) 1 and 2 are correct (b) 2 and 3 are correct
most vulnerable zone of Tsunamis. (c) 3 and 4 are correct (d) 1 and 4 are correct
Reason (R): It is tectonically most active area 46. Which of the following elements exhibit the
and generates world’s major earthquakes. following properties?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (a) It is the third most abundant element in the
explanation of A. earth crust.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (b) It exists in a stable combination with other
correct explanation of A. materials mainly silicates and oxides.
(c) A is true, but R is false. (c) It has high strength-to-weight ratio.
(d) A is false, but R is true. (a) Magnesium (b) Iron
41. The formation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a (c) Aluminium (d) Calcium
typical example of the process of 47. Choose the correct statement(s)?
1. Convergence 2. Divergence 1. The movement of interior plates of earth
3. Shear 4. Sea floor spreading causes change in surface of earth.
Select the correct answer from the following 2. Sea waves comes under exogenic force.
Codes: 3. Sudden movement of interior of earth
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 causes earthquakes.
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 3 (a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2
42. Which of the following does not affect the (c) 1 and 3 (d) All are true
distribution of insolation? 48. Which one of the following has geographical
(a) Altitude position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude?
(b) Angle of sun’s rays (a) In the South Atlantic Ocean
(c) Length of the day (d) Ocean currents (b) In the Mediterranean Sea
(c) In Ghana, a West African country
(d) Greenwich Observatory in England
Level II 49. Composite volcanic cone is also called strata
43. Which of the following concepts form basis for cone because of the
the Plate Tectonic Theory? Use the codes (a) alternating sheets of lava and pyroclastic
given below to select the correct answer: materials
(a) Continental drift (b) Isostasy (b) uneven streams of lava flow
(c) Palaeomagnetism (d) Pole wandering (c) cataclysmic eruption
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (d) eruption of lava flow from a fissure
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and 4 50. Which of the following rocks is not likely to
44. Study the following statements about the contain fossils?
interior of the earth and select the correct (a) Conglomerate (b) Granite
answer from the codes given below: (c) Shale (d) Sandstone
(a) The average density of the outer crust is 51. Consider the following statements
2.8. 1. Igneous rocks are rich in natural gas.
(b) The crust is separated from the mantle by 2. Igneous rocks are rich in metallic minerals.
the Gutenberg discontinuity. 3. Igneous rocks are not fossiliferous.
(c) There is sudden increase in the velocity of 4. Igneous rocks consist of silicate minerals.
P waves along the mantle core boundary. Which of the statements given above are
(d) The inner core of the earth is in molten correct?
state. (a) 1,2 and 3 (b) 1,2 and 4

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(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1,2, 3 and 4 (c) The currents of the vast Pacific Ocean
52. The factor that determines the water holding continue to dash against the continental
capacity of rock debris is its margins
(1) porosity (2) texture (d) These margins coincide with the plate
(3) structure (4) permeability margins
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 1,2 and 3
(c) 1,2 and 4 (d) All of these
53. Match column I with column II and select the
correct answer using the code given below the
columns:
Column I Column II
A. Basalt (i) Intrusive igneous rock
B. Granite (ii) Metamorphic rock
C. Sandstone (iii) Extrusive igneous rock
D. Marble (iv) Sedimentary rock
(a) A - iii, B - iv, C - i, D - ii
(b) A - iii, B - i, C - iv, D - ii
(c) A-iv, B - iii, C - ii, D - i
(d) A - i, B - iii, C - iv, D - ii
54. Why do Fold Mountains have enormous
thickness of sedimentary rocks?
(a) Due to deposition of sediments in a valley
for millions of years
(b) Due to accumulation of sediments in a
geosyncline
(c) The plains were folded into mountains
(d) The sediments were folded into recumbent
and nappe folds
55. Which one among the following is not an
igneous rock?
(a) Granite (b) Basalt
(c) Gabbro (d) Gneiss
56. Why is hydrolysis an effective form of
chemical decomposition of bedrock in humid
tropics?
(1) Humid tropics experience high
temperature and humidity.
(2) There is high diurnal range in temperature.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
57. Which of the following forms of the land is not
a result of ‘faulting’?
(a) Rift Valley (b) Ramp Valley
(c) Horst (d) Chevron
58. Which one among the following best explains
the reason for the Eastern and Western
boundaries of the Pacific Ocean experiencing
frequent earth-quake?
(a) There are deep ocean trenches along
these margins
(b) High mountain stretch along the
continental margins adjacent to this ocean

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