The gold and copper are mostly found in which type of rocks ?
Correct answer(s):
- Old igneous
Topic
Geomorphology
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The coal and petroleum are found in which type of rocks ?
Correct answer(s):
- Sedimentary rocks
Which of the following things come out of a volcano eruption ?
Correct answer(s):
- solid, gas, liquid
Which of the following is the source of soil material ?
Correct answer(s):
- Metamorphic rocks
The study of movement inside Earth’s crust is called :
Correct answer(s):
- Seismology
What is the longest mountain range in the world ?
Correct answer(s):
- Andes
What kind of volcanic eruption is least explosive ?
Correct answer(s):
- Hawaiian Eruption
Which type of volcanic eruption is the most explosive ?
Correct answer(s):
- Plinian Eruption
Which of the following is related to Shield volcano formation ?
Correct answer(s):
- Repeated lava flows
Which of the following processes are involved in formation of sedimentary rocks ?
- Mountain building
- Lithification
- Fractional crystallization
- None of these
Correct answer(s):
- Lithification
Which form of coal is usually used in Thermal Power Plants ?
Correct answer(s):
- Bituminous
What is the scale of earthquake intensity ?
- Beaufort scale
- Seismic scale
- Secant scale
- None of these
Correct answer(s):
- Seismic scale
The removal of curved plates of rocks layer by layer due to mechanical weathering is called :
Correct answer(s):
- exfoliation
Mid-ocean ridge is formed due to the plate movement which is called :
Correct answer(s):
- Divergent movement
What causes an Earthquake ?
Correct answer(s):
- Movement of plates of earth, which float on the hot volcanic mantle below the Earth's surface
What kind of soils formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts ?
Correct answer(s):
- loess soil
The largest temperate desert of the world is :
Correct answer(s):
- Patagonian desert
Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble ?
Correct answer(s):
- Limestone
The example of acid igneous rocks is :
Correct answer(s):
- Granite
The reason behind the drifting away of continents is :
- volcanic eruptions
- tectonic activities
- folding and faulting of rocks
- All of the above
Correct answer(s):
- tectonic activities