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| 1. |
Which of the following plateau is not included in the category of intermountain plateau? |
| A. | Plateau of Tibet |
| B. | Plateau of Mexico |
| C. | plateau of bolivia |
| D. | Chotanagpur Plateau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is a mountain plateau? |
| A. | Plateau of Tibet |
| B. | Patagonia Plateau |
| C. | Plateau of Brazil |
| D. | plateau of bolivia |
| Answer» C. Plateau of Brazil | |
| 3. |
An example of an intermountain plateau is not |
| A. | Plateau of Tibet |
| B. | Plateau of Colombia |
| C. | Patagonia Plateau |
| D. | plateau of bolivia |
| Answer» D. plateau of bolivia | |
| 4. |
In which of the following countries is the Potawar Plateau located? |
| A. | vietnam |
| B. | Myanmar |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The positions of the mountains, that is, the hard plateau situated on the support of a mountain, are called - |
| A. | Inland mountain plateau |
| B. | mountain plateau |
| C. | Continental plate |
| D. | aerial plateau |
| Answer» C. Continental plate | |
| 6. |
Mount Everest. . . . . . . . . . . . . In the country - |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Nepal |
| D. | Bhutan |
| Answer» D. Bhutan | |
| 7. |
What percentage of the world's population lives in the plateau areas? |
| A. | 5 percent |
| B. | 9 percent |
| C. | 16 percent |
| D. | 26 percent |
| Answer» C. 16 percent | |
| 8. |
The plateaus which are surrounded by mountain ranges from all sides are called |
| A. | Giripad Plateau |
| B. | Coastal plateau |
| C. | Inland mountain plateau |
| D. | aerial plateau |
| Answer» D. aerial plateau | |
| 9. |
The Alps in Europe, the Rockies in North America and the Andes in South America are examples of |
| A. | fold mountain |
| B. | block mountain |
| C. | dissected mountain |
| D. | volcanic mountain |
| Answer» B. block mountain | |
| 10. |
The highest mountain peak in North America is |
| A. | Mount everest |
| B. | Mount Ekankagua |
| C. | Mount Elbrus |
| D. | Mount McKinley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The mountain that forms the border between France and Spain is |
| A. | Appenines |
| B. | alps |
| C. | Jura |
| D. | pyrenees |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
In which country are the hills named Black Hill, Blue Hill and Green Hill located? |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | United States |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» D. Brazil | |
| 13. |
Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain peak in Africa is located - |
| A. | in kenya |
| B. | in Malawi |
| C. | in tanzania |
| D. | in zambia |
| Answer» D. in zambia | |
| 14. |
The highest peak of the Andes Mountains is - |
| A. | aconcaguas |
| B. | Ojes del Salado |
| C. | Chimborejo |
| D. | happened |
| Answer» B. Ojes del Salado | |
| 15. |
Point Pedro or Pidrutagala is the highest mountain peak of which of the following country? |
| A. | South Africa |
| B. | Panama |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | Cambodia |
| Answer» D. Cambodia | |
| 16. |
From which elevation did the Himalayas originate? |
| A. | Tethys |
| B. | Shivalik |
| C. | In Indobrah |
| D. | Godavari |
| Answer» B. Shivalik | |
| 17. |
Which of the following presents an example of a newly folded mountain in the world? |
| A. | Appellant |
| B. | Aravali |
| C. | alps |
| D. | Ural |
| Answer» D. Ural | |
| 18. |
What type of mountains are Rockies, Andes, Atlas, Alps, Himalayas etc. |
| A. | fold mountain |
| B. | residual mountain |
| C. | block mountain |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. residual mountain | |
| 19. |
An example of a residual mountain is not |
| A. | Vosges |
| B. | black forest |
| C. | Sierra Nevada |
| D. | all of which |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The Andes Mountains are an example - |
| A. | of residual mountain |
| B. | fold mountain |
| C. | of mountain range |
| D. | volcanic mountain |
| Answer» B. fold mountain | |
| 21. |
The latest range is - |
| A. | Satpura |
| B. | Appellant |
| C. | Rockies |
| D. | Ural |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Himalaya mountain range is an example of |
| A. | fold mountain |
| B. | volcanic mountain |
| C. | residual mountain |
| D. | block mountain |
| Answer» B. volcanic mountain | |
| 23. |
Who has propounded the mountain formation geodesy theory? |
| A. | Jeffries |
| B. | holmes |
| C. | Daily |
| D. | cobar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
What percentage of the world's population lives on mountains? |
| A. | 1 percent |
| B. | 5 percent |
| C. | 9 percent |
| D. | 10 percent |
| Answer» B. 5 percent | |
| 25. |
Who has propounded the radioactivity theory related to the origin of mountains? |
| A. | jolly |
| B. | Daily |
| C. | Dana |
| D. | reed |
| Answer» B. Daily | |
| 26. |
In which category of land forms the mountain is counted? |
| A. | First class |
| B. | second class |
| C. | third class |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. third class | |
| 27. |
How many million years ago was the creation of the world's huge fold mountains? |
| A. | 400 , |
| B. | 320 , |
| C. | 220 , |
| D. | 30 , |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
On what percentage of the total area of the lithosphere is the expansion of mountains found? |
| A. | 26 percent |
| B. | 30 percent |
| C. | 33 percent |
| D. | 41 percent |
| Answer» B. 30 percent | |
| 29. |
Where is 'Cotopaxi' located? |
| A. | Ecuador |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | The. Africa |
| D. | Canada |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 30. |
Which of the following type of volcano is also known as Pellian volcano? |
| A. | Vulcanian equivalent |
| B. | indistinguishable |
| C. | stromboli equivalent |
| D. | air equivalent |
| Answer» C. stromboli equivalent | |
| 31. |
What is the cup shaped face of a volcano called? |
| A. | cinder cone |
| B. | point of origin |
| C. | Adhikendra |
| D. | crater |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Volcanic activity is found more in - |
| A. | in Hawaii |
| B. | in japan |
| C. | in Colombia |
| D. | in New Zealand |
| Answer» C. in Colombia | |
| 33. |
The liquefied rock beneath the surface of the earth is called |
| A. | basalt |
| B. | Lacolith |
| C. | Lava |
| D. | magma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Which of the following type of volcano has the shape of a cabbage flower? |
| A. | Vulcanian equivalent |
| B. | Pellian equivalent |
| C. | stromboli equivalent |
| D. | air equivalent |
| Answer» B. Pellian equivalent | |
| 35. |
Pele's hair is related to which of the following type of volcano? |
| A. | Tillnian equivalent |
| B. | Pellian equivalent |
| C. | air equivalent |
| D. | Vulcanian equivalent |
| Answer» D. Vulcanian equivalent | |
| 36. |
Which of the following type of volcano has the most explosive eruption? |
| A. | air equivalent |
| B. | Pellian equivalent |
| C. | stromboli equivalent |
| D. | Vulcanian equivalent |
| Answer» C. stromboli equivalent | |
| 37. |
The valley of ten thousand smokes is found in |
| A. | in alaska |
| B. | in the Mediterranean |
| C. | in antarctica |
| D. | in the Hawaiian Islands |
| Answer» B. in the Mediterranean | |
| 38. |
Which of the following is not an active volcano? |
| A. | stromboli |
| B. | kilimanjaro |
| C. | etna |
| D. | cotopaxy |
| Answer» C. etna | |
| 39. |
Which of the following is not a dead volcano? |
| A. | Chimborejo |
| B. | koh sultan |
| C. | mounaloa |
| D. | demavand |
| Answer» D. demavand | |
| 40. |
Where is Stromboli Volcano located? |
| A. | in martinique island |
| B. | in Lakshadweep |
| C. | in Lipari Island |
| D. | in the Hawaiian Islands |
| Answer» D. in the Hawaiian Islands | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is the tallest active volcano in the world? |
| A. | etna |
| B. | mounaloa |
| C. | Chimborejo |
| D. | cotopaxy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
What is the amount of water vapor in the gas released during the eruption of a volcano? |
| A. | 40 to 50 percent |
| B. | 50 to 60 percent |
| C. | 60 to 70 percent |
| D. | 80 to 90 percent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The most volcanic region in the world is |
| A. | Philippines bi. C. |
| B. | Japan two. s . |
| C. | western two. s . |
| D. | Indonesia two. s . |
| Answer» B. Japan two. s . | |
| 44. |
Which of the following gas is not released during volcanic eruption? |
| A. | oxygen |
| B. | hydrogen |
| C. | ammonia |
| D. | Carbon dioxide |
| Answer» B. hydrogen | |
| 45. |
Which volcano in the Philippines erupted after being dormant for almost six centuries? |
| A. | Mount Baron |
| B. | On Mount Fujia |
| C. | Mount Unjen |
| D. | Mount Pinetbo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
What is a volcanic eruption? |
| A. | hot rock fragments and lava |
| B. | Lava level |
| C. | non toxic gas |
| D. | steam explosive |
| Answer» B. Lava level | |
| 47. |
In which of the following continents is the Mount Kilimanjaro located? |
| A. | Asia |
| B. | Europe |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» D. Australia | |
| 48. |
Craters (volcanic holes) are mainly of which shape? |
| A. | round shape |
| B. | funnel |
| C. | conical |
| D. | vertical |
| Answer» C. conical | |
| 49. |
In which of the following group of islands is the Krakatoa volcano located? |
| A. | in papua new guinea |
| B. | in the Spratly Islands |
| C. | in indonesia |
| D. | in the West Islands |
| Answer» C. in indonesia | |
| 50. |
Where is Air Bus Volcano located? |
| A. | Atlantic Ocean |
| B. | Arctic Ocean |
| C. | Antarctica continent |
| D. | Andaman and Nicobar II. s . |
| Answer» D. Andaman and Nicobar II. s . | |