Universe & Solar System Section 7 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

Gutenberg discontinuity separates

a) Lower mantle from outer core

b) Outer core from the inner core

c) Upper mantle from lower mantle

d) Crust from the upper mantle

Question : 2 [UPPCS (Mains) 2004]

The planet nearest to the Sun is

a) Venus

b) Pluto

c) Earth

d) Mercury

Question : 3

The theory suggesting that the continents of South America and Africa were once joined together was the

a) Kant’s theory

b) Ritter’s theory

c) tetrahedral theory

d) continental drift theory

Question : 4 [CDS 2016-II]

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

a) 3 4 1 2

b) 3 1 4 2

c) 2 4 l 3

d) 2 1 4 3

Question : 5 [NDA 2013-II]

Composite volcanic cone is also called strata cone because of the

a) cataclysmic eruption

b) eruption of lava flow from a fissure

c) uneven streams of lava flow

d) alternating sheets of lava and pyroclastic materials