Caldera is a feature associated with ________
A. Volcanoes
B. Earthquakes
C. Folding of rocks
D. Faulting of mountains
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Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with ________
A. Earthquakes
B. Folding
C. Faulting
D. Volcanoes
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What are the name of the seismic sea waves which reach to coast at a very high force?
A. Tides
B. Tsunami
C. Current
D. Cyclone
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? Islands Volcanoes
A. Sicily - Mount Pelee
B. Hawaii - Stromboli
C. Java - Merapi
D. West Indies - Mauna Loa
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Soil erosion can be prevented by ________
A. Allowing herbivorous animals to graze freely
B. Growing plants on a large scale to form soil cover
C. Making the land sloppy
D. Adding chemicals to increase cohesion
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The features produced by glacial deposition are:
1. outwash plains
2. drumlins
3. eskers
4. levees
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 2, 3, 4
D. 1, 2, 3, 4
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The lake created by Aswan Dam in Africa is
A. Chad
B. Victoria
C. Nasser
D. Tanganyika
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Which of the following are true with respect to sedimentary rocks?
I. The rocks are deposited in layers
II. The particles of rocks are at times wholly of organic nature
III. The rocks are not crystalline
IV. Their structure is determined by great pressure or heat
A. I, II and III
B. II and III
C. I and IV
D. I and II
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Shield volcanoes refer to ________
A. Explosive lava eruptions
B. Repeated lava flows
C. Ejection of a wide range of pyroclastic materials
D. Individual lava flows
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What is the point below the epicentre of the Earthquake?
A. Wither
B. Incentre
C. Epicentre
D. Focus
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Mount Gamkonora, highest peak of Halmahera Island, was burst in 2007. In which country is it located?
A. Japan
B. Indonesia
C. Russia
D. France
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Which of the following predominantly acts as the agent of chemical erosion of soil?
A. Glacier
B. Seawave
C. Underground water
D. Wind
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In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found?
A. Granite
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
D. Sedimentary
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Who gave the idea that originally there was only one continent called Pangea ?
A. Wegener
B. Marshall
C. Darwin
D. Ptolemy
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Which is the proper order of seismic waves as they are received at seismograph station?
A. L-wave, P-wave, S-wave
B. P-wave, L-wave, S-wave
C. P-wave, S-wave, L-wave
D. S-wave, P-wave, L-wave
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The area marked by internal drainage is
A. Plateau
B. Plains
C. Desert
D. Mountain
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Which type of lake is formed by volcanic activities?
A. Caldera lake
B. Karst lake
C. Lagoon
D. Freshwater lake
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If the original day sediments are subjected to high temperature and pressure, they successively change into rocks, the correct order of which is ________
A. Slate, Shale, Schist
B. Shale, Schist, Slate
C. Slate, Schist, Shale
D. Shale, Slate, Schist
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Which of the following is/are matched correctly?
1. Earthquake's origin - seismic focus
2. Epicentre - point on earth's surface directly above seismic focus
3. S waves - similar to sound waves
4. Richter scale - severity of earthquake
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
C. 2 and 4
D. 3 and 4
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In an artesian well, in what order the rock-layer are generally found? (from bottom to surface)
A. Permeable, non-permeable and permeable
B. Non-permeable and permeable
C. Permeable and non- permeable
D. Non-permeable, permeable and non-permeable
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