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Geography Solved MCQs

INTERIOR EARTH

OF

THE

1. WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE FROM THE SURFACE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH?

A. B. C. D.

1,000 MILES 4,000 MILES 10,000 MILES 40,000 MILES

A. B. C. D.

A B C D

6. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A P- WAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE EARTH ? A. B. C. D.

1 MINUTE 5 MINUTES 10 MINUTES 20 MINUTES

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ?

2. WHEN SEISMIC WAVES PASS ACROSS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO MATERIALS , ___________.

A. B. C. D.

DIFFERENT

THE WAVES REFRACT THE WAVES REFLECT THE WAVES CHANGE IN VELOCITY ALL OF THE ABOVE

A. THE P- WAVE SHADOW ZONE IS LARGER THAN THE S- WAVE SHADOW ZONE . B. SEISMIC WAVES FOLLOW CURVED

C.

D.

PATHS THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH P WAVES TRAVEL MORE SLOWLY IN THE OUTER CORE THAN IN THE LOWER MANTLE LIQUIDS DO NOT TRANSMIT S WAVES

8. THE S WAVE SHADOW ZONE IS CAUSED BY THE _________ . A. B. C. D. 3. WHICH REGION IN THE EARTH IS ABOUT 85% IRON ? A. B. C. D.

A

B. C. D.

B C D

A B C D

A. B. C. D.

45 DEGREES 75 DEGREES 105 DEGREES 145 DEGREES

10. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MANTLE AND

5. IN WHICH REGION OF THE EARTH IS CONDUCTION THE DOMINANT TRANSFER MECHANISM ?

9. THE S- WAVE SHADOW ZONE EXTENDS FROM _____ TO 180 O ANGULAR DISTANCE FROM THE EARTHQUAKE FOCUS ON ONE SIDE AND FROM ______ TO 180 O ON THE OTHER.

4. WHICH REGION IN THE EARTH MOLTEN? A.

THE CRUST -MANTLE BOUNDARY THE OUTER CORE THE LOWER MANTLE THE INNER CORE

HEAT

THE CORE LIES AT A APPROXIMATELY ________.

DEPTH

OF

A. 300 KILOMETERS B. 1000 KILOMETERS

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Geography Solved MCQs C. 3000 KILOMETERS D. 5000 KILOMETERS 11. CONTINENTAL CRUST CAN BE UP TO ______ KILOMETERS THICK . A. B. C. D.

5 35 65 100

12. WHERE DO P WAVES TRAVEL THE FASTEST ? A. B. C. D.

UPPER MANTLE LOWER MANTLE OUTER CORE INNER CORE

13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MOHO IS FALSE ? A. SEISMIC WAVES SPEED UP AS THEY PASS ACROSS THE MOHO HEADING B.

C. D.

DOWNWARD THE MOHO SEPARATES DENSER ROCKS BELOW FROM LESS DENSE ROCKS ABOVE THE MOHO SEPARATES THE CRUST FROM THE MANTLE THE MOHO MARKS THE TOP OF A PARTIALLY MOLTEN LAYER

14. AFTER MELTING OF A CONTINENTAL ICE CAP , THE SURFACE OF THE CONTINENT WILL TEND TO __________ .

A. RISE B. SINK C. SINK OR RISE DEPENDING ON THE D.

THICKNESS OF THE ICE CAP REMAIN THE SAME - ICE DOES NOT WEIGH THAT MUCH

15. IF

THE EARTH COOLED ONLY BY CONDUCTION , HEAT FROM DEPTHS GREATER THAN ______ KILOMETERS WOULD NOT YET HAVE REACHED THE SURFACE .

A. B. C. D.

20 100 400 200

VIBRATION OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES IS CALLED __________.

A. B. C. D.

RADIATION CONDUCTION MAGNETISM CONVECTION

17. WHAT DRIVES PLATE TECTONICS ? A. B. C. D.

THERMAL CONVECTION THERMAL CONDUCTION SOLAR ENERGY EROSION

18. IN A DEEP MINE , TEMPERATURES INCREASE AT THE RATE OF ________ . A. B. C. D.

3 DEGREES C PER KILOMETER 30 DEGREES C PER KILOMETER 300 DEGREES C PER KILOMETER 1 DEGREE C PER KILOMETER

19. WHERE IS THE EARTH 'S MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED ? A. B. C. D.

IN THE CRUST IN THE MANTLE IN THE OUTER CORE IN THE INNER CORE

20. AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO MATERIALS LOOSE THEIR PERMANENT MAGNETISM? A. B. C. D.

100 DEGREES C 250 DEGREES C 400 DEGREES C 550 DEGREES C

21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE? A. THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC POLES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE EARTH' S B.

C.

16. THE MECHANICAL TRANSFER OF HEAT BY

ROTATION AXIS THE EARTH' S MAGNETIC POLES ARE INCLINED APPROXIMATELY 11 DEGREES FROM THE EARTH' S ROTATION AXIS THE EARTH' S MAGNETIC POLES ARE INCLINED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES FROM THE EARTH' S ROTATION AXIS



Geography Solved MCQs D. THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC POLES ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE EARTH' S

A.

ROTATION AXIS 22. THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSES ITSELF ROUGHLY EVERY ________ A. 50 YEARS B. 5,000 YEARS C. 500,000 YEARS D. 50 MILLION YEARS

B.

23. PERMANENT MAGNETISM ACQUIRED BY MINERALS IN IGNEOUS ROCKS DURING CRYSTALLIZATION IS CALLED __________ MAGNETIZATION .

A. B. C. D.

DEPOSITIONAL REMNANT PALEOREMNANT MAGNETISM SILICATE THERMOREMANENT MAGNETISM

24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO RECORD THE MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE TIME THE ROCK FORMED ?

A. B. C. D.

AN ALLUVIAL CONGLOMERATE A BASALTIC LAVA FLOW AN EVAPORITE DEPOSIT OF HALITE A SCHIST

25. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTS MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBES OCEANIC CRUST ? A. BASALTIC - DENSITY OF 3.0 G/CM 3 B. GRANITIC - DENSITY OF 3.0 G/ CM3 C. QUARTZ ARENITES - DENSITY OF 2.6 G/ CM3 D. BASALTIC - DENSITY OF 2.6 G/CC 26.THE MOHO SEPARATES: A.

B.

C.

D.

THE OUTER CORE FROM THE INNER CORE THE LITHOSPHERE FROM THE ASTHENOSPHERE THE ASTHENOSPHERE FROM THE MESOSPHERE THE CRUST FROM THE MANTLE

27. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TERM ASSOCIATIONS IS FALSE?

C. D.

ASTHENOSPHERE PLASTIC --BEHAVIOR LITHOSPHERE --- RIGID SOLID OUTER CORE --- RIGHT SOLID CONTINENTAL CRUST --- RIGID SOLID

28.TO INDUCE A POSITIVE BOUGUER ANOMALY , A ROCK UNIT SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY :

A. TRANSMIT ONLY P WAVES DENSER THAN B. BE C. D.

THE

SURROUNDING MATERIALS BE LESS DENSE THAN SURROUNDING MATERIALS BE MAGNETIC

THE

29.THE LITHOSPHERE INCLUDES : A. CRUST AND UPPERMOST , RIGID B. C. D.

MANTLE OUTER CORE AND INNER CORE ASTHENOSPHERE AND MESOSPHERE OUTER CORE AND LOWER MANTLE

COOLING MAGNETIC MATERIAL 30. A _________ ITS MAGNETIC CHARACTER AT ITS CURIE TEMPERATURE:

A. GAINS B. LOOSES C. NEITHER OF THESE HAPPENS 31. WHAT REGION OF THE EARTH TAKES UP THE GREATEST VOLUME? A. THE CRUST B. THE OUTER CORE C. THE INNER CORE D. THE MANTLE

32.

A. B. C. D.

WHICH

OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DESCRIBES THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF A PART OF THE EARTH ? THE CONTINENTAL CRUST THE OCEANIC CRUST THE LITHOSPHERE THE MANTLE



Geography Solved MCQs 33. THE CONTINENTAL CRUST CONSISTS MAINLY OF _________. A. B. C. D.

GRANITIC ROCKS BASALTIC ROCKS ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS GABBROIC ROCKS OCEANIC CRUST CONSISTS MAINLY OF

34. THE _________. A. B. C. D.

39. AN OPHIOLITE MAY NOT INCLUDE A PIECE OF ____________. A. B. C. D.

40. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS CONSISTS PRIMARILY PYROXENE ?

GRANITIC ROCKS BASALTIC ROCKS ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS GABBROIC ROCKS

A. B. C.

35. THE MANTLE _________. A. B. C. D.

D.

CONSISTS

MAINLY

OF

GRANITIC ROCKS BASALTIC ROCKS ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS GABBROIC ROCKS

36. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE EARTH'S CRUST AND MANTLE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY __________.

A. B. C. D.

ANALYZING SEISMIC WAVES DEEP CONTINENTAL DRILLING DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING PALEOMAGNETIC STUDIES

37. HOW FAST DO P- WAVES TRAVEL THROUGH GRANITE? A. B. C. D.

CONTINENTAL CRUST OCEANIC CRUST UPPER MANTLE THE MOHO

4 KILOMETERS PER SECOND 6 KILOMETERS PER SECOND 8 KILOMETERS PER SECOND 10 KILOMETERS PER SECOND

OF

OLIVINE

AND

CONTINENTAL CRUST OCEANIC CRUST UPPER MANTLE THE CORE

41. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ? A. THE ASTHENOSPHERE LIES BENEATH THE LITHOSPHERE B. THE ASTHENOSPHERE IS STRONGER THAN THE LITHOSPHERE C. THE ASTHENOSPHERE RISES CLOSE TO THE SURFACE BENEATH MID -OCEAN RIDGES D. THE ASTHENOSPHERE IS PARTIALLY MOLTEN

42. THE LITHOSPHERE IS APPROXIMATELY _________ KILOMETERS THICK A. B. C. D.

25 100 250 2900

43. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS 38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ?

TRUE

A. THE LITHOSPHERE CONTAINS THE

A. THE CRUST -MANTLE BOUNDARY IS

CALLED THE MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY B. THE OCEANIC CRUST CONSISTS OF BASALT AND GABBRO THE CRUST IS LESS DENSE THAN THE MANTLE C. P- WAVES TRAVEL FASTER IN THE CRUST THAN IN THE MANTLE

B. C.

D.

CRUST THE CRUST CONTAINS THE LITHOSPHERE THE LITHOSPHERE AND CRUST ARE DIFFERENT TERMS FOR THE SAME PART OF THE EARTH THE LITHOSPHERE AND CRUST ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE PARTS OF THE EARTH



Geography Solved MCQs 44. THE SHARP INCREASE IN VELOCITY OF SWAVES AT 400 AND 670 KILOMETERS

ROUGH WITH A TOPOGRAPHY OF ABOUT 400 KILOMETERS

DEPTH IN THE MANTLE ARE PROBABLY CAUSED BY ___________.

49. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS REGARDING THE INNER CORE IS TRUE ?

A. CHANGES TO MORE COMPACT B. C. D.

MINERAL STRUCTURES CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE MANTLE CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MANTLE CHANGES IN THE PRESSURE OF THE MANTLE

A. P B.

C.

45. WHAT ELEMENT MAKES UP MOST OF THE EARTH'S CORE? A. B. C. D.

SILICON OXYGEN IRON NICKEL

46. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE INNER CORE AND THE OUTER CORE LIES AT A DEPTH OF ______ KILOMETERS

A. B. C. D.

700 2900 5100 6400

47. HOW THICK A CONTINENTAL ROOT WOULD BE PRODUCED BY A 3 KILOMETER THICK CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET ? A. B. C. D.

ABOUT 1 KILOMETERS ABOUT 2 KILOMETERS ABOUT 10 KILOMETERS ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS

48. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF THE CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY ? A. THE CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY IS B.

C.

D.

SMOOTH THE CORE - MANTLE BOUNDARY IS ROUGH WITH A TOPOGRAPHY OF ABOUT 5 KILOMETERS THE CORE - MANTLE BOUNDARY IS ROUGH WITH A TOPOGRAPHY OF ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS THE CORE - MANTLE BOUNDARY IS

D.

WAVES DO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE INNER CORE PRIMARY S WAVES (THOSE GENERATED AT THE FOCUS OF AN EVENT ) TRAVEL THROUGH THE INNER CORE P WAVES TRAVEL THROUGH THE INNER CORE AT A HIGHER VELOCITY THAN S WAVES TRAVEL THROUGH THE INNER CORE THE INNER CORE IS THOUGHT TO BE A LIQUID

METAMORPHIC ROCKS 1. IN REGIONAL METAMORPHISM THE SOURCE OF INCREASED TEMPERATURE PRESSURE IS _________ . A. B. C.

D.

AND

A LOCAL INTRUSIVE HEAT SOURCE IMPACT METAMORPHISM THE INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE WITH INCREASING DEPTH OF BURIAL DUE TO INCREASED RATE OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY

2. A GEOLOGIST SUFFERS FROM A BLACK EYE AFTER YELLING "GNEISS !!!" TO A CLASSMATE , WHO HAPPENED TO BE SUNNING ON A LARGE BOULDER . THE GEOLOGIST REALLY MEANT TO TELL THE CLASSMATE THAT THE ROCK THEY WERE LAYING ON _______________ .

A. WOULD B. C. D.

FIZZ WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACID IS COMMONLY USED IN BILLIARD TABLE CONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATES SCHISTOSITY IS A HIGH -GRADE , SILICATE - RICH ,



Geography Solved MCQs MINERALOGICALLY BANDED METAMORPHIC ROCK

3. A

COMBINATION OF SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES , TENSION , AND CONTACT METAMORPHISM CHARACTERIZES

___________ . A. B. C. D.

TRANSFORM FAULT MARGINS SPREADING CENTERS CONTINENT /CONTINENT MARGINS SUBDUCTION TYPE MARGINS

A. LOCAL HEAT SOURCE B. FRICTIONAL HEAT SOURCE C. REGIONAL HEAT SOURCE 5. WITHIN A 50 MILE TRAVERSE YOU WALK FROM SHALE INTO A SLATE INTO A PHYLLITE . YOU ARE WALKING IN THE DIRECTION OF _________ . B.

C.

INCREASING METAMORPHIC GRADE DECREASING METAMORPHIC GRADE INCREASING DEGREE OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM

6. MARBLE IS A METAMORPHIC ROCK THAT FORMS FROM A ___________ PARENT . A. B. C. D.

GRANITE LIMESTONE SANDSTONE

7. THE PRESSURE AND HEAT THAT DRIVE RESULT

FROM

B.

C.

D.

DEVICE THAT MEASURES TEMPERATURE IN DEEP DRILL HOLES A DEVICE THAT MEASURES CURRENT ROCK TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE A MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE THAT CAN REVEAL THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ATTAINED DURING HEATING THE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES EXPERIENCED BY A ROCK DURING ITS GEOLOGIC HISTORY

9. WHICH TYPE OF PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN THE ALIGNMENT MINERALS ? A. B. C. D.

OF

METAMORPHIC

CONTACT PRESSURE DIRECTED PRESSURE CONFINING PRESSURE CHEMICAL PRESSURE

10. DURING METAMORPHISM, CHANGES IN THE

A. INCREASES IN PRESSURE B. INCREASES IN TEMPERATURE C. REACTION WITH HYDROTHERMAL

WHICH

A. THE INTERNAL HEAT OF THE EARTH, THE WEIGHT OF OVERLYING ROCKS , AND HORIZONTAL

B.

A. A

BULK COMPOSITION OF A ROCK OCCUR PRIMARILY AS A RESULT OF __________?

SHALE

METAMORPHISM THREE FORCES ?

D.

PRESSURES DEVELOPED AS ROCKS DEFORM , BONDING, HEAT RELEASED DURING CRYSTALLIZATION INTERNAL HEAT OF THE EARTH , NUCLEAR FISSION , HEAT RELEASED DURING CHEMICAL WEATHERING

8. A GEOTHERMOMETER IS?

4. IN CONTACT METAMORPHISM THERE IS A ____________ .

A.

C. HORIZONTAL

PRESSURES DEVELOPED AS ROCKS BECOME DEFORMED THE WEIGHT OF THE OVERLYING ROCKS , SOLAR HEATING , AND NUCLEAR FUSION

D.

FLUIDS ALL OF THESE

11. WHAT TYPE OF METAMORPHISM IS CAUSED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE IMPOSED OVER A LARGE VOLUME OF CRUST?

A. BURIAL B. CONTACT C. REGIONAL



Geography Solved MCQs D. CATACLASTIC 12. A

ROCK THAT HAS UNDERGONE CATACLASTIC METAMORPHISM WOULD MOST LIKELY DISPLAY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ?

A. PRESERVED B. C. D.

SEDIMENTARY

LAYERING PULVERIZED ROCK FRAGMENTS NEW MINERALS LARGE OLIVINE CRYSTALS

13. WHAT IS THE MOST PROMINENT TEXTURAL FEATURE OF ROCKS??: A. B. C. D.

REGIONAL

METAMORPHIC

FOLIATION BEDDING CATACLASIS RIPPLES

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT METAMORPHISM OF A SHALE IS FALSE ?

A. WITH

B. WITH

C. WITH

D. WITH

INCREASING METAMORPHISM , THE CLAY MINERALS BREAKDOWN TO FORM MICAS INCREASING METAMORPHISM , THE GRAIN SIZE OF THE MINERALS GETS SMALLER INCREASING METAMORPHISM , FOLIATION DEVELOPS INCREASING METAMORPHISM , THE AMOUNT OF WATER DECREASES

15. WHICH MINERAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG FOLIATION IN A SCHIST ? A. B. C. D.

Q UARTZ CALCITE MICA FOLIATE

16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING METAMORPHIC ROCKS CANNOT FORM FROM A SHALE ? A. B. C. D.

SCHIST MARBLE HORNFELS SLATE

17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING METAMORPHIC ROCKS IS NOT PAIRED WITH ITS TRUE PARENT ROCK ?

A. B. C. D. 18. WHICH

GREENSTONE - BASALT QUARTZITE - QUARTZ ARENITE SCHIST – SHALE HORNFELS –DOLOMITE

THE FOLLOWING INDEX MINERALS FORMS AT THE HIGHEST METAMORPHIC GRADE ?

A. B. C. D.

OF

CHLORITE SILLMANITE BIOTITE GARNET

19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES WILL CAUSE METAMORPHISM? A. A CHANGE IN THE CHEMICAL B. C. D.

ENVIRONMENT AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE ALL OF THESE

20. WHAT IS THE PRESSURE ON A ROCK AT 15 KILOMETERS DEPTH? A. ABOUT 5 TIMES ATMOSPHERIC B. C. D.

PRESSURE ABOUT 50 TIMES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ABOUT 500 TIMES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ABOUT 5000 TIMES ATMOSPHERIC

21. ______ IS THE PROCESS WHERE ROCKS PREVIOUSLY METAMORPHOSED UNDER HIGH -GRADE CONDITIONS ARE LATER METAMORPHOSED UNDER LOW -GRADE



Geography Solved MCQs CONDITIONS .

______.

A.

METASOMATISM

B.

CATACLASIS FOLIATION RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM

C. D.

A. B. C. D.

PORPHYROBLASTS BEDDING METASOMATISM FOLIATION

27. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 22. METASOMATISM IS ________. A.

B.

C.

D.

THE

CHANGE IN THE BULK COMPOSITION OF A ROCK DURING METAMORPHISM

METAMORPHISM CAUSED BY NEARBY INTRUSIONS METAMORPHISM CAUSED BY TECTONIC MOVEMENTS ALONG FAULTS THE PARALLEL ALIGNMENT OF MINERALS IN A METAMORPHIC ROCK

23. HYDROTHERMAL METAMORPHISM IS VERY

METAMORPHIC FOLIATION SEDIMENTARY BEDDING ?

A. SEDIMENTARY

B.

C.

D.

COMMON IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS? A. B. C. D.

AT CONTINENTAL COLLISION ZONES ALONG SHALLOW FAULTS AT MID- OCEAN RIDGES IN MID -CONTINENTAL REGIONS

24. METAMORPHISM OCCURS ______. A.

B. C. D.

ADJACENT TO IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS ALONG FAULTS IN SUBDUCTION ZONES IN ALL OF THESE SETTINGS

25. IN

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING METAMORPHIC ENVIRONMENTS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND BEDDING AND OTHER SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES TO BE PRESERVED . A. B. C. D.

BURIAL METAMORPHISM ALONG FAULTS CONTACT METAMORPHISM REGIONAL METAMORPHISM

26. THE PARALLEL ALIGNMENT OF MICA IN A METAMORPHIC ROCK IS AN EXAMPLE OF

AND

BEDDING IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR A ROCK TO DEVELOP METAMORPHIC FOLIATION SEDIMENTARY BEDDING AND METAMORPHIC FOLIATION ARE TWO TERMS FOR THE SAME PHENOMENON SEDIMENTARY BEDDING AND METAMORPHIC FOLIATION ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL THERE IS NO REGULAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEDIMENTARY BEDDING AND METAMORPHIC FOLIATION

28. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT USED TO CLASSIFY FOLIATED ROCKS ? A. B.

C.

D.

CRYSTAL SIZE THE TEXTURE OF THE PARENT ROCK THE DEGREE TO WHICH MINERALS ARE SEGREGATED INTO LIGHTER AND DARKER BANDS THE METAMORPHIC GRADE

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SETS IS ARRANGED IN ORDER METAMORPHIC GRADE ? A. B. C. D.

OF

INCREASING

SHALE - SLATE – PHYLLITE PHYLLITE - GNEISS – SCHIST PHYLLITE - SLATE – SCHIST SCHIST - SHALE - GNEISS

30. WHICH

OF THE FOLLOWING ROCKS REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST METAMORPHIC GRADE ?

A. SLATE B. SCHIST



Geography Solved MCQs C. PHYLLITE D. GNEISS 31. METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITH SEGREGATED LIGHT AND DARK MINERALS ARE CALLED

_______. A. B. C. D.

SLATE SCHIST PHYLLITE GNEISS

32. DURING

METAMORPHISM A QUARTZ ARENITE WILL CHANGE INTO WHAT TYPE OF ROCK ?

A. B. C. D.

SLATE SCHIST QUARTZITE GNEISS

33. A NORMAL GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT IS APPROXIMATELY _________ . A. B. C. D.

3000 DEGREES C PER KM 300 DEGREES C PER KM 30 DEGREES C PER KM 3 DEGREES C PER KM

34. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING METAMORPHIC ROCKS FORMS IN THE FOREARC OF A SUBDUCTION ZONE ?

A. B. C. D.

AMPHIBOLITES BLUESCHIST QUARTZITE GNEISS

35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCKS CAN BE CONSIDERED GRADATIONAL BETWEEN AN IGNEOUS ROCK AND A METAMORPHIC ROCK ?

A. B. C. D.

GENISS QUARTZITE MIGMATITE SCHIST

36. FOR THE BARROVIAN SEQUENCE GIVEN ABOVE INTENSITY OF METAMORPHISM : A. INCREASES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT B. INCREASES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT C. CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE DIAGRAM

37. IN THE FIGURE ABOVE , THE A ISOGRAD IS THE ________ ISOGRAD A. B. C. D.

AMPHIBOLE MUSCOVITE BIOTITE GARNET

38. IN THE FIGURE ABOVE , WHAT MINERAL WOULD NOT BE PRESENT IN ZONE B? A. B. C. D.

GARNET CHLORITE BIOTITE QUARTZ

39. IN THE FIGURE ABOVE, THE C ISOGRAD IS THE _________ ISOGRAD A. B. C. D.

KYANITE MUSCOVITE STAUROLITE SILLMANIT

40. IN THE FIGURE ABOVE , ZONE D SHOULD CONTAIN WHICH MINERALS ?

A. B. C. D.

OF

THE

FOLLOWING

AMPHIBOLE SILLMANITE CALCITE KYANITE

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Geography Solved MCQs THAT FORMS AT EXTREMELY HIGH PRESSURES AND MODERATE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES IS CALLED A (N) _________

ROCKS

.

EACH CHAPTER WILL INCLUDE A FEW QUESTIONS A. B. C. D.

AMPHIBOLITES HORNFELS GRANULITE ECLOGITE

DESIGNED TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL COVERED IN THE CHAPTER AND IN THE INTERNET BASED RESOURCES . YOUR ANSWERS ARE NOT BEING RECORDED . T RY THE FOLLOWING .

1. THE RATE OF COOLING OF A MAGMA OR LAVA IS REFLECTED BY THE ________ OF THE ROCK . A. B. C. D.

42. THE ZEOLITE FACIES OCCURS IN WHICH PRESSURE -TEMPERATURE REGIME? A. B. C. D.

AREA A AREA B AREA C AREA D

43. THE ECLOGITE FACIES OCCURS IN WHICH PRESSURE -TEMPERATURE REGIME? A. B. C. D.

AREA A AREA C AREA E AREA G

44. THE GREENSCHIST FACIES OCCURS IN WHICH PRESSURE -TEMPERATURE REGIME? A. B. C. D.

AREA C AREA D AREA E AREA F

AND PLUTONIC VOLCANIC IGNEOUS

MINERALOGY TEXTURE COLOR DENSITY

2. THE TEMPERATURE (AT LEAST A MINIMUM ESTIMATE ) FROM WHICH THE MELT COOLED IS REFLECTED BY THE _________ OF THE ROCK . A. B. C. D.

MINERALOGY TEXTURE COLOR DENSITY

3. WHERE WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND THE LARGEST CRYSTALS IN A LAVA FLOW ? A. NEAR THE TOP SURFACE OF THE B. C. D.

FLOW IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOW NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOW THE CRYSTALS WOULD HAVE THE SAME GRAIN SIZE THROUGHOUT THE FLOW

4. ACCORDING TO BOWEN'S REACTION SERIES , WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PAIRS OF PHASES ARE LIKELY TO BE INCOMPATIBLE ?

A. B. C. D.

QUARTZ AND ALKALI FELDSPAR CA-P LAGIOCLASE AND OLIVINE QUARTZ AND OLIVINE NA-PLAGIOCLASE AND AMPHIBOLE

5. THE LAST MINERAL (ASSUMING THAT THE COMPOSITION IS APPROPRIATE ) TO CRYSTALLIZE FROM A MAGMA IS : A. PLAGIOCLASE



Geography Solved MCQs B. OLIVINE C. Q UARTZ D. PYROXENE

D. TRANSFORM BOUNDARY 11. DESCRIBE THE PLATE TECTONIC SETTINGS

6. THE

FINE GRAINED (APHANATIC ) EQUIVALENT OF A GRANITE IS A :

A. B. C. D.

RHYOLITE GABBRO ANDESITE BASALT

DIAGRAM ABOVE MOST REPRESENTS A ___________

A. B. C. D.

SUBDUCTION ZONE CONTINENT /CONTINENT COLLISION SPREADING CENTER TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

SHOULD OFFER THE LEAST RESISTANCE TO FLOW - A BASALTIC LAVA , AN ANDESITIC LIQUID OR A RHYOLITIC LIQUID?

LIKELY

EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK

8. THE COARSE GRAINED EQUIVALENT OF A BASALT IS A: A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D. 12. WHICH

GRAINS ARE ALKALI FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ . T HE LENGTH OF THE FIGURE IS ABOUT 2 CM. 7. THE

WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND BASALTIC ROCKS:

RHYOLITE GABBRO ANDESITE BASALT

9. DESCRIBE THE PLATE TECTONIC SETTINGS WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND GRANITIC / RHYOLITIC ROCKS :

A. SUBDUCTION ZONE B. CONTINENT /CONTINENT COLLISION C. SPREADING CENTER D. TRANSFORM BOUNDARY 10. DESCRIBE THE PLATE TECTONIC SETTINGS WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND ANDESITES :

A. SUBDUCTION ZONE B. CONTINENT /CONTINENT COLLISION C. SPREADING CENTER

A. BASALT B. ANDESITE C. RHYOLITE 13. WHICH IS MORE LIKELY , A GRANITE DIKE , A DIORITE DIKE OR A GABBRO DIKE ? A. GRANITE B. DIORITE C. GABBRO 14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS MIGHT BE FOUND IN A GRANITE DIKE ? A. B. C. D.

AMPHIBOLE MUSCOVITE BIOTITE ALL OF THESE

15. CRATER LAKE , OREGON, IS A LAKE WITHIN A: A. B. C. D.

SILL CRATER CALDERA VOLCANIC NECK

16. RESIDENTS AT THE BASE OF WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD FACE THE GREATEST DANGER OF A NUEE ARDENTE ?

A. B. C. D.

SHIELD VOLCANO CINDER CONE GEYSER STRATOVOLCANO

17. THE CONTINENTAL CRUST IS MOST LIKE _______________. A. GRANITE



Geography Solved MCQs B. RHYOLITE C. BASALT D. GABBRO 18. THE OCEANIC CRUST _______________. A. B. C. D.

IS

MOST

LIKE

GRANITE RHYOLITE BASALT GABBRO

THAT FORM WHEN GASES ESCAPE FROM THE MOLTEN ROCK ?

A. WATER

C.

RAISES THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF ROCK WATER LOWERS THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF A ROCK WATER NEITHER RAISES NOR LOWERS THE MELTING TEMPERATURE

21. DURING CRYSTALLIZATION OF A MELT PLAGIOCLASE

BECOME

A. B. C. D.

25. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PAIRS OF

RICHER

IN

A. B. C. D.

POTASSIUM SODIUM CALCIUM KRYPTON

A. A LIGHT-COLORED, FINE-GRAINED B. C.

D.

23. WHICH

A. A DARK-COLORED , FINE-GRAINED


OF THE FOLLOWING CONCORDANT INTRUSIVE ROCK ?

IGNEOUS ROCK RICH IN SILICA A LIGHT - COLORED, FINE- GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK POOR IN SILICA A LIGHT - COLORED , COARSE GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK RICH IN SILICA A LIGHT - COLORED , COARSE GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK POOR IN SILICA

27. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES A BASALT ?

22. AT ABOUT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO OLIVINE AND CA- RICH PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALLIZE FROM A MAGMA? A. B. C. D.

GRANITE AND ANDESITE DIORITE AND BASALT GABBRO AND BASALT GABBRO AND RHYOLITE

26. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES A GRANITE ?

__________ . A. B. C. D.

PORPHYRY OBSIDIAN PHANERITIC APHANITIC

INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE ROCKS HAVE THE SAME CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ?

GRANITE OBSIDIAN PUMICE BASALT

20. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF WATER ON MELTING (ASSUMING THE ROCK DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY HYDROUS MINERALS )?

B.

DIKE SILL STOCK BATHOLITHS

24. WHAT TYPE OF IGNEOUS ROCK WOULD CONTAIN 10 MM LONG PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALS SURROUNDED BY 0.5 MM LONG CRYSTALS ?

19. WHAT TYPE OF VOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF CAVITIES (BUBBLES )

A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

B. C.

D. IS

A

28. MOST

IGNEOUS ROCK RICH IN SILICA A DARK -COLORED , FINE- GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK POOR IN SILICA A DARK - COLORED, COARSE GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK RICH IN SILICA A DARK - COLORED, COARSE GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK POOR IN SILICA IGNEOUS

ROCKS

CONTAIN



Geography Solved MCQs ___________S IO2 BY WEIGHT. A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

LESS THAN 40% BETWEEN 40% AND 70% BETWEEN 70% AND 90% GREATER THAN 90%

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS ?

A. B. C. D.

MINERAL

IN

SODIUM PLAGIOCLASE QUARTZ

30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT MAFIC ROCKS IS TRUE ? A. MAFIC ROCKS ARE RICHER IN SILICA B.

C. D.

THAN FELSIC ROCKS MAFIC ROCKS CRYSTALLIZE AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES THAN FELSIC ROCKS MAFIC ROCKS ARE MORE VISCOUS THAN FELSIC ROCKS MAFIC ROCKS TEND TO BE LIGHTER IN COLOR THAN FELSIC ROCKS .

31. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IGNEOUS ROCKS CRYSTALLIZES NEAR THE EARTH' S SURFACE ? A. B. C. D.

BASALT GABBRO DIORITE GRANITE

32. WHAT

IS THE APPROXIMATE CONTENT OF A GRANITE ?

A. B. C. D.

INCREASES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROWS IN THE SENTENCE ABOVE ? MELTING TEMPERATURE POTASSIUM CONTENT SILICA CONTENT VISCOSITY

36. WHAT TYPE OF MAGMA FORMS AT MIDOCEAN RIDGES ? A. B. C. D.

BASALT ANDESITE ULTRAMAFIC GRANITE

37. A PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS PHENOCRYSTS OF OLIVINE AND CALCIUM RICH PLAGIOCLASE IN AN APHANITIC GROUNDMASS . T HIS IS A __________?

A. B. C. D.

ANDESITE PORPHYRY BASALT PORPHYRY GABBRO PORPHYRY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY

38. A PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS PHENOCRYSTS OF OLIVINE AND CALCIUM SILICA

20% 50% 70% 100%

33. WHICH OF THESE MINERALS IS COMMONLY FOUND IN BOTH MAFIC AND FELSIC ROCKS ? A. B. C. D.

35. FELSIC => INTERMEDIATE => =>M AFIC WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES

A. B. C. D.

AMPHIBOLE OLIVINE

BASALT ANDESITE OBSIDIAN GRANITE

Q UARTZ ALKALI FELDSPAR PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR OLIVINE

34. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK ?

RICH PLAGIOCLASE IN AN PHANERITIC GROUNDMASS . T HIS IS A __________?

A. B. C. D.

ANDESITE PORPHYRY BASALT PORPHYRY GABBRO PORPHYRY RHYOLITE PORPHYRY

39. WHAT IS THE DOMINANT ROCK TYPE ON MOST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ? A. B. C. D.


40. WHAT IS THE DOMINANT ROCK TYPE AT THE CENTER OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS ?



Geography Solved MCQs A. B. C. D.


41. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF WATER ON MELTING ? A. WATER B. C. D.

RAISES THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF A ROCK WATER LOWERS THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF A ROCK WATER DOES NOT CHANGE THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF A ROCK THIS DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WATER IS PRESENT

C. PYROXENE D. AMPHIBOLE 45. AT ABOUT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO OLIVINE AND CALCIUM -RICH PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALLIZE FROM A MELT ? (ANSWERS ARE IN DEGREES CENTIGRADE ) A. B. C. D.

500 1000 1500 2000

46. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS CRYSTALLIZES MAGMA ?

A. B. C. D.

FIRST

FROM

A

BASALTIC

Q UARTZ BIOTITE PYROXENE OLIVINE

47. HOW DOES A MAGMA MAKE SPACE FOR ITSELF IN ORDER TO RISE THROUGH THE CRUST?

A. BY WEDGING OPEN THE OVERLYING B. 42. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS WOULD LEAD TO MELTING OF ALBITE PLUS WATER? A. RAISE THE PRESSURE (P) B. RAISE THE T EMPERATURE (T) C. EITHER RAISE THE PRESSURE (P) OR RAISE THE T EMPERATURE (T) EITHER THE D. DECREASE TEMPERATURE (T) OR PRESSURE (P)

C. D.

48. HOW CAN A SILL BE DISTINGUISHED FROM A LAVA FLOW? A. A SILL IS GENERALLY COARSER B.

43. DURING CRYSTALLIZATION OF A MAGMA THE PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR __________. A. B. C. D.

IS REPLACED BY QUARTZ IS REPLACED BY PYROXENE BECOMES RICHER IN CALCIUM BECOMES RICHER IN SODIUM

44. WHICH MINERAL IS NOT PART OF THE DISCONTINUOUS REACTION SERIES ? A. PLAGIOCLASE B. OLIVINE

ROCK BY BREAKING OFF LARGE BLOCKS THAT SINK INTO THE MAGMA CHAMBER BY MELTING THE SURROUNDING ROCKS ALL OF THESE

C.

D.

GRAINED THAN A LAVA FLOW THE ROCKS ABOVE AND BELOW A SILL WILL SHOW EVIDENCE OF HEATING BUT ONLY THE ROCKS BELOW A LAVA FLOW WILL SHOW EVIDENCE OF HEATING SILLS GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE VESICLES ; LAVA FLOWS GENERALLY HAVE VESICLES ALL OF THESE

49. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A VOLCANIC ARC THAT SUBDUCTION ZONE ?

OVERLIES

A




ALEUTIAN ISLANDS HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CASCADE RANGE JAPANESE ISLANDS

50. WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE MINERALS ON THE DISCONTINUOUS SIDE OF THE REACTION SERIES CRYSTALLIZE AT THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES ?

A. B. C. D.

ISOLATED TETRAHEDRAL SINGLE CHAIN SHEET FRAMEWORK

51. AS A MAGMA CHANGES FROM MAFIC TO FELSIC, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS DECREASES ? A. B. C. D.

SODIUM POTASSIUM SILICON IRON

52. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ? A. MAFIC B. C. D.

MAGMAS ARE MORE VISCOUS THAN FELSIC MAGMAS MAFIC MAGMAS ARE HOTTER THAN FELSIC MAGMAS MAFIC MAGMAS CONTAIN MORE CALCIUM THAN FELSIC MAGMAS MAFIC MAGMAS CONTAIN LESS SILICON THAN FELSIC MAGMAS

53. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AN IGNEOUS ROCK ?

A. B. C. D.

GRAIN SIZE MELTING TEMPERATURE MINERALOGY VISCOSITY

54. COMPARED TO FELSIC MAGMAS, MAFIC MAGMAS ARE RELATIVELY ENRICHED IN: A. B. C. D.

CALCIUM IRON MAGNESIUM ALL OF THE ABOVE

55. A GLASSY TEXTURE INDICATES:

A. VERY RAPID COOLING B. SLOW COOLING C. SLOW FOLLOWED BY D.

RAPID

COOLING NONE OF THE ABOVE

56. PYROCLASTIC ROCKS FORM BY : A. A LAVA COOLING ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH B. VIOLENT , EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC C. D.

ERUPTION A MAGMA COOLING SLOWING IN THE SUBSURFACE TWO PHASES OF COOLING , ONE FAST AND ONE SLOW

57. THE PRESENCE OF PHENOCRYSTS IN AN IGNEOUS ROCKS INDICATE : A. A LAVA COOLING ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH B. VIOLENT , EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC C. D.

ERUPTION A MAGMA COOLING SLOWING IN THE SUBSURFACE TWO PHASES OF COOLING , ONE FAST AND ONE SLOW

58. VESICLES IN AN IGNEOUS ROCK FORM FROM : A. ESCAPING GASES B. PHENOCRYSTS SETTLE

C. D.

BOTTOM OF THE CHAMBER FALLING ASH ALL OF THE ABOVE

TO THE MAGMA

59. THE DISCONTINUOUS BRANCH OF BOWEN'S REACTION SERIES CONSISTS OF MINERALS WITH ________ STRUCTURES .

A. B. C. D.

ISOLATED TETRAHEDRAL SINGLE CHAINS DOUBLE CHAINS ALL OF THE ABOVE

60. BATHOLITHS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH : A. PLATEAU BASALTS B. OCEANIC ISLANDS C. FOLDED MOUNTAINS



Geography Solved MCQs D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

D. VAPORIZATION

DURING

UNDERWATER ERUPTION

61. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES IS DEPICTED IN THE DIAGRAM ABOVE ? A. B. C. D.

BASALT RHYOLITE GABBRO DIORITE 64. WHAT MINERAL OCCURS IN BOX I OF BOWEN' S REACTION SERIES (ABOVE) A. B. C. D.

62. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES IS DEPICTED IN THE DIAGRAM ABOVE ? A. B. C. D.

FELSIC INTERMEDIATE MAFIC ULTRAMAFIC

AMPHIBOLE CA-RICH PLAGIOCLASE OLIVINE Q UARTZ

65. WHAT MINERAL OCCURS AT POINT II OF BOWEN' S REACTION SERIES (ABOVE) A. B. C. D.

NA-RICH PLAGIOCLASE CA-RICH PLAGIOCLASE OLIVINE Q UARTZ

66. WHAT MINERAL OCCURS IN BOX III OF BOWEN' S REACTION SERIES (ABOVE) A. B. C. D.

NA-RICH PLAGIOCLASE MUSCOVITE OLIVINE Q UARTZ

63. IN THE BASALT SAMPLE DEPICTED ABOVE , THE VESICLES (SMALL SPHERICAL CAVITIES ) MOST LIKELY FORMED BY ___________. A. THE ESCAPE OF GAS BUBBLES

B.

C.

DISSOLVED IN THE LAVE DURING ERUPTION THE WEATHERING AND EROSION OF OLIVINE CRYSTALS AFTER THE ERUPTION AIR BUBBLES ENTRAINED IN THE FLOW DURING THE ERUPTION

67. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VOLCANIC CHAINS FORMED AT A TECTONIC SETTING



Geography Solved MCQs SIMILAR TO "A"?

A. B. C. D.

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS ANDES MOUNTAINS CASCADE RANGE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCKS? A. B. C. D.

68. WHAT TYPE OF LAVA IS MOST LIKELY TO ERUPT AT TECTONIC SETTING "B"? A. B. C. D.

ANDESITIC BASALTIC RHYOLITIC

A. B. C. D.

69. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VOLCANOES

A. B. C. D.

HEKLA , ICELAND MAUNA LOA MOUNT PELEE , MARTINIQUE MOUNT ST. HELENS

A. B. C. D.

SAND SIZED MATERIAL PLANT REMAINS CLAY MINERALS CARBONATE

2. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS A BIOCHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK ? A. B. C. D.

SAND SIZED MATERIAL COAL SHALE CONGLOMERATE

3. A CLASTIC ROCK IS: A. A ROCK FORMED FROM THE

B. C. D.

CEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTED GRAINS A ROCK FORMED FROM EVAPORATION OF SEA WATER TRANSFORMED BY HEAT INTO LIMESTONE TRANSFORMED BY PRESSURE INTO LIMESTONE

4. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES

COARSE CLASTICS FINE CLASTICS CHEMICAL BIOCHEMICAL

6. THE

TENDENCY FOR VARIATIONS IN CURRENT VELOCITY TO SEGREGATE SEDIMENTS ON THE BASIS OF PARTICLE SIZE IS CALLED _____. A. B.

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 1. SHALE REFERS TO A ROCK FORMED FROM :

ALL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SEDIMENTS ARE MOST ABUNDANT ?

NONE OF THE ABOVE

FORMED AT A TECTONIC SETTING SIMILAR TO "C"?

BEDDING FOLIATION FOSSILS

C. D.

LILTHIFICATION COMPACTION METAMORPHISM SORTING

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF CURRENTS CAN TRANSPORT SAND GRAINS ? A. B. C. D.

RIVERS WIND OCEAN WAVES ALL OF THESE

8. IN

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS WOULD YOU EXPECT THE SAND DEPOSITS TO BE POORLY SORTED ? A. B. C. D.

ALLUVIAL BEACH DESERT GLACIAL

9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SHORELINE /TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT ? A.

ALLUVIAL

B.

CONTINENTAL SHELF DELTAIC ORGANIC REEF

C. D.



Geography Solved MCQs 10. MOST SHELLS OF MARINE ORGANISMS ARE COMPOSED OF ________ . A. B. C. D.

SILICA

D.

CALCIUM CARBONATE CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CALCIUM SULFATE

11. COARSE

CLASTIC MATERIAL CAN BE TRANSPORTED INTO A DEEP MARINE ENVIRONMENT BY ______ .

A. B. C. D.

C.

A.

B.

WIND TURBIDITY CURRENTS ALL OF THESE

C.

12. MARINE SEDIMENTS DEPOSITED IN WATER DEPTHS GREATER THAN ABOUT 12,000 FEET USUALLY LACK ________ .

D.

MATERIAL TRANSPORTED BY THE WIND ALL OF THESE

D.

A.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND OSCILLATION RIPPLES ?

ALLUVIAL BEACH DEEP - SEA

B. C. D.

DESERT

NOT AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF SUBSIDENCE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEDIMENTARY BASIN?

A. COOLING AND CONTRACTION OF THE CRUST DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS EROSION OF SEDIMENTS TECTONIC DOWN FAULTING

A. B. C. D.

A. SANDSTONE , B.

ARKOSE LITHARENITE QUARTZ ARENITE SHALE

OF

DECREASING SILTSTONE ,

CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE , CONGLOMERATE ,

ARKOSE LITHARENITE QUARTZ ARENITE SHALE

19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCKS IS DEPOSITED ONLY BY NON - BIOLOGICAL , CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION ? A. B. C. D.

15. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LISTS IS WRITTEN IN ORDER PARTICLE SIZE?

BRECCIAS ARE COARSE GRAINED AND CONGLOMERATES ARE FINE GRAINED CONGLOMERATES ARE COARSE GRAINED AND BRECCIAS ARE FINE GRAINED BRECCIAS HAVE ROUNDED FRAGMENTS AND CONGLOMERATES HAVE ANGULAR FRAGMENTS BRECCIAS HAVE ANGULAR FRAGMENTS AND CONGLOMERATES HAVE ROUNDED FRAGMENTS

18. A SANDSTONE WITH ABUNDANT ROCK FRAGMENTS AND CLAY MINERALS IS A (N) ______ .

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES IS

B. C. D.

SANDSTONE ,

17. A FELDSPAR -RICH SANDSTONE IS CALLED A(N) ________ .

13. IN

A. B. C. D.

SANDSTONE ,

16. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BRECCIA AND A CONGLOMERATE ?

RIVERS

A. CARBONATE SHELLS B. SILICA -RICH SHELLS GRAINED C. FINE

SILTSTONE CONGLOMERATE , SILTSTONE SILTSTONE , CONGLOMERATE

HALITE LIMESTONE CHERT ARENITE COAL

20. THE

MOST COMMON LITHIFICATION PROCESS FOR FINE CLASTICS IS _______ . A. B.

CEMENTATION COMPACTION



Geography Solved MCQs 21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LISTS IS

B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

WRITTEN IN THE ORDER OF INCREASING TEMPERATURE ? A.

B.

C.

D.

SEDIMENTATION , METAMORPHISM , DIAGENESIS DIAGENESIS , SEDIMENTATION , METAMORPHISM SEDIMENTATION , DIAGENESIS , METAMORPHISM METAMORPHISM , DIAGENESIS , SEDIMENTATION

22. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES DOES NOT OCCUR DURING DIAGENESIS ? A. B. C. D.

TERM "AEOLIAN" REFERS TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION BY :

A. B. C. D.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS WOULD YOU LEAST EXPECT TO FIND GRAVEL? A.

C. D.

B. C. D.

TO

THE WIND STREAMS OCEAN WAVES POCKET GOPHERS

24. WITH TIME, SEDIMENT TRANSPORTED BY GLACIERS ___________. A. B. C. D.

BECOMES ROUNDED BECOMES SMALLER BECOMES ROUNDED AND SMALLER NONE OF THESE

25. WITH TIME, SEDIMENT TRANSPORTED BY A FLUVIAL SYSTEM ___________. A. BECOMES ROUNDED B. BECOMES SMALLER C. BECOMES ROUNDED AND SMALLER D. NONE OF THESE

26. WHICH OF THE SAND GRAINS ABOVE HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED THE FURTHEST ? A. 1

ACTIVE MARGIN BEACH ALLUVIAL FANS GLACIAL DEEP MARINE

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IS CHARACTERIZED SAND , GRAVEL AND MUD ? A.

A.

NATURAL GAS OIL LIMESTONE PRESERVED PLANT MATERIAL

28. IN

B.

COMPACTION CEMENTATION LITHIFICATION METAMORPHISM

23. THE

27. COAL IS FORMED FROM ______.

B. C. D.

BY

ACTIVE MARGIN BEACH ALLUVIAL FANS GLACIAL DEEP MARINE

30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IS DOMINATED BY WAVES AND TIDAL CURRENTS ?

A. B. C. D.

GLACIAL ALLUVIAL FANS DELTAIC DEEP MARINE

31. SILICEOUS ENVIRONMENTS, NAMED FOR THE SILICA - RICH SHELLS DEPOSITED IN THEM, OCCUR ________. A. B. C. D.

IN AN EVAPORITE ENVIRONMENT IN A SWAMP ENVIRONMENT IN A REEF ENVIRONMENT IN A DEEP -SEA ENVIRONMENT

32. IN THE CROSS SECTION OF A SAND DUNE



Geography Solved MCQs GIVEN ABOVE, THE WIND WAS BLOWING ? A. B. C. D.

<--------------> <-------> CANNOT DETERMINE DIRECTION FROM INFORMATION GIVEN .

33. IN THE CROSS SECTION OF A SAND DUNE GIVEN ABOVE , THE DIAGONAL LAYERS ARE CALLED _____. A. B. C. D.

CROSS BEDS GRADED BEDS POINT BARS RIPPLE MARKS .

34. WHAT

IS THE MOST ABUNDANT BIOCHEMICAL PRECIPITATE IN THE OCEANS ?

A. B. C. D.

HALITE LIMESTONE CHERT COAL

35. RIPPLES OCCUR: A.

B.

C.

D.

ON SAND BENEATH THE WAVES AT BEACHES ON UNDERWATER SANDBARS IN STREAMS ON THE SURFACE OF WINDSWEPT DUNES ALL OF THESE CAN HAVE RIPPLES

C.

RECRYSTALLIZATION COMPACTION CEMENTATION

D.

ALL MAY OCCUR

A. B.

39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PHYSICAL , AS OPPOSED TO A CHEMICAL , DIAGENETIC PROCESS ?

C.

RECRYSTALLIZATION COMPACTION CEMENTATION

D.

ALL ARE PHYSICAL IN NATURE

A. B.

40. WHAT IS THE POROSITY OF NEWLY DEPOSITED MUD ?

C.

LESS THAN 5% BETWEEN 5% AND 25% BETWEEN 25% AND 50%

D.

50%

A. B.

41. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS REPRESENT THE MOST SEDIMENTARY ROCKS? A. B.

C. D.

ABUNDANT

LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES SANDSTONES AND CONGLOMERATES CHERTS AND EVAPORATES MUDSTONES AND SHALES

36. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND SYMMETRICAL RIPPLES ?

C.

ALLUVIAL BEACH DEEP - SEA

D.

DESERT

A. B.

37. WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE TEMPERATURE OF A SEDIMENT THAT IS BURIED TO A DEPTH OF 3 KM ? A. B. C. D.


38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES OCCURS DURING LITHIFICATION ?

42. WHAT TYPE OF SANDSTONE IS DEPICTED IN THE ILLUSTRATION ABOVE ? A. B. C. D.

QUARTZ ARENITE LITHARENITE ARKOSE THIS IS A GRANITE!!

43. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SANDSTONE TYPES IS MOST LIKELY TO FORM BY THE MECHANICAL WEATHERING OF A GRANITE ?

A. QUARTZ ARENITE B. LITHARENITE



Geography Solved MCQs C. ARKOSE D. SHALE 44. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SANDSTONE TYPES IS MOST LIKELY TO FORM BY THE MECHANICAL AND INTENSE CHEMICAL WEATHERING OF A GRANITE ?

A. B. C. D.

QUARTZ ARENITE LITHARENITE ARKOSE SHALE

PLATE TECTONICS

MESOSAURUS FOUND IN AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA THAT SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO CONTINENTS TOGETHER ? A. EARLY CENOZOIC B. LATE MESOZOIC C. EARLY MESOZOIC D. LATE PALEOZOIC

WERE

ONCE

6. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY LITHOSPHERIC PLATES ARE THERE ? A. ABOUT 3 B. ABOUT 6 C. ABOUT 12 D. ABOUT 24 7. WHICH

1.W HAT IS THE NAME OF THE MESOZOIC SUPERCONTINENT THAT CONSISTED OF ALL OF THE PRESENT CONTINENTS ? A. EURASIA B. LAURASIA C. PANGAEA D. GONDWANALAND

2. WHEN DID THE SUPERCONTINENT PANGAEA BEGIN TO BREAK APART ? A. ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO B. ABOUT 10 MILLION YEARS AGO C. ABOUT 200 MILLION YEARS AGO D. ABOUT 570 MILLION YEARS AGO 3. WHAT TWO SCIENTISTS PROPOSED THE THEORY OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING IN HE EARLY 1960S? A. CHARLES DARWIN AND JAMES HUTTON B. HARRY HESS AND ROBERT DIETZ

C. JOHN BUTLER AND ARTHUR SMITE D. VINE AND D. MATHEWS 4. THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED BY __________ . THE END OF THE 19 TH CENTURY A. ABOUT 1950 B. ABOUT 1960 C. ABOUT 1970 5. WHAT AGE ARE THE FOSSILS OF THE REPTILE

PLATE IS BEING SUBDUCTED BENEATH WESTERN S OUTH A MERICA? A. THE PACIFIC PLATE B. THE SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE C. THE NAZCA PLATE D. THE SOUTH ATLANTIC PLATE

8. HOW OLD ARE THE OLDEST OCEANIC CRUSTAL BASALTS ? A. ABOUT 20 MILLION YEARS OLD B. ABOUT 4.0 BILLION YEARS OLD C. ABOUT 200 MILLION YEARS OLD D. ABOUT 570 MILLION YEARS OLD 9. NEW OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE FORMS AT __________ . A. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES B. CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES C. TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES D. ALL OF THESE ARE POSSIBLE 10. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY ? A. THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY OF EAST AFRICA B. THE EAST PACIFIC RISE C. THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT D. THE MID -ATLANTIC RIDGE 11. PARTIAL MELTING AND THE PRODUCTION OF MAGMA TAKES PLACE AT ________ . A. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES B. OCEAN -OCEAN CONVERGENT PLATE C.

BOUNDARIES OCEAN -CONTINENT

PLATE



Geography Solved MCQs D.

BOUNDARIES ALL OF THESE

18. TRANSFORM FAULTS ___________ . A.

12. AT WHAT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY DO SHALLOW -FOCUS EARTHQUAKES OCCUR? A. B. C. D.

CONVERGENT DIVERGENT TRANSFORM ALL OF THESE

13. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORMED AT A _________ . A. B. C. D.

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DIVERGENT BOUNDARY TRANSFORM BOUNDARY NONE OF THESE

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERGENT PLATE MARGINS ? A. DEEP -FOCUS EARTHQUAKES B. RIFT VALLEYS C. ISLAND ARCS D. DEEP -SEA TRENCHES

15. THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE IS BOUNDED BY _________ PLATE BOUNDARIES A. CONVERGENT B. DIVERGENT C. TRANSFORM D. CONVERGENT , DIVERGENT , AND TRANSFORM

16. THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA REPRESENTS A _________ . A. B. C. D.

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DIVERGENT BOUNDARY TRANSFORM BOUNDARY NONE OF THESE

17. WHAT ARE OPHIOLITE SUITES ? A.

B.

C.

D.

FRAGMENTS OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE EMPLACED ON A CONTINENT GROUPS OF SEAFLOOR MAGNETIC ANOMALIES WEDGE - SHAPED PACKAGES OF SEDIMENTS THAT FORM AT PASSIVE MARGINS MICRO - CONTINENTS THAT HAVE TRAVELED A LONG DISTANCE

B. C. D.

OFTEN OFFSET SPREADING CENTERS CAN CUT ACROSS CONTINENTS INVOLVE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT ALL OF THESE

19. STRETCHING STRESSES, BASALTIC LAVAS , AND SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES ASSOCIATED WITH ______ . A. SUBDUCTION ZONES B. CONTINENT /CONTINENT CONVERGENCE C. SPREADING CENTERS D. TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

ARE

STRESSES , GRANITIC 20. COMPRESSIVE MAGMAS , AND INTERMEDIATE DEPTH EARTHQUAKES

ARE

ASSOCIATED

WITH

__________ A. SUBDUCTION ZONES B. CONTINENT /CONTINENT C. D.

CONVERGENCE SPREADING CENTERS TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

21. SHEARING

STRESSES AND SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH : A. SUBDUCTION ZONES B. CONTINENT /CONTINENT CONVERGENCE C. SPREADING CENTERS D. TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

22. IF THE A TLANTIC OCEAN IS WIDENING AT A RATE OF 3 CM PER YEAR HOW FAR (IN KILOMETERS ) WILL IT SPREAD IN A MILLION YEARS? A. 300 KILOMETERS B. 30 KILOMETERS C. 30 MILES D. 3 KILOMETERS 23. IN 50 MILLION YEARS? A. 150 KILOMETERS B. 1000 KILOMETERS C. 1500 KILOMETERS D. 30 KILOMETERS 24. AT

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES WHERE OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST



Geography Solved MCQs MEET _________ . ASSOCIATED VOLCANISM A. NO OCCURS B. OCEANIC CRUST IS SUBDUCTED CRUST IS C. CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTED D. OCEANIC CRUST IS CREATED

25. ONE

REMARKABLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEAFLOOR SPREADING

REALIZATION DISCOVERY OF WAS THAT

_____________ . A. THE CRUST OF THE CONTINENTS IS

B.

C. D.

MORE DENSE THAN THE CRUST OF THE OCEAN THE CRUST OF THE OCEANS IS VERY YOUNG RELATIVE TO THE AGE OF THE CRUST OF THE CONTINENTS MOUNTAINS ARE MORE DENSE THAN THEN MANTLE THE ROTATIONAL POLES OF THE EARTH HAVE MIGRATED.

26. WHICH SEGMENT OF THE A TLANTIC OCEAN OPENED FIRST ? A. NORTHERN B. SOUTHERN C. CENTRAL D. IT ALL OPENED AT THE SAME TIME 27. IF THE PACIFIC PLATE AND THE NORTH A MERICAN PLATE CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THE SAME SENSE , LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO WILL EVENTUALLY LIE AT THE SAME LATITUDE A. TRUE B. FALSE

28. I ONCE SAW A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAID "R EUNITE GONDWANALAND ". WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS RECONSTRUCTION? A. ANTACRTICA B. AUSTRALIA C. INDIA SOUTH OF THE HIMAYALA D. NORTH AMERICA

29. LOIHI EXCITES GEOLOGISTS BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A: A. NEW INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING

B. C. D.

VOLCANIC GASSES NEW INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING LAVA COMPOSITION SATELLITE THAN CAN MONITOR WORLDWIDE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY A NEW VOLCANO THAT IS THE YOUNGEST IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND CHAIN .

30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CHAIN OF VOLCANIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH OCEAN - OCEAN CONVERGENCE ? A. THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS B. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS C. THE MARIANA ISLANDS D. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

31. VOLCANIC ISLAND ARCS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH __________ . A. TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES B. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES C. OCEAN -OCEAN CONVERGENT PLATE D.

BOUNDARIES OCEAN -CONTINENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

CONVERGENT

32. MELANGE DEPOSITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ______ . A. DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES B. SUBDUCTION MARGINS C. TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES D. ALL OF THESE 33. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOUNTAINS DID NOT FORM AS A RESULT OF COLLISION BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS ? A. APPALACHIANS B. URALS C. ANDES D. HIMALAYAS

34. CRUSTAL BLOCKS THAT OCCUR WITHIN OROGENIC BELTS WHOSE ROCKS AND STRUCTURES CONTRAST SHARPLY WITH ADJACENT PROVINCES ARE CALLED

________ . A. B. C. D.

OPHIOLITES SUTURES MICROPLATES ISLAND ARCS



Geography Solved MCQs 35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INCREASES WITH DISTANCE FROM A MID -OCEAN RIDGE ? A. B. C.

D.

THE AGE OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE THE DEPTH TO THE SEA FLOOR THE THICKNESS OF THE LITHOSPHERE ALL OF THE ABOVE

C. A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY D. THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA IS NOT A PLATE BOUNDARY

40. WHAT ARE OPHIOLITE SUITES ? OF A. FRAGMENTS

OCEANIC EMPLACED ON A

B. C. T HE

CROSS SECTION ABOVE DEPICTS MAGNETIZED OCEANIC CRUST AT A SPREADING CENTER . THE "+" SYMBOL INDICATES NORMAL MAGNETIC BANDS AND THE "-" SYMBOL INDICATES REVERSED MAGNETIC BANDS .

D.

LITHOSPHERE CONTINENT GROUPS OF SEAFLOOR MAGNETIC ANOMALIES WEDGE - SHAPED PACKAGES OF SEDIMENT THAT FORM AT PASSIVE MARGINS MICRO - CONTINENTS THAT HAVE TRAVELED A LONG DISTANCE

36. HOW MANY REVERSALS OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ARE DEPICTED IN THE DIAGRAM ? A. B. C. D.

3 4 6 7

37. HOW FAST ARE C AND D SPREADING APART FROM EACH OTHER ? A. ABOUT 2 CENTIMETERS PER YEAR B. ABOUT 5 CENTIMETERS PER YEAR C. ABOUT 10 CENTIMETERS PER YEAR D. ABOUT 100 CENTIMETERS PER YEAR

38. LINES ON THE SEAFLOOR THAT CONNECT ROCKS OF THE SAME AGE ARE CALLED

_________. A. ISOGRADS B. ISOTOPES C. ISOCHRONES D. ISOSTASY 39. THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA REPRESENTS A ___________. A. CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY B. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

T HE DIAGRAM ABOVE REPRESENTS AN OPHIOLITE SUITE

41. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES WOULD YOU LEAST EXPECT TO FIND IN LAYER 1? A. CHERT B. LIMESTONE C. SANDSTONE D. SHALE

42. WHAT TYPE OF ROCKS MAKE UP LAYER 2 A. BASALT B. GABBRO C. GRANITE D. ULTRAMAFICS 43. WHAT TYPE OF ROCKS MAKE UP LAYER 3 A. BASALT B. GABBRO C. GRANITE D. ULTRAMAFICS 44. WHERE IS THE MOHO IN THIS DIAGRAM ?



Geography Solved MCQs A. BETWEEN LAYERS 1 AND 2 B. BETWEEN LAYERS 2 AND 3 C. BETWEEN LAYER 3 AND THE D.

ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS BENEATH THE ULTRAMAFICS

45. WHICH TWO LAYERS HAVE THE SAME CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ? A. LAYERS 1 AND 2 B. LAYERS 1 AND C. LAYERS 2 AND 3 D. LAYER 3 AND THE ULTRAMAFICS 46. HOW WIDE ARE THE CRYSTAL MUSH ZONES (MAGMA CHAMBERS) BENEATH MID -OCEAN RIDGES? A. 1 KILOMETER B. 10 KILOMETERS C. 100 KILOMETERS D. 500 KILOMETERS

D.

OCEANIC TRENCH

50. FEATURE B, CALLED A __________, CONSISTS OF CHAOTICALLY MIXED AND DEFORMED ROCKS . A. FOREARC BASIN B. MÉLANGE C. SUTURE D. TURBIDITE

51. WHAT TYPE OF METAMORPHISM OCCURS IN REGION B? TEMPERATURE, LOW A. HIGH B. C. D.

PRESSURE LOW TEMPERATURE , PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE LOW TEMPERATURE , PRESSURE

HIGH HIGH LOW

47. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS LAID DOWN IN A

52. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

SLOWLY SUBSIDING BASIN ALONG A RECEDING CONTINENTAL MARGIN ARE CALLED __________. A. CONTINENTAL SHELF DEPOSITS B. OPHIOLITE SUITES C. MELANGE DEPOSITS D. FLUVIAL DEPOSITS

COULD BE REPRESENTED BY THIS DIAGRAM ?? A. EAST COAST OF A FRICA B. EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA C. WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA

48. VOLCANIC ISLAND ARCS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH _________. A. TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES B. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES C. OCEAN -OCEAN CONVERGENT PLATE D.

BOUNDARIES OCEAN -CONTINENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

CONVERGENT

D. EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION 1. THE DIP OF A UNIT REPRESENTS THE ___________ . A. DIRECTION OF INTERSECTION OF THE ROCK LAYER AN A HORIZONTAL SURFACE

B. PART OF THE UNIT WHICH HAS BEEN ERODED

49. WHAT IS THE TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURE AT A CALLED A. B. C.

OCEANIC BASIN OCEANIC RIFT SPREADING CENTER

C. ANGLE AT WHICH THE BED INCLINES FROM THE HORIZONTAL

D. TILT OF THE ROCK UNIT BEFORE DEFORMATION



Geography Solved MCQs 2. IF YOU ARE FLYING IN AN AIRPLANE AND YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE LANDSCAPE , YOU ARE SEEING A ___________ VIEW OF THE EARTH.

CALLED THE _____. A.

ANTICLINE

B.

STRIKE

A. MAP

C.

SYNCLINE

B. CROSS -SECTIONAL

D.

DIP

C. LATERAL D. HORIZONTAL 3. IF LOOK AT A VERTICAL FACE OF A CLIFF OR A ROADCUT , YOU ARE SEEING A ___________ VIEW OF THE EARTH .

8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A TECTONIC FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLDING OR FAULTING ROCKS ? A.

COMPRESSIVE FORCE

B.

TENSIONAL FORCE

A. MAP

C.

SHEAR FORCE

B. CROSS -SECTIONAL

D.

ALL OF FORCES

C. LATERAL D. HORIZONTAL 4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF TECTONIC FORCES TENDS TO PUSH TWO SIDES OF A BODY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SO THAT THEY SLIDE HORIZONTALLY PAST ONE ANOTHER ?

A. TENSIONAL FORCES B.

SHEARING FORCES

B. SYNCLINES C. LIMBS D. AXIAL PLANES 10. AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND _______.

D. NONE OF THESE

B. FAULTS

B. SHEARING FORCES

C. FOLDS AND FAULTS D. NEITHER FOLDS OR FAULTS 11. AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND _______.

C. COMPRESSIVE FORCES

A. FOLDS

D. NONE OF THESE

B. FAULTS

6. WHAT TYPE OF FORCES DOMINATE AT CONVERGENT PLATE MARGINS ? A. TENSIONAL FORCES B. SHEARING FORCES

C. FOLDS AND FAULTS D. NEITHER FOLDS OR FAULTS 12. AT TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND _______.

C. COMPRESSIVE FORCES

A. FOLDS

D. NONE OF THESE

B. FAULTS

7. THE ANGLE AT WHICH A SEDIMENTARY BED

TECTONIC

A. ANTICLINES

A. FOLDS

A. TENSIONAL FORCES

ARE

9. THE TWO SIDES OF A FOLD ARE CALLED ITS ________ .

C. COMPRESSIVE FORCES 5. WHAT TYPE OF FORCES DOMINATE AT DIVERGENT PLATE MARGINS?

THESE

C. FOLDS AND FAULTS

IS INCLINED FROM THE HORIZONTAL IS



Geography Solved MCQs D. NEITHER FOLDS OR FAULTS

C. BASEMENT

13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT ROCK DEFORMATION IS FALSE ?

ROCKS ARE MORE DUCTILE THAN YOUNG SEDIMENTS

D. YOUNG SEDIMENTS ARE VERY BRITTLE AND DEFORMED

A. DEEP CRUSTAL ROCKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEFORM DUCTILY THAN SHALLOW CRUSTAL ROCKS

B. HOTTER ROCKS ARE MORE LIKELY

NOT

EASILY

16. AN OVERTURNED FOLD IS CHARACTERIZED BY ___________ .

TO DEFORM DUCTILY THAN COOLER ROCKS

A. TWO LIMBS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO

C. MOST SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE

B. TWO LIMBS DIPPING IN THE SAME DIRECTION - WITH ONE TILTED

MORE DEFORMABLE IGNEOUS ROCKS

THAN

ONE ANOTHER

BEYOND VERTICAL

D. ROCKS UNDER LOW CONFINING

C. TWO LIMBS DIPPING IN OPPOSITE

PRESSURE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEFORM DUCTILY THAN ROCKS UNDER HIGH CONFINING PRESSURE

D. TWO LIMBS NOT PARALLEL TO EACH

14. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROCK

17. WHAT TYPES OF TECTONIC FORCES CAUSE FAULTING ?

DEFORMATION EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN A LABORATORY AND ROCK DEFORMATION THAT OCCURS NATURALLY IS THAT

_______. A. THE TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH LOWER IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THAN IN NATURE

B. THE PRESSURES ARE MUCH LOWER IN LABORATORY THAN IN NATURE

EXPERIMENTS

MUCH SHORTER IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THAN IN NATURE

D. REAL ROCKS ARE NOT USED IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THEY ARE IN NATURE

AS

15. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS INDICATE THAT ________. A. MOST IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE MORE MOST

B. MOST IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE LESS DEFORMABLE THAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

OTHER

A. COMPRESSIVE FORCES B. TENSIONAL FORCES C. SHEARING FORCES D. ALL OF THESE 18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FAULT WHERE THE MOTION IS PRIMARILY HORIZONTAL ?

A. A STRIKE SLIP FAULT

C. THE TIME OF DEFORMATION IS

DEFORMABLE THAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

DIRECTIONS

MOST

B. A RIGHT-LATERAL FAULT C. A TRANSFORM FAULT D. ALL OF THESE 19. WHAT TYPES OF FAULTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHEARING FORCES ? A. NORMAL FAULTS B. REVERSE FAULTS C. STRIKE -SLIP D. ALL OF THESE 20. WHAT TYPE OF FAULT IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ROCKS ABOVE THE FAULT PLANE MOVING DOWNWARD RELATIVE TO THE ROCKS BELOW THE FAULT PLANE ?



Geography Solved MCQs A. NORMAL FAULTS

FORCES

B. REVERSE FAULTS

B. LENGTH OF TIME THE FORCE WAS APPLIED

C. STRIKE -SLIP

C. AGE OF THE ROCK UNITS

D. ALL OF THESE 21. HOW MANY ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS DOES IT TAKE TO DESCRIBE ORIENTATION OF FAULT SURFACE ?

D. THE ABILITY OF THE ROCKS TO RESIST DEFORMATION

THE

A. 1

25. DOWNFOLDS OR BASINS OF LAYERED ROCK ARE CALLED :

B. 2

A. ANTICLINES

C. 3

B. FAULTS

D. 4

C. SYNCLINES

22. A SAMPLE OF MARBLE HAS DEFORMED AS A BRITTLE SUBSTANCE DURING A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT . IF WE WISH OUR NEXT SAMPLE OF MARBLE TO DEFORM PLASTICALLY RATHER THAN AS A BRITTLE SUBSTANCE , WE SHOULD CONDUCT OUR NEXT EXPERIMENT AT _________.

A. LOWER

TEMPERATURES AND LOWER CONFINING PRESSURES

B. LOWER

TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER CONFINING PRESSURES

C. HIGHER

TEMPERATURES AND LOWER CONFINING PRESSURES

D. HIGHER

TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER CONFINING PRESSURES

23. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS

D. UNCONFORMITIES 26. A BROAD CIRCULAR OR OVAL UPWARD BULGE OF ROCK LAYERS IS CALLED A (N) _____ A. ANTICLINE B. SYNCLINE C. BASIN D. DOME 27. IF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ON A GEOLOGIC MAP FORM A ZIGZAG PATTERN , THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF _________.

A. HORIZONTAL

PROBABLY

ANTICLINES

AND

SYNCLINES

B. PLUNGING

ANTICLINES

AND

SYNCLINES

WOULD FAVOR FOLDING RATHER THAN FAULTING ?

C. DOMES AND BASIN

A. LOW TEMPERATURES AND LOW

D. STRIKE SLIP FAULTS

CONFINING PRESSURES

B. LOW TEMPERATURES AND HIGH CONFINING PRESSURES

C. HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW CONFINING PRESSURES

D. HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH CONFINING PRESSURES

24. WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT AFFECT WHETHER FOLDING IS SEVERE OR GENTLE

A. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE APPLIED

28. THE STRUCTURE SHOWN ABOVE IS A (N) ________.



Geography Solved MCQs A. ANTICLINE

_______

B. SYNCLINE

A. TENSIONAL FORCES ONLY

C. BASIN

B. COMPRESSIVE FORCES ONLY

D. DOME

C. SHEAR FORCES ONLY

29. THE STRUCTURE SHOWN ABOVE IS A (N) ________.

D. SHEAR FORCES COMBINED WITH COMPRESSIVE FORCES

A. HORIZONTAL AND SYMMETRIC B. HORIZONTAL AND ASYMMETRIC D. PLUNGING AND ASYMMETRIC 30. WHAT TYPE OF FAULT IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ROCKS ABOVE THE FAULT PLANE MOVING UPWARD RELATIVE TO THE ROCKS BELOW THE FAULT PLANE ?

TENSIONAL

34. STRIKE -SLIP FAULTS ________. A. HAVE

HORIZONTAL

B. HAVE

VERTICAL

C. HAVE

APPRECIABLE

PRIMARILY MOVEMENT

C. PLUNGING AND SYMMETRIC

PRIMARILY MOVEMENT NO DISPLACEMENT

D. ARE LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS

A. NORMAL

35. WHICH TWO MEASUREMENTS DESCRIBE THE

B. STRIKE SLIP

ORIENTATION OF A FAULT PLANE AT A GIVEN LOCATION ?

C. REVERSE D. ALL OF THESE

A. AXIS AND PLANE

31. A FAULT PLANE STRIKES NORTH -SOUTH AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE WEST . GEOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE FAULT MOVEMENT WAS VERTICAL AND THAT MESOZOIC ROCKS OCCUR EAST OF THE FAULT AND PALEOZOIC ROCKS OCCUR WEST OF THE FAULT . W HAT TYPE OF FAULT IS THIS?

B. STRIKE AND DIP C. LATERAL AND THRUST D. TREND AND PLUNGE 36. DIP-SLIP FAULTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ________ FORCES . A. SHEARING

A. NORMAL

B. TENSIONAL

B. A RIGHT LATERAL STRIKE SLIP

C. COMPRESSIVE

C. REVERSE

D. TENSIONAL AND COMPRESSIVE 37. WHAT TYPE OF FAULT IS A THRUST FAULT ?

D. ALL OF THESE 32. WHAT TYPE OF FAULT IS CHARACTERIZED BY MOVEMENT BOTH ALONG DIP ?

ALONG

STRIKE

AND

B. LOW -ANGLE REVERSE FAULT D. LOW -ANGLE STRIKE -SLIP FAULT

B. STRIKE SLIP

38. OVERTHRUSTS ARE CAUSED BY LARGE -SCALE _______ FORCES.

C. REVERSE D. NORMAL OBLIQUE -SLIP

A. LOW -ANGLE NORMAL FAULT C. HIGH -ANGLE REVERSE FAULT

A. OBLIQUE -SLIP

33. AN

OR

A. SHEARING FAULT

SUGGESTS

B. TENSIONAL



Geography Solved MCQs C. COMPRESSIVE

INFORMATION GIVEN

D. SHEAR COMBINED WITH TENSIONAL AND COMPRESSIVE

39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES IS FORMED IN A REGION AFFECTED TENSIONAL TECTONIC FORCES ?

BY

42. WHICH WAY DO THE SEDIMENTARY LAYERS DIP - ASSUMING THE STRUCTURE IS NOT OVERTURNED ? A. TOWARD THE EAST B. TOWARD THE WEST

A. AN ANTICLINE

C. TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE MAP

B. A THRUST FAULT

D. EAST AND WEST

C. A STRIKE -SLIP FAULT D. A RIFT VALLEY 40. THE RED SEA IS AN EXAMPLE OF A (N) _________.

43. WHAT TYPE OF FAULT IS DEPICTED ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP? A. A NORMAL FAULT B. A REVERSE FAULT

A. ANTICLINE

C. A RIGHT-LATERAL FAULT

B. STRIKE -SLIP FAULT BASIN

D. A LEFT -LATERAL FAULT

C. RIFT VALLEY D. HORST BLOCK MOUNTAIN IN THE GEOLOGIC MAP BELOW , UNITS A, B, AND C ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; UNIT A IS THE OLDEST AND UNIT C IS THE YOUNGEST . T HE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE CUT BY A FAULT, INDICATED BY THE DARK LINE , THAT DIPS 60 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST .

44. WHY IS UNIT A WIDER NORTH OF THE FAULT THAN IT IS SOUTH OF THE FAULT ? A. DEEPER LEVELS OF THE STRUCTURE ARE EXPOSED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FAULT

B. FAULTING HAS THINNED UNIT A SOUTH OF THE FAULT . C. UNIT A HAD A VARIABLE THICKNESS PRIOR TO FAULTING

D. EROSION HAS REMOVED MOST OF UNIT A SOUTH OF THE FAULT .

SEA SPREADING 41. WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE IS SHOWN ON THE MAP? A. A FAULTED SYNCLINE B. A FAULTED ANTICLINE C. A FOLDED STRIKE -SLIP FAULT D. THE

STRUCTURE CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE

FLOOR

1. IF THERE IS A HOT SPOT IN THE ASTHENOSPHERE BENEATH YELLOWSTONE , WYOMING, WHICH WAY WILL THE CENTER OF ACTIVE VOLCANISM APPEAR TO HAVE MOVED IN A MILLION YEARS ? A. EAST B. WEST C. NORTH D. SOUTH

2. THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS IS A(N)



Geography Solved MCQs _____________ CONTINENTAL MARGIN . A. ACTIVE B. PASSIVE C. SUBDUCTION D. DIVERGENT 3. THE WEST COAST OF PERU IS A (N) _______ CONTINENTAL MARGIN . A. ACTIVE B. PASSIVE C. TRANSFORM D. DIVERGENT 4. MELANGE DEPOSITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A _______ PLATE MARGIN A. PASSIVE B. SHEAR C. TENSIONAL MARGIN D. COMPRESSIONAL MARGIN 5. THRUST FAULTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A _______ PLATE MARGIN. A. PASSIVE B. SPREADING CENTER C. CONTINENTAL /OCEAN D.

D.

9. THE WIDTH OF THE "MAGNETIC STRIPES" RECORDED IN THE OCEANIC CRUST REFLECTS

_________ . A. REVERSALS IN POLARITY OF THE EARTH' S MAGNETIC FIELD B. THE RATE OF SEA FLOOR C. D.

B. C. D.

C.

6. SILICA RICH SEDIMENTS CHARACTERIZE THE DEEP SEA FLOOR . THE SILICA COULD HAVE

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MARGINS (T RUE OR FALSE). A. TRUE B. FALSE

CONTINENTAL

8. THE PRESENCE OF "MAGNETIC STRIPES" RECORDED IN THE OCEANIC CRUST REFLECTS

__________ . A. REVERSALS IN POLARITY OF THE EARTH' S MAGNETIC FIELD B. THE RATE OF SEA FLOOR C.

SPREADING VARIATION IN COMPOSITION OF

CENTERS CAN CUT ACROSS CONTINENTAL CRUST EXHIBIT HORIZONTAL OFFSET ALL OF THESE

11. OPHIOLITES ___________ ______ A. ARE AN ANCIENT PIECE OF SEA B.

7. TURBIDITY CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT BOTH

SPREADING VARIATION IN COMPOSITION OF THE OCEANIC CRUST ALL OF THESE

10. TRANSFORM FAULTS _____________ . A. CAN OFFSET OF SPREADING

CONVERGENT TRANSFORM

COME FROM A. VOLCANIC DEBRIS B. LIFE FORMS IN THE OCEAN C. NEITHER OF THESE IS CORRECT D. THE FIRST TWO ANSWERS ARE CORRECT

THE OCEANIC CRUST ALL OF THESE

D.

FLOOR ARE EMPLACED IN A COMPRESSIONAL SETTING ARE PRIMARILY IGNEOUS ROCKS WITH A THIN SEDIMENTARY COVERING ALL OF THESE

VOLCANO 1.V OLCANOES ARE GENERALLY FOUND WHERE ____________ PULL APART OR ARE COMING TOGETHER

(A) INTRAPLATES (B) TECTONIC PLATES (C) EARTH ’S CRUST (D) NONE OF THESE 2.. WHICH RIDGE HAS EXAMPLES OF VOLCANOES CAUSED BY “ DIVERGENT TECTONIC PLATES ” PULLING A PART? (A) PACIFIC RING OF FIRE



Geography Solved MCQs (B) MID ALTANTIC RIDGE (C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 3. WHICH ONE HAS EXAMPLES OF VOLCANOES CAUSED BY “ CONVERGENT TECTONIC PLATE ” COMING TOGETHER

(A) MID ATLANTIC RIDGE (B) PACIFIC RING OF FIRE (C) BOTH (A) & (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 4. VOLCANOES CAN ALSO FORM WHERE THERE IS STRETCHING OF THE EARTH’S ________ (A) SURFACE, CRUST (B) PLATE, SURFACE (C) CRUST, CRUST (D) PLATE, CRUST 5. VOLCANO FORMS BY THE STRETCHING EARTH ’S CRUST AND THE CRUST GOES THIS , THIS PHENOMENON IS CALLED

(A) INTERAPLATE VOLCANISM (B) NON -HOT INTERPOLATE (C) HOT SPOT INTRAPLATE (D) NONE OF THESE 6. VOLCANOES CAN ALSO BE CAUSED BY ___________ SO CALLED ‘HOT SPOTS’ (A) MANTLE PLUMES (B) ASH (C) GASES (D) NONE OF THESE 7. HOTSPOT VOLCANOES CAN BE FOUND ON THE ISLAND LIKE : (A) MALAYSIAN (B) INDONESIAN (C) HAWAIIAN (D) NONE OF THESE

8. HOTSPOT VOLCANO IS ALSO FOUND ELSE WHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM ESPECIALLY ON : (A) SUN AND MOONS (B) ROCKY PLANETS AND MOONS

(C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 9. VOLCANOES ARE USUALLY LOCATED ON ” (A) DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES (B) CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES (C) HOTSPOTS (D) ALL OF THEM 10. THE ERUPTED MATERIAL OF VOLCANO CONSISTS OF : (A) LAVA TEXTURE (B) LAVA COMPOSITION (C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 11. DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES AFTER VOLCANIC ACTIVITY FORM: (A) VOLCANIC ISLANDS (B) NEW SEA FLOOR (C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 12. A PLACE WHERE TWO PLATED USUALLY AN OCEANIC PLATE AND A CONTINENTAL PLATE COLLIDES IS CALLED:

(A) CONTINENTAL ZONE (B) VOLCANIC ZONE (C) S UBDICTION ZONE (D) NONE OF THESE 13. MAGMA CONTAINS THE CONTENTS OF (A) SILICA (B) ALUMINUM (C) MAGNESIUM (D) NONE OF THESE 14. VOLCANIC ERUPTED MATERIAL WHEN INSIDE THE HILL /EARTH /MOUNTAIN IT IS CALLED _____ AND AFTER IS COMING OUT IT IS CALLED __________ ___ (A) LAVA , MAGMA (B) MAGMA , LAVA (C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 15. PARTICULARLY TYPE OF VOLCANO ON SOME MAN OF JUPITER , S ATURN, AND NEPTUNE IS KNOWN AS (A) SHIELDS



Geography Solved MCQs (B) CINDER CONE (C) CRYOVOLCANO (ICE VOLCANO ) (D) NONE OF THESE 16. THE SMALLER CONES FORMED THROUGH VENTS , ON THE HANKS OF HAWII ’S KILAVEA ARE KNOWN AS . ( A) O ( B) P (C) PU (D) ALL OF THEM 17. THE VOLCANOES FORMED BY THE ALTERNATING LAYERS OF LAVA AND ROCK FRAGMENTS ARE CALLED : (A) CINDER CONES (B) SPATTER CONES (C) COMPOSITE VOLCANOES (D) SHIELDS 18.COMPOSITE VOLCANOES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS : (A) STRATOVOLCANOES (B) SHIELDS (C) COMPOUND VOLCANOES (D) NONE OF THESE 19. STRATOVOLCANO FORMS IMPRESSIVE , SNOWCAPPED PEAK WHICH IS OFTEN EXCEEDING ___ IN HEIGHT , ______ IN AREA AND ____ IN VOLUME : (A) 2500 M, 1000 SQ , KM, 400 KM 8 (B) 1900 M, 800 SQ , KM, 200 KM 8 (C) 2000 M, 800 SQ , KM , 200 KM 8 (D) NONE OF THESE 20. COMPOSITE VOLCANOES USUALLY ERUPT IN EXPLOSIVE WAY AS , WHEN THE VISCUSS MAGMA RISE TO

A

SURFACE

THE ___________ SO

IT IN

USUALLY THE

CBQS

RESULT ___ WILL

INCREASE RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION

(A) PRESSURE , CRATER PIPE (B) MANTLE PLUME , GAS (C) CRATER PIPE, PRESSURE (D) NONE OF THESE 21. STRATOVOLCANOES ARE CONSTRUCTED ALONG SUBDUCTION ZONES E .G.: (A) MOUNT RAINIER (B) MOUNT SHASTA

(C) MOUNT FUGI (D) MOUNT HOOD (E) MOUNT MAYON (F) VESURIUS (G) ALL OF THEM 22. SHIELD VOLCANOES ARE __ IN SIZE: (A) SMALL (B) MEDIUM (C) LONG (D) HUGE

23. TYPES OF VOLCANOES ARE : (A) CINDER CONES (B) SPATTER CONES (C) COMPOSITE VOLCANOES (D) S HIELDS (E) COMPLEX VOLCANOES (F) ALL OF THEM 24. SHIELD VOLCANOES ARE BUILT BY MANY LAYERS OF LAVA WHICH SPILLS OUT OF A CENTRAL VENT OR GROUP OF VENTS, SO GENTLY FORMED A SLOPING CONES AND THIS IS CAUSED BY THE FLUID CALLED

(A) RUNNY LAVA (B) BASALTIC LAVA (C) GASES (D) NONE OF THESE 25. EXAMPLE OF SHIELD VOLCANOES IS (A) KILAVEA (B) MAUNA LOA (C) BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 26. CINDER CONES ARE CHIEFLY FORMED BY (A) EXPLOSION (B) STROMBOLIAN EUROPTION (C) CINDERS (D) NONE OF THESE 27. CINDER CONES ARE BUILT FROM LAVA FRAGMENTS CALLED

(A) MANTLE PLUMES (B) ASH



Geography Solved MCQs (C) CINDERS (D) NONE OF THESE 28. CINDER CONES EXAMPLE IS (A) MOUNT HOOD (B) HEKLA ON ICELAND (C) PARICUFIN IN MAXICO (D) NONE OF THESE 29. WHEN THE LAVA IS HORN BY EXPANDING GASES INTO FLUID HOT CLOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1 CM TO 50 CM ACROSS IS CALLED: (A) SPATTER (B) CONES (C) SHIELD (D) NONE OF THESE 30. OTHER FEATURES OF VOLCANOES ARE (A) SUBMARINE VOLCANO (B) SUBGLACIAL VOLCANO (C) SUPER VOLCANO (D) ALL OF THEM 31. VOLCANIC MT. ETNA IS LOCATED IN (A) SICILY (B) GERMANY (C) ENGLAND (D) NONE OF THESE 32. THE MAGMA NOT ABLE TO REACH THE SURFACE CRYSTALLIZES TO FORM

(A) SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (B) VOLCANIC ROCKS (C) PLUTONIC ROCKS (D) NONE OF THESE 33. A N ACTIVE VOLCANO MAUNA LOA IS LOCATED IN

(A) HAWAII U.S.A. (B) BRAZIL (C) FIGI (D) NONE OF THESE 34. THE MAGINA NOT ABLE TO REACH THE SURFACE CRYSTALLIZES TO FORM

(A) VOLCANTIC ROCKS (B) PLUTONIC ROCKS (C) BOTH (A) AND (B)

(D) NONE OF THESE 35. T HE HOT MOLTEN MATERIAL ERUPTED FORM A VOLCANO IS CALLED : (A) MAGMA (B) LAVA (C) PYRO -CLAST (D) NONE OF THESE

EARTHQUAKES 1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE BUILD UP AND RELEASE OF STRESS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE ? A. THE MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE B. THE ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY C. THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION D. THE TRAVEL TIME DIFFERENCE

2. THE AMOUNT OF GROUND DISPLACEMENT IN

A

EARTHQUAKE

IS

CALLED

THE

_________ . A. EPICENTER B. DIP C. SLIP D. FOCUS 3. THE POINT WHERE MOVEMENT OCCURRED WHICH TRIGGERED THE EARTHQUAKE IS THE

_______ . A. DIP B. EPICENTER C. FOCUS D. STRIKE 4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCES CORRECTLY LISTS THE DIFFERENT ARRIVALS FROM FIRST TO LAST ? A. P WAVES ... S WAVES .... SURFACE WAVES B. SURFACE WAVES ... P WAVES .... S WAVES C. P WAVES ... SURFACE WAVES ... S WAVES D. S WAVES ... P WAVES .... SURFACE WAVES



Geography Solved MCQs 5. HOW DO ROCK PARTICLES MOVE DURING THE PASSAGE OF A P WAVE THROUGH THE ROCK ? A. BACK AND FORTH PARALLEL TO THE B.

C. D.

DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL IN A ROLLING CIRCULAR MOTION THE PARTICLES DO NOT MOVE

6. DETAILED STUDIES OF WHAT EARTHQUAKE ALLOWED RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP THE ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY ?. A. THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE B. THE 1964 ANCHORAGE , ALASKA EARTHQUAKE C. THE 1755 LISBON , PORTUGAL EARTHQUAKE D. THE 1985 MEXICO CITY EARTHQUAKE

7. HOW MANY SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS ARE NEEDED TO LOCATE THE EPICENTER OF AN EARTHQUAKE ?

A. B. C. D.

B. C. D.

OFTEN DO MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES OCCUR ? A. ABOUT 5 TO 10 TIMES PER YEAR B. ABOUT ONCE A YEAR C. ABOUT EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS D. ABOUT EVERY 50 TO 100 YEARS

OCCUR

OCCUR

8

BULK MODULUS MEASURES 12. THE ______________. A. THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW OF A

B. C. D.

LIQUID THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN COLOR THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN VOLUME THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN SHAPE

SHEAR MODULUS MEASURES 13. THE _____________ . A. THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW OF A

B.

D. WITH

LIQUID THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN SHAPE THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN VOLUME OF A LIQUID THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IN VOLUME OF A SOLID

14. IF

ONLY DENSITY INCREASES WITH INCREASING DEPTH WITHIN THE EARTH, THE VELOCITY OF A P WAVE SHOULD

9. APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF

A.

ALL OF THESE COULD OCCUR

C.

ALL OF THESE

EARTHQUAKES BOUNDARIES ?

D.

11. HOW

1 2 3 4

CAN 8. EARTHQUAKES _________ FAULTING . A. NORMAL B. REVERSE C. T HRUST D.

C.

REVERSE TRANSFORM

B.

AT

PLATE

25% 50% 75% 90%

10. WHICH TYPE OF FAULTING WOULD BE LEAST LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG THE MID -A TLANTIC RIDGE ? A. NORMAL

___________ . A. STAY THE SAME B. INCREASE C. DECREASE 15. IF A P WAVE WERE TO GO FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ITS VELOCITY ? A. B. C. D.

STAY THE SAME INCREASE DECREASE TO 0.0 DECREASE

16. IF AN S WAVE WERE TO GO FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ITS



Geography Solved MCQs VELOCITY ? A. STAY THE SAME B. INCREASE C. DECREASE TO 0.0 D. DECREASE

C. IN THE P WAVE SHADOW ZONE D. IN THE S WAVE SHADOW ZONE

17. WHICH BOUNDARY MARKS A CHANGE FROM 100% SOLID TO 100% LIQUID? A. MANTLE ... OUTER CORE B. LITHOSPHERE ... ASTHENOSPHERE C. CRUST ... MANTLE D. NONE OF THESE 18. BODY WAVES CONSIST OF THE : A. P WAVES ONLY B. S WAVES ONLY C. P AND S WAVES D. SURFACE WAVES 19. WITH INCREASING TRAVEL TIME THE DIFFERENCE IN ARRIVAL TIMES BETWEEN THE P AND THE S WAVES _________ A. INCREASES B. DECREASES C. STAYS CONSTANT D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

20. EARTHQUAKE

A HAS A RICHTER MAGNITUDE OF 7 AS COMPARED WITH EARTHQUAKE B' S 6. THE AMOUNT OF GROUND MOTION IS ONE MEASURE OF EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY . A. A IS 10X MORE INTENSE THAN B

B. A IS 1000 MORE INTENSE THAN B C. RICHTER MAGNITUDE DOES NOT D.

MEASURE INTENSITY B IS 0.01X AS INTENSE THAN A

23. POINT A, WHERE SLIP INITIATED DURING THE EARTHQUAKE , IS CALLED THE ________. A. DIP B. EPICENTER C. FOCUS D. SCARP 24. POINT B IS CALLED THE EARTHQUAKE ________. A. DIP B. EPICENTER C. FOCUS D. SCARP 25. POINT C IS CALLED THE _________ A. EPICENTER B. FAULT SCARP C. SEISMIC WAVE D. DIP OF THE EARTHQUAKE 26. WHAT TYPE OF FAULTING IS ILLUSTRATED IN THIS DIAGRAM ? A. NORMAL B. REVERSE C. THRUST D. ABNORMAL

21. IN GENERAL , THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE

WAVES

ARE

THE

__________ . A. P WAVES B. S WAVES C. SURFACE WAVES D. Q WAVES 22. WHERE IS THE FOCUS WITH RESPECT TO THE EPICENTER : A. DIRECTLY BELOW THE EPICENTER B. DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EPICENTER

27. WHAT

CAUSES THE UP -AND - DOWN WIGGLES ON THE SEISMOGRAM SHOW ABOVE ? A. VARIATIONS IN AIR PRESSURE B. GROUND VIBRATIONS C. TSUNAMI WAVES



Geography Solved MCQs D. ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES

A.

28. WHICH SET OF WAVES ARE PROBABLY THE SURFACE WAVES? A. A B. B C. C D. THEY ARE ALL SURFACE WAVES

B.

29. WHICH SET OF WAVES ARE THE P WAVES? A. A B. B C. C D. THEY ARE ALL P WAVES 30. WHICH SET OF WAVES ARE THE S WAVES? A. A B. B C. C D. THEY ARE ALL S WAVES 31. THE

DIFFERENCE IN ARRIVAL TIMES BETWEEN WHICH PAIR OF WAVES CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCE TO THE EPICENTER ? A. A AND C B. A AND B C. NONE OF THE ABOVE

32. HOW DO ROCK PARTICLES MOVE DURING THE PASSAGE OF A P WAVE THROUGH THE ROCK ? A.

B.

C. D.

BACK AND FORTH PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL IN A ROLLING ELLIPTICAL MOTION IN A ROLLING CIRCULAR MOTION

C. D.

CHARLES RICHTER EDWARD SHERIDAN JAMES HUTTON ART SMITH

35. THE

MOMENT MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKE DEPENDS ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT __. A. THE AREA OF THE FAULT BREAK B. THE RIGIDITY OF THE FAULT C. THE SLIP ON THE FAULT D. THE TYPE OF FAULTING

36. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEASURES AN EARTHQUAKE ' S INTENSITY BASED ON THE OBSERVED EFFECTS ON PEOPLE AND STRUCTURES ? A. RICHTER SCALE B. MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE C. THE CENTIGRADE SCALE D. THE MOMENT MAGNITUDE SCALE

37. SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES , LESS THAN 20 KM DEEP, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH _______. A. B. C. D.

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES ALL OF THESE

38. WHAT TYPE OF FAULTING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG TRANSFORM FAULTS? A. NORMAL FAULTING B. REVERSE FAULTING C. STRIKE -SLIP FAULTING D. ALL OF THESE

33. HOW DO ROCK PARTICLES MOVE DURING THE PASSAGE OF A S WAVE THROUGH THE ROCK ? A.

B.

C. D.

BACK AND FORTH PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL IN A ROLLING ELLIPTICAL MOTION IN A ROLLING CIRCULAR MOTION

34. WHO DEVELOPED THE PROCEDURE USED TO MEASURE THE SIZE OF AN EARTHQUAKE ?

39. WHAT TYPE OF EARTHQUAKES WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR AT POINT A? A. SHALLOW -FOCUS EARTHQUAKES B.

CAUSED BY NORMAL FAULTING SHALLOW - FOCUS EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY STRIKE- SLIP FAULTING



Geography Solved MCQs C. SHALLOW -FOCUS

EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY THRUST FAULTING DEEP - FOCUS EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY THRUST FAULTING

B.

40. WHAT TYPE OF EARTHQUAKES WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR AT POINT B? A. SHALLOW -FOCUS EARTHQUAKES

C.

D.

B.

CAUSED BY NORMAL FAULTING SHALLOW -FOCUS EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY STRIKE - SLIP FAULTING

D.

THE TIME AND LOCATION OF MOST MAJOR EARTHQUAKES CAN BE PREDICTED SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE EARTHQUAKES CAN BE CAUSED BY NORMAL , REVERSE AND STRIKE SLIP FAULTING P WAVES TRAVEL FASTER THAN BOTH S WAVES AND S URFACE WAVES

46. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS C. SHALLOW -FOCUS D.

EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY THRUST FAULTING DEEP - FOCUS EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY THRUST FAULTING

41. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID NOT OCCUR AT A PLATE BOUNDARY ? A. NEW MADRID , MISSOURI , 1812 B. SAN FRANCISCO, 1906 C. ANCHORAGE , ALASKA, 1964 D. LOMA PRIETA, CALIFORNIA , 1989 42. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE TRIGGERED BY AN EARTHQUAKE ? A. T SUNAMI B. C. D.

INTENSE GROUND SHAKING A LANDSLIDE ALL OF THESE

43. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN TRIGGER A TSUNAMI ? A. B. C.

D.

UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKES UNDERSEA LANDSLIDES THE ERUPTION OF AN OCEANIC VOLCANO ALL OF THESE

44. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAVES IS THE SLOWEST ? A. P WAVES B. S WAVES C. SURFACE WAVES D. T SUNAMI 45. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ? A. MOST EARTHQUAKES OCCUR AT PLATE BOUNDARIES

MAY INDICATE A FORTHCOMING DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE ? A. AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF SMALLER EARTHQUAKES IN THE REGION B. RAPID TILTING OF THE GROUND C. RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS IN WELLS D. ALL OF THESE

47. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBES THE STATE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION ? CAN ACCURATELY A. SCIENTISTS PREDICT THE TIME AND LOCATION OF ALMOST ALL EARTHQUAKES CAN ACCURATELY B. SCIENTISTS PREDICT THE TIME AND LOCATION OF ABOUT 50% OF ALL EARTHQUAKES CAN ACCURATELY C. SCIENTISTS PREDICT WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE WILL OCCUR , BUT NOT WHERE D. SCIENTISTS CAN CHARACTERIZE THE SEISMIC RISK OF AN AREA , BUT CAN NOT YET ACCURATELY PREDICT MOST EARTHQUAKES

MASS WASTING EACH CHAPTER WILL INCLUDE A FEW QUESTIONS DESIGNED TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL COVERED IN THE CHAPTER AND IN THE INTERNET BASED RESOURCES . YOUR ANSWERS ARE NOT BEING RECORDED . T RY THE FOLLOWING .

1. THE MOST IMPORTANT STRESS OPPOSING A



Geography Solved MCQs SLOPE ' S SHEAR STRESS IS IMPARTED BY : A. RUNNING WATER B. EARTHQUAKES C. FROST WEDGING D. GRAVITY

2. WATER CAN ENCOURAGE MASS FLOW BY: A.

B. C.

D.

REDUCING FRICTION BETWEEN GRAINS UNDERCUTTING A STEEP SLOPE WEATHERING BEDROCK TO CLAY MINERALS ALL OF THE ABOVE

3. A TALUS CONE IS PRODUCED BY A: A. B. C. D.

ROCK FALL ROCK GLIDES MUD FLOWS ALL OF THE ABOVE

8. A HILL CONSISTING OF LOOSE , DRY SAND THAT SLOPES AT THE ANGLE OF REPOSE AND HAS NO VEGETATION _______ . A. IS STABLE UNLESS OVER STEEPENED BY EXCAVATION FLOW IF IT BECOMES B. MAY SATURATED WITH WATER BE MORE STABLE IF C. WILL VEGETATION TAKES ROOT ON THE HILL D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

9. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO STABILIZE A SLOPE IS TO: A. B.

C. D.

REMOVE ALL EXCESS VEGETATION INCREASE THE RATE OF COMPACTION - ADD WATER CONTROL AND REMOVE WATER NONE OF THE ABOVE

4. LOOSE , UNCEMENTED GEOLOGIC MATERIAL IS SAID TO BE ______. A. LIQUEFIED B. CRYSTALLIZED C. UNCONSOLIDATED D. CONSOLIDATED

10. THE CHARACTERISTIC SLOPE OF A PILE OF DRY SAND IS CALLED THE ______ .

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS

IMPORTANT FACTOR IN CAUSING MASS MOVEMENTS ? A. TEMPERATURE B. PRESSURE C. WATER CONTENT D. BULK COMPOSITION

6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT PROMOTE MASS MOVEMENT ? A. B. C. D.

STEEP SLOPES FOREST FIRES HEAVY RAINFALL ALL OF THE ABOVE PROMOTE MASS MOVEMENT

7. THE PROCESS BY WHICH MASSES OF ROCK AND SOIL MOVE DOWNHILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY IS CALLED ______ . A. LANDSLIDING B. MASS WASTING C. HYDRAULIC ACTION D. SOLIFLUCTION

A. B. C. D.

ANGLE OF REPOSE STRIKE CONSOLIDATION FACTOR DIP

AFFECTS THE MAXIMUM ANGLE AT WHICH A SLOPE OF LOOSE MATERIAL IS STABLE ? A. THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE B. THE SHAPE OF THE PARTICLES C. THE SIZE OF THE PARTICLES D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

12. DAMP SAND HAS A HIGHER ANGLE OF REPOSE THAN DRY SAND BECAUSE OF

_____ . A.

CEMENTATION

B.

SURFACE TENSION PARTIAL MELTING DISSOLUTION

C. D.

13. SURFACE TENSION IS GREATEST WHEN ________ . A. SAND IS DRY B. SAND IS MOIST , BUT NOT C. D.

SATURATED WITH WATER SAND IS SATURATED WITH WATER SAND IS OVER SATURATED WITH



Geography Solved MCQs WATER

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN TRIGGER A LANDSLIDE ? A. B. C.

D.

AN EARTHQUAKE A HEAVY RAINSTORM REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM THE BASE OF A SLOPE ALL OF THESE

15. DURING

AN EARTHQUAKE , WATERSATURATED SAND CAN BEHAVE LIKE A LIQUID, A PROCESS CALLED ____ . A. SLURRIFICATION B. SOLIFLUCTION C. U NCONSOLIDATION D. LIQUEFACTION

16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT MUDFLOWS IS FALSE ? A. MUDFLOWS TEND TO MOVE B. C. D. 17. WHICH

SLOWER THAN DEBRIS FLOWS MUDFLOWS ARE MOST COMMON IN SEMI -ARID REGIONS MUDFLOWS CONTAIN LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER MUDFLOWS CAN CARRY LARGE BOULDERS

OF THE FOLLOWING MOVEMENTS IS THE FASTEST ? A. MUDFLOWS B. DEBRIS AVALANCHE C. SOIL CREEP D. EARTHFLOW

MASS

18. WHAT IS THE DOMINANT FORCE THAT CAUSES MASS MOVEMENT ? A. TIDAL FORCES B. SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE C. GRAVITY D. WIND 19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES IS NOT STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY GRAVITY ? A. B.

C. D.

FLOW OF GLACIAL ICE MOVEMENT OF LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS SLIDES MOVEMENT OF WATER IN STREAMS ALL OF THESE ARE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY GRAVITY

20. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ? A.

B.

C.

D.

ROUND DEBRIS FORMS STEEPER SLOPES THAN ANGULAR DEBRIS LARGE DEBRIS FORMS STEEPER SLOPES THAN SMALL DEBRIS DRY DEBRIS FORMS STEEPER SLOPES THAN WATER -SATURATED DEBRIS MOIST DEBRIS FORMS STEEPER SLOPES THAN DRY DEBRIS

21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESULT IN MASS MOVEMENT ? A. A STEEP SLOPE B. A SLOPE WITH LOOSE MATERIAL SATURATED WITH WATER C. A SLOPE WITH ABUNDANT VEGETATION SLOPE CONSISTING OF D. A FRACTURED AND DEFORMED ROCK

22. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS THE STEEPEST ANGLE OF REPOSE ? A. FINE QUARTZ SAND B. COARSE QUARTZ SAND C. ANGULAR QUARTZ PEBBLES D. ALL OF THESE HAVE THE SAME ANGLE OF REPOSE

23. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS IS MOST LIKELY TO UNDERGO MASS WASTING ? A.

B.

C.

D.

A DRY MODERATE SLOPE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL A WET , MODERATE SLOPE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL A DRY , STEEP SLOPE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL A WET , STEEP SLOPE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL

OF OF OF OF

24. AS THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN A PILE OF QUARTZ INCREASES, THE ANGLE OF REPOSE WILL _______. A. INCREASE B. DECREASE C.

FIRST INCREASE DECREASE

AND

THEN



Geography Solved MCQs D.

NOT CHANGE

25. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES FORMS THE STEEPEST SLOPES ? A. GRANITE B. SHALE C. VOLCANIC ASH BEDS D. ALL OF THESE ROCK TYPES FORM STEEP SLOPES

26. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SLOPES IS LEAST STABLE ? A. A SLOPE WHERE THE SEDIMENTARY LAYERS DIP PARALLEL TO THE SLOPE

B. A SLOPE WHERE THE SEDIMENTARY C.

D.

LAYERS ARE HORIZONTAL A SLOPE WHERE THE SEDIMENTARY LAYERS DIP PERPENDICULAR TO THE SLOPE ALL OF THESE SLOPES HAVE THE SAME STABILITY

27. MOST OF THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1964 A NCHORAGE , ALASKA EARTHQUAKE WAS CAUSED BY _______> A.

B.

C.

D.

GROUND SHAKING DURING THE EARTHQUAKE A VOLCANIC ERUPTION TRIGGERED BY THE EARTHQUAKE A TSUNAMI (TIDAL WAVE ) TRIGGERED BY THE EARTHQUAKE LANDSLIDES TRIGGERED BY THE EARTHQUAKE

A. B. C. D.

GRANITE LIMESTONE SANDSTONE SHALE

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES WAS THE MAJOR REASON WHY SO MANY LANDSLIDES OCCURRED DURING THE 1964 A NCHORAGE , ALASKA EARTHQUAKE ? ALONG THE FAULT A. MOTION OVERSTEEPENED SLOPES B. WATER-SATURATED SANDY LAYERS BECAME LIQUIFIED BY THE GROUND SHAKING C. THE EARTHQUAKE TILTED THE ROCK LAYERS DOWNHILL D. THE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED WATER TO ACCUMULATE IN THE SOIL

30. HOW DO GEOLOGISTS CLASSIFY MASS MOVEMENTS ? A.

B. C. D.

BY THE SPEED OF THE MASS MOVEMENT BY THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL BY THE NATURE OF THE MOVEMENT ALL OF THESE

31. HOW WOULD A DEBRIS AVALANCHE BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS TABLE ? A. BOX C B. BOX F C. BOX I D. BOX L

28. IN THE CROSS SECTION ABOVE OF THE UPPER PART OF THE GRAND CANYON, UNITS B AND D ARE MOST LIKELY COMPOSED OF ________.

32. HOW WOULD A MUDFLOW BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS TABLE ? A. BOX A B. BOX B C. BOX G D. BOX H 33. HOW WOULD A SLUMP BE CLASSIFIED IN



Geography Solved MCQs THIS TABLE ? A. BOX B B. BOX E C. BOX H D. BOX K

D.

40. WHY

34. HOW WOULD CREEP BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS TABLE? A. B. C. D.

BOX A BOX E BOX G BOX K

35. HOW WOULD A ROCK AVALANCHE BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS TABLE ? A. BOX B B. BOX C C. BOX E D. BOX F 36. THE ACCUMULATION OF ROCKS AT THE BASE OF A CLIFF IS CALLED _______. A. B. C. D.

A DUNE SOIL CREEP AN ALLUVIAL FAN TALUS

C. D.

A DEBRIS FLOW EARTHFLOWS TRAVEL SLOWER THAN A DEBRIS FLOW EARTHFLOWS CONSIST OF FINER MATERIAL THAN DEBRIS FLOWS EARTHFLOWS CONSIST OF COARSER MATERIAL THAN DEBRIS FLOWS

38. HOW FAST IS SOIL CREEP ? A. A1 TO 10 MILLIMETERS PER YEAR B. 1 TO 10 METERS PER YEAR C. 1 KILOMETER PER HOUR D. OVER 10 KILOMETERS PER HOUR 39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF MASS MOVEMENT COULD OUTRUN ? A. SLUMP B. SOIL CREEP C. DEBRIS FLOW

A

ARE MUDFLOWS AND DEBRIS AVALANCHES COMMON ON VOLCANIC SLOPES ? A. BECAUSE THERE IS ABUNDANT UNCONSOLIDATED VOLCANIC ASH EARTHQUAKES B. BECAUSE ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS CAN TRIGGER MASS MOVEMENTS ERUPTIONS TRIGGER C. VOLCANIC MELTING OF ICE AND SNOW D. ALL OF THESE

41. A SLOW SLIDE OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL THAT TRAVELS AS A UNIT IS CALLED ______. A. SLUMP B. SOIL CREEP C. DEBRIS FLOW D. DEBRIS AVALANCHE MAY OCCUR WHEN 42. SOLIFLUCTION ________.. A. THE SURFACE LAYER FREEZES WHILE

37. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EARTHFLOW AND A DEBRIS FLOW ? A. EARTHFLOWS TRAVEL FASTER THAN B.

DEBRIS AVALANCHE

PERSON

NOT

B.

C.

D.

THE DEEPER SOIL REMAINS UNFROZEN THE SURFACE SOIL LAYER THAWS WHILE THE DEEPER SOIL REMAINS FROZEN RAPID DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL MOVING AS UNIT RAPID DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL MOVING LIKE A FLUID

43. _______ ONLY OCCURS IN PERMAFROST REGIONS . A. SOIL CREEP B. LIQUEFACTION C. SOLIFLUCTION D. LANDSLIDES 44. WHY

ARE FEW MASS MOVEMENT PRESERVED IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD ? A. MASS MOVEMENTS HAVE ONLY OCCURRED RECENTLY DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES



Geography Solved MCQs B. MASS MOVEMENT DEPOSITS ERODE C. D.

EASILY MASS MOVEMENTS WERE RARE IN THE PAST DUE TO LOW RAINFALL MAS MOVEMENT DEPOSITS ARE DESTROYED BY LARGE ANIMALS

45. MASS MOVEMENTS FREQUENTLY OCCUR AT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PLATE TECTONIC SETTINGS? A. CONVERGENT B. DIVERGENT C. T RANSFORM D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

WEATHERING 1. WHICH IS MORE DENSE ....WATER OR STEAM?

B. DECREASES C. STAYS THE SAME ON TOP OF MT. EVEREST THE PRESSURE IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN 1 ATM . IF I COULD EVER GET TO THE TOP OF MT. EVEREST, I WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE OF MY BOILING CUP OF COFFEE WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN 100 DEGREES C.

7. AT 1 ATMOSPHERE TOTAL PRESSURE WATER CANNOT BE HEATED ABOVE 100 O C. AT THAT TEMPERATURE WATER IS CONVERTED TO STEAM (VAPOR ). ACCORDING TO THE DIAGRAM , WATER CAN BE HEATED TO HIGHER TEMPERATURES BY: A.

INCREASING THE PRESSURE

A. WATER

B.

DECREASING THE PRESSURE

B. STEAM

C.

INCREASING THE TEMPERATURE

2. WHICH IS MORE DENSE ....WATER OR ICE? A. WATER B. ICE 3. WHICH IS MORE DENSE ....ICE OR VAPOR?

8. MECHANICAL WEATHERING ___________. A. CLAY MINERALS B. QUARTZ

A.

VAPOR

C. SMALLER PARTICLES

B.

ICE

D. CALCIUM CARBONATE

4. IF

THE PRESSURE INCREASES , WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MELTING POINT OF ICE ?

PRODUCES

9. WHEN LIQUID WATER FREEZES: A. IT DOES NOT CHANGE IN VOLUME

A. INCREASES

B. IT EXPANDS BY 5% IN VOLUME

B. DECREASES

C. IT EXPANDS BY 9% IN VOLUME

C. STAYS THE SAME

D. IT DECREASES IN VOLUME

5. A THOUGHT Q UESTION ....W HEN A BODY OF WATER BEGINS TO FREEZE, THE ICE "FLOATS " RATHER THAN SINKS . IMAGINE FOR A MINUTE THAT ICE WAS DENSER THAN WATER. BODIES OF WATER WOULD FREEZE FROM THE BOTTOM UP . W HAT INFLUENCE ON LIFE MIGHT THIS HAVE ?

6. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BOILING POINT OF WATER AS THE PRESSURE DECREASES? A. INCREASES

10. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE GENERAL PROCESS BY WHICH ROCKS ARE BROKEN DOWN AT THE EARTH 'S SURFACE ? A.

DEPOSITION

B.

EROSION

C.

LITHIFICATION

D.

WEATHERING

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AFFECT THE RATE OF WEATHERING ?



Geography Solved MCQs A. THE SOIL TYPE AND EXTENT

C. Q UARTZ

B. THE ROCK TYPE

D. OLIVINE

C. THE CLIMATE D. ALL OF AFFECT WEATHERING RATES 12. SOIL IS COMPOSED OF ____________ . A.

ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCED BY ORGANISMS

B.

FRAGMENTS OF BEDROCK

C.

CLAY MINERALS FORMED BY THE CHEMICAL ALTERATION OF BEDROCK

D.

ALL OF THESE

13. IN WHICH OF HE FOLLOWING CLIMATES WILL CHEMICAL WEATHERING BE MOST RAPID ?

16.THE RATE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING IS INCREASED BY ACIDS . THE MOST COMMON NATURAL ACID ON THE EARTH' S SURFACE IS ________ . A. NITRIC B. HYDROCHLORIC C. CARBONIC D. SULFURIC 17. CARBON DIOXIDE MAKES UP ABOUT _______ OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. A. 0L% B. 1% C. 10%

A.

HOT AND DRY

B.

HOT AND HUMID

C.

COLD AND DRY

CHEMICAL WEATHERING IS PRODUCED BY

D.

COLD AND HUMID

________ .

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT WEATHERING IS FALSE ? A. ROCKS

OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS WEATHER AT DIFFERENT RATES

B. HEAT

AND HEAVY RAINFALL INCREASE THE RATE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING

C. THE PRESENCE OF SOIL SLOWS DOWN THE WEATHERING OF THE UNDERLYING BEDROCK

D. THE LONGER A ROCK IS EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE, THE MORE WEATHERED IT BECOMES

15. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS HAS A LOW SOLUBILITY AND THEREFORE IS LEAST SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHEMICAL WEATHERING AT THE EARTH' S SURFACE ?

D. 25% 18. CARBONIC ACID , THE PRIMARY AGENT OF

A. CARBON DIOXIDE DISSOLVING IN RAINWATER

B. PLANT ROOTS C. BACTERIA THAT FEED ON PLANT AND ANIMAL REMAINS

D. ALL OF THESE 19. WHICH OF THESE IS LEAST LIKELY TO FORM A CLAY MINERAL DURING WEATHERING ? A. FELDSPAR B. Q UARTZ C. AMPHIBOLE D. OLIVINE 20. CAVES ARE MOST LIVELY TO FORM IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES ? A. GRANITE B. LIMESTONE

A. CALCITE

C. BASALT

B. PLAGIOCLASE

D. SANDSTONE



Geography Solved MCQs 21. WHICH OF THE PROCESSES IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING ? A. DISSOLUTION OF CALCITE B. BREAKDOWN OF FELDSPAR TO

D. ALL OF THESE 26. THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ALUMINUM METAL , _______, IS A CLAY -RICH ORE COMPOSED OF ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE . A. HEMATITE

FORM CLAY

C. SPLITTING OF A ROCK ALONG A FRACTURE

B. BAUXITE C. KAOLINITE

D. RUSTING OF A NAIL

D. MONTMORILLONITE

22. AS A ROCK BREAKS INTO SMALLER PIECES , THE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO

27. FE 3+ REFERS TO ________. A.

IRON METAL

A. INCREASES

B.

FERROUS IRON

B. DECREASES

C.

FERRIC IRON

C. STAYS THE SAME

D.

HEMATITE

______ .

D. CAN

INCREASE OR DECREASE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PIECES

23. THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL WEATHERING OF A GRANITE WILL PRODUCE ________ . A. IONS DISSOLVED IN RAINWATER AND SOIL WATER

B. MINERAL

FRAGMENTS GRANITE FRAGMENTS

AND

C. CLAYS AND IRON OXIDES

A.

HEMATITE

B.

MICA

C.

OLIVINE

D.

FELDSPAR

29. A SUBSTANCE THAT RELEASES HYDROGEN IONS (H+) TO A SOLUTION IS CALLED A (N) ______. A. OXIDIZER

D. ALL OF THESE

B. REDUCER

24. THE DEEP RED COLOR OF SOLIS FOUND IN GEORGIA AND OTHER WARM, HUMID REGIONS IN CAUSED BY ______ .

C. ACID D. PEDALFER 30. WHAT IS THE TERM GEOLOGISTS USE FOR THE LAYER OF LOOSE , HETEROGENEOUS

A. REDUCED IRON OXIDES B. OXIDIZED IRON OXIDES

WEATHERED MATERIAL LYING ON TOP OF THE BEDROCK ?

C. QUARTZ D. FELDSPAR

A. HUMUS

25. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WOULD INCREASE WEATHERING ?

28. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS IS MOST STABLE AT THE EARTH' S SURFACE ?

THE

RATE

A. INCREASING RAINFALL B. INCREASING TEMPERATURE C. INCREASING ORGANIC ACTIVITY

OF

B. LATERITE C. REGOLITH D. SOIL 31. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FARMING PRACTICES HELPS TO PREVENT THE EROSION OF TOPSOIL?



Geography Solved MCQs A. PLOWING A FIELD PERPENDICULAR TO THE CONTOUR LINES

B. PLOWING A FIELD PARALLEL TO THE C. PLOWING

A FIELD IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE WATER DRAINS

D. NONE

OF THESE WILL PREVENT SOIL EROSION .

HELP

32. WHAT IS THE NAME FOR SOILS THAT ARE RICH IN CALCIUM

D. QUARTZ 37. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WOULD INCREASE WEATHERING RATE ?

THE

CHEMICAL

C. INCREASING ORGANIC ACTIVITY

C. PEDOCALS

D. ALL OF THESE

D. PEDALFERS 33. THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL WEATHERING WILL

PRODUCE

__________. A. IONS DISSOLVED IN RAINWATER AND SOIL WATER

B. MINERAL

C. CALCITE

B. INCREASING TEMPERATURE

B. EVAPORATES

GRANITE

B. MICA

A. INCREASING RAINFALL

A. LATERITES

A

WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO FORM A CLAY MINERAL DURING CHEMICAL WEATHERING ?

A. IRON OXIDE

CONTOUR LINES

OF

36. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS

FRAGMENTS GRANITE FRAGMENTS

38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS PROMOTES SLOW CHEMICAL WEATHERING ? A. COLD TEMPERATURES B. THICK SOILS C. HIGH RAINFALL

AND

C. CLAY MINERALS AND IRON OXIDES D. ALL OF THESE

D. FRACTURING 39. WHICH

OF THE FOLLOWING HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED RATES OF WEATHERING?

34. IN THE ATMOSPHERE, CARBONIC ACID

A. THE RELEASE OF SULFUR AND

FORMS FROM THE REACTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND ______.

NITROGEN OXIDES THAT CAUSE ACID RAIN

A. FOSSIL FUELS

B. THE PHYSICAL DISINTEGRATION OF ROCKS DURING AND MINING

B. NITROGEN C. OXYGEN

C. BOTH A AND B

D. WATER

D. NEITHER A NOR B

35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERALS FOUND IN A GRANITE IS NOT ALTERED BY CHEMICAL WEATHERING ?

A. BIOTITE

40. ONE EXPECTS TALUS CONES TO BE MOST ABUNDANT IN AREAS : A. WHERE ABUNDANT RAINFALL IS AVAILABLE LIMESTONE

B. FELDSPAR C. MAGNETITE

CONSTRUCTION

TO

DISSOLVE

B. IN TROPICAL AREAS WHERE THICK

D. Q UARTZ

SOIL AND ABUNDANT VEGETATION OCCURS



Geography Solved MCQs C. IN HIGH MOUNTAINS THAT HAVE MANY DAYS OF SUB - FREEZING

LANDFORMS CALLED ___________

A. B. C. D.

TEMPERATURES

D. NONE OF THE ABOVE 41. EXFOLIATION DOMES FORM FROM : B. PRESSURE RELEASE D. ROOT WEDGING 42. LATERITE SOLIS: IN

TROPICAL

A. B. C. D.

CONTAIN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF ALUMINUM

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

RUNNING WATER

D.

REGIONS UNDERLAIN BY REGULARLY - SPACED JOINTS OR FAULTS REGIONS OF FOLDED STRATA ALONG THE FLANKS OF ISOLATED VOLCANOES REGIONS OF FLAY - LYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

BARS 2. POINT _____________ . A.

B.

C. D.

ARE

DEPOSITED

ON THE INSIDE OF A MEANDER BEND ON THE OUTSIDE OF A MEANDER BEND AT THE BASE OF A WATERFALL BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS

3. AS A RIVER OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS DURING FLOOD, IT DROPS MUCH OF ITS COARSERGRAINED LOAD IMMEDIATELY , FORMING

ALONG

THE

CHANNEL WIDTH CHANNEL DEPTH GRADIENT VELOCITY

6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT FLUID FLOW IS FALSE ? A. AS THE VELOCITY OF A STREAM INCREASES , LAMINAR FLOW MAY

1. A DENDRITIC STREAM PATTERN WILL TEND TO DEVELOP IN __________ .

C.

ALLUVIAL FANS NATURAL LEVEES POINT BARS

DECREASES DOWNSTREAM LENGTH OF A STREAM ?

C. OFTEN

B.

DELTAS

5. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GENERALLY

A. ARE RED IN COLOR

A.

ALLUVIAL FANS NATURAL LEVEES POINT BARS

A. B. C. D.

C. HYDROLYSIS

FORMED CLIMATES

DELTAS

4. A RIVER FLOWS INTO A QUIET LAKE AND BEGINS TO FORM A ____________ .

A. FROST WEDGING

B. ARE

.

CHANGE TO TURBULENT FLOW THE VISCOSITY OF MOST FLUIDS INCREASES AS TEMPERATURE INCREASES MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE TURBULENT THE MORE VISCOUS THE FLUID, THE MORE LIKELY THE FLOW IS LAMINAR

B.

C. D.

7. WHAT TYPE OF FLOW CAN TRANSPORT GRAVEL AND COBBLES ? A. B. C. D.

LAMINAR TURBULENT BOTH A AND B NEITHER A NOR B

8. PARTICLES THAT ROLL AND SLIDE ALONG THE

RIVER

BOTTOM

ARE

CALLED

_________ . A. BED LOAD B. SUSPENDED LOAD C. DISSOLVED LOAD



Geography Solved MCQs D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

STRAIGHT , BRAIDED, OR MEANDERING ?

9. WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL IS MOST LIKELY TO BE TRANSPORTED AS SUSPENDED LOAD ? A. B. C. D.

CLAY SILT SAND

B.

C.

D.

DEPENDS ON THE " ENERGY" OF THE STREAM

ROLLING ALONG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STREAM TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED IN THE FLOW DEPOSITED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STREAM ROLLING ALONG THE BOTTOM AND SUSPENDED IN THE FLOW

POINT IN A GIVEN TIME IS CALLED THE

__________. A. B. C. D.

BECOME PART OF THE BED LOAD OF A STREAM IS CALLED THE ____________ . DISCHARGE VELOCITY CAPACITY SETTLING VELOCITY COMPETENCE

A.

ABRASION

B.

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL WEATHERING UNDERCUTTING ACTION OF CURRENTS ALL OF THE ABOVE

D.

13. AT A BEND IN A RIVER , _________ OCCURS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BEND AND ________ OCCURS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BEND. A. B. C. D.

EROSION ..... DEPOSITION DEPOSITION ...... EROSION EROSION ....... EROSION DEPOSITION ..... DEPOSITION

A. B. C. D.

WHETHER

A

2% 10% 50% CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMATION GIVEN

17. THE SHAPE OF THE LONGITUDINAL PROFILE OF ALL STREAMS IS __________ .

STREAM

C. D.

IS

SLOPING

DOWNSTREAM A CONCAVE UPWARD CURVE A CONCAVE DOWNWARD CURVE

18. IF SEA LEVEL WERE TO RISE , THE SLOPE OF THE LONGITUDINAL PROFILE RIVERS WOULD _________ .

A. B. C. D.

OF

MANY

INCREASE DECREASE FIRST INCREASE , THEN DECREASE FIRST DECREASE, THEN INCREASE

19. IF A DAM IS BUILT , SEDIMENT WILL ________ ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE DAM AND SEDIMENT WILL ________ ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THE DAM . A. B. C. D.

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT DETERMINE

DISCHARGE CAPACITY

A. A HORIZONTAL LINE B. A STRAIGHT LINE

12. RUNNING WATER ERODES SOLID ROCK BY _________ .

C.

COMPTENCE VISCOSITY

16. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF A 50- YEAR FLOOD OCCURING NEXT YEAR ?

11. THE SPEED AT WHICH SUSPENDED PARTICLES

A. B. C. D.

FLOW VOLUME SEDIMENT LOAD RIVERBANK ERODIBILITY LENGTH OF RIVER

15. THE VOLUME OF WATER FLOWING PAST A

10. SUSPENDED LOAD INCLUDES MATERIAL ___________ . A.

A. B. C. D.

ACCUMULATE ... ACCUMULATE ACCUMULATE ... ERODE ERODE ... ACCUMULATE ERODE ... ERODE

20. TERRACES ARE REMNANTS OF FORMER ___________ .




FLOODPLAINS RIVERS

A. B. C. D.

FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS ALLUVIAL FANS

21. WHAT TYPE OF DRAINAGE PATTERN WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND ON A VOLCANO ? A. B. C. D.

DENDRITIC RECTANGULAR RADIAL

B.

RADICAL

YOU EXPECT TO FIND WHERE RAPID WEATHERING ALONG JOINTS IN BEDROCK CONTROLS THE COURSE OF STREAMS ?

DENDRITIC RECTANGULAR RADIAL RADICAL

RIVER DEPOSITED ON THE INSIDE OF A MEANDER LOOP DEPOSITED AT A MOUNTAIN FRONT DEPOSITED ON THE OUTSIDE OF A MEANDER LOOP

24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EROSIONAL FORCE ? A. B. C. D.

STREAMS GLACIERS WIND WAVES

2-4 THOUSAND TONS 2-4 MILLION TONS 2-4 BILLION TONS 2-4 TRILLION TONS

26. SINCE HUMANS BEGAN TO ACTIVELY AFFECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT , HOW MUCH HAS SEDIMENT TRANSPORT INCREASED ?

C. D.

CHANGE TO TURBULENT FLOW THE VISCOSITY OF MOST FLUIDS INCREASES AS THE TEMPERATURE INCREASES MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE TURBULENT THE MORE VISCOUS THE FLUID, THE MORE LIKELY THE FLOW IS LAMINAR

29. WHAT TYPE OF FLOW CAN TRANSPORT GRAVEL AND COBBLES ? A. B. C. D.

LAMINAR TURBULENT BOTH A AND B NEITHER A NOR B

30. WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL IS MOST LIKELY TO BE TRANSPORTED AS SUSPENDED LOAD ?

25. ABOUT HOW MUCH DISSOLVED MATERIALS DO RIVERS TRANSPORT EACH YEAR ? A. B. C. D.

28. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT FLUID FLOW IS FALSE ?

B.

A. DEPOSITED AT THE MOUTH OF A

C. D.

C. D.

FLOW IN A SHALLOW CHANNEL FAST FLOW IN A SHALLOW CHANNEL SLOW FLOW IN A DEEP CHANNEL FAST FLOW IN A DEEP CHANNEL

A. AS THE VELOCITY OF A STREAM INCREASES , LAMINAT FLOW MAY

23. A DELTA IS MADE UP OF SEDIMENTS ____________ .

B.

27. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FLOWS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE TURBULENT ? A. SLOW

22. WHAT TYPE OF DRAINAGE PATTERN WOULD

A. B. C. D.

10% 50% 100% 200%

BY

STREAMS

A. B. C. D.

CLAY PARTICLES SAND PARTICLES GRAVEL PARTICLES ALL OF THESE ARE EQUALLY LIKELY TO BE TRANSPORTED AS SUSPENDED LOAD

31. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT STREAMS IS FALSE ? A. FOR

THE LAMINAR

SAME FLOWS

DISCHARGE , GENERALLY




B.

C.

CARRY MORE SEDIMENT THAN TURBULENT FLOWS FASTER CURRENTS CAN CARRY LARGER PARTICLES THAN SLOWER CURRENTS SMALLER PARTICLES SETTLE MORE SLOWLY THAN LARGER PARTICLES

MOVED BY A STRONG CURRENT WHICH MAKES A "CRATER " THE GRINDING ACTION OF A PEBBLE OR COBBLE IN A SWIRLING EDDY CASCADING WATER FROM A WATERFALL WHICH WEARS AWAY THE ROCK NONE OF THE ABOVE

B. C.

D. D. THE BASE LEVEL IS THE LOWEST LEVEL TO WHICH A STREAM CAN ERODS

32. GRAVEL-SIZED

PARTICLES ARE TRANSPORTED BY RIVERS AS ________.

A. B. C. D.

SUSPENDED LOAD BED LOAD DISSOLVED LOAD ALL OF THESE

33. THE INTERMITTENT JUMPING MOTION OF SAND GRAINS ALONG A RIVER BOTTOM IS CALLED ______.

A. B. C. D.

37. OF THE CHOICES SHOW BELPW, THE MOST COMMON YOUTHFUL CROSS - SECTIONAL RIVER VALLEY PROFILE IS _____? A.

SALTATION RIPPLING SUSPENSION MEANDERING

34. DURING TURBULEN FLOW, SMALLER GRAINS WILL NOT _________.

B.

B. C. D.

35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STREAM VELOCITIES WILL LEAD TO THE LARGEST SAND DUNES ?

A. B. C. D.

B

C D D. OF THE CHOICES SHOW BELOW , THE MOST COMMON MATURE CROSS -SECTIONAL RIVER VALLEY PROFILE IS _____? A A. B B. C C. D D. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A CURVED SANDBAR THAT FORMS ON THE INSIDE CURVE OF A STREAM ? A. MEANDER B. POINT BAR C. DUNE D. OXBOW C.

38.

A. BE PICKED UP MORE FREQUENTLY THAN LARGE GRAINS JUMP HIGHER THAN LARGE GRAINS SETTLE MORE QUICKLY THAN LARGE GRAINS TRAVEL FURTHER THAN LARGE GRAINS

A

39.

LOW MODERATE HIGH VERY HIGH

36. POTHOLES IN RIVER BOTTOM BEDROCK ARE FORMED BY _____. A. THE IMPACY OF A LARGE ROCK

40. IN THIS FIGURE THE ARROW IS POINTING TO A(N) _________?



Geography Solved MCQs A.

MEANDER

B.

POINT BAR NATURAL LEVEE OXBOW LAKE

C. D.

41. NATURAL LEVEES ARE MADE UP OF ___________. A. SILT AND CLAY DEPOSITED DURING B. C. D.

A FLOOD SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSITED DURING A FLOOD OVERLAPING POINT BARS ISOLATED POINT BARS

42. NATURAL LEVEES ARE BUILT UP BY _________. A. B. C. D.

BEAVERS HUMANS FLOODS EROSION

43. FOR A GIVEN RIVER , WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FLOODS WOULD HAVE THE LARGEST DISCHARGE ?

A. B. C. D.

A 5- YEAR A 20- YEAR FLOOD A 100- YEAR ONE CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMAITON GIVEN

44. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS REGARDING FLOODS IS TRUE ?

DEPOSITS AT MOUNTAIN FRONTS ?

A. BECAUSE STREAM VALLEYS WIDEN ABRUPTLY AT A MOUNTAIN FRONT

B. BECAUSE

C.

D.

STREAM VALLEYS NATTROW ABRUPTLY AT A MOUNTAIN FRONT BECAUSE STREAT VALLEYS GET MUCH STEEPTR A A MOUNTAIN FRONT BECAUSE STREAM VALEYS GET LESS STEEP AT A MOUNTAIN FRONT

46. RIVER TERRACES ARE COMPOSED OF ________ AND FORM AS A RESULT OF RAPID _______ A. B. C.

D.

BEDROCK .... SUBSIDENCE BEDROCK ..... UPLIFT FLOOD PLAIN DEPOSITS ..... SUBSIDENCE FLOOD PLAIN DEPOSITS ..... UPLIFT

47. IF A STREAM BREAKS THROUGH A DIVIDE AND CAPTURES DRAINAGE FROM COMPETING STREAM IT IS CALLED A. B. C. D.

THE

COMPETITIVE CAPTURE COMPETITIVE EROSION STREAM PIRACY STREAM CAPTURE

A. A 50- YEAR FLOOD IS GENERALLY OF

B.

C.

D.

GREATER MAGNITUDE THAN A 100-YEAR FLOOD A 100- YEAR FLOOD HAS A 10% CHANCE OF OCCURRING IN ANY ONE YEAR. IF THERE IS A 20% PROBABILITY OF A FLOOD OF A CERTAIN HEIGHT OCCURRING IN ANY ONE YEAR IT IS CALLED A 5- YEAR FLOOD THE RECURRENCE INTERVAL OF A FLOOD OF A CERTAIN HEIGHT DOES NOT DEPEND UPON THE WIDTH OF THE FLOODPLAIN

45. WHAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON SEDIMENT IS DEPOSITED IN LARGE CONE -SHAPED

48. THIS PATTERN MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES ________ DRAINAGE A. DENDRITIC B. RECTANGULAR C. RADIAL



Geography Solved MCQs D. TRELLIS 49. IN THIS MAP VIEW, THE STREAM IS FLOWING _______ A. B. C. D. 50. A

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FROM BOTTOM TO TOP FROM RIGHT TO LEFT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

_________

DRAINAGE PATTERN DEVELOPS WHERE RAPID WEATHERING ALONG JOINTS IN BEDROCK CONTROLS THE COURSE OF STREAMS

A. B. C. D.

DENDRITIC RECTANGULAR RADIAL TRELLIS

51. HOW FAR CAN LARGE RIVERS , SUCH AS THE A MAZON, MAINTAIN A CURRENT OUT TO SEA ? A.

METERS

B.

TENS OF METERS HUNDREDS OF METERS MANY KILOMETERS

C. D.

52. A DELTA IS MADE UP OF SEDIMENTS _________ A.

B.

C. D.

DEPOSITED AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER DEPOSITED ON THE INSIDE OF A MEANDER LOOP DEPOSITED AT A MOUTAIN FRONT DEPOSITED ON THE OUTSIDEOF A MEANDER LOOP

53. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEDS IN A LAKE DELTA CONSISTS OF THIN HORIZONTAL LAYERS OF MUD ?

A. B. C. D.

TOPSET FORESET BOTTOMSET BEDS ALL OF THESE

54. WHY IS THE MISSIPPI DELTA SO LARGE ? A.

B.

BECAUSE THE MISSISSIPPI RI VER TRANSPORTS A HUGE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT BECAUSE THE TIDES IN THE GU LF

C.

D.

OF MEXICO ARE NOT VERY STRONG BECAUSE WAVES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE NOT VERY STRONG ALL OF THESE

55. THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA LACKS DELTAS BECAUSE ________ A. WAVES AND TIDES ARE TOO B. C. D.

STRONG NO RIVERS EMPTY OUT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA THE APPLACHIAN MOUNTAINS ARE TOO EROSION RESISTANT RIVERS OF THE EAST COAST HAVE CURRENTS THAT ARE TOO WEAK TO CARRY MUCH SEDIMENT

GROUNDWATER 1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RESERVOIRS CONTAINS THE MOST WATER? A. B. C. D.

ATMOSPHERE BIOSPHERE GROUNDWATER LAKES AND RIVERS

2. HOW MUCH OF THE EARTH'S WATER IS STORED IN UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS ? A. B. C. D.

LESS THAN 1% ABOUT 5% ABOUT 10% ABOUT 20%

3. WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH WATER ENTERS THE SMALL PORE SPACES BETWEEN PARTICLES IN SOIL OR ROCKS

A. B. C. D.

TRANSPIRATION INFLITRATION PRECIPATION SUBLIMATION

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS IS A MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR AS A PROPORTION OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THE AIR COULD HOLD



Geography Solved MCQs AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE?

A. B. C. D.

DEW POINT SUBLIMATION POINT EVAPORATION RATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY

5. THE PERCENTAGE OF A ROCK 'S TOTAL VOLUME THAT IS TAKEN UP BY PORE SPACE IS CALLED THE _______ . A.

PERMEABILITY

B.

RECHARGE AQUIFER POROSITY

C. D.

6. PERMEABILITY IS __________ . A.

B.

C.

D.

THE ABILITY OF A SOLID TO ALLOW FLUIDS TO PASS THROUGH THE PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS RELEASE WATER VAPOR TO THE ATMOSPHERE THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR RELATIVE TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR THE AIR CAN HOLD . THE PERCENTAGE OF PORE SPACE IN THE ROCK

7. THE BEST GROUNDWATER RESERVOIRS HAVE __________ .? A. LOW PERMEABILITY AND LOW B. C. D.

POROSITY LOW PERMEABILITY AND HIGH POROSITY HIGH PERMEABILITY AND LOW POROSITY HIGH PERMEABILITY AND HIGH POROSITY

8. THE ABILITY OF AN EARTH MATERIAL TO TRANSMIT WATER IS A MEASURE OF ITS: A. B. C. D.

POROSITY AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS CHEMICAL CEMENT PERMEABILITY

9. THE LOWERING EFFECT ON THE WATER TABLE ABOUT THE BASE OF THE WELL STEM IS CALLED A (N):

A. B. C. D.

AQUICLUDE ARTESIAN SURFACE CONE OF DEPRESSION SPELEOTHEM

10. A LOCAL WATER TABLE POSITIONED ABOVE THE REGIONAL WATER TABLE IS SAID TO BE : A. B. C. D.

STRANDED PERCHED DISPLACED DEPRESSED

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE WATER TABLE IS FALSE : A. THE WATER TABLE CHANGES WHEN

B. C. D.

DISCHARGE IS NOT BALANCED BY RECHARGE THE WATER TABLE IS GENERALLY FLAT THE WATER TABLE IS ABOVE THE LAND SURFACE IN LAKES THE WATER TABLE IS DEPRESSED NEAR HIGH VOLUME PUMPING WELLS

12. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SATURATED ZONE AND THE UNSATURATED ZONE IS CALLED THE ______ .

A. B. C. D.

WATER TABLE AQUIFER AQUICLUDE POROSITY

13. THE INFILTRATION OF WATER INTO THE SUBSURFACE IS THE __________ . A. B. C. D.

INFLUENT EFFLUENT DISCHARGE RECHARGE

14. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A RELATIVELY IMPERMEABLE GEOLOGIC UNIT ? A. B. C. D.

AN ARTESIAN AN AQUICLUDE AN AQUIFER NONE OF THESE

15. EXCESSIVE PUMPING IN RELATION TO RECHARGE CAN CAUSE ________ .




THE WATER TABLE TO DECLINE A CONE OF DEPRESSION TO FORM THE WELL TO GO DRY ALL OF THESE

16. THE MOST ABUNDANT , NATURAL ACID IS : A. B. C. D.

NITRIC HYRDOCHLORIC CARBONIC CITRIC

17. MOST GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWN IN THE UNITED STATES IS USED FOR ________ . A. B. C. D.

INDUSTRY IRRIGATION DRINKING WATER SWIMMING POOLS

18. IN WHAT TYPES OF ROCK DO MOST CAVES FORM ? A. B. C. D.

C. D.

A. B. C. D.

RUNOFF

-

= EVAPORATION + = EVAPORATION *

SINKHOLES ARTESIAN WELLS CONES OF DEPRESSION SPELEOTHEMS

A. COOL AIR CAN HOLD MORE WATER

C.

D.

Q UARTZ

LEAD

=

24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE?

B.

ALKALI FELDSPAR HALITE CALCITE

RUNOFF PRECIPITATION EVAPORATION PRECIPITATION RUNOFF PRECIPITATION RUNOFF

23. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES IS A SURE SIGN OF KARST ?

SHALE LIMESTONE SANDSTONE

20. HARD WATER CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF __________ . A. B. C. D.

B.

GRANITE

19. STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES IN CAVES ARE COMPOSED OF ________ . A. B. C. D.

A. PRECIPITATION = EVAPORATION –

VAPOR THAN WARM AIR WARM AIR CAN HOLD MORE WATER THAN COOL AIR COOL AIR AND WARM AIR ALWAYS HOLD THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR AIR CANNOT CONTAIN WATER VAPOR

25. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES IS A SURE SIGN OF KARST ? A. B. C. D.

SINKHOLES ARTESIAN WELLS CONES OF DEPRESSION SPELEOTHEMS

SODIUM CALCIUM SILICON

21. MOST OF THE WATER COMING OUT OF CONTINENTAL HOT SPRINGS IS ________ . A. B. C. D.

METEORIC WATER MAGMATIC WATER SEAWATER METAMORPHIC WATER

22. WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH' S LAND SURFACE , WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS IS CORRECT ?

26. THE DIAGRAM ABOVE REPRESENTS A CROSS SECTION THROUGH A COASTAL MOUNTAIN RANGE . WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS CORRECT ?

A. REGION A WOULD RECEIVE THE B.

MOST PRECIPITATION REGION B WOULD RECEIVE THE



Geography Solved MCQs C. D.

MOST PRECIPITATION REGIONS C WOULD RECEIVE THE MOST PRECIPITATION REGIONS A, B, AND C WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION

33. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCKS HAS THE HIGHEST PERMEABILITY ? A. B. C. D.

27. WHAT FEATURE MIGHT YOU EXPECT TO SEE DEVELOPED IN REGION C? A. B. C. D.

34. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS HAS THE LOWEST POROSITY ?

AN ALLUVIAL FAN A DELTA A SUBMARINE FAN POINT BARS

28. CALIFORNIA IMPORTS MOST OF ITS WATER SUPPLY . W HAT IS MOST OF THE WATER USED FOR? A. B. C. D.

AGRICULTURE DOMESTIC IRRIGATION - LAWNS INDUSTRY MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER

A. B. C. D.

35. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

B.

C. IN

10-20 INCHES US 20-30 INCHES 30-40 INCHES GREATER THAN 40 INCHES

AMAZON IN SOUTH AMERICA MISSISSIPPI IN US AMAZON IN AFRICA GANGES IN ASIA

32. GROUNDWATER REPRESENTS HOW MUCH OF THE WORLD ' S FRESH WATER SUPPLY ? A. B. C. D.

ABOUT 1% ABOUT 5% ABOUT 20% ABOUT 50%

HIGHER POROSITY THAN THE UNSATURATED ZONE THE SATURATED ZONE HAS A LOWER POROSITY THAN THE UNSATURATED ZONE THE PORE SPACES IN THE SATURATED ZONE ARE COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER; THE PORE SPACES IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE ARE NOT COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER .

D. THE

PORE SPACES IN THE SATURATED ZONE ARE NOT COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER; THE PORE SPACES IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE ARE COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER

31. WHAT RIVER CARRIES THE MOST WATER _______? A. B. C. D.

SHALE GRAVEL GRANITE SANDSTONE

A. THE SATURATED ZONE HAS A

NORTHEAST US SOUTHEAST US SOUTHWEST US CENTRAL US

30. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL HOUSTON , T EXAS IS _______?

A. B. C. D.

SATURATED AND THE UNSATURATED ZONES OF GROUND WATER?

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS HAS THE HIGHEST AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL ? A. B. C. D.

AN UNFRACTURED SHALE A CEMENTED SANDSTONES AN UNCEMENTED SANDSTONE ALL OF THESE ROCKS HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME PERMEABILITY

36. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SATURATED ZONE AND THE UNSATURATED ZONE IS CALLED THE _____.

A. B. C. D.

WATER TABLE AQUIFER AQUILUDE POROSITY



Geography Solved MCQs C. SHALE D. LIMESTONE 43. WATER THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO DRINK IS CALLED ________.

37. IN THE DIAGRAM ABOVE REGION A IS THE _______ . A. B. C. D.

DISCHARGE ZONE RECHARGE ZONE SATURATED ZONE UNSATURATED ZONE

OF THE FOLLOWING CONTAMINATE AN AQUIFER?

DISCHARGE ZONE RECHARGE ZONE SATURATED ZONE UNSATURATED ZONE

A. MORE COMMON IN ARID REGIONS

C. D.

COMMON

REGIONS ONLY FOUND PERMAFROST SINKHOLE

IN

IN

HUMID

AREAS

OF

40. EXCESSIVE PUMPING IN RELATION TO RECHARGE CAN CAUSE _______ A. B. C. D.

THE WATER TABLE TO DECLINE A CONE OF DEPRESSION THE WELL TO GO DRY ALL OF THESE

41 IN WHAT TYPE OF ROCK DO MOST CAVES FORM ? A. B. C. D.

GRANITE SHALE LIMESTONE SANDSTONE

42.

SINKHOLES ARE A POSSIBLE DANGER IN REGIONS UNDERLAIN BY WHAT TYPE OF BEDROCK ? A. GRANITE B. SANDSTONE

A. B. C. D.

CAN

LANDFILLS AGRICULTURAL REGIONS GAS STATIONS ALL OF THESE

GLACIERS GLACIATION

39. INFLUENT STREAMS ARE _______

B. MORE

POTABLE WATER GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER ARTESIAN WATER

44. WHICH

38. IN THE DIAGRAM ABOVE REGION B IS THE _______ . A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

AND

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES WOULD YOU LOOK FOR TO ASSESS WHETHER AN AREA HAD UNDERGONE GLACIATION ?

A. B. C. D.

HORNS , ARETES OR COLS HANGING VALLEYS TERMINAL MORAINES ALL OF THE ABOVE

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EROSIONAL FEATURES WOULD YOU LOOK FOR TO ASSESS WHETHER AN AREA HAD UNDERGONE GLACIATION ?

A. B. C. D.

HORNS , ARETES OR COLS HANGING VALLEYS WATERFALLS ALL OF THE ABOVE

3. ACTIVE CONTINENTAL GLACIATION MAY PRODUCE WORLD -WIDE TRANSGRESSIONS LASTING SEVERAL TENS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS?

A. YES B. NO 4. GLACIATION FORMS BY ___________ OF



Geography Solved MCQs SNOW.

A. BURIAL AND METAMORPHISM OF B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

SNOW MELTING AND REFREEZING EROSION AND DEPOSITION PRECIPITATION AND MELTING

5. VALLEY GLACIERS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS _________ GLACIERS . A. B. C. D.

A. THERE ARE FEWER HOURS OF

C.

SUNLIGHT THAN AT THE EQUATOR THERE IS MORE SNOW THAN AT THE EQUATOR THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE S UN' S RAYS AND THE EARTH' S SURFACE IS DIFFERENT THAN AT THE EQUATOR

D. THE EARTH' S POLES ARE FURTHER FROM THE S UN THAN THE EARTH' S EQUATOR

7. AT THE E QUATOR, AT WHAT ALTITUDE DOES THE SNOW LINE LIE ? A. B. C. D.

LESS THAN 1000 METERS ABOUT 2500 METERS ABOUT 5000 METERS ABOUT 7500 METERS

A. SNOW ... GRANULAR ICE ... FIRN ...

C. D.

GASEOUS

WATER

VAPOR

IS

CALLED

A. B. C. D.

MELTING SUBLIMATION BOILING CONDENSATION

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A FORM OF ABLATION ? A. B. C. D.

MELTING SUBLIMATION CALVING ALL OF THESE ARE PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO ABLATION

12. COLD , DRY GLACIERS MOVE ___________ A. MOSTLY BY PLASTIC FLOW B. MOSTLY BY BASAL SLIP C. BY BOTH BASAL SLIP AND PLASTIC D.

FLOW BY NEITHER BASAL PLASTIC FLOW

SLIP

NOR

IS THE NAME FOR AN AMPHITHEATER - LIKE HOLLOW THAT FORMS AT THE HEAD OF A GLACIER ?

WRITTEN IN THE ORDER OF INCREASING METAMORPHISM ?

B.

10. THE TRANSFORMATION FROM ICE TO

13. WHAT

8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LISTS IS

GLACIAL ICE SNOW ... FIRN ... GLACIAL ICE GRANULAR ICE SNOW ... FIRN ... GRANULAR ICE GLACIAL ICE SNOW ... GRANULAR ICE GLACIAL ICE ... FIRN

MELTAGE ACCUMULATION SUBLIMATION ABLATION

_________ .

LOWLAND UPLAND ALPINE GORGE

6. HIGH LATITUDES ARE COLD BECAUSE ___________ .

B.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF ICE LOST FROM A GLACIER EACH YEAR?

... ... ...

9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REFERS TO THE

A. B. C. D.

KETTLE MORAINE CIRQUE HORN

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION A CONTINENTAL GLACIER MOVED ?

A. B. C. D.

STRIATIONS ROCHES MOUNTONEES DRUMLINS ALL OF THESE

15. IN A CONTINENTAL GLACIER , ICE FLOWS ________ .



Geography Solved MCQs A. FROM THE EDGES TO THE CENTER B. FROM THE CENTER TO THE EDGES C. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH D. FROM SOUTH TO NORTH 16. VARVE DEPOSITS ARE FORMED WHEN ________ IS DEPOSITED IN THE SUMMER AND _____ IS DEPOSITED IN THE WINTER A. B. C. D.

COARSE SILT ... FINE CLAY GRAVEL ... SAND FINE CLAY ... SAND COARSE SILT ... GRAVEL

17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGENTS OF EROSION DEPOSITS THE MOST POORLY SORTED SEDIMENT ?

A. B. C. D.

WIND ICE STREAMS OCEAN CURRENTS

18. WHEN TWO CIRQUES AT THE HEADS OF ADJACENT VALLEYS MEET AT THE MOUNTAINTOP , THE PRODUCE A SHARP , JAGGED CREST CALLED A (N) __________ .

A. B. C. D.

ARÊTE FJORD DRUMLIN MORAINE

19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT WATER- LAID DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH GLACIERS ? A. B. C. D.

MORAINES KAMES ESKERS VARVES

20. KETTLES ARE FORMED BY ___________ . A. MELTWATER STREAMS RUNNING B. C. D.

THROUGH GLACIAL TUNNELS LARGE BLOCKS OF ICE LEFT BY A GLACIER IN ITS OUTWASH PLAIN SEASONAL DEPOSITION OF COARSE AND FINE SEDIMENT MELTING PERMAFROST

21. DURING THE PEAK OF THE LAST ICE AGE , SEA

LEVEL WAS ABOUT SEA LEVEL TODAY .

A. B. C. D.

______ LOWER THAN

1 METER LOWER 10 METERS LOWER 100 METERS LOWER 1000 METERS LOWER

22. HOW

MANY DISTINCT GLACIATIONS AFFECTED NORTH AMERICA DURING THE PLEISTOCENE ?

A. B. C. D.

ONE TWO THREE FOUR

23. THE RECENT ICE AGES OCCURRED DURING THE ______ EPOCH. A. B. C. D.

PLIOCENE PERMIAN PLEISTOCENE PALEOZOIC

24. WIDESPREAD

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION DO

EROSION AND NOT AFFECT

_________. A. WATER DISCHARGE AND SEDIMENT B. C. D.

LOADS OF MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS DESERTIFICATION OF SEMI - ARID LANDS QUANTITY OF SEDIMENT DELIVERED TO THE OCEANS EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IN COASTAL AREAS ON SHALLOW CONTINENTAL SHELVES

25. LARGE MASSES OF ICE ON LAND THAT SHOW EVIDENCE

OF

MOVEMENT

ARE

CALLED

______. A. B. C. D.

ICE PACKS GLACIERS ICEBERGS ALL OF THESE

26. ICE COVERS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE A NTARCTIC CONTINENT ? A. 50% B. 75% C. 90%



Geography Solved MCQs D. 100% 27. A

DEPOSIT OF SNOW CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 90% AIR . GLACIAL ICE , WHICH FORMS FROM SNOW , CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY _______ AIR .

A. B. C. D.

B. BLOCKS OF BEDROCK C. CREVASSES D. ICE STREAMS

90% 50% 25% LESS THAN 20%

28. IF ACCUMULATION EXCEEDS ABLATION THEN _______.. A. THE GLACIAL ICE WILL FLOW

B.

C.

D.

DOWNHILL BUT THE END OF THE GLACIER WILL MOVE UPHILL THE GLACIAL ICE WILL FLOW DOWNHILL AND THE END OF THE GLACIER WILL MOVE DOWNHILL THE GLACIAL ICE WILL FLOW UPHILL AND THE END OF THE GLACIER WILL MOVE UPHILL THE GLACIAL ICE WILL FLOW UPHILL BUT THE END OF THE GLACIER WILL MOVE DOWNHILL

29. CREVASSES FORM BECAUSE _________. A. THE GLACIAL SURFACE PARTIALLY MELTS , LEAVING HOLES AND B.

C.

D.

CRACKS GLACIAL MELTWATER ERODES SMALL VALLEYS AS GLACIAL RIVERS FLOW LOW CONFINING PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE CAUSES CRACKS AS THE ICE FLOWS A GLACIAL CALVING PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED

30. IN THIS CROSS-SECTION OF A GLACIER , THE ARROWS POINT TO _______.. A. ABLATION SURFACES

31. IF THE RELATIVE LENGTH OF THE ARROWS REPRESENTS RELATIVE SPEED OF FLOW , THE FLOW PATTERN SHOWN HERE IS MOST LIKELY THAT OF ____________..

A. A VALLEY GLACIER B. A CONTINENTAL GLACIER C. EITHER A VALLEY GLACIER OR A D.

CONTINENTAL GLACIER NEITHER A VALLEY CONTINENTAL GLACIER

NOR

A

32. STRIATIONS OR GLACIAL GROVES WOULD FORM __________ TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT SHOWN ABOVE . A. PERPENDICULAR B. PARALLEL PERPENDICULAR C. EITHER D.

OR

PARALLEL ALL OF THE ABOVE

33. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A SUDDEN PERIOD OF FAST MOVEMENT OF A VALLEY GLACIER ? A. B. C. D.

SUBLIMATION SURGE FIRN DRIFT

34. THE CROSS -SECTIONAL DIAGRAM DEPICTS A __________.




ROCHE- MOUTONEE DRUMLIN KAME ESKER

35. A HANGING VALLEY IS ____________. A. A VALLEY WITH MORE THAN THREE TRIBUTARIES FEEDING INTO IT . B. A VALLEY WITH MANY LOOSE

C. D.

ROCKS IN ITS WALLS READY FOR A LANDSLIDE A VALLEY WITH ITS FLOOR HIGH ABOVE THE MAIN VALLEY FLOOR A VALLEY FEEDING INTO MANY FJORDS

36. ERRATICS ARE ___________. A. CROSS BEDS WHICH DO NOT

B. C.

D.

MATCH THE OVERALL OUTWASH CROSS -BEDDING SCHEME LARGE BOULDERS DEPOSITED RANDOMLY BY GLACIERS VALLEYS WITH GLACIAL STRIATIONS THAT OPPOSE THE STRIATIONS IN ADJACENT VALLEYS CONFLICTING DATES OF GLACIATION OBTAINED BY DATING ORGANIC MATTER FOUND IN GLACIAL DEPOSITS

37. WHICH FEATURE FORMS WHERE TWO LATERAL MORAINES MERGE ? A. B. C. D.

END MORAINE MEDIAL MORAINE GROUND MORAINES ESKERS

A. B. C. D.

40. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE BEST FOR A SAND AND GRAVEL PIT ? A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

A CIRQUE A MORAINE AN ARÊTE A HORN

39. LARGE , STREAMLINED HILLS OF TILL AND BEDROCK THAT FORM IN COME AREAS SUBJECTED TO CONTINENTAL GLACIATION ARE CALLED _________.

ARÊTE KAME VARVE A DRUMLIN

41. THE EARTH IS EXPECTED TO GO BACK INTO A PERIOD OF GLACIATION OVER THE NEXT ______ YEARS .

A. B. C. D.

100 1,000 10,000 100,000

42. APPROXIMATELY HOW THICK WAS THE ICE CAP THAT COVERED NORTHERN NORTH A MERICA DURING THE LAST ICE AGE ? A. B. C. D.

300 METERS 1,000 METERS 3,000 METERS 10,000 METERS

43. THE DEGREE OF ELLIPTICITY OF EARTH'S ORBIT AROUND THE SUN IS CALLED ____ __. A. B. C. D.

ELLIPTICALITY ECCENTRICITY OVALITY PRECESSION

44. PRECESSION DESCRIBES ________. A. THE MOVEMENT OF ICE SHEETS

38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A GLACIAL DEPOSIT AND NOT A GLACIAL EROSIONAL FEATURE?

ARÊTES KAME ESKERS DRUMLINS

B. C. D.

AWAY FROM THE POLES THE MOVEMENT OF GLACIAL ICE THROUGH WINDING VALLEYS THE WOBBLE OF THE EARTH'S AXIS OF ROTATION THE CHANGES IN CLIMATE AS THE EARTH WARMS OR COOLS

45. THE LITTLE ICE AGE OF 1400-1650 AD IS CHARACTERIZED AS BECAUSE ______.

SUCH

IN

PART

A. THE RED SEA FROZE OVER



Geography Solved MCQs B. THE BALTIC SEA FROZE OVER C. THE DEAD SEA FROZE OVER D. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROZE OVER

COVER APPROXIMATELY 1. OCEANS __________ PERCENT OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE .

30 50 70 90

TIMES THE DISTANCE OVER WHICH THE WIND FLOWS OVER THE WATER INCREASES ALL OF THESE

3. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO WAVE CRESTS IS CALLED THE ___________ . A. B. C. D.

WAVELENGTH

5. THE ORBITAL MOTION OF WATER PARTICLES DUE TO SURFACE WAVES STOPS AT A DEPTH

_________ .

B.

ABOUT TWICE WAVELENGTH EQUAL TO THE WAVELENGTH

SWASH ... BACKWASH WAVE ... SWASH FRONT SWASH ... RETROSWASH WAVE ... BACKWASH

7. AS WAVES APPROACH A BEACH , THE ROWS

A. B. C. D.

LONGSHORE DRIFT SWASH TIDAL SURGE WAVE REFRACTION

8. ____________

REFERS TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAND GRAINS ALONG THE BEACH.

A. B. C. D.

WAVE REFRACTION TURBIDITY CURRENT LONGSHORE DRIFT EBB TIDE

A. B. C. D.

1 2 3 4

10. WHAT CAUSES THE TIDES ?

HORIZONTAL ELLIPTICAL ORBITS VERTICAL ELLIPTICAL ORBITS HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR ORBITS VERTICAL CIRCULAR ORBIT

A. OF

A. B. C. D.

9. HOW MANY HIGH TIDES ARE THERE IN A DAY ?

WAVE HEIGHT THROW PERIOD

4. WAVES CAUSE SMALL PARTICLES FLOATING ON THE SURFACE TO MOVE IN _________ . A. B. C. D.

THE

___________ .

A. THE WIND SPEED INCREASES B. THE WIND BLOWS FOR LONGER

D.

ONE -TENTH

OF WAVES GRADUALLY BEND TO A DIRECTION MORE PARALLEL TO THE SHORT . T HIS CHANGE IN DIRECTION IS CALLED

2. THE HEIGHT OF AN OCEAN WAVE INCREASES AS _________ .

C.

D.

WAVELENGTH OF ABOUT WAVELENGTH

6. WAVES RUN UP ONTO THE BEACH FORMING A _________, AND RUN BACK DOWN AS ________.

SHORELINES

A. B. C. D.

C. OF ABOUT ONE -HALF OF THE

THE

A. B. C. D.

WIND SEISMICITY OCEAN CURRENTS GRAVITY

11. A TSUNAMI IS ______________ . A. A TIDAL SURGE CAUSED BY A B.

STORM A LARGE WAVE CAUSED BY AN UNDERSEA EVENT



Geography Solved MCQs C. AN EARTHQUAKE WHICH CAUSES A D.

LARGE WAVE AN UNDERSEA LANDSLIDE

18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ?

12. THE MUDDY OR SANDY AREAS THAT ARE EXPOSED DURING LOW TIDE , BUT ARE FLOODED

AT

HIGH

TIDE

ARE

CALLED

________ . A. B. C. D.

ESTUARIES TIDAL FLATS SURF ZONES PASSIVE MARGINS

13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LANDFORMS ARE CAUSED BY WAVE EROSION ? A. B. C. D.

BARRIER ISLANDS STACKS ESTUARIES SUBMARINE CANYONS

THE OCEAN AND SUPPLIED WITH FRESH WATER FROM A RIVER IS A(N) __________

. RIVER ATOLL SPIT ESTUARY

__________ ESTUARIES SUBMARINE CANYONS OCEANIC TRENCHES ABYSSAL VALLEYS

TIDAL CURRENTS TURBIDITY CURRENTS LONGSHORE CURRENTS RIVER CURRENTS

GRAINED SEDIMENTS THAT ACCUMULATE ON THE CONTINENTAL RISE ARE CALLED

__________ . SUBMARINE FANS ATOLLS ALLUVIAL FANS SPITS

IN RIFT VALLEYS IN THE ABYSSAL PLAIN IN SUBMARINE CANYONS IN OCEANIC TRENCHES

17. AT WHAT PLATE BOUNDARY SETTING IS THE OCEAN FLOOR DEEPEST ?

-

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ON THE SEAFLOOR TAKES PLACE ON ________ .

A. B. C. D.

CONTINENTAL SHELVES ABYSSAL PLAINS CONTINENTAL RISES MID -OCEAN RIDGES

22. BLACK SMOKERS ___________ .

16. WHERE IS THE OCEAN FLOOR DEEPEST ?

A. DIVERGENT B. SUBDUCTION C. CONTINENT

A. B. C. D.

21. MOST

VALLEYS ERODED INTO THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE AND SHELF ARE CALLED

A. B. C. D.

19. WHAT TYPE OF CURRENTS ERODE AND DEPOSIT FINE - GRAINED SEDIMENTS ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE AND RISE ?

A. B. C. D.

15. DEEP

A. B. C. D.

A. THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA B. THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS C. THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA D. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA

20. LARGE FAN-SHAPED DEPOSITS OF FINE -

14. A COASTAL BODY OF WATER CONNECTED TO

A. B. C. D.

D. TRANSFORM

CONTINENT

ARE

ENRICHED

IN

A. CARBON DIOXIDE AND METALS B. DISSOLVED HYDROGEN SULFIDE C. D.

AND METALS OXYGEN AND METALS NITROGEN AND METALS

23. PELAGIC SEDIMENTS ___________ . A. ARE FINE -GRAINED B. ARE DEPOSITED C.

COLLISION

FAR FROM CONTINENTAL MARGINS SETTLE VERY SLOWLY TO THE SEAFLOOR



Geography Solved MCQs D. ALL OF THESE SEDIMENTS 24. PELAGIC ___________ .

CONSIST

OF

A. REDDISH -BROWN CLAYS DERIVED B. C. D.

FROM THE CONTINENTS FORAMINIFERAL OOZES SILICA OOZES ALL OF THESE

25. THE SHELLS OF DIATOMS AND RADIOLARIA , WHICH ACCUMULATE ON THE ABYSSAL PLAIN , ARE COMPOSED OF ____________

. A. B. C. D.

CALCIUM CARBONATE SODIUM CHLORIDE IRON SULFIDE SILICA

26. RIPPLES IN THE OCEAN GROW TO FULL -SIZED

A. B. C. D.

V=L*T V = L/T V = L+T V = L-T

30. WHEN A WAVE GETS CLOSE TO SHORE , WATER PARTICLES NEAR THE BOTTOM MOVE IN ______ ORBITS.

A. B. C. D.

CIRCULAR ELLIPTICAL IRREGULAR RECTANGULAR

31. THE SURF ZONE LIES IN THE ______ PART OF THE BEACH . A. B. C. D.

OFFSHORE FORESHORE BACKSHORE ALL OF THESE

WAVES WHEN THE WIND REACHES A SPEED OF ABOUT ______ PER HOUR.

A. B. C. D.

3 METERS 30 METERS 3 KILOMETERS 30 KILOMETERS 32. THE AREA LABELED X IS CALLED THE __________.

27. IN THIS DIAGRAM, THE WAVELENGTH IS THE DISTANCE ________. A. B. C. D.

A – B A – C A – D 3A – E

28. IN THIS DIAGRAM, THE DISTANCE F TO H IS CALLED THE ________. A. B. C. D.

CREST HEIGHT TROUGH HEIGHT WAVE HEIGHT TOTAL DISPLACEMENT

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EQUATIONS CORRECTLY RELATES THE VELOCITY (V) TO THE WAVELENGTH (L) AND PERIOD (T)?

A. B. C. D.

FORESHORE SURF ZONE SWASH ZONE BACKSHORE

33. THE AREA LABELED Y IS CALLED THE __________. A. B. C. D.


34. THE AREA LABELED X AND Y IS CALLED THE __________. A. B. C. D.


35. IF SAND INPUT IS GREATER THAN SAND



Geography Solved MCQs OUTPUT IN A BEACH ' S SAND BUDGET , THE BEACH WILL ________.

A. B. C. D.

BE LONG , WIDE AND SANDY HAVE LARGE SAND DUNES HAVE A LARGE TIDAL FLAT HAVE HIGH CLIFFS

36. PLANAR ROCKY SURFACES THAT FORM IN THE SURF ZONE AS A RESULT OF WAVE EROSION ARE CALLED ________.

A. B. C. D.

STACKS BACKSHORES WAVE- CUT TERRACES BARRIER ISLANDS

37. WHAT DO WE CALL LONG OFFSHORE SANDBARS

A. B. C. D.

STACKS ESTUARIES DORKS BARRIER ISLANDS

38. SEA -LEVEL CHANGES BY GEOLOGIC STUDIES OF _________. A. B. C. D.

STACKS ESTUARIES WAVE- CUT TERRACES BEACHES

A. B. C. D.

OCEAN TROUGH CONTINENTAL SLOPE SHORELINE CONTINENTAL RISE

41. THE AREA Y IS CALLED THE __________. A. B. C. D.

OCEAN TROUGH CONTINENTAL SLOPE SHORELINE CONTINENTAL RISE

42. THE AREA Z IS CALLED THE __________. A. B. C. D.

ABYSSAL PLAIN CONTINENTAL SLOPE SHORELINE CONTINENTAL RISE

43. THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE WOULD STAND __________ THE ABYSSAL PLAIN A. B. C. D.

ABOVE BENEATH AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS COULD BE ALL OF THE ABOVE

44. A SEAMOUNT IS _________ A. A B. C.

CORAL REEF ABOVE A SUBMERGED VOLCANO A SMALL RISE IN THE SEAFLOOR AN EXTINCT SUBMERGED VOLCANO

D. A HILL ADJACENT TO A SPREADING CENTER

45. TURBIDITY CURRENTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE FOUND __________. A. WHERE T HE TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE A TLANTIC OCEAN FROM NEW ENGLAND TO THE MID -O CEAN RIDGE 39. THE AREA W IS CALLED THE __________. A. B. C. D.

ABYSSAL PLAIN CONTINENTAL SLOPE SHORELINE CONTINENTAL SHELF

40. THE AREA X IS CALLED THE __________.

B. C. D.

RIVERS

EMPTY

INTO

OCEANS ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE ON THE ABYSSAL PLAINS AWAY FROM THE CONTINENTAL RISE ON THE CONTINENTAL RISE

46. SUPERHEATED WATER APPROXIMATELY _______ DEGREES CENTIGRADE SPOUTS FROM THE HOT SPRINGS ON THE EAST PACIFIC RISE A. 4 B. 40 C. 400



Geography Solved MCQs D. 4000 47. A VOLUME OF SEAWATER EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF THE OCEANS CYCLES THROUGH SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS ROUGHLY EVERY _________.

A. B. C. D.

YEAR 5,000 YEARS 10 MILLION YEARS

HIGHER THAN SAND GRAINS SALTATING IN WATER BECAUSE ___________ .

A. WATER IS LESS DENSE THAN AIR B. AIR IS LESS VISCOUS THAN WATER C. WIND VELOCITY IS FASTER THAN D.

ONE BILLION YEARS

WATER VELOCITY GRAINS ARE SUSPENDED IN AIR LONGER THAN THEY ARE IN WATER

6. WHICH

OF THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT SOURCE OF DUST?

DESERTS AND WINDS 1. GEOLOGIC PROCESSES POWERED BY THE WIND ARE CALLED __________ PROCESSES . A. B. C. D.

BARCHANS CORIOLIS EOLIAN YARDANG

2. TURBULENCE

OF AIR INCREASES IN PROPORTION TO THE ___________ OF THE AIR FLOW .

A. B. C. D.

VOLUME VELOCITY ACCELERATION DISTANCE

3. DUE TO THE CORIOLIS EFFECT , ANY CURRENT OF AIR OR WATER IS DEFLECTED TO THE ____ IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND TO THE _____ IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE .

A. B. C. D.

EAST ... EAST EAST ... WEST WEST ... EAST WEST ... WEST

4. THE EARTH ROTATES FROM _______ TO _______ . A. B. C. D.

WEST ... EAST EAST ... WEST NORTH .... SOUTH SOUTH ... NORTH

5. SAND GRAINS SALTATING IN AIR CAN JUMP

A. B. C.

D.

IS

AN

VOLCANIC DUST FROM ERUPTIONS CLAY MINERALS FROM SOILS ORGANIC SOURCES , INCLUDING CHARCOAL , POLLEN AND BACTERIA ALL OF THESE

7. CROSS BEDS IN A LITHIFIED DUNE DIP TO THE WEST . DURING DEPOSITION OF THE SAND , THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE PROBABLY FROM THE __________ . A. B. C. D.

EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH

8. LARGE DUNE FIELDS , OR SEAS OF SANDS , ARE CALLED _______ . A. B. C. D.

DRAAS BARCHANS REGS ERGS

9. DESERTS WITH A PEBBLE SURFACE ARE CALLED _________ . A. B. C. D.

DRAAS BARCHANS REGS ERGS

10. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT RELATED TO WIND EROSION ? A. B. C. D.

LOESS VENTIFACT DEFLATION BLOWOUT

11. THE LOESS DEPOSITED IN THE UPPER



Geography Solved MCQs MISSISSIPPI

VALLEY WAS PRIMARILY FROM ________ .

DERIVED

A. VOLCANIC DUST B. DESERT REGIONS LYING TO THE C. D.

WEST GLACIAL DEPOSITS COASTAL SAND DUNES

12. WHY DOES VOLCANIC DUST TEND TO TRAVEL FURTHER THAN WIND-BLOWN DUST DERIVED FROM THE CONTINENTS ? A.

B.

C.

D.

BECAUSE VOLCANIC DUST IS ERUPTED HIGH INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE VOLCANIC DUST IS LESS DENSE THAN DUST DERIVED FROM THE CONTINENTS BECAUSE VOLCANIC DUST IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ WHEREAS DUST DERIVED FROM THE CONTINENTS IS COMPOSED OF FELDSPAR ALL OF THESE

13. THE GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERTS OF WESTERN NORTH A MERICA EXIST PRIMARILY _________ . A.

B.

C.

D.

BECAUSE THEY LIE NEAR THE EQUATOR BECAUSE THEY LIE THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS FROM THE OCEAN BECAUSE THEY LIE IN THE RAINSHADOW OF COASTAL MOUNTAINS ALL OF THESE

14. MUCH OF A DESERT 'S SURFACE CONSISTS OF SAND , GRAVEL , AND ROCK RUBBLE BECAUSE _________ . A.

B.

C.

D.

CLAY MINERALS FORM SLOWLY IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT WIND BLOWS AWAY CLAY AND SOIL BEFORE IT CAN ACCUMULATE TO GREAT THICKNESS VEGETATION IS SPARSE AND CANNOT PREVENT EROSION OF SOIL ALL OF THESE

15. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD YOU LEAST EXPECT TO FIND IN A DESERT ? A. B. C. D.

PLAYA LAKES ROUNDED , SOIL- COVERED HILLS STEEP RIVER VALLEYS AND GORGES DUNE FIELDS

16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A WIND DEPOSIT ? A.

PEDIMENT

B.

SAND DUNE LOESS ALL OF THESE ARE WIND DEPOSITS

C. D.

17. A BROAD , GENTLY-SLOPING PLATFORM OF BEDROCK THAT IS LEFT BEHIND AS A MOUNTAIN FRONT IS ERODED IS CALLED A(N) ___________ . A.

PEDIMENT

B.

ALLUVIAL FAN MESA ERG

C. D.

18. WIND SPEEDS OF 117 KILOMETERS PER HOUR OR MORE CONSTITUTE A _______ A. B. C. D.

MODERATE TO STRONG BREEZE MODERATE TO STRONG GALE WHOLE GALE TO STORM HURRICANE

19. IN TEMPERATE ZONES OF THE EARTH BETWEEN 30 O AND 60 O LATITUDE , THE PREVAILING

WINDS

COME

FROM

THE

________. A. B. C. D.

NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST

20. IN THE FIGURE ABOVE , THE LETTERS A THROUGH D REPRESENT WIND NAMES . WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS FALSE ?



Geography Solved MCQs B. GYPSUM C. ORGANIC D.

SOURCES INCLUDING POLLEN AND BACTERIA FELDSPAR

25 WHAT IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF FROSTING ON THE SURFACE OF QUARTZ SAND GRAINS ? A. IMPACTS B. C. D. A. A AND B REPRESENT THE "WESTERLIES " B. A AND C REPRESENT "TRADE WINDS " C. C AND D REPRESENT "TRADE WINDS " D. NONE OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE FALSE

21. RIPPLES ARE GENERALLY ORIENTED ________ TO THE CURRENT DIRECTION A. B. C. D.

PARALLEL 30 DEGREES 45 DEGREES PERPENDICULAR

22. IN A LARGE DUST STORM, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH DUST CAN 1 CUBIC KILOMETER OF AIR CARRY? A. B. C. D.

1 TON 10 TONS 100 TONS 1000 TONS

23. FINE -GRAINED DUST PARTICLES FROM THE ERUPTION OF MR. PINATUBO REMAINED IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR HOW LONG ? A. B. C. D.

1 - 2 MONTHS 3 - 4 MONTHS 1 -2 YEARS 3 - 4 YEARS

24. WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT CONTAINS SAND DUNES MADE UP OF

_________? A. Q UARTZ

WITH

OTHER

SAND

GRAINS ABRASION BY AIR CURRENTS SLOW DISSOLUTION BY DUE NONE OF THESE

26. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE ? A. WIND IS A MORE EFFECTIVE B.

EROSION AGENT IN WET CLIMATES WIND IS A MORE EFFECTIVE EROSION AGENT IN DRY CLIMATES

C. WIND IS AN EQUALLY EFFECTIVE

D.

EROSION AGENT IN WET AND DRY CLIMATES WIND DOES NOT CAUSE EROSION

27. THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE GROUND SURFACE IS LOWERED BY WIND EROSION IS CALLED _______.

A. B. C. D.

DEFLATION INFLATION ABLATION NONE OF THESE

28. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT ACCELERATE DEFLATION ? A. B. C. D.

ESTABLISHED VEGETATION CONSTRUCTION MOTOR VEHICLE TRACKS PLOWING

29. HOW DOES DESERT PAVEMENT FORM ? A.

B. C.

D.

BY INTENSE CHEMICAL WEATHERING BY STREAM EROSION BY INTENSE MECHANICAL WEATHERING BY WIND EROSION

30. YARDANGS ARE :



Geography Solved MCQs A. SAND DUNES ARRANGED IN LONG ,

A.

PARALLEL ROWS ERODED BEDROCK WITH LONG , PARALLEL GROOVES LONG , PARALLEL RIDGES ERODED BY DUST NONE OF THESE

B.

B. C. D.

C.

D.

THE TOP OF A FORMER SAND DUNE THE BOTTOM OF A FORMER SAND DUNE THE UPWIND SIDE OF A FORMER SAND DUNE THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF A FORMER SAND DUNE

31. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAND DUNES ? A. B. C. D.

STRONG WINDS A SUPPLY OF LOOSE SAND DRY CLIMATE ALL OF THESE

32. SAND WILL ACCUMULATE ___________. A. ON THE LEE SIDE (DOWNWIND ) B. C. D.

SIDE OF A BOULDER ON THE WINDWARD SIDE (UPWIND ) OF A BOULDER ON BOTH THE LEE SIDE AND THE WINDWARD SIDE OF A BOULDER BOULDERS CANNOT CAUSE SAND TO ACCUMULATE

36. THIS SAND DUNE IS A _______ DUNE A. B. C. D.

BARCHANS TRANSVERSE BLOWOUT LINEAR

37. THE WIND DIRECTION WHICH WOULD CREATE THIS DUNE IS __________. A. B. C. D. 33. GIVEN THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE SAND DUNE AND ROCK SHOWN HERE , THE WIND

DIRECTION

IS

PREDOMINANTLY

___________ A. B. C.

NORTH TO SOUTH TO NORTH EAST TO WEST WEST TO EAST

34. THE STEEPER, DOWNWIND SIDE OF A SAND DUNE IS CALLED A _________. A. B. C. D.

SAND DRIFT VENTIFACT SLIP FACE STREAMLINE

35. A CROSS BED PRESERVED IN AN EOLIAN SANDSTONE REPRESENTS _________.

NORTH TO SOUTH SOUTH TO NORTH EAST TO WEST WEST TO EAST

38. IN A BARCHAN DUNE , THE POINTS OF THE CRESCENT POINT ______ AND THE SLIP FACE IS THE ________ DOWNWIND CURVE OF THIS DUNE

A. B. C. D.

UPWIND .... CONCAVE UPWIND .... CONVEX DOWNWIND .... CONCAVE DOWNWIND ..... CONVEX

39. SAND

DUNES BEHIND TYPICALLY _______.

A. B. C. D.

BEACHES

ARE

BARCHANS TRANSVERSE BARCHANS LINEAR DUNES



Geography Solved MCQs 40. DURING EROSION LOESS TENDS TO BREAK OFF __________. A. B. C. D.

IN HORIZONTAL LAYERS IN VERTICAL SHEETS ALONG IRREGULAR CRACKS SLOWLY, GRAIN BY GRAIN

41. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT RELATED TO WIND EROSION ? A. B. C. D.

LOESS VENTIFACTS DEFLATION BLOWOUTS

42. LONG SAND RIDGES THAT ARE MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO THE PREVAILING WIND ARE CALLED ______.

A. B. C. D.

BARCHAN DUNES LINEAR DUNES TRANSVERSE DUNES BLOWOUTS

43. THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME THE INTERIOR OF A USTRALIA HAS CHANGED FROM A MOIST , HUMID CLIMATE TO A DESERT BECAUSE

A. PLATE COLLISIONS HAVE BUILT

B.

C.

D.

C.

MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COAST LINE WHICH BLOCK MOISTURE -BEARING WINDS FROM THE CONTINENT ' S INTERIOR HAS MOVED AUSTRALIA NORTHWARD INTO AN ARID , SUBTROPICAL ZONE HAS MOVED AUSTRALIA SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE PART OF THE MORE HUMID TRADE WINDS THE CONTINENT HAS GROWN THROUGH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY MAKING THE INTERIOR TOO FAR AWAY FROM MOISTURE -BEARING WINDS

44. RADAR IMAGING FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR HAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT THE S AHARA DESERT __________.

D. 45. THE

TRANSFORMATION OF SEMI - ARID REGIONS INTO DESERTS IS CALLED

_______. A. B. C. D.

DEFLATION DEFORESTATION DETOXIFICATION DESERTIFICATION

46. WHAT MINERALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORANGE - BROWN COLORS OF WEATHERED SURFACES IN THE DESERT ? A. B. C. D.

Q UARTZ ALKALI FELDSPAR IRON OXIDES ALL OF THESE

47. APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD' S DESERTS ARE COVERED WITH SAND ? A. B. C. D.

5% 20% 50% 100%

48. A WADI IS A ________ A. B. C. D.

SHALLOW LAKE PLAYA WITH SALT SEDIMENTS DRY WASH FLOOD DEPOSITS

49. A MESA IS __________ A. FLOOD DEPOSIT IN A SMALL DRY B. C. D.

A. HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ARID B.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION ONCE HAD AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF RIVER CHANNELS WHICH ARE NOW DRY HAS SAND DUNES IN EXCESS OF 300 M IN HEIGHT

WASH A FLAT PLATEAU SURROUNDED BY STEEP CLIFFS MOUNTAIN SHOWING HORIZONTAL SEDIMENTARY LAYERING A PEDIMENT WITH AN ALLUVIAL FAN COVER

ENVIRONMENT WAS ONCE TROPICAL WITH MANY



Geography Solved MCQs 8. _______

ATMOSPHERE 1. ATMOSPHERE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN VERTICAL REGIONS ONE IS CALLED HYDROSPHERE AND LOWER IS _ (A) T ROPOSPHERE (B) MEZOSPHERE © HOMOSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE 2. T HE TOTAL HEIGHT OF ATMOSPHERE IS _________-- KM . (A) 60-100 (B) 70-100

© 80-100 (D) 90-100 3. TOTAL HEIGHT OF ATMOSPHERE IS __________ KM (A) 30,000 (B) 40,000 © 50,000 (D) 60,000 4. THE PART OF ATMOSPHERE WHICH CONTAINS CONSTANT GASSES WITH KNOWN COMPOSITION CALLED (A) HOMOSPHERE (B) THERMOSPHERE © HETROSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE 5. NITROGEN IS _____-% IN THE AIR (A) 58 (B) 68

© 78 (D) 88 6. OXYGEN IS ____% IN THE AIR (A) 18 (B) 19 © 20 (D) 21 7. T HE PART OF ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS CONSISTED ON VARIABLE GASSES WITH COMPOSITION IS CALLED ________(A) STRATOSPHERE (B) HETROSPHERE © HOMOSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE

UNKNOWN

ABSORBS ENERGY WHICH IS TRANSFERRED TO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND MAINTAINS TEMPERATURE FOR LIFE (A) CO2 (B) O2

© N2O (D) O3 9. WITHOUT _________ THERE WOULD BE NO CLOUDS OR RAINFALL (A) WATER VAPOUR (B) CO

© CO2 (D) O3 10. A LAYER LOCATED IN STRATOSPHERE WHICH ABSORBS ULTRAVIOLET RAYS OF SUN CALLED __________ (A) OZONE LAYER (B) F- LAYER © D- LAYER (D) E-LAYER 11. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION ON OZONE IT FOUND AT __KM (A) 10-25 (B) 20-25

© 30-25 (D) NONE OF THESE 12. T HE PAUSE BETWEEN TROPOSPHERE AND STRATOSPHERE IS CALLED _______ (A) T ROPO PAUSE (B) STRATO PAUSE © MEZZO PAUSE (D) NONE OF THESE

13. T HE PAUSE BETWEEN STRATOSPHERE AND THERMOSPHERE IS CALLED _____ ____(A) T HERMOPAUSE (B) STRATOPAUSE © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 14. “CFC” IS CONTINUOUSLY DESTROYING THE ___________ LAYER (A) D- LAYER (B) F- LAYER



Geography Solved MCQs © OZONE LAYER (D) NONE OF THESE 15. A LAYER OF IONS INSIDE THE MESOSPHERE IS CALLED ______(A) F- LAYER (B) D- LAYER © OZONE LAYER (D) BOTH (A) AND (B) 16. THERE IS CUT OFF SIGNAL WHEN A NASA ROCKET REACHES IN THE REGION OF _________ (A) D- LAYER (B) STRATOSPHERE © OZONE LAYER (D) MESOSPHERE 17. TWO IONIC LAYERS ARE PRESENT IN (A) T ROPOSPHERE (B) MOSESPHERE © HETROSPHERE (D) THERMOSPHERE 18. THE LIMIT OF CLOUDS IS UP TO _ (A) STRATOSPHERE (B) HOMOSPHERE © TRPOSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE 19. THE LAPSE RATE IN TROPOSPHERE (A) 6.5C/1000 M (B) 7.5C/1000 M © 8.5C/1000 M (D) 9.5C/1000 M 20. T EMPERATURE OF ATMOSPHERE DECREASE IN ________(A) STRATOSPHERE (B) TROPSOPHERE © MESOSPHERE (D) BOTH (A) AND (B) 21. TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN _________(A) STRATOSPHERE (B) THERMOSPHERE © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE EARLIEST FLYING 22. _______ PROVIDES

(A) HETROSPHERE (B) MESOSPHERE © THERMOSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE 24. T HE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF TROPOSPHERE FROM SURFACE IS ____ KM (A) 11 (B) 12 © 13 (D) 14 25. ABOVE SURFACE BETWEEN 50 AND 80 KM THE

CONDITIONS (A) MESOSPHERE (B) STRATOSPHERE © HETROSPHERE (D) NONE OF THESE 23. MAGNETOSPHERE IS THE SECOND NAME OF ____

(B) IT CONNECTS TWO INDUSTRIALLY DEVELOPED

LAYER OF DECREASING CALLED _________ (A) STRATOSPHERE (B) MESOSPHERE © TROPOSHERE (D) S TRATOSPHERE (E) T HERMOSPHERE (F) NONE OF THESE

TEMPERATURE

IS

CONTINENTS, OCEANS, COUNTRIES 1. GRENADA IS SITUATED IN THE (A) PACIFIC OCEAN (B) INDIAN OCEAN © CARIBBEAN SEA (D) MEDITERRANEAN SEA 2. T HE NORTH ATLANTIC SEA ROUTE IS REGARDED AS AN IMPORTANT BECAUSE

INTERNATIONAL

TRADE

ROUTE

(A) IS THE OLDEST SEA ROUTE PARTS OF THE WORLD

© TRADE WINDS WILL HELP THE SHIPPING (D) T HERE ARE LOSER NUMBER OF SEA STORMS IN THIS WATERWAY



Geography Solved MCQs 3. THE SOUTH A LPS RANGES ARE FOUND IN

(B) MEXICO

(A) NORTH A MERICA

© IRAN

(B) CANADA

(D) INDIA

© SOUTH AFRICA

9. THE LARGES PRODUCE OF MANGANESE IN THE

(D) AUSTRALIA 4. PAIRS IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER (A) RHINE (B) SEINE © THAMES (D) SAINT LAWRENCE 5. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS THE BIGGEST

WORLD IS

(A) CHINA (B) INDIA © U.S.S.R (D) U.S.A 10.

THE

TOP RANKING PRODUCTION OF RUBBER IS

COUNTRY

IN

THE

(A) INDIA

ISLAND IN THE WORLD

(A) BORNEO (B) MEAGAGASCAR © GREENLAND (D) SRI LANKA

(B) BRAZIL © MALAYSIA (D) S RI LANKA 11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TROPICAL GRASSLAND

6. ZURICH IS A CITY IN

(A) PRAIRES

(A) CANADA

(B) SAVANNA

(B) SWITZERLAND

© STEPPES

© U.S.A.

(D) NONE OF THE ABOVE

(D) NONE OF THESE

12. THE USE OF THE HARPOON IS ASSOCIATED WITH

7. FIJI IS A COUNTRY IN THE

(A) ESKIMOS OF COLD DESERTS

(A) SOUTH PACIFIC

(B) NAGAS OF DENSE FORESTS

(B) EAST PACIFIC

© KHIRGHIZ OF TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

© NORTH PACIFIC

(D) BUSHMEN OF AFRICA

(D) WEST PACIFIC

13. THE LARGEST MICA PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE

8. T HE TROPIC OF CANCER DOES NOT PASS THROUGH (A) EGYPT

WORLD IS

(A) U.S.A



Geography Solved MCQs (B) INDIA

© JAPAN

© JAPAN

(D) NAMIBIA

(D) GERMANY

19. WHICH IS THE LARGES CONTINENT OF THE

14. ROME IS THE CAPITAL OF (A) SWEDEN (B) ITALY © CANADA (D) AUSTRIA

WORLD

(A) A SIA (B) NORTH AMERICA © AUSTRALIA (D) AFRICA

15. THE RIVER ’NILE ’ IS IN

20. WHICH OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE COMMON NATIONAL FRONTIERS WITH INDIA

(A) USA

(A) CHINA , BURMA , AND A FGHANISTAN

(B) EGYPT

(B) CHINA , RUSSIA AND BANGLADESH

© MONGOLIA

© CHINA , BURMA AND NEPAL

(D) INDIA

(D) AFGHANISTAN , NEPAL AND BURMA

16. WHICH PASS CONNECTS MALAKAND WITH MARDAN

21. THE KARAKORAM HIGHWAY CONNECTS

(A) GOMAL (B) DARGAI © KHYBER (D) NONE OF THESE 17. MYAMMAR IS THE NEW NAME OF

(A) PAKISTAN AND CHINA (B) SRINAGAR AND JAMMU © AKSSI CHIN -S RINAGAR (D) AKSS CHIN -P AKISTAN 22. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY

(A) T HAILAND

(A) JAPAN

(B) MALAYSIA

(B) NICARAGUA

© BURMA

© SWITZERLAND

(D) BHUTAN

(D) BELGIUM

18. SAIKAN, THE LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL , IS

23. PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS SITUATED

LOCATED IN

AT

(A) EGYPT

(A) KARACHI

(B) SWITZERLAND

(B) LAHORE



Geography Solved MCQs © ISLAMABAD (D) KAHUTA

28. DISTANCE ON EARTH ARE MEASURED IN ‘STATUTE MILES’ WHEREAS IN THE SEA THEY ARE MEASURED IN ‘NAUTICAL MILES’ BECAUSE

24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PAIRS IS CORRECT ?

(A) THE NAUTICAL MILE IS LONGER THAN THE

(A) ROSSIS -S OUTH AMERICA (B) ALPS -EUROPE © ANDES-A USTRALIA (D) ATLAS-A FRICA 25. THE LARGES JUTE PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS

(A) BANGLADESH (B) BRAZIL © CONGO (D) INDIA 26. WHERE IS THE TORRID ZONE LOCATED ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE (A) BETWEEN THE TROPIC OF CANCER AND THE TROPIC CAPRICORN (B) BETWEEN THE TROPIC AND THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN © BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN (D) BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE TROPIC CANCER

STATUTE MILE

(B) OF DIFFERENCE IN LAND AND SEA DISTANCES © THERE ARE NO MILESTONES IN THE SEA (D) NONE OF THESE 29. THE HORMUZ STRAIT IS SITUATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE

(A) CHINA SEA (B) RED SEA © MEDITERRANEAN SEA (D) PERSIAN GULF 30. VASCO DA GAMA, WHO DISCOVERED THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA, FIRST REACHED (A) SURAT (B) KALICUT © BOMBAY (D) COCHIN 31. MOUNT EVEREST IS LOCATED IN (A) NEPAL (B) CHINA

27. JAFFINA IS IN THE __________ PART OF SRI LANKA

© INDIA

(A) NORTHERN

(D) BHUTAN

(B) CENTRAL

32. T HE LARGEST RESERVE OF FRESH WATER ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE IS IN

© SOUTHERN (D) EASTERN

(A) RUSSIA (B) AFRICA © SOUTH AMERICA



Geography Solved MCQs (D) AUSTRALIA

(A) EQUATORIAL

33. PRAIRIES ARE

(B) MEDITERRANEAN

(A) PLACE OF PRAYER FOR NEGRO

© SUBTROPICAL

(B) BIRDS OF INDONESIA

(D) T ROPICAL

© TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS OF NORTH AMERICA

39. INTO WHICH SEA DOES THE VOLGA RIVER FLOW

(D) HOT WINDS BLOWING IN AMERICA

(A) MEDITERRANEAN SEA

34. THE NIAGARA FALLS IS IN

(B) CASPIAN SEA

(A) NORTH A MERICA

© BLACK SEA

(B) SOUTH AMERICA

(D) DEAD SEA

© AFRICA

40. WHICH IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD

(D) EUROPE

(A) A MAZON

35. CHAD IS IN WHICH PART OF AFRICA

(B) MISSISSIPPI

(A) CENTRAL

© NILE

(B) EASTERN

(D) GANGES

© NORTHERN

41. THE PANAMA CANAL CONNECTS

(D) WESTERN

(A) T HE A RABIAN SEA AND THE RED S EA

36. KAMPUCHEA IS THE NEW NAME OF

(B) THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEANS

(A) T HAILAND

© THE BLACK SEA AND THE CASPIAN S EA

(B) VIETNAM

(D) T HE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE RED SEA

© LAGOS

42. THE WORLD ’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF LAC IS

(D) CAMBODIA

(A) JAPAN

37. THE ASWAN DAM IS LOCATED IN

(B) BANGLADESH

(A) EGYPT

© INDIA

(B) IRAN

(D) CHINA

© LIBYA

43. ATACAMA IS A

(D) PAKISTAN

(A) SEA

38. T HE CONGO BASIN OF AFRICA EXPERIENCES

(B) DESERT

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF CLIMATE



Geography Solved MCQs © RIVER

(B) JAPAN

(D) MOUNTAIN

© ALASKA

44. THE GREATEST MASS OF ICE ON THE EARTH IS

(D) FINLAND

FOUND IN

(A) SIBERIA (B) ANTARCTICA © GREENLAND (D) CANADA

49. ZEBRAS INHABIT THE (A) HOT DESERTS (B) TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS © SELA FORESTS (D) S AVANA LANDS

45. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FRUITS IS NOT GROWN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

50. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ENJOYS A

(A) GRAPES

WARM TO HOT AND DRY SUMMER AND A MILD BUT MODERATE WINTER

(B) ALMONDS

(A) VENEZUELA

© ORANGES

( B) (C) ITALY

(D) NONE OF THE ABOVE 46. THE COUNTRY HAVING THE LARGEST AREA UNDER TEA CULTIVATION IS

(A) SRI LANKA (B) INDIA

U.K.

(D) S RI LANKA 51. T HE TWO WATER BODIES CONNECTED BY THE S UEZ CANAL ARE (A) T HE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE BLACK SEA

© BURMA

(B) THE PERSIAN GULF AND THE MEDITERRANEAN S EA

(D) CHINA

© THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE RED SEA

47. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IN NO A CAPITAL

(D) T HE ADRIATIC SEA AND THE PERSIAN GULF

CITY

(A) ULAN BATOR

52.

ORANGES

LEMONS AND ABUNDANTLY GROWN IN THE

(B) MECCA

(A) MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS

© BERLIN

(B) COOL TEMPERATE

(D) ANKARA

© EQUATORIAL REGIONS

48. THE TERM “THE LAND OF MIDNIGHT SUN ” IS

(D) MONSOONAL REGIONS

GRAPES

ARE

NORMALLY APPLIED TO

(A) NORWAY

53. AN IGLOO IS A (A) DWELLING HOUSE OF AN ESKIMO



Geography Solved MCQs (B) WEAPON USED BY AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES

(A) NIGERIA

© FISH FOUND IN WAR WATER

(B) SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA

(D) BOAT USED BY MALAY FISHERMEN

© NORTHERN SIBERIA

54. GUERNICA IS

(D) OUTER MONGOLIA

(A) A N ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

59. W HICH COUNTRY IS KNOWN AS THE SUGAR BOWL OF THE WORLD

(B) THE TITLE OF A PAINTING

(A) CHINA

© AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE (D) T HE NAME OF A BASQUE TOWN IN NORTHERN SPAIN 55. T HE VELD IS THE NAME GIVEN FOR THE GRAZING GROUNDS OF

(B) CUBA © INDIA (D) AUSTRALIA 60. THE LARGEST MAN -MAKE CANAL IN THE WORLD

(A) SOUTH A FRICA

IS THE

(B) NEW ZEALAND

(A) PANAMA CANAL

© AUSTRALIA

(B) SUEZ CANAL

(D) SCOTLAND

© RHINE CANAL

56. LICHEN IS THE TYPICAL VEGETATION OF THE _________ REGION

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) T UNDRA

THE LAND OF CANALS

(B) SAVANNA

(A) BURMA

© TAIGA

(B) PAKISTAN

(D) STEPPE

© BANGLADESH

57. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EXPLORERS

(D) BHUTAN

DISCOVERED A NEW COUNTRY WHILE HE WANTED TO REACH ANOTHER ONE

62.COTOPAXI, THE HIGHEST VOLCANO IN THE

61. WHICH SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY IS KNOWN AS

WORLD IS SITUATED IN

(A) BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ

(A) A LASKA

(B) VASCO DA GAME

(B) RUSSIA

© MAGELLAN

© HAWAII

(D) COLUMBUS 58.

PASTORAL

NOMADISM OCCUPATION OF THE PEOPLE OF

(D) ECUADOR ANDES IS

THE

TYPICAL



Geography Solved MCQs 63. BUDAPEST IS SITUATED ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER

(A) T IGRIS (B) ST LAWRENCE © LA PLATA

(A) RUSSIA (B) CHINA © INDIA (D) BURMA 69. T HE LARGEST COFFEE -PRODUCING COUNTRY IN

(D) DANUBE

THE WORLD

64. WHICH COUNTRY IS KNOWN AS THE PEARL OF THE EAST

(A) CHINA

(A) BHUTAN (B) BANGLADESH © SRI LANKA

(B) COLUMBIA © BRAZIL (D) INDIA 70. T HE LARGEST SUGARCANE PRODUCING COUNTRY

(D) NEPAL

IN THE WORLD IS

65. THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF RUBBER IS

(A) PHILIPPINES

(A) T HAILAND

(B) CHINA

(B) INDONESIA

© INDIA

© MALAYSIA

(D) CUBA


71. T HE LARGEST WOOL PRODUCING COUNTRY IN

66. NICOSIA IS THE CAPITAL OR (A) T UNIS (B) SOUTH AFRICA © CANADA (D) CYPRUS 67.

KARACHI IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE

(A) INDUS (B) CHENAB © RAVI (D) JEHLUM 68.THE LARGEST TEA PRODUCER IN THE WORLD IS

THE WORLD IS

(A) USA (B) AUSTRALIA © INDIA (D) GREENLAND 72. LAPLAND IS A GROUP OF COUNTRIES LOCATED IN (A) A USTRALIA (B) AMERICA © EUROPE (D) ASIA 73. BAGHDAD IS THE CAPITAL OF



Geography Solved MCQs (A) IRAN

(A) VIENNA

(B) IRAQ

(B) BERNE

© BURMA

© BERLIN

(D) PHILIPPINES


74. DIEGO GARCIA IS

79. THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA IS

(A) A CHARACTER IN ONE OF SHAKESPEARE ’S

(A) OTTAWA

DRAMAS

(B) A RIVER IS S. AMERICA © AN AERO PLANE JET FIGHTER (D) A BRITISH ISLAND IN THE INDIA OCEAN

(B) SYDNEY © CANBERRA (D) PERTH 80. DAMASCUS IS THE CAPITAL OF

75. WHICH COUNTRY IS CALLED THE “ LAND OF MORNING CALM

(A) IRAN

(A) SWEDEN

(B) LIBYA

(B) NORWAY

© ALGERIA

© NETHERLANDS

(D) S YRIA

(D) KOREA

81. THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT OF THE WORLD IS

76. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ASSOCIATED WITH MAGYARS

(A) NORTH A MERICA

(A) BELGIUM

(B) ASIA

(B) HUNGARY

© SOUTH AMERICA

© DENMARK

(D) AFRICA

(D) CZECH

82. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM

77. WHICH IS THE HIGHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

(A) BUDAPEST

(A) T IBET

(B) PRAGUE

(B) NEPAL

© BRUSSELS

© BOLIVIA

(D) BELGRADE

(D) FINLAND

83. THE CAPITAL OF MALAYSIA IS

78. THE CAPITAL OF GERMANY IS

(A) SINGAPORE (B) KUALA LUMPUR



Geography Solved MCQs © MANILA

(D) T EMPERATE REGION

(D) MALA

89. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING INS KNOWN AS THE “C OFFEE PORT ” OF THE WORLD

84. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF KENYA (A) SICILY (B) NAIROBI © LUSAKA (D) ADDIS ABABA 85. ZAIRE IS THE NEW NAME OF

(A) SAO PAULO (B) SANTOS © RIO DE JANEIRO (D) BUENOS AIRES 90. THE GEOMETRIC FORM OF THE EARTH IS APPROXIMATED THAT OF

(A) RHODESIA

(A) A SPHERE

(B) CONGO

(B) AN OBLATE SPHEROID

© GOLD COAST

© A PROLATE SPHEROID

(D) BASUTOLAND

(D) T ETRAHEDRON

86. THE WORLD’S BUSIEST INLAND WATERWAY IS

91. I F THE EARTH ’S ROLATION IS REVERSED WHAT WOULD BE THE PST WHEN IST IS NOON AT GREENWICH

(A) ST. LAWRENCE (B) SUEZ © RHINE (D) DANUBE 87. T HE “R ING OF FIRE ” IS FOUND ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE

(A) 06.30 (B) 17.30 © 05.00 (D) 18.30

(B) ATLANTIC OCEAN

92. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MAIN CULPRIT IN THE THINNING OF OZONE LAYER IN THE EARTH’S STRATOSPHERE

© INDIAN OCEAN

(A)C ARBON DIOXIDE

(D) MEDITERRANEAN SEA

(B) CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS

88. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS KNOWN AS HUNTER ’S PARADISE

© NITROGEN OXIDE

(A) PACIFIC OCEAN

(D) METHANE

(A) MONSOON REGION (B) EQUATORIAL REGION © SAVANNA

MAP



Geography Solved MCQs 1. T HE ACT MAP MAKING IS CALLED ______ CARTOGRAPHY 2. _______ MAPS ARE DRAWN TO REGISTER THE

© BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE

OWNERSHIP OF LANDED PROPERTY

7._______ MAP SHOWS NATURAL FLORA

(A) WALL MAPS

(A) VEGETATION MAP

(B) CLIMATE

(B) RELIEF MAP

© CADASTROL

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(D) TOPOGRAPHICAL

(D) NONE OF THESE

3. ________ MAPS SHOW BOTH NATURAL AS WELL

8.

AS CULTURAL FEATURES

(A) CHROROGRAPHICAL (B) CLIMATE MAPS © CADASTROL (D) TOPOGRAPHICAL 4. MAPS WITH MINUTE DETAILS ARE DRAWN ON _____ SCALE (A) SMALL (B) LARGE © MEDIUM (D) NONE OF THESE 5. HEAVENLY BODIES ARE SHOWN BY ______

ECONOMIC

ASSOCIATED IN _________

TRADE CENTERS AND THEIR TYPES OF TRADE ARE SHOWN

(A) ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL MAP (B) RELIEF AND VEGETATION MAP © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 9. BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT STATES ARE SHOWN IN ____ (A) POLITICAL MAP (B) RELIEF MAP © VEGETATION (D) COMMERCIAL MAP

(A) A STRONOMICAL MAP

MAPS ARE 10. S OIL IN _________ PLANNING

(B) RELIEF MAP

(A) CULTURAL

© VEGETATION MAP

(B) AGRICULTURAL

(D) NONE OF THESE

© SOCIAL

6. MOUNTAINS , VALLEYS, PLATEAUS, PLAINS, DEPRESSION ETC ARE SHOWN BY ________

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) RELIEF MAP

VALUE IN RESPECT OF SOME DISTRIBUTION IS CALLED _____

(B) VEGETATION MAP

VERY

USEFUL

11. IMAGINARY LINE JOINING PLACES OR EQUAL

(A) ISOPLETH Saboor Thakur Page 81


Geography Solved MCQs (B) ISOBATHS

(D) NONE OF THESE

© ISOBYET

17. CLOUDINESS IS SHOWN BY ________

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) CLOUDINESS

12. ISOPLETH FOR RAINFALL IS CALLED __________

(B) CLEAR SKY

(A) ISOHYET

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(B) ISOBATHS

(D) NONE OF THESE

© ISOBAR

18. TOPOGRAPHY ITS ______

(D) NONE OF THESE 13. ISOBAR TELL _________ (A) RAINFALL (B) PRESSURE © DEPTH (D) NONE OF THESE 14. ISOPLETH FOR DEPTH IS __________ (A) ISOBATHS (B) ISOHALINE © ISOHYET (D) NONE OF THESE 15. ISOPLETH FOR SALINITY IS ________ (A) ISOHALINE (B) ISOBATHS © ISOHYET (D) NONE OF THESE 16. ISOHEL TELLS ABOUT _________ (A) SUNSHINE (B) NIGHT

OF AN AREA REFERS TO

(A) POPULATION (B) CULTURE © TARRAIN (D) NONE OF THESE 19.___________ PHOTOS ARE TAKEN WITH THE CAMERA LENS AS NEARLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE EARTH’S SURFACE AS POSSIBLE

(A) VERTICAL (B) HORIZONTAL © LONGITUDINAL (D) NONE OF THESE 20. THE RATE OF FALL OF PRESSURE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS CALLED __________ PRESSURE GRADIENT/ BAROMETRIC GRADIENT 21. T HE WEATHER MAP DEPICTING THE WEATHER AT 0830 HOURS GIVES THE RAINFALL RECEIVED DURING PAST ________ HOURS (A) 21 (B) 22 © 23 (D) 24

© DAR NIGHT Saboor Thakur Page 82


Geography Solved MCQs 22. T HE WEATHER MAP DEPICTING THE WEATHER AT __________ HOURS GIVES THE RAINFALL RECEIVED DURING 9 HOURS

(B) 27

(A) 1630

(D) 47

(B) 1730

4. A REA OF THE WORLD IS ______ MILLION SQUARE

© 37

KM APROX

© 1830

(A) 100

(D) 1930

(B) 150

23. ON _______ MAP , NATURAL AND CULTURAL LECTURES ARE PORTRAYED BY COLOUR -ENHANCED

© 200

PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES WITH SYMBOLS ORTHOPHOTOMAP

(D) 250

CERTAIN

MAP

5. AREA OF RUSSIA IS 17 KM BEING _______- OF THE WORLD

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

(A) 1/7

1. BALOCHISTAN IS __________% OF THE AREA OF PAKISTAN

(D)1/10

(A) 41

THE WORLD

(B) 42

(A) 1ST

© 43

(B) 2ND

(D) 44

© 3RD

2. POPULATION OF PUNJAB IS _________% OF THE

(D) 4TH

COUNTRY

(B) 1/8 © 1/9

6. CANADA IS THE ________ LARGEST COUNTRY OF

7. AN AREA WITH LESS THAN ________- INCH

(A) 56

ANNUAL RAIN FALL IS CALLED ARID OF DESERT

(B) 66

(A) 10

© 76

(B) 11

(D) 86

© 12

3. WHEN TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS ________C IT IS

(D) 13

THOUGHT TO BE HOT

(A) 17

8. _______% OF AGRICULTURE DEPENDS UPON CANNA IRRIGATION SYSTEM



Geography Solved MCQs (A) 75

(A) A FRICA

(B) 85

(B) AUSTRALIA

© 95

© ASIA

(D) 99

(D) MIDDLE EAST

9. PAKISTAN HAS ___- BEST CANAL IRRIGATION

14. ___________ IS TERMED AS LIQUID BLACK

SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

GOLD

(A) 3RD

(A) MERCURY

(B) 4TH

(B) IRIDIUM

© 5TH

© PLUTONIUM

(D) 6TH

(D) NONE OF THESE

10. FOR THE FIRS TIME OIL WAS DISCOVERED IN ___ IN _______-

15. ________ IS 5TH LARGES NATION OF THE

(A) 1759, USA

(A) ZIMBABWE

(B) 1859, VENEZUELA

(B) BRAZIL

© 1559, UK

© ARGENTINA

(D) 1659, SAUDI A RABIA

(D) NIGERIA

11. OIL WAS EXPLORED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MIDDLE EAST IN

16. T HE USA IS LARGEST _________ OF WHEAT IS

(A) 1920

(A) EXPORTER

(B) 1930

(B) PRODUCER

© 1940

© CONSUMER

(D) 1950

(D) BOTH (A) AND (B)

12. HIGHEST POPULATION GROWTH RATE CAN BE OBSERVED IN ________

17. CHINA IS THE LARGES T ______ OF WHEAT IN THE

(A) INDIA

(A) CONSUMER

(B) MIDDLE EAST

(B) EXPORTER

© PAKISTAN

© PRODUCER

(D) BANGLADESH

(D) BOTH (A) AND (B)

13. HIGHEST BIRTH RATE IS FOUND IN _______

18. LATIN AMERICA IS ______

WORLD ACCORDING TO AREA AS WELL

THE WORLD

WORLD



Geography Solved MCQs (A) A CONTINENT (B) COMMUNIST BLOCK

ACCORDING TO MALTHUS POPULATION , RESOURCES _______________

© A LINGUISTIC BLOCK

(A) GEOMETRICALLY

(D) ANTI -US BLOCK

(B) VERTICALLY

19. POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF RUSSIA IS _________-%

© SPEEDILY

(A) -0.40 (B) -0.50

23.

(D) LINERALY 24.

ACCORDING TO MALTHUS POPULATION , POPULATION GROW

© -0.60

(A) GEOMETRICALLY

(D) -0.70

(B) VERTICALLY

20. WORLD POPULATION GROWTH RATE IS _____----%

© HORIZONTLY

(A) 1.4

THEORY OF GROW

THEORY

OF

(D) LINEARLY

(B) 1.5

25. DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IS KNOWN AS _______-

© 1.6

(A) DOMESTICULTURE

(D) 1.7

(B) AGRICULTURE

21. ______ IS THE MOST URBANIZED COUNTRY IS SOUTH A SIA

© DOMESTICOLOGY

(A) PAKISTAN (B) INDIA

(D) HORTICULTURE 26.AGRICULTURE AGO

© BANGLADESH

(A) 10,000-20,000

(D) NEPAL

(B) 20,000-20,000

22. DARWIN’S BOOK ‘O RIGIN’ OF SPECIES ’ WAS PUBLISHED IN _________

© 30,000-20,000

(A) 1858 (B) 1859

STARTED ______ ______ YEARS

(D) NONE OF THESE 27. ____ IS THE MOST PRIMITIVE TYPE OF AGRICULTURE

© 1960

(A) SLASH AND BURN

(D) 1961

(B) PLATUES © MECHANICAL



Geography Solved MCQs (D) NONE OF THESE

© IRAN

28. AFTER LEAVING THE FOREST MAN SHIFTED TO ________

(D) S AUDI ARABIA

(A) SEA SHORES

THE WORLD IS THE ONLY EXPORTED OF WHEAT IN EUROPE

(B) PLATUES

33. _______ BEING THE 5TH LARGEST PRODUCER IN

(A) ENGLAND

© RIVER VALLEYS

(B) FRANCE

(D) NONE OF THESE 29. PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE STARTED PROBABLY IN _____

© NORWAY (D) NETHERLANDS

(A) MIDDLE EAST

34. GREEN REVOLUTION STARTED IN ___________

(B) SOUTH EAST ASIA

(A) CHINA

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(B) FRANCE

(D) NONE OF THESE

© NORWAY

30. ACCORDING TO ECONOMISTS, ONE POWER DRIVEN MACHINE REPLACE ALMOST ____-- WORKERS

(D) NETHERLANDS

(A) 40

(A) 1940

(B) 50

(B) 1950

© 60

© 1960

(D) 70 31. ONE HECTOR TO _________ ACRES

35. GREEN REVOLUTION CAME IN _________

(D) 1970 OF

LAND

IS

EQUAL

(A) 2.27 (B) 2.37 © 2.47 (D) 2.57

36. FOR THE FIRS TIME, IRRI WAS CULTIVATED IN ________ (A) JAPAN (B) PHILIPPINES © MEXICO (D) KOREA

32 _________ IS THE ONLY COUNTRY OF MIDDLE EAST WHICH IS AMONG THE TOP 25 PRODUCERS OF

37. ___________ IS THE FIRS PAKISTANI GENETIC

THE WORLD

SEED

(A) IRAQ

(A) MEXIPAK

(B) KUWAIT

(B) BASMATI



Geography Solved MCQs © NAYAB 86

© 4.5 %

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) 6.5 %

38. GREEN REVOLUTION IS PERTAINING TO ______

43. _________ IS THE MOST REFINED TYPE SO SOIL

(A) PROMOTION OF GREENERY

(A) CLAY

(B) REVOLUTION BY GREEN FLAGS

(B) SILT

© BULK PRODUCTION

© SAND

(D) PRESERVATION OF FORESTS

(D) NONE OF THESE

39. TERMINATOR IS A GENETIC SEED OF ________

44. CLAY _______ WATER TO PERCULATE AS

(A) COTTON (B) PALM OIL © RICE (D) WHEAT 40. IN 1800, JUST 200 YEAR AGO 100 AGRARIAN

COMPARED TO OTHER TYPE OF SOLIS

(A) RESISTS (B) ALLOWS © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE

PEOPLE COULD HARDLY PRODUCED SURPLUS FOOD FOR _________ PEOPLE

45. MIXTURE OF CLAY , SILT AND SAND IS KNOW AS ________

( A) 8

(A) BLACK SOIL

( B) 9

(B) LOAM

© 10

© MIXED SOIL

(D) 11

(D) NONE OF THESE

41. NOW ONE AGRARIAN PERSON CAN EASILY PRODUCE FOOD FOR _________ AGRARIANS

46. BLACK SOIL IS FORMED DUE TO ________

(A) 60-70 (B) 70-80 © 90-100 (D) 100-200 42. IN 1800 AD ONLY ___________ % OF THE

(A) ERUPTION OF VOLCANOES (B) DEPOSITION OF RIVERS © MIXING OF SOIL (D) NONE OF THESE 47. BLACK SOIL IS FORMED DUE TO ________

WORLD POPULATION WAS URBANIZED

(A) COTTON

(A) 2.5 %

(B) RICE

(B) 3.5 %

© WHEAT



Geography Solved MCQs (D) SUGARCANE

© CULTIVATION OF SERIALS

48. COTTON REQUIRES ______- SOIL AND FROST

(D) FARMING BY TRACTORS

FREE CLIMATE (A) BLACK

53. INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IS COMMONLY FOUND

FOR

CULTIVATION

(B) SILT © SAND (D) NONE OF THESE

IN

(A) EUROPE (B) ASIA © AFRICA

49. CULTIVATION OF RICE DEMANDS AT LEAST ________-- INCHES OF RAIN FALL

(D) AUSTRALIA

(A) 25

54. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A

(B) 35 © 45 (D) 55 AND 50. THOUGH ‘M ALNEUTRITION ’ ‘U NDERNUTRITION ’ IN PAKISTAN , ABNORMAL INTAKE OF _________ IS COMMONLY OBSERVED

(A) SUGAR (B) PROTEIN © MINERALS (D) VITAMINS 51. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IRRIGATION METHOD IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF WATERLOGGING IN PAKISTAN (A) SPRINKLE IRRIGATION (B) FURROW IRRIGATION © FLOOD IRRIGATION (D) ALL OF THESE 52. TRUCK FAMING IS _____-(A) CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLE (B) FARMING BY T RUCKS

COMMERCIAL CROP

(A) COTTON (B) TOBACCO © WHEAT (D) S UGARCANE 55. EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IS FOUND IN _______ (A) U.S.A AUSTRALIA , CANADA (B) PAKISTAN, INDIAN, CHINA © U.K., FRANCE , BELGIUM (D) KENYA, CHAD , S UDAN 56. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS GROWN BY PLANTATION FARMING

(A) MANGO (B) COFFEE © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 57. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MARKET FOR WHEAT

(A) FRANCE (B) BRAZIL



Geography Solved MCQs © ENGLAND

(D) GULF

(D) NONE OF THESE

63. FERTILE CRESCENT IS __________--

58. 90% OF THE WORLD RICE IS CULTIVATED IN _______

(A) MESOTAMIA

(A) A USTRALIA (B) MONSOON A SIA © TEMPERATE ASIA (D) MIDDLE EAST 59. RICE IS A STAPLE FOOD IN _______ (A) PAKISTAN (B) CHINA © BANGLADESH (D) INDIA 60. BASPHORUS STRAIT CONNECT BLACK SEA AND ________ SEA (A) MARMARA (B)AFEAN © BALTIC (D) IONIA 61. AN ASTHMUS IS OPPOSITE TO _________--

(B) NILE VALLEY © LOWER INDUS VALLEY (D) T HAILAND 64. ACCORDING T UN AT LEAST __________-POPULATION SIZE IS COMPULSORY TO BE TERMED AS URBAN SETTLEMENT

(A) 5000 (B) 10000 © 15000 (D) 20000 65. ACCORDING TO A STUDY MORE THAN __________- % OF WORLD POPULATION IS URBAN (A) 25 (B) 35 © 45 (D) 55 66. A SETTLEMENT OF LESS THAN ______ PEOPLE IS TERMED AS HEMLET

(A) GULF

(A) 100

(B) PENINSULA

(B) 200

(C) STRAIT

©300

(D) BAY

(D) 400

62. BAY IS OPPOSITE TO ________-

67. POPULATION SIZE OF MORE THAN 20000 IS TERMED AS _______

(A) PENINSULA (B) ISLAND © BAY

(A) HEMLET (B) CITY



Geography Solved MCQs © RURAL SETTLEMENT

© AGRICULTURAL

(D) TOWN

(D) NONE OF THESE

68. ________ HAS HIGHER POPULATION GROWTH RATE THAN ________

73. STARTING POINT FOR A CITY IS KNOWN AS ______

(A) VILLAGE , CITY

(A) SHANTY T OWN

(B) CITY , VILLAGE

(B) OPTIMUM LEVEL

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

© DOWN TOWN

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) NONE OF THESE

69. CIVILIZATION STARTED IN _______ FOR THE

74.. TEM GHETTO POINTS TOWARDS _________

FIRST TIME

(A) SHANTY T OWN

(A) INDIA ( B) (C) SRI LANKA

(B) SLUMS BANGLADESH

© KARACHI ABADI

(D) PAKISTAN

(D) ALL OF THESE

70. ________ IS THE FIRST KNOWN CITY OF THE WORLD

75. FIST WAVE OF URBANIZATION STARTED IN _______

(A) LAHORE

(A) EUROPE

(B) MULTAN

(B) ASIA

© URAK

© AMERICA

(D) LONDON

(D) AFRICA

71. BASIC CAUSE OF EXPANSION OF CITIES IS ______

76. ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUD , BY DECEMBER 2008 WORLD POPULATION WILL GROW UP TO _______ BILLION

(A) MIGRATION (B) EDUCATION © POPULATION GROWTH (D) NONE OF THESE 72. ________ REVOLUTION BROUGHT ABOUT URBANIZATION

(A) 3.75 (B) 4.75 © 5.75 (D) 6.75 77. BY DECEMBER 2008 ____ _____ % OF WORLD POPULATION WILL BE URBAN

(A) GREEN

(A) 50

(B) INDUSTRIAL Saboor Thakur Page 90


Geography Solved MCQs (B) 60

( B) 9

© (D) 80

70

(D) 11

78. BY 2030, 80% OF THE TOTAL URBAN POPULATION WILL BE IN _______ COUNTRIES (A) DEVELOPING

( B) 7

© UNDER DEVELOPED

© (D) 9

(D) NONE OF THESE RATE

OF URBANIZATION IN _______ COUNTRIES IS HIGHER THAN OTHER WORLD

8

84. IN 1947 PAKISTAN’S TOTAL POPULATION WAS 32 MILLION OUT WHICH _________ % WAS URBAN

(A) DEVELOPING

(A) 14

(B) DEVELOPED © UNDER (D) NONE OF THESE

83. AFTER CREATION OF PAKISTAN _____- MILLION PEOPLE EMIGRATE FORM PAKISTAN TO INDIA ( A) 6

(B) DEVELOPED

79.

© 10

(B) 15 DEVELOPED

80. _________ IS THE MEGA CITY HAVING HIGHEST GROWTH RATE OF 10 %

© 16 (D) 17

(A) PARIS

85. BEFORE THE CREATION OF _________ WAS THE LARGEST CITY

(B) LAGOS

(A) KARACHI

© KARACHI

(B) LAHORE

(D) BOMBAY

© MULTAN

81. IN ASIA ________ IS WITH HIGHEST GROWTH

(D) RAWALPINDI

RATE

PAKISTAN

(A) DHAKA

86. IN 1947 POPULATION OF KARACHI WAS ________

(B) TOKYO

(A) 250000

© CALCUTTA

(B) 260000

(D) KARACHI

© 270000

82. AFTER 1947 ________ MILLION PEOPLE MIGRATED TO PAKISTAN

(D) 280000

( A) 8

87. A CCORDING TO CENSUS OF 1915 POPULATION OF KARACHI WAS ________ MILLION



Geography Solved MCQs (A) 1.06

(A) RATZEL

(B) 1.07

(B) CRISTALLER

© 1.08

© VONTHUNEN

(D) 1.09

(D) NONE OF THESE

88. POPULATION OF ______ WAS OUT NUMBERED

93. INDUSTRIAL LOCATION THEORY IS A BRAIN CHILD

BY REFUGEES

OF

(A) SUKHER

(A) T AYLOR

(B) KARACHI

(B) FEBVER

© HYDERABAD

© RATZEL

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) WEBER

89. MAIN CAUSE OF URBANIZATION IN PAKISTAN IS

94. CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENT DETERMINISM WAS GIVEN BY ________

(A) HIGH GROWTH RATE (B) INDUSTRIALIZAITON © CROSS -BORDER MIGRATION (D) NONE OF THESE 90. BOSWASH IS A ________ (A) US

A MBASSADOR TO PAK

(A) FREDRICK RETZEL (B) CHRUCHILL SEMPLE © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE 95. POSSIBLISM IS THEORY OF A FRENCH HISTORIAN NAMED AS

(B) AN ISLAND

(A) HUNGTINGTON

© SUPER CITY IN USA

(B) HARLEN BAROWS

(D) RECORD BREAKING MOVIE

© GRIFITH TAYLOR

91. AGRICULTURE LOCATION THEORY WAS GIVEN BY __________

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) VONTHUNEN (B) FEBVER © CRISTALLER

SETTLEMENT 1 A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE RESIDE

(D) NONE OF THESE

TOGETHER IS KNOWN AS

92. CENTRAL PLACE THEORY WAS GIVEN BY ________

(A) S ETTLEMENT (B) CITY



Geography Solved MCQs © COUNTRY

(A) MODERN DWELLINGS

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B) A DVANCE D WELLINGS

2. DWELLINGS ARE OF __________ TYPES

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(A ) 2

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B ) 3

7. PARTICULAR DWELLING -STRUCTURE TYPE IS ASSOCIATED WITH

©4

(A) CITIES

(D) NONE OF THESE 3.

THE

HOUSES IN WHICH LAYOUT , CONSTRUCTION AND APPEARANCE HAVE NOT BEEN ALTERED ARE TERMED AS

(A) CHANGED TRADITIONAL D WELLINGS

(B) PARTICULAR REGIONS © T OWN (D) NONE OF THESE 8. THE HOUSE BUILT FROM POLIS AND STICKS

(B) UN-CHANGED T RADITIONAL DWELLINGS

ARE TERMED AS

© T RADITIONAL DWELLINGS

(A) WALTLE

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B) H UT

4. THE BUILDINGS IN WHICH NEW MATERIAL HAS

© COTTAGE

BEEN USED BUT THIS DOES NOT CHANGES ITS LAYOUT IS TERMED AS

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) MODIFIED TRADITIONAL DWELLINGS

9. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ’S PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DWELLING THROUGH

(B) T RADITIONAL DWELLINGS

(D) DWELLING

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(B) SETTLEMENT

(D) NONE OF THESE

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

5. T HE HOUSES IN WHICH MODERN MATERIAL IS USED AND LAYOUT IS ALSO CHANGED ARE TERMED AS

(D) NONE OF THESE 10. THE PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUAL LIVES IS

(A) TRADITIONAL DWELLING

CALLED

(B) MODERN DWELLING

(A) DWELLING

© MODERNIZED T RADITIONAL DWELLING

(B) SETTLEMENT

(D) NONE OF THESE

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

6. T HE HOUSE WHICH IS THE PERFECT

(D) NONE OF THESE

PARAMOUNT OF CATEGORIZED AS

NEW

TECHNOLOGY

IS



Geography Solved MCQs 11. ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF HOUSED WHICH IS

(D) NONE OF THESE

SMALL IN NUMBER IS TERMED

(A) HELMET

16. THE OLDEST /EARLIER CITIES OF THE WORLD

(B) DWELLING

IS

© CITY

(A) EGYPT

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B) URK

12. A SETTLEMENT IN WHICH MAJORITY OF THE

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS CALLED AS

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) VILLAGE

17. T HE PLACES WHICH ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM

(B) CITY

A SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE OF SERVICE AVAILABILITY ARE CALLED

© HAMLET

(A) CLIMATIC ZONE

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B) OUTER ZONE

13. THE CONCENTRATION OF LARGE CITIES IS

© CENTRAL PLACE

CALLED

(A) MEGALOPOLIS (B) METROPOLITAN © MEGAPOLITAN (D) NONE OF THESE 14. T HE LARGEST URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS EXISTS IN ____________

(D) NONE OF THESE 18. URBANIZATION IS VERY LOW IN (A) S OUTH ASIA (B) EUROPE © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE

(A) LESS DEVELOPED (B) DEVELOPED WORLD © BOTH (A) AND (B) (D) NONE OF THESE

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

15. THE CONCEPT OF URBANIZATION SPREAD FROM ___________

1. T HERE

(A) MESOPOTAMIA

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(B) T IGN ’S-EUPHRATES BASIN

ARE _____________ BASIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

2 3 4 5

© BOTH ( A) AND (B) Saboor Thakur Page 94


Geography Solved MCQs 2. THE OLDEST BASIS OF EXISTENCE ALL OVER THE WORLD WAS

© FARM MECHANISM (D) NONE OF THESE

(A) FARMING

7. FROM OF AGRICULTURE IN WHICH FARMERS

(B) FISHING

MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN SEARCH OF BETTER LAND IS CALLED _____

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(A) S HIFTING CULTIVATION

(D) NONE OF THESE 3. T HE VERY THING WHICH PERMITTED PEOPLE TO SETTLE PERMANENTLY IN ONE LOCATION WITH THE ASSURANCE OF FOOD IS

(A) AGRICULTURE

(B) SUBSISTENCE FARMING © S HIFTING AGRICULTURE (D) NONE OF THESE

(B) T OOLS

8. SHIFTING IN _________

(C) FISHING

(A) S UB -TROPICAL ZONE

(D) NONE OF THESE

(B) T ROPICAL ZONE

4.

THE ORIGIN FROM _________

OF

AGRICULTURE

IS

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(A) S TEEL AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

© A USTRALIA

(B) FORESTRY AND FISHING

(D) NONE OF THESE

© T EACHERS, DOCTORS

5. THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTAIN CROPS WITH THEN

IT

IS

(D) NONE OF THESE 10. SECONDARY ACTIVITY INCLUDES

(A) CASH

(A) PRODUCTION

(B) PARTICULAR CROP

(B) SERVICES

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

© RAW MATERIALS

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) NONE OF THESE

6. THE FARMING IN WHICH FARMERS GROW

(A) S UBSTANCE FARMING

FOUND

9. PRIMARY ACTIVITY

(B) A MERICA

ONLY ENOUGH FOOD CALLED ________

IS

(D) NONE OF THESE

(A) CENTRAL CHINA

PARTICULAR COUNTRIES CALLED ______-

CULTIVATION

TO

SURVIVE

IS

11. T ERTIARY ACTIVITY INCLUDES (A) AGRICULTURE (B) PRODUCTION

(B) CULTIVATION Saboor Thakur Page 95


Geography Solved MCQs © SERVICES

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) NONE OF THESE

12. SECOND AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION CAME

17. WHIT -COLLAR WORK FORCE IS CATEGORIZED

DURING

AS

(A) MIDDLE AGE

(A) TERTIARY PRODUCTION

(B) MODERN AGE

(B) Q UATERNARY SERVICES

© PRIMITIVE AGE

© S ECONDARY PRODUCTION

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) NONE OF THESE

13. PRIMARY PRODUCERS MAY BE LABELED AS

18. SUBSISTENCE FORMING IS FOUND IN

(A) RED COLLAR WORKERS

(A) CENTRAL A FRICA

(B) WHIT COLLAR WORKERS

(B) SOUTH ASIA

© PINK COLLAR WORKERS

© BOTH (A) AND (B)

(D) NONE OF THESE

(D) NONE OF THESE

14. GOLD -COLLARS WORKERS FALL IN

19. EXTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IS

(A) Q UINARY A CTIVITY (B) PRIMARY A CTIVITY © T ERTIARY PRODUCTION (D) NONE OF THESE 15. A PPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO

FOUND IN

(A) MOIST (B) W ARM © LOW LATITUDE (D) ALL OF THESE

INCREASE THE YIELD IS DUE

20.

(A) S UBSISTENCE FARMING

SCIENTISTS DEVELOPED HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES OF _________

(B) GREEN REVOLUTION

(A) RICE AND COTTON

© MECHANIZATION

(B) COFFEE , RUBBER

(D) NONE OF THESE

© RICE AND WHEAT

16. PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS IS

(e) NONE OF THESE

TERMED AS

(A) TRUCK FORMING

IN THE MID -1960’ S AGRICULTURAL

ENERGY RESOURCES

(B) VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION




1. WHICH

OF THE FOLLOWING IS NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ?

A. B. C. D.

A

SOLAR METHANE HYDROELECTRIC COAL

2. THE AMOUNT OF OIL THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE

FOR

USE

IS

CALLED

OIL

________. A. B. C. D.

RESERVES RESERVOIRS RESOURCES TRAPS

3. A COAL DEPOSIT THAT IS NOT ECONOMICAL TO MINE TODAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED PART OF OUR __________ .

A. B. C. D.

COAL RESERVES COAL RESOURCES COAL RESERVOIRS NONE OF THESE

4. WHAT IS THE LEADING SOURCE OF ENERGY USED IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY ? A. B. C. D.

COAL OIL RESOURCES NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR POWER

5. THE FIRST OIL WELL WAS DRILLED IN THE UNITED STATES IN ________. A. B. C. D.

1829 1859 1929 1959

A HISTOGRAM SHOWING PERCENTAGES OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ENERGY USED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1997 IS GIVEN ABOVE .

6. AREA W REPRESENTS A. B. C. D.

COAL SOLAR NUCLEAR OIL

7. AREA X REPRESENTS A. B. C. D.


8. AREA Y REPRESENTS A. B. C. D.


9. AREA Z REPRESENTS A. B. C. D.


10. OIL , COAL AND NATURAL GAS SUPPLY APPROXIMATELY _______ % OF THE ENERGY USED IN THE UNITED STATES A. B. C. D.

10 25 40 90

11. OF ALL OF THE ENERGY PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT % IS LOST IN Saboor Thakur Page 97


Geography Solved MCQs DISTRIBUTION AND INEFFICIENT USE ?

A. B. C. D.

10 25 40 50

12. CHEMICAL REACTIONS TRIGGERED BY _______ TRANSFORM ORGANIC MATERIAL INTO HYDROCARBONS . A. B. C. D.

SOLAR ENERGY HYDROELECTRIC ELEVATED TEMPERATURES DECOMPOSITION

13. ENERGY

RESOURCES DERIVED FROM NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIALS ARE CALLED

________. A. B. C. D.

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCES FOSSIL FUELS BIOMASS ALL OF THESE

14. A PERMEABLE ROCK THAT CONTAINS HYDROCARBON FLUIDS AND GASSES IS CALLED A (N) _________

A. B. C. D.

OIL TRAP SOURCE BED OIL RESERVOIR NONE OF THESE

15. ALL OIL TRAPS CONTAIN ___________. A. B. C. D.

AN IMPERMEABLE LAYER AN ANTICLINE A FAULT ALL OF THESE

16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS LEAST LIKELY TO CONTAIN AN OIL TRAP ? A. B. C. D.

AN ANTICLINE FAULT NATURAL STRATIGRAPHY SYNCLINE

CROSS SECTION OF AN OIL TRAP . X, Y, AND Z REPRESENT THREE DISTINCT FLUID LAYERS WITHIN THE PERMEABLE RESERVOIR ROCK . 17. THE OIL TRAP SHOWN HERE IS A (N) ____________ A. B. C. D.

AN ANTICLINE FAULT TRAP STRATIGRAPHIC TRAP SALT DOME TRAP

18. LAYER X IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RESERVOIR ROCK CONTAINING _______ IN THE PORE SPACE. A. B. C. D.

SYNCRUDE WATER NATURAL GAS OIL

19. LAYER Y IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RESERVOIR ROCK CONTAINING _______ IN THE PORE SPACE. A. B. C. D.


20. LAYER Z IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RESERVOIR ROCK CONTAINING _______ IN THE PORE SPACE. A. B. C. D.


21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROCK TYPES WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE BEST OIL RESERVOIR ?.

A. GRANITE B. SHALE Saboor Thakur Page 98


Geography Solved MCQs C. SANDSTONE D. SALT

UNITED STATES _______.

22. IN AN OIL TRAP FORMED BY AN ANTICLINE , ________ ACCUMLULATES ON TOP , _____ IN THE MIDDLE , AND _________ AT THE BOTTOM. A. NATURAL B. C. D.

GAS .... OIL .... GROUNDWATER GROUND WATER .... OIL .... NATURAL GAS OIL .... GROUNDWATER .... NATURAL GAS OIL .... NATURAL GAS .... GROUND WATER

A. B. C. D.

IS

CONSUMED

BY

INDUSTRY RESIDENTIAL USE ELECTRICAL UTILITIES TRANSPORTATION

28. BURNING OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FUELS PRODUCES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE PER UNIT OF ENERGY ?

A. B. C. D.

COAL OIL NATURAL GAS ALL OF THESE PRODUCE THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE .

23. TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD' S KNOWN OIL RESERVES ARE LOCATED IN ________. A. B. C. D.

SIBERIA GULF OF MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN THE MIDDLE EAST INDONESIA

24. THE WORLD HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FUEL TYPES .. A. B. C. D.

OIL COAL URANIUM THERE ARE ROUGHLY EQUAL AMOUNTS OF EACH OF THESE FUELS

29. LAYER X IS _________. A. B. C. D.

25. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF WORLD USE , THE REMAINING OIL WILL BE DEPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY ______ YEARS.

A. B. C. D.

A.

B.

C.

30. LAYER Y IS _________.

25 100 400 2000

26. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE? IN THE US OIL PRODUCTION IS GREATER THAN OIL CONSUMPTION IN THE US OIL PRODUCTION EQUALS OIL CONSUMPTION IN THE US OIL PRODUCTION IS LESS THAN OIL CONSUMPTION

27. MOST OF THE NATURAL GAS USED IN THE

ANTHRACITE BITUMINOUS LIGNITE TAR

A. B. C. D.


31. LAYER Z IS _________. A. B. C. D.


32. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE , THE ARROW TO THE LEFT OF THE

DIAGRAM

REPRESENTS

INCREASING

__________




D. NATURAL GAS

METAMORPHISM HEAT VALUE CARBON CONTENT ALL OF THE ABOVE

39. ABOUT HOW MANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE THERE IN THE US?

33. WHICH COUNTRY CONTAINS ABOUT 50% OF THE WORLD' S COAL RESOURCES ? A. B. C. D.

UNITED STATES CHINA CANADA THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

25 100 400 2000

REGARDING THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT AT CHERNOBYL IN THE UKRAINE IN 1986 IS FALSE ?

A. RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS WAS BLOWN INTO S CANDINAVIA AND WESTERN EUROPE B. HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES OF LAND SURROUNDING CHERNOBYL

35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURNING OF COAL ?

C.

A. ACID RAIN B. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS WITH TOXIC METAL C. ASH

D.

D.

IMPURITIES ALL OF THESE

36. OIL DERIVED FROM COAL , OIL SHALES OR TAR SANDS IS CALLED ________. A. B. C. D.

NATURAL GAS BIOMASS SYNCRUDE NONE OF THESE

37. NUCLEAR ENERGY ___________.

IS

DERIVED

BY

A. COMBUSTION OF ATOMS OF U 235 B. FISSION OF ATOMS OF U 235 C. FUSION OF ATOMS OF U 235 D. THE BREAKING OF U 235 BONDS OF THE FOLLOWING ENERGY SOURCES DOES NOT PRODUCE CARBON DIOXIDE ?

WAS CONTAMINATED AND MADE UNINHABITABLE FOOD SUPPLIES IN MANY COUNTRIES HAD TO BE PURIFIED IN ORDER TO BE CONSUMED EXCESS DEATHS FROM CANCER MAY BE IN THE THOUSANDS OVER THE NEXT 40 YEARS

41. MOST OF THE URANIUM ORE IN THE UNITED STATES IS LOCATED IN THE _____ A. B. C. D.

APPLACHIAN MOUNTAINS BASIN AND RANGE COLORADO PLATEAU GREAT LAKE

42. THE PRIMARY BARRIER TO USING SOLAR ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES IS THAT _______ A. SOLAR POWER IS NOT TECHNICALLY B. C.

38. WHICH

A. OIL B. URANIUM C. COAL

10 100 250 500

40. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS

34. IN THE UNITED STATES, COAL RESOURCES SHOULD LAST APPROXIMATELY ______ YEARS AT THE CURRENT RATE OF USE . A. B. C. D.

A. B. C. D.

D.

FEASIBLE SOLAR POWER CAUSES MAJOR POLLUTION PROBLEMS SOLAR POWER IS NOT ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER ENERGY SOURCES ALL OF THESE

43. HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY PROVIDES ABOUT _______ OF THE ENERGY CONSUMED ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES .




4% 12% 30% 65%

44. SOLAR ENERGY STORED IN MATERIAL SUCH AS WOOD, GRAIN, SUGAR, AND MUNICIPAL WASTE IS CALLED __________. A. B. C. D.

FOSSIL FUELS BIOMASS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY NATURAL GAS

45. WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY IS DERIVED FROM HEATED GROUNDWATER? A. B. C. D.

SOLAR ENERGY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY

46. THE LARGEST GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES IS LOCATED NEAR WHICH CITY ? A. B. C. D. 47. THE

CHICAGO LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO GEYSERS

PRODUCE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO MEET WHAT PORTION OF THE NEEDS OF SAN FRANCISCO ?

A. B. C. D.

10% 25% 50% 75%

48. THE WORLD FACES AN ENERGY CRISIS BECAUSE _________. A. WORLD DEMAND FOR ENERGY WILL B. C.

D.

INCREASE WORLD OIL PRODUCTION WILL PEAK AND BEGIN TO DECLINE SHORTAGES AND THE RESULTING ESCALATION OF PRICES CAN SHOCK THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ORDER ALL OF THE ABOVE



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