Earthquake and Volcanism
1. What is the cup-shaped mouth of Volcanoes?
(A) Centre of Origin
(B) Epicentre
(C) Crater
(D) Cinder Cone
Ans. (C)
2. The instrument to measure the magnitude of Earthquake is called-
(A) Ideograph
(B) Pantograph
(C) Argograph
(D) Seismograph
Ans. (D)
3. What is the point below the epicentre of the Earthquake?
(A) Wither
(B) Incentre
(C) Epicentre
(D) Focus
Ans. (D)
5. The Richter scale is used to measure which of the following?
(A) Humidity of Air
(B) Velocity of Air
(C) Magnitude of Earthquake
(D) Density of Liquid
Ans. (C)
6. Anticline is a type of which of the following?
(A) Riverine
(B) Fold Structure
(C) Eroded Landmass
(D) Delta
Ans.(B)
7. The series of line which connects the places of similar shocks at the same time is called-
(A) Coseismal Lines
(B) Isoseismal Line
(C) Homoseismal Line
(D) Seismo Lines
Ans. (C)
8. The Rift Valley is created-
(A) Between two anticlines
(B) Between two rifts
(C) Erosion of synclinal basin
(D) Due to volcanic eruption
Ans. (B)
9. What is the main cause of Tsunami?
(A) Volcano
(B) Cyclone
(C) Earthquake on Sea Surface
(D) Gravitation of Moon
Ans. (C)
10. 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
Ans. (B)
11. The cause of the Earthquake is-
(A) Disturbances in Earth surface
(B) Adjustment in the layers of Earth’s crust
(C) Destruction in shell system
(D) Rise in plates
Ans. (A)
12. The reason behind Earthquake is-
(A) Land cruises
(B) Rotation of Earth
(C) Tectonism
(D) Denudation
Ans. (C)
13. Find the odd one-
(A) Tsunami
(B) Earthquake
(C) Wind-Turbine
(D) Cyclone
Ans. (C)
14. Find the odd one-
(A) Basalt
(B) Ruby
(C) Emerald
(D) Sapphire
Ans. (A)
15. Which type of lakes is created by volcanic activities?
(A) Lagoon
(B) Sweet Water Lake
(C) Volcanic Lakes
(D) Karst Lake
Ans. (C) (
16. Volcanic activities are found more in.
(A) Hawai
(B) Japan
(C) Columbia
(D) New Zealand
Ans. (A)
17. Which of the following, Indonesian Territory became victim of terrible Earthquake in 2004?
(A) Irian Jaya
(B) Sumatra
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Java
Ans. (B)
18. Mount Gamkonora, the highest peak of Halmahera Island, was burst in 2007. In which
country is it located?
(A) Japan
(B) Indonesia
(C) Russia
(D)France
Ans. (B)
19. What is the name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that erupted again in May 2016?
(A) Mount Sinabung
(B) Mount Merapi
(C) Mount Rinjani
(D) Mount Agung
Ans. (A)
20. ___________ are defined as the mass movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope.
(A) Earthquake
(B) Cyclone
(C) Flood
(D) Landslide
Ans: (D)