structure earth Interview Questions and Answers
Ques:- The part of an ocean that lies close to the continental margin is
A. The Ocean Trough
B. Continental Shelf
C. Continental Slope
D. None of these
Ques:- Molten rock rises, pushing two plates apart and adding new material at their edges is called
A. Spreading zone
B. Subduction zone
C. Transform fault
D. None of these
Ques:- An area of land that rises abruptly from the surrounding region
A. Himalayas
B. Mountain
C. Mountain ranges
D. None of these
Ques:- Fire accidents and forest fires are almost always.
A. Science and Technology
B. Natural
C. Human-made
D. None of these
Ques:- An example for tectonic mountain that has formed as a single range
A. Alps
B. Urals
C. Himalayas
D. None of these
Ques:- lTo transport solid particles ____ of a river flow is very important.
A. The velocity
B. The competence
C. The capacity
D. None of these
Ques:- An oval-shaped hill that usually consists of rock debris is called
A. Eskers
B. Drumlins
C. Till
D. None of these
Ques:- Under certain conditions, chemicals can be
A. Useful
B. Harmful
C. Poisonous
D. None of these
Ques:- Alfred Wagner proposed the concept of
A. Sea Floor Spreading
B. Plate Tectonics
C. Continental Drift
D. None of these
Ques:- A large mass of ice that flows slowly over land in the cold polar regions and in high mountain valleys are known as
A. Glaciers
B. Creeks
C. Rivers
D. None of these
Ques:- The major disastrous day at Bhopal was
A. December 2, 1984
B. December 2, 2001
C. December 2, 2004
D. None of these
Ques:- The bed load carried by wind consists of
A. Dust particles
B. Fine particles
C. Sand grains
D. None of these
Ques:- The most explosive type of volcanoes is the
A. Shield volcanoes
B. Caldera
C. Cinder cones
D. None of these
Ques:- The ratio between volume of pores to the total volume of rock is known as
A. Permeability
B. Pore space
C. Porosity
D. None of these
Ques:- A deep, steep walled V-shaped valley cut by a river through resistant rock is often called a
A. Canyon
B. Lake
C. Depression
D. None of these
Ques:- Rainwater dissolves carbon dioxide from the air and decaying plant and becomes
A. Calcium
B. Nitric acid
C. Diluted carbonic acid
D. None of these