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This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physical Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In which of the following eras the earth was nearly covered with snow and ice ? |
| A. | Cretaceous Era |
| B. | Pliocene Era |
| C. | Pleistocene Era |
| D. | Tertiary Era |
| Answer» D. Tertiary Era | |
| 2. |
The drip stones are found in |
| A. | glaciated regions |
| B. | limestone caverns |
| C. | desert regions |
| D. | wave eroded areas |
| Answer» C. desert regions | |
| 3. |
During Pleistocene epoch, four glacial phases were identified. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order in which they appeared during this epoch from early times |
| A. | Gunz-Mindel-Wurm-Riss |
| B. | Gunz-Mindel-Riss-Wurn |
| C. | Wurn-Riss-Mindel-Gunz |
| D. | Mindel-Gunz-Riss-Wurn |
| Answer» C. Wurn-Riss-Mindel-Gunz | |
| 4. |
The arrangement of planets with smallest or either ends and big planet in the middle, supports which one of the following theories of origin of the solar system ? |
| A. | Big Bang theory |
| B. | Tidal hypothesia |
| C. | Binary star theory |
| D. | Cepheid theory |
| Answer» C. Binary star theory | |
| 5. |
The correct sequence (from the oldest to the youngest ) of difference periods of Tertiary epoch is |
| A. | Pliocene, Miocene, Eocene, Oligocene |
| B. | Eocene, Oligocene, Pliocene, Miocene |
| C. | Pliocene, Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene |
| D. | Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The most recent geological epoch of the Quaternary period covering the 10000 years or so from the end of the Pleistocene epoch to the present day is known as |
| A. | Pliocene |
| B. | Miocene |
| C. | Oligocene |
| D. | Holocene |
| Answer» B. Miocene | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following periods is largely associated with extinction of Dinosaures and the increase in flowering plants and reptiles ? |
| A. | Jurassic |
| B. | Triassic |
| C. | Cretaceous |
| D. | Permian |
| Answer» B. Triassic | |
| 8. |
Teritary period had five epochs. Select the correct order in which these epochs appeared in the geological time scale from ancient to more recent times |
| A. | Palaeocene - Oligocene - Miocene - Eocene - Pliocene |
| B. | Palaceocene - Palaeocene - Miocene - Eocene - Pliocene |
| C. | Oligocene - Palaeocene - Miocene - Eocene - Pliocene |
| D. | Palaeocene - Eocene - Oligocene - Miocene - Pliocene |
| Answer» E. | |