Top 150+ Solved Rocks and Mountains MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Folding is the result of [BPSC 2011]
a. epeirogenetic force
b. Coriolis force
c. orogenetic force
d. exogenetic force
Q. Continents have drifted apart because of: [BPSC 2011]
a. volcanic eruptions
b. tectonic activities
c. folding and faulting of rocks
d. All of the above
Q. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly in:
a. Plateau region
b. Deep sea plains
c. Coastal Region
d. Folded and faulted region
Q. The instrument, used for recording earthquake waves is :
a. barograph
b. hydrograph
c. pantograph
d. seismograph
Q. 'Caldera' is a feature associated with: [IAS 1990]
a. volcanoes
b. earthquakes
c. folding of rocks
d. faulting of mountains
Q. Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with:
a. earthquakes
b. folding
c. faulting
d. volcanoes
Q. Which of the following are correctly matched? 1. Active volcano : Stromboli (Sicily) 2. Dormant volcano : Vesuvius (Italy) 3. Extinct volcano : Fujiyama (Japan)
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
Q. Mauna Loa is an example of: [Teachers' Exam 1994]
a. active volcano
b. extinct volcano
c. plateau in a volcanic region
d. dormant volcano
Q. The material that comes out of a volcano at the time of eruption is : [NDA 1995]
a. solid, liquid, gaseous
b. solid and liquid
c. solid and gaseous
d. liquid and gaseous
Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? [NDA 1992]Islands Volcanoes
a. Sicily - Mount Pelee
b. Hawaii - Stromboli
c. Java - Merapi
d. West Indies - Mauna Loa
Q. Which type of lake is formed by volcanic activities?
a. Caldera lake
b. Karst lake
c. Lagoon
d. Freshwater lake
Q. Shield volcanoes refer to: [NDA 1993]
a. explosive lava eruptions
b. repeated lava flows
c. ejection of a wide range of pyroclastic materials
d. individual lava flows
Q. The Hawaii islands are the top of submerged: [NDA 1991]
a. block mountains
b. folded mountains
c. volcanic mountains
d. dome mountains
Q. The average elevation of Tibetan Plateau above sea level is: [IAS 1994]
a. 2 km
b. 3 km
c. 4 km
d. 5 km