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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. |
The satellite used by military for measuring ocean's surface is known as |
| A. | geosat |
| B. | sea sat |
| C. | goes -12 |
| D. | galaxy-14 |
| Answer» B. sea sat | |
| 2. |
The measure of dissolved salts in a specific liquid is called |
| A. | solubility |
| B. | salinity |
| C. | consistency |
| D. | density |
| Answer» C. consistency | |
| 3. |
The number of types of metamorphism are |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» B. three | |
| 4. |
Mineral that form on a certain temperature and pressure are known as |
| A. | index minerals |
| B. | complex minerals |
| C. | reflex minerals |
| D. | specific minerals |
| Answer» B. complex minerals | |
| 5. |
Each rock can change into other |
| A. | sediments |
| B. | metamorphism |
| C. | rock types |
| D. | deposition processes |
| Answer» D. deposition processes | |
| 6. |
When fine-grained sediments at the bottom of shallow water are exposed to air, they dry out to form structures known as |
| A. | Ripple cracks |
| B. | Water marks |
| C. | Ripple marks |
| D. | Mud cracks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The rock fragments are the sediment of which |
| A. | primary rocks are made |
| B. | secondary rocks are made |
| C. | sedimentary rocks are made |
| D. | non-sedimentary rocks are broken down |
| Answer» D. non-sedimentary rocks are broken down | |
| 8. |
There is less usage of nuclear power plants because |
| A. | they emit radiations |
| B. | there waste is highly radioactive |
| C. | fission is like an explosion |
| D. | fission is expensive |
| Answer» C. fission is like an explosion | |
| 9. |
Compared to peat, the composition of carbon in lignite is |
| A. | less |
| B. | more |
| C. | equal |
| D. | may be less or more |
| Answer» C. equal | |
| 10. |
Another example of nonrenewable resource could be |
| A. | trees |
| B. | sun |
| C. | fossil fuel |
| D. | wind or air |
| Answer» D. wind or air | |
| 11. |
The energy from burning coal is used in power plants to produce |
| A. | heat |
| B. | metals |
| C. | alloys |
| D. | electricity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Smog is generally caused by |
| A. | industries |
| B. | automobiles |
| C. | mines |
| D. | harbors |
| Answer» C. mines | |
| 13. |
Steep slopes have |
| A. | close contour lines |
| B. | distant contour lines |
| C. | dotted contour lines |
| D. | solid contour lines |
| Answer» B. distant contour lines | |
| 14. |
Prime meridian is the line that represents |
| A. | 0° longitude |
| B. | 90° longitude |
| C. | 180° longitude |
| D. | 360° longitude |
| Answer» B. 90° longitude | |
| 15. |
A tool that uses the natural magnetism of Earth to show direction is known as |
| A. | magnetic compass |
| B. | electric compass |
| C. | magnetic accelerometer |
| D. | magnetic gyroscope |
| Answer» B. electric compass | |
| 16. |
The common shapes of map projections are |
| A. | cone and planes |
| B. | cylinders and cones |
| C. | cylinder and planes |
| D. | cylinder, cones and planes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The Mercator Projection show the lines of latitude and longitude as |
| A. | curved paths |
| B. | straight lines |
| C. | graphs |
| D. | round paths |
| Answer» C. graphs | |
| 18. |
Universe is infinite, so astronomers are dependent on |
| A. | stars |
| B. | light |
| C. | galaxies |
| D. | technology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
With a model, scientists can analyze |
| A. | earth |
| B. | different objects |
| C. | planets |
| D. | space |
| Answer» C. planets | |
| 20. |
The measure of how hot or cold an object is, is known as |
| A. | heat |
| B. | temperature |
| C. | pressure |
| D. | density |
| Answer» C. pressure | |
| 21. |
Another type of telescopes that use radio waves are known as |
| A. | radio telescope |
| B. | optical telescope |
| C. | systematic telescopes |
| D. | ultraviolet telescopes |
| Answer» B. optical telescope | |
| 22. |
Biological oceanography refers to |
| A. | physical processes in ocean |
| B. | life in ocean |
| C. | chemical processes in ocean |
| D. | physical and chemical, both processes |
| Answer» C. chemical processes in ocean | |
| 23. |
Pangaea is Greek word which means |
| A. | all sea |
| B. | all earth |
| C. | all planets |
| D. | all continents |
| Answer» C. all planets | |
| 24. |
When there is movement of rocks horizontally due to opposite forces there is formed |
| A. | normal fault |
| B. | reverse fault |
| C. | strike-slip fault |
| D. | arbitrary fault |
| Answer» D. arbitrary fault | |
| 25. |
The upward aching folding is called |
| A. | anticline |
| B. | syncline |
| C. | monocline |
| D. | decline |
| Answer» B. syncline | |
| 26. |
Vibrations are produced during earthquakes which are called as |
| A. | shock waves |
| B. | after effects |
| C. | seismic waves |
| D. | earth waves |
| Answer» D. earth waves | |
| 27. |
The sinking of regions of Crust of Earth is called |
| A. | lower elevation |
| B. | subsidence |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | decline |
| Answer» D. decline | |
| 28. |
The way a surface reflects light is known as |
| A. | color |
| B. | shade |
| C. | luster |
| D. | filter |
| Answer» D. filter | |
| 29. |
Other than providing minerals, mining has many |
| A. | problems |
| B. | advantages |
| C. | benefits |
| D. | other components |
| Answer» B. advantages | |
| 30. |
The rest of the Earth is made up of |
| A. | Organic minerals |
| B. | Nonsilicate minerals |
| C. | Inorganic minerals |
| D. | Carbonic minerals |
| Answer» C. Inorganic minerals | |
| 31. |
The tendency of some minerals to break unevenly along curved and irregular surface is known as |
| A. | Fracture |
| B. | Cleavage |
| C. | Streak |
| D. | Luster |
| Answer» B. Cleavage | |
| 32. |
Types of surface mining include |
| A. | open pits only |
| B. | surface coal mines only |
| C. | quarries only |
| D. | all three of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
A system of orbiting satellites that send radio signals to receivers on Earth is a |
| A. | Navigator |
| B. | Radio |
| C. | Radar |
| D. | GPS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
The most distorted area is the area |
| A. | far from the latitude |
| B. | close to the latitude |
| C. | far from longitude |
| D. | close to longitude |
| Answer» C. far from longitude | |
| 35. |
In azimuthal projection, the plane touches the globe at |
| A. | only one point |
| B. | two points |
| C. | four points |
| D. | no point |
| Answer» B. two points | |
| 36. |
As Earth is a globe, the most accurate model of it is a |
| A. | map on chart |
| B. | globe |
| C. | map on a spherical fruit |
| D. | map on a circular paper |
| Answer» C. map on a spherical fruit | |
| 37. |
Areas under water are indicated with |
| A. | green color |
| B. | blue color |
| C. | white color |
| D. | grey color |
| Answer» C. white color | |
| 38. |
The kind, size and color of a sediment differs the sedimentary rock's |
| A. | Composition |
| B. | Strata |
| C. | Texture |
| D. | Formation |
| Answer» C. Texture | |
| 39. |
The minerals of a rock determine its |
| A. | color |
| B. | shape |
| C. | composition |
| D. | size |
| Answer» D. size | |
| 40. |
When quartz sand grains cement together, they form |
| A. | quartzite |
| B. | granite |
| C. | quartz sandstone |
| D. | garnet |
| Answer» D. garnet | |
| 41. |
If slate is exposed to more heat and pressure it changes into |
| A. | Phyllite |
| B. | Schist |
| C. | Gneiss |
| D. | Garnet |
| Answer» B. Schist | |
| 42. |
Winds, rains, ice and even sunlight causes rocks to weather into |
| A. | stones |
| B. | pebbles |
| C. | fragments |
| D. | sand |
| Answer» D. sand | |
| 43. |
Letter 'r' in word sonar stands for |
| A. | radiation |
| B. | radiometric |
| C. | ranging |
| D. | rift |
| Answer» D. rift | |
| 44. |
The mild slopping area between continental slope and abyssal plain is regarded as |
| A. | trenches |
| B. | continental rise |
| C. | rift valley |
| D. | continental shelf |
| Answer» C. rift valley | |
| 45. |
A sloping area which lies between shoreline and continental slope is known as |
| A. | trenches |
| B. | continental shelf |
| C. | continental rise |
| D. | abyssal plain |
| Answer» C. continental rise | |
| 46. |
The smallest ocean is the |
| A. | Pacific Ocean |
| B. | Arctic Ocean |
| C. | Indian Ocean |
| D. | Atlantic Ocean |
| Answer» C. Indian Ocean | |
| 47. |
Speed of sound in water is around |
| A. | 2200m/s |
| B. | 8100m/s |
| C. | 1500m/s |
| D. | 5100m/s |
| Answer» D. 5100m/s | |
| 48. |
The amount of energy released by fusion is in |
| A. | less amount |
| B. | huge amount |
| C. | moderate amount |
| D. | variable amounts |
| Answer» C. moderate amount | |
| 49. |
The process used to dig out the fossil fuels from Earth's crust depend on the |
| A. | location only |
| B. | type of land only |
| C. | location and type of land |
| D. | the elevation of land |
| Answer» D. the elevation of land | |
| 50. |
All living things contain the element |
| A. | carbon |
| B. | tungsten |
| C. | argon |
| D. | cobalt |
| Answer» B. tungsten | |