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Question-1
What is the name given to the area of volcanoes which can be found around the edge of the Pacific Plate?
(A)
The Pacific Ring of Fire
(B)
Hot spot
(C)
The Pacific Ring of Volcanoes
(D)
The Pacific Volcano Chain
Question-2
The place beneath the ground where the earthquake takes place.
(A)
Focus
(B)
Epicenter
(C)
Crater
(D)
Vent
Question-3
The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
(A)
Richter scale
(B)
Mercalli scale
(C)
Beufort scale
(D)
Davis scale
Question-4
Deep focus earthquakes are associated with which type of zones?
(A)
Collision zone
(B)
Subduction zone
(C)
Constructive margins
(D)
Conservative margins
Question-5
The greatest volcano eruption in the world.
(A)
Fuji
(B)
Krakatoa
(C)
Tambora
(D)
Mauna Loa
Question-6
Which of the following is NOT true of sea-floor spreading?
(A)
Oceanic ridge is formed
(B)
It is basically volcanic
(C)
A depression called oceanic trench is formed
(D)
The boundaries that experience this process are 'constructive'
Question-7
Which of the following results from the extension of plates?
(A)
Sea-floor spreading
(B)
Continental drift
(C)
Subduction
(D)
Folding
Question-8
How is the Mid-Atlantic ridge formed?
(A)
By subduction
(B)
By underwater volcano eruption
(C)
By sea-floor spreading
(D)
By tension between two plates that slides past each other
Question-9
Which of the following causes the movement of tectonic plates?
(A)
Conduction current
(B)
Convection current
(C)
Radiation
(D)
Tsunami
Question-10
In which plate boundary are no major land forms formed?
(A)
Constructive
(B)
Destructive
(C)
Collision
(D)
Conservative
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