SSC CGL Geography – Landforms – Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Volcanoes & Earthquakes – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level
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SSC CGL Geography – Landforms – Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Volcanoes & Earthquakes – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level – 12 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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1.
Wegener called the single super-continent of the past:
Correct Answer: D [Pangaea]
Explanation:
Pangaea (land) was surrounded by Panthalassa (ocean).
2.
Narcondam Island in the Andaman Sea is a/an:
Correct Answer: A [dormant volcano]
Explanation:
Barren Island is the active one; Narcondam is dormant.
3.
A cirque (armchair-shaped hollow) on a mountain side is carved by:
Correct Answer: C [a glacier]
Explanation:
Cirque, horn and arête are glacial erosion landforms.
4.
The Richter scale measures the:
Correct Answer: B [magnitude (energy released) of an earthquake]
Explanation:
Richter = magnitude, the energy released at the source; damage at a place is intensity (Mercalli).
5.
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake is the:
Correct Answer: D [Epicentre]
Explanation:
Focus = hypocentre (inside); epicentre = surface point above it.
6.
The Aravalli range is an example of:
Correct Answer: B [old fold mountains]
Explanation:
Worn, rounded – among the oldest fold mountains in the world.
7.
Stalactites hang from the roofs of caves formed in:
Correct Answer: A [limestone]
Explanation:
Karst caves form where water dissolves limestone.
8.
An inselberg – an isolated rocky hill rising from a plain – is a landform typical of:
Correct Answer: C [deserts shaped by wind and weathering]
Explanation:
Yardang, deflation hollow and inselberg are desert landforms.
9.
Fill in the blankThe theory of sea-floor spreading was proposed by ____.
Correct Answer: C [Harry Hess]
Explanation:
Hess, early 1960s (paper published 1962).
10.
Mid-ocean ridges are found along which type of plate boundary?
Correct Answer: D [Divergent]
Explanation:
Plates move apart and new crust is made.
11.
The word 'tsunami' comes from which language?
Correct Answer: A [Japanese]
Explanation:
Japanese for 'harbour wave'.
12.
One-line recallthe 'Ring of Fire' surrounds the:
Correct Answer: B [Pacific Ocean]
Explanation:
Most active volcanoes and earthquakes ring the Pacific.
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