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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Wooded areas are represented in |
| A. | green |
| B. | blue |
| C. | pink |
| D. | white |
| Answer» B. blue | |
| 2. |
The distance between sun and earth is approximately |
| A. | 100 million km |
| B. | 150 million km |
| C. | 300 million km |
| D. | 510 million km |
| Answer» C. 300 million km | |
| 3. |
Among air and nebula the denser is |
| A. | air |
| B. | nebula |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» B. nebula | |
| 4. |
A solar system is formed in |
| A. | 1 million years |
| B. | 10 million years |
| C. | 100 million years |
| D. | 10 billion years |
| Answer» C. 100 million years | |
| 5. |
The outer atmosphere of sun is called |
| A. | chromospheres |
| B. | photosphere |
| C. | convective zone |
| D. | corona |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Half of the maximum length of ellipse is called |
| A. | major axis |
| B. | minor axis |
| C. | semi major axis |
| D. | semi minor axis |
| Answer» D. semi minor axis | |
| 7. |
A kind of deposit which forms ridges along it side is regarded as |
| A. | glacial drift |
| B. | till |
| C. | stratified drift |
| D. | moraines |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
When sediment fall at the front of a glacier it is termed as |
| A. | lateral moraine |
| B. | ground moraine |
| C. | medial moraine |
| D. | terminal moraine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Rapid movement of huge mass of mud is called as |
| A. | mud flow |
| B. | mud slump |
| C. | creep |
| D. | burrow |
| Answer» B. mud slump | |
| 10. |
A slow movement of rock material downhill is called |
| A. | creep |
| B. | rapid mass movement |
| C. | gradual mass movement |
| D. | steady mass movement |
| Answer» B. rapid mass movement | |
| 11. |
Sorted and layered glacial deposit due to action of melted water is called |
| A. | glacial drift |
| B. | till |
| C. | stratified drift |
| D. | moraines |
| Answer» D. moraines | |
| 12. |
The light-colored igneous rocks are called |
| A. | serpentine |
| B. | felsic |
| C. | mafic |
| D. | shale |
| Answer» C. mafic | |
| 13. |
If metamorphism continues, schist turns into rock with district bands known as |
| A. | Garnet |
| B. | Schist |
| C. | Slate |
| D. | Gneiss |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Contact metamorphic rocks are found |
| A. | under regional metamorphic rocks |
| B. | over sedimentary and regional metamorphic rocks |
| C. | under sedimentary and over regional metamorphic rocks |
| D. | under regional metamorphic and over sedimentary rocks |
| Answer» D. under regional metamorphic and over sedimentary rocks | |
| 15. |
The ways of magma formation could be |
| A. | rock is heated and rock changes composition |
| B. | rock is heated and pressure is released |
| C. | rock is heated, pressure is released and rock changes its composition |
| D. | rock cools under pressure and pressure release under the crust |
| Answer» D. rock cools under pressure and pressure release under the crust | |
| 16. |
When magma cools, it solidifies to form |
| A. | black stones |
| B. | sedimentary rocks |
| C. | metamorphic rocks |
| D. | igneous rocks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Ice as compare to water is |
| A. | less dense |
| B. | more dense |
| C. | alike |
| D. | constant |
| Answer» B. more dense | |
| 18. |
Theory of Polynesians migration from Peru across pacific was given by |
| A. | Heyerdahl |
| B. | Jacque |
| C. | Jason |
| D. | John |
| Answer» B. Jacque | |
| 19. |
Three factors influence surface currents including |
| A. | continental slope |
| B. | Coriolis effect |
| C. | Monsoon winds |
| D. | humid atmosphere |
| Answer» C. Monsoon winds | |
| 20. |
To represent parts on Earth's surface, topographic maps generally use |
| A. | words |
| B. | alphabets |
| C. | symbols |
| D. | icons |
| Answer» D. icons | |
| 21. |
Because of increase in distance of lines of latitude close to north or south pole, the map |
| A. | shrinks |
| B. | collapses |
| C. | stretches |
| D. | collides |
| Answer» D. collides | |
| 22. |
The geographic poles of Earth are located on either |
| A. | tropics |
| B. | ends of axis |
| C. | ends of tropics |
| D. | equator or axis |
| Answer» C. ends of tropics | |
| 23. |
The waves used in radar can penetrate through |
| A. | clouds only |
| B. | water only |
| C. | clouds and water both |
| D. | solid only |
| Answer» D. solid only | |
| 24. |
When using a compass, we have to do correction between the |
| A. | north and south pole |
| B. | magnetic and electric pole |
| C. | geographic and electric pole |
| D. | magnetic and geographic pole |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Physical models of too small or too large objects help scientists |
| A. | picturize it |
| B. | build it |
| C. | shrink it |
| D. | calibrate it |
| Answer» B. build it | |
| 26. |
An example of physical model is |
| A. | airplane |
| B. | graph |
| C. | sketch |
| D. | paint |
| Answer» B. graph | |
| 27. |
Number 10 is chosen for the basis of SI units because it is |
| A. | binary |
| B. | easy to use |
| C. | trinary |
| D. | the first two digit number |
| Answer» C. trinary | |
| 28. |
To understand objects that are too small or too large to see, |
| A. | physical model is used |
| B. | mathematical model is used |
| C. | conceptual model is used |
| D. | mechanical model is used |
| Answer» B. mathematical model is used | |
| 29. |
Scientists who study the universe are known as |
| A. | Astrolomers |
| B. | Astronomers |
| C. | Geologists |
| D. | Meteorologists |
| Answer» C. Geologists | |
| 30. |
The way we consume these renewable resources, it effects their |
| A. | efficiency |
| B. | power |
| C. | availability |
| D. | cost |
| Answer» D. cost | |
| 31. |
Acid precipitation is bad for infrastructure because it eats up the |
| A. | limestone |
| B. | sandstone |
| C. | cement |
| D. | concrete |
| Answer» B. sandstone | |
| 32. |
The amount of natural resources that must be obtained from the Earth can be reduced by |
| A. | dumping |
| B. | recycling |
| C. | misusing |
| D. | increasing usage |
| Answer» C. misusing | |
| 33. |
Compared to fission, fusion produces |
| A. | more waste |
| B. | less waste |
| C. | less energy |
| D. | less power |
| Answer» C. less energy | |
| 34. |
A natural resource that can be replaced in the same rate at which it is consumed or used is known as |
| A. | Artificial Resources |
| B. | Natural Resources |
| C. | Renewable Resources |
| D. | Nonrenewable Resources |
| Answer» D. Nonrenewable Resources | |
| 35. |
When two or more glaciers erode a glacier there is found sharp and pyramid shaped |
| A. | horns |
| B. | cirques |
| C. | Ar?tes |
| D. | hanging valleys |
| Answer» B. cirques | |
| 36. |
The rock materials which are carried and deposited with help of glacier is called |
| A. | glacial drift |
| B. | till |
| C. | stratified drift |
| D. | moraines |
| Answer» B. till | |
| 37. |
The moraines which are formed on each side of a glacier is the |
| A. | lateral moraine |
| B. | ground moraine |
| C. | medial moraine |
| D. | terminal moraine |
| Answer» B. ground moraine | |
| 38. |
The movement of some part of land down a slope is called |
| A. | mass movement |
| B. | land movement |
| C. | landfill |
| D. | earthquake |
| Answer» B. land movement | |
| 39. |
Bowl shaped depressions due to cutting of mountain walls by glacier are called |
| A. | horns |
| B. | cirques |
| C. | Ar?tes |
| D. | hanging valleys |
| Answer» C. Ar?tes | |
| 40. |
Lahars are the mud flow of origin that is |
| A. | muddy |
| B. | volcanic |
| C. | watery |
| D. | glacial |
| Answer» C. watery | |
| 41. |
Smaller glacial valleys which are joined with main deeper valley are the |
| A. | u-shaped valley |
| B. | hanging valley |
| C. | deep valley |
| D. | glacier valley |
| Answer» C. deep valley | |
| 42. |
A movement of weathered hill material extremely slow is regarded as |
| A. | rapid mass movement |
| B. | slow mass movement |
| C. | gradual mass movement |
| D. | steady mass movement |
| Answer» C. gradual mass movement | |
| 43. |
A sudden movement of material like rock and soil down a slope is called as |
| A. | rock sliding |
| B. | rock fall |
| C. | rock melting |
| D. | landslide |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
When loose rocks fall off a steep slope it is called |
| A. | rock sliding |
| B. | rock fall |
| C. | rock melting |
| D. | landslide |
| Answer» C. rock melting | |
| 45. |
An example of compound could be |
| A. | Sodium (Na) |
| B. | Calcium (Ca) |
| C. | Table Salt (NaCl) |
| D. | Oxygen (O) |
| Answer» D. Oxygen (O) | |
| 46. |
In open pit mining, the ore is mined in |
| A. | layers |
| B. | steps |
| C. | one chain |
| D. | straight bores |
| Answer» B. steps | |
| 47. |
The color of the streak of a mineral is not always same as the color of |
| A. | streak plate |
| B. | solid mineral |
| C. | liquid mineral |
| D. | other mineral |
| Answer» C. liquid mineral | |
| 48. |
Another example of nonmetallic mineral could be |
| A. | sodium |
| B. | argon |
| C. | potassium |
| D. | calcium |
| Answer» C. potassium | |
| 49. |
Another example of metallic mineral could be |
| A. | nickel |
| B. | astatine |
| C. | iodine |
| D. | neon |
| Answer» B. astatine | |
| 50. |
To describe distance between to places far apart e.g. twin cities, scientists use |
| A. | miles |
| B. | meters |
| C. | kilometers |
| D. | megameters |
| Answer» D. megameters | |