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The thickness of the mantle is about _____________.

  1. 2900 km

  2. 2500 km

  3. 2600 km

  4. 2800 km


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The mantle is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick and makes up a whopping 84% of Earth's total volume.

The innermost layer of the earth is _________.

  1. Crust

  2. Core

  3. Mantle

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Earth's inner core is the innermost geologic layer of the Earth. It is primarily a solid ball with a radius of about 1,220 kilometres (760 miles), which is about 20% of the Earth's radius or 70% of the Moon's radius.

Continental crust can be up to ______ kilometers thick.

  1. 35

  2. 5

  3. 100

  4. 65


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Global observations show that the crustal thickness varies through the tectonic regions. While the continental crust is 30–70 km thick, the oceanic crustal thickness is 6–12 km. 

Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of per cent by mass in the earth's crust?

  1. Silicon

  2. Oxygen

  3. Carbon

  4. Calcium


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oxygen is by far the most abundant element in the earth's crust. Scientists estimate oxygen comprises nearly half of the mass of the crust. It also accounts for 21 percent of Earth's atmosphere

In which region water is found in solid state?

  1. polar

  2. top of high mountains

  3. Both A and B

  4. tropical


Correct Option: C

Landforms having an altitude of more than _____ meters above the mean sea level and with steep slopes are called mountains.

  1. 700

  2. 900

  3. 1000

  4. 1200


Correct Option: B

What does the Landform with almost flat top and comparatively higher elevation than the surroundings is known as?

  1. Mountains

  2. Plateaus

  3. Plains

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B

It is estimated that the major chunk of rainwater falling on the western ghats reaches the sea within _______.

  1. one day

  2. two days

  3. four days

  4. one week


Correct Option: B

It takes more than thousand years to form one ______ of soil.

  1. centimeter

  2. meter

  3. inch

  4. feet


Correct Option: C

Minerals are obtained from ________.

  1. lithosphere

  2. hydrosphere

  3. atmosphere

  4. both A & B


Correct Option: D