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Questions Related to earthquakes and volcanoes

Collisions of plates produce mountain ranges and other irregular surface features in ________.

  1. Land

  2. Ocean floor

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

In the transform boundary, the plates ________. 

  1. slide horizontally past each other

  2. pull away from each other

  3. moves toward each other

  4. sinks under another


Correct Option: A

What is the location where sinking of plate occurs called?

  1. Sinking Zone

  2. Subduction Zone

  3. Sliding Zone

  4. Boundary Zone


Correct Option: B

How many million years ago, Indian Plate was a part of Gondwanaland?

  1. 100

  2. 120

  3. 180

  4. 250


Correct Option: D
Approximately 140 million years ago, Indian plate broke away from the ancient
supercontinent known as  _______.
  1. Pangaea

  2. Gondwanaland

  3. Both A & B

  4. Angarland


Correct Option: B

The Gondwanaland, comprised of modern Africa and _________.

  1. Australia

  2. Antarctica

  3. South America

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Continental Plates are _________.

  1. thinner than Oceanic Plates

  2. thicker than Oceanic Plates

  3. equal in thickness to Oceanic Plates

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

The great rift valley of East Africa is a notable example for the process of ________.

  1. folding

  2. faulting

  3. volcanic activity

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

According to plate tectonics, the plates are in constant motion with an average rate of ________ per year.  

  1. 1 cm

  2. 2.5 cm

  3. 3.5 cm

  4. 4 cm


Correct Option: B

In Convergent boundary, plates  __________.

  1. moves toward each other

  2. slide horizontally

  3. pull away each other

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A