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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 layer which is of plastic and allow movement of pieces of mantle is called |
| A. | lithosphere |
| B. | asthenosphere |
| C. | mesosphere |
| D. | tectonic plates |
| Answer» C. mesosphere | |
| 2. |
The parts of wave includes |
| A. | troughs |
| B. | wavelength |
| C. | wave height |
| D. | wave direction |
| Answer» B. wavelength | |
| 3. |
The time elapsed between passage of two waves crest is called |
| A. | wave period |
| B. | wave energy |
| C. | wave height |
| D. | wave length |
| Answer» B. wave energy | |
| 4. |
The difference in levels of ocean water between a high tide and low tide is called |
| A. | tidal average |
| B. | tidal range |
| C. | neap tide |
| D. | spring tide |
| Answer» C. neap tide | |
| 5. |
Tidal bores are found in |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Afghanistan |
| D. | Iran |
| Answer» B. India | |
| 6. |
The vertical distance which lies between a crest and trough is called |
| A. | wave energy |
| B. | wave height |
| C. | wave length |
| D. | wave direction |
| Answer» C. wave length | |
| 7. |
The distance between two adjacent crest is regarded as |
| A. | troughs |
| B. | wave height |
| C. | wave length |
| D. | wave direction |
| Answer» D. wave direction | |
| 8. |
The map is processed by measuring waves' |
| A. | speed only |
| B. | distance only |
| C. | time only |
| D. | speed and distance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
As we move away from the point of contact, the rate of distortion |
| A. | increases |
| B. | decreases |
| C. | may increase or decrease |
| D. | remains same |
| Answer» B. decreases | |
| 10. |
Lines of latitude and longitude cross each other forming a |
| A. | table system |
| B. | geographical system |
| C. | magnetic system |
| D. | grid system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Longitude is expressed in |
| A. | alphabets |
| B. | kilometers |
| C. | degrees |
| D. | candelas |
| Answer» D. candelas | |
| 12. |
The areas where air moves apart and sinks is the |
| A. | anticyclones |
| B. | cyclones |
| C. | weather |
| D. | climate |
| Answer» B. cyclones | |
| 13. |
The sound which is formed by expansion of air with lightning is called |
| A. | strike |
| B. | thud |
| C. | thunder |
| D. | trumpet |
| Answer» D. trumpet | |
| 14. |
The dust which is produced by volcanic eruption has effect on sunlight which is |
| A. | refracting |
| B. | reflecting |
| C. | absorbing |
| D. | releasing |
| Answer» C. absorbing | |
| 15. |
Lines which connect points of equal pressure are regarded as |
| A. | iso bars |
| B. | fronts |
| C. | waves |
| D. | glosses |
| Answer» B. fronts | |
| 16. |
When tornado is spotted it is regarded as |
| A. | warning |
| B. | red alert |
| C. | watch |
| D. | broadcast |
| Answer» B. red alert | |
| 17. |
The mineral's resistance to being scratched is called |
| A. | Fracture |
| B. | Cleavage |
| C. | Hardness |
| D. | Streak |
| Answer» D. Streak | |
| 18. |
In reference to light, metallic minerals |
| A. | allow it to pass |
| B. | allow it to refract |
| C. | don't allow it to pass |
| D. | don't allow it to reflect |
| Answer» D. don't allow it to reflect | |
| 19. |
The color and appearance of minerals changes due to |
| A. | impurities |
| B. | density |
| C. | mass |
| D. | volume |
| Answer» B. density | |
| 20. |
The number of types of lusters minerals have is |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» C. four | |
| 21. |
An example of element could be |
| A. | Table Salt (NaCl) |
| B. | Potassium Fluoride (KF) |
| C. | Calcium Iodide (CaI2) |
| D. | Phosphorus (P) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The example of fault block mountain is |
| A. | Alps in Europe |
| B. | Himalayas |
| C. | Ural |
| D. | Tetons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The oceanic lithosphere tend to slide downhill due to gravitation because of |
| A. | ridge push |
| B. | slab pull |
| C. | convection |
| D. | conduction |
| Answer» B. slab pull | |
| 24. |
Pangaea was having a sea around it called as |
| A. | Laurasia |
| B. | Arabian sea |
| C. | Panthalassa |
| D. | Gondawana |
| Answer» D. Gondawana | |
| 25. |
The process by which magma rises forming new oceanic lithosphere layers is called |
| A. | sea floor spreading |
| B. | sea flooring |
| C. | sea bed spreading |
| D. | sea REVERSAL |
| Answer» B. sea flooring | |
| 26. |
A tectonic plate consists of |
| A. | oceanic crust |
| B. | continental crust |
| C. | upper part of mantle |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The general freezing point of magma is |
| A. | 500 °C |
| B. | 700 °C |
| C. | 1000 °C |
| D. | 1250 °C |
| Answer» C. 1000 °C | |
| 28. |
The greatest change takes place when magma |
| A. | directly hits the rocks |
| B. | cools over the rocks |
| C. | exerts more pressure on rocks |
| D. | releases more heat on the rocks |
| Answer» B. cools over the rocks | |
| 29. |
Extrusive rock is common around |
| A. | mountains |
| B. | ocean beds |
| C. | sea beds |
| D. | volcanoes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers is known as |
| A. | Stratification |
| B. | Composition |
| C. | Deposition |
| D. | Erosion |
| Answer» B. Composition | |
| 31. |
When rock or mineral fragments are cemented together, they form |
| A. | Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
| B. | Chemical Sedimentary Rock |
| C. | Organic Sedimentary Rock |
| D. | Inorganic Sedimentary Rock |
| Answer» B. Chemical Sedimentary Rock | |
| 32. |
The air on Venus mainly comprises of |
| A. | hydrogen |
| B. | oxygen |
| C. | carbon dioxide |
| D. | helium |
| Answer» D. helium | |
| 33. |
In Greek 'planets' mean |
| A. | wanderer |
| B. | stars |
| C. | huge |
| D. | tiniest |
| Answer» B. stars | |
| 34. |
The period of rotation of the moon of Earth is 27 days and |
| A. | 9 hours |
| B. | 7 hours |
| C. | 5 hours |
| D. | 11 hours |
| Answer» B. 7 hours | |
| 35. |
The circular large feature on Mars is the |
| A. | Schiaparelli |
| B. | crates |
| C. | cervices |
| D. | bulge |
| Answer» B. crates | |
| 36. |
There is no water on a planet but there exists strong evidence it did in history it is |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Jupiter |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Venus |
| Answer» B. Jupiter | |
| 37. |
If a stream or river passes a valley, the V points |
| A. | downstream |
| B. | upstream |
| C. | waterfall |
| D. | shallow water |
| Answer» C. waterfall | |
| 38. |
A map that shows surface features of Earth is known as |
| A. | Topographic map |
| B. | Elementary map |
| C. | Cylindrical map |
| D. | Azimuthal map |
| Answer» B. Elementary map | |
| 39. |
The proportionality of contour interval to relief is |
| A. | direct |
| B. | inverse |
| C. | same |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. inverse | |
| 40. |
When we give direction to something, we generally name a |
| A. | street |
| B. | road |
| C. | building |
| D. | landmark |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Airplane and boat pilots use GPS for |
| A. | mapping |
| B. | limit setting in air or water |
| C. | navigation |
| D. | bearing |
| Answer» D. bearing | |
| 42. |
If the temperature and pressure under the sediment is very high, the sedimentary rocks would change into |
| A. | non-sedimentary rocks |
| B. | metamorphic rocks |
| C. | magma |
| D. | igneous rocks |
| Answer» C. magma | |
| 43. |
Igneous rock begins as |
| A. | core of Earth |
| B. | mantle of Earth |
| C. | magma |
| D. | sand |
| Answer» D. sand | |
| 44. |
Intrusive Igneous Rocks usually have |
| A. | fine-grained texture |
| B. | medium-grained texture |
| C. | coarse-grained texture |
| D. | hard-grained texture |
| Answer» D. hard-grained texture | |
| 45. |
Due to erosion, the sediment is deposited in |
| A. | parts |
| B. | layers |
| C. | pieces |
| D. | powder |
| Answer» C. pieces | |
| 46. |
Halite is a chemical sedimentary rock that is made up of |
| A. | AgCl2 |
| B. | KF |
| C. | NaCl |
| D. | Al2O3 |
| Answer» D. Al2O3 | |
| 47. |
A gaseous mixture of hydrocarbon chains/compounds is known as |
| A. | Ester |
| B. | Natural Gas |
| C. | Halo alkanes |
| D. | Carboxyl Gas |
| Answer» C. Halo alkanes | |
| 48. |
In chemistry, the carbon-hydrogen are named as |
| A. | carbohydrogen |
| B. | hydrocarbon |
| C. | kerogen |
| D. | hydronic |
| Answer» C. kerogen | |
| 49. |
People stopped using coal nowadays because it causes |
| A. | respiratory diseases |
| B. | air pollution |
| C. | lung cancer |
| D. | skin cancer |
| Answer» C. lung cancer | |
| 50. |
The general types of coal are |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» D. five | |