Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

Class VII NCERT MCQs

  1. The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as

    Options:
    1. Exogenic forces
    2. Endogenic forces
    3. Tensional Forces
    4. Extra territorial forces

    Option: B

  2. The forces that work on the surface of the earth are called as

    Options:
    1. Endogenic forces
    2. Extra territorial forces
    3. Exogenic forces
    4. Tensional Forces

    Option: C

  3. Which of the following movements is not produce by Endogenic forces

    Options:
    1. Earthquake
    2. Volcano
    3. Landslides
    4. Erosion

    Option: D

  4. The location in the crust where an earthquake begins is called

    Options:
    1. Epicentre
    2. Focus
    3. Starting spot
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  5. The place on the surface above the focus is called the

    Options:
    1. Epicentre
    2. Focus
    3. Starting spot
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  6. Which of the following statements about the earthquake is/are correct?

    1. Greatest damage due to earthquake is usually occurs closest to the epicentre
    2. The strength of the earthquake decreases away from the centre
    Options:
    1. Only 1
    2. Only 2
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither 1 nor 2

    Option: C

  7. Which of the following earthquake waves is also known as longitudinal wave

    Options:
    1. P wave
    2. S wave
    3. L wave
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  8. Which of the following earthquake waves is also known as transverse wave

    Options:
    1. S wave
    2. L wave
    3. P wave
    4. Surface wave

    Option: A

  9. L waves is also known as

    Options:
    1. Longitudinal wave
    2. Transverse wave
    3. Surface waves
    4. Primary waves

    Option: C

  10. Which of the followings is not a common earthquake prediction method adopted locally by people

    Options:
    1. Studying animal behaviour
    2. Fish in the ponds get agitated
    3. Snakes come to the surface
    4. Dogs barking

    Option: D

  11. An earthquake is measured with a machine called

    Options:
    1. Hythergraph
    2. Ergograph
    3. Seismograph
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  12. Which of the following scales is used to measure the magnitude of the quake

    Options:
    1. Mercalli Scale
    2. Ordinal Scale
    3. Richter Scale
    4. Ratio Scale

    Option: C

  13. Which of the following waterfalls is the highest in the world

    Options:
    1. Niagara Falls
    2. Victoria Falls
    3. Angel Falls
    4. Jog Falls

    Option: C

  14. The world’s highest waterfall (Angel Falls) is located in

    Options:
    1. Zimbabwe in Africa
    2. Venezuela in South America
    3. Canada in North America
    4. India in Asia

    Option: B

  15. Victoria Falls is located

    Options:
    1. On the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe
    2. On the border between Canada and USA
    3. In Venezuela in South America
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  16. Niagara Falls is located

    Options:
    1. In India
    2. On the border between Canada and USA
    3. In Venezuela in South America
    4. On the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe

    Option: B

  17. The process of breaking up of the rocks on the earth’s surface is called as

    Options:
    1. Erosion
    2. Deposition
    3. Denudation
    4. Weathering

    Option: D

  18. The wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice is known as

    Options:
    1. Weathering
    2. Erosion
    3. Deposition
    4. Denudation

    Option: B

  19. Which is not an erosional feature of rivers?

    Options:
    1. Waterfall
    2. Meanders
    3. Ox-bow Lake
    4. Delta

    Option: D

  20. The depositional feature of a glacier is

    Options:
    1. Beach
    2. Moraine
    3. Flood plain
    4. Sea cave

    Option: B