geomorphology & earth landforms section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

A plane starts flying from 30º Northern latitude and 50º Eastern longitude and lands at opposite end of the Earth, where will it land?

a) 50º Northern latitude, 30º Western longitude

b) 30º Northern latitude, 50º Western longitude

c) 30º Southern latitude, 130º Western longitude

d) 30º Southern latitude, 50º Western longitude

Question : 2

Which mountain forms boundary between Spain and France?

a) Carpathians

b) Jura

c) Caucasus

d) Pyrenees

Question : 3

Correct Latitudinal position of a place that could be possible is

a) 45º South

b) 91º North

c) 91º West

d) 45º East

Question : 4

Which of the following scholar has suggested that the Earth has originated from the gases and the dust particles?

a) F. Hoyal

b) James Jeans

c) O. Schmidt

d) H. Alfven

Question : 5

Arrange the following rocks in descending order in terms of silica content.

1. Andesite
2. Granite
3. Basalt
4. Rhyolite

a) 1, 2, 3, 4

b) 2, 1, 4, 3

c) 2, 4, 1, 3

d) 2, 1, 3, 4

Question : 6

‘Death Valley’ situated in South California in the U.S.A. is an example of which of the following?

a) Pristiclinal Valley

b) Anticlinal Valley

c) Rift Valley

d) Indinal Valley