SSC CGL Geography – Landforms – Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Volcanoes & Earthquakes – Level 2 · Exam Level · Tier I Sprint

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SSC CGL Geography – Landforms – Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Volcanoes & Earthquakes – Level 2 · Exam Level · Tier I Sprint – 15 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.  
Statement-basedConsider:
I. Weathering includes the transport of rock material.
II. Exfoliation is common in hot deserts.
Which is/are correct?

Correct Answer: A [Only II]

Explanation:

Weathering is in place (no transport); exfoliation comes from daily heating and cooling.

2.  
Match the followingMatch the volcano with its country:
P. Krakatoa Q. Etna R. Cotopaxi S. Mount St Helens
1. USA 2. Ecuador 3. Indonesia 4. Italy

Correct Answer: C [P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1]

Explanation:

Krakatoa – Indonesia (1883); Etna – Sicily, Italy; Cotopaxi – Ecuador; Mount St Helens – USA (1980).

3.  
Diagram-basedThe figure shows folded rock layers. Which labelled part is a syncline?

Correct Answer: B [Q]

Explanation:

Q is the down-fold (trough) = syncline; P is the up-fold = anticline.

4.  
Chronological orderArrange in chronological order: Plate tectonics, Hess's sea-floor spreading, Wegener's continental drift, Holmes's convection currents

Correct Answer: D [Wegener's continental drift, Holmes's convection currents, Hess's sea-floor spreading, Plate tectonics]

Explanation:

1912 → 1930s → early 1960s → 1967.

5.  
Odd one outVosges, Black Forest, Andes, Satpura

Correct Answer: A [Andes]

Explanation:

The Andes are young fold mountains; the Vosges, Black Forest and Satpura are block mountains.

6.  
Assertion–Reason
A: The Himalaya have very few active volcanoes.
R: Where two continental plates collide, neither sinks deep into the mantle.

Correct Answer: C [Both A and R are true and R explains A]

Explanation:

No deep subduction → little melting → few volcanoes.

7.  
How many statements are trueHow many of these statements are true?
I. A sill is a horizontal sheet of igneous rock.
II. A dyke is a vertical sheet.
III. A batholith forms on the surface.
IV. A laccolith is dome-shaped.

Correct Answer: B [3]

Explanation:

III is false – a batholith is a huge body deep inside the crust.

8.  
An ox-bow lake is formed by a:

Correct Answer: D [river]

Explanation:

It is a cut-off meander on a plain.

9.  
Which pair (agent – landform) is correctly matched?

Correct Answer: B [Glacier – drumlin]

Explanation:

Levee: river; barchan: wind; esker: glacier.

10.  
Two-quantity comparison
Quantity I: ratio of wave amplitudes of earthquakes of magnitude 7 and 5
Quantity II: 100

Correct Answer: C [Quantity I = Quantity II]

Explanation:

Two steps → 10 × 10 = 100.

11.  
Diagram-basedThe figure shows two plates colliding (arrows show motion). Which kind of boundary is it?

Correct Answer: A [Ocean–continent convergent]

Explanation:

The oceanic plate (left) sinks under the continental plate (right) – ocean–continent convergence.

12.  
Gold deposits on the Ghana coast with no source rock nearby are used as evidence for:

Correct Answer: C [continental drift]

Explanation:

Placer gold: the source rock lies in Brazil, once joined to Africa.

13.  
Which is an example of a rift valley formed where plates pull apart?

Correct Answer: D [East African Rift Valley]

Explanation:

Divergent boundary on land.

14.  
Reverse question“I am a crescent-shaped sand dune whose horns point downwind.” What am I?

Correct Answer: C [Barchan]

Explanation:

Seif = long ridge; loess = wind-blown dust; moraine = glacial debris.

15.  
Spot My Mistake“The Mercalli scale measures the energy released, while the Richter scale measures the damage caused.” What is correct?

Correct Answer: B [Richter measures magnitude (energy); Mercalli measures intensity (damage)]

Explanation:

The two names are swapped in the statement.

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