Wed. Jun 19th, 2024

Movement of the Earth

  1. Why is the study of geological processes important?

    Options:
    1. Because it is interesting
    2. Because it helps in understanding the creation, destruction, recreation, and maintenance of geomaterials and relief features
    3. Because it helps in predicting the weather
    4. Because it helps in understanding the movements of stars

    Option: B

  2. What are the two broad categories of forces that affect the crust of the earth?

    Options:
    1. Long-period and short-period forces
    2. Horizontal and vertical forces
    3. Endogenetic and exogenetic forces
    4. Diastrophic and sudden forces

    Option: C

  3. What are endogenetic forces?

    Options:
    1. Forces coming from the atmosphere
    2. Forces coming from the core of the earth
    3. Forces coming from the ocean
    4. Forces coming from the sun

    Option: B

  4. What are the two types of movements caused by endogenetic forces?

    Options:
    1. Longitudinal and latitudinal movements
    2. Diagonal and circular movements
    3. Horizontal and vertical movements
    4. Slow and fast movements

    Option: C

  5. What kind of irregularities do the movements caused by endogenetic forces introduce on the earth’s surface?

    Options:
    1. Horizontal irregularities
    2. Circular irregularities
    3. Vertical irregularities
    4. Diagonal irregularities

    Option: C

  6. What are the two major categories of endogenetic forces and movements?

    Options:
    1. Long-period and short-period forces
    2. Diagonal and circular forces
    3. Horizontal and vertical forces
    4. Diastrophic and sudden forces

    Option: D

  7. The sudden movements that cause massive destructions is called

    Options:
    1. Constructive forces
    2. Diastrophic forces
    3. Extreme events
    4. Epeirogenetic movements

    Option: C

  8. Which of the following is a meso-level relief produced by diastrophic forces?

    Options:
    1. Volcanic cones
    2. Mountains
    3. Lava plateaus
    4. Fractures

    Option: B

  9. The meaning of the term ‘emergence’ is

    Options:
    1. Subsidence of land area
    2. Submergence of land area below sea-level
    3. Upliftment of whole continent or part thereof
    4. Upliftment of coastal land of the continents

    Option: D

  10. What is the meaning of the term ‘orogenetic’?

    Options:
    1. Formation of folds or crustal warping leading to local rise or subsidence of crustal parts
    2. Upliftment and subsidence of continental masses through upward and downward movements respectively
    3. Horizontal forces and movements
    4. Formation of mountains due to endogenetic forces working in horizontal manner

    Option: D

  11. The difference between tensional and compressional forces is

    Options:
    1. Tensional forces create rupture, cracks, fracture, and faults, while compressional forces cause crustal bending leading to the formation of folds or crustal warping leading to local rise or subsidence of crustal parts
    2. Tensional forces cause crustal bending leading to the formation of folds or crustal warping leading to local rise or subsidence of crustal parts, while compressional forces create rupture, cracks, fracture, and faults
    3. Tensional forces and compressional forces have the same effects
    4. Tensional forces cause upliftment of continental masses, while compressional forces cause subsidence of continental masses

    Option: A

  12. The sudden movements caused by sudden endogenetic forces coming from deep within the earth is called

    Options:
    1. Epeirogenetic movements
    2. Orogenetic movements
    3. Constructive forces
    4. Extreme events

    Option: D

  13. What are the two types of downward movements caused by epeirogenetic forces?

    Options:
    1. Folding and warping
    2. Emergence and subsidence
    3. Upwarping and downwarping
    4. Subsidence and submergence

    Option: D

  14. What type of movements are caused by orogenetic forces?

    Options:
    1. Vertical movements
    2. Horizontal movements
    3. Both vertical and horizontal movements
    4. Diastrophic movements

    Option: B

  15. What causes crustal bending leading to the formation of folds or crustal warping leading to local rise or subsidence of crustal parts?

    Options:
    1. Epeirogenetic movements
    2. Orogenetic movements
    3. Diastrophic forces
    4. Extreme events

    Option: B

  16. What type of movement causes faults, fractures, and lakes?

    Options:
    1. Epeirogenetic movements
    2. Orogenetic movements
    3. Extreme events
    4. Diastrophic forces

    Option: C

  17. Which of the following is NOT a relief feature created by diastrophic forces and movements?

    Options:
    1. Mountains
    2. Plateaus
    3. Plains
    4. Volcanic cones

    Option: D

  18. What are wave-like bends in the crustal rocks called?

    Options:
    1. Synclines
    2. Folds
    3. Anticlines
    4. Axial planes

    Option: B

  19. The limb between an anticline and its companion syncline is called

    Options:
    1. Middle limb
    2. Axial plane
    3. Strike
    4. Dip

    Option: A

  20. The plane which bisects the angle between the two limbs of an anticline or the middle limb of a syncline is called

    Options:
    1. Middle limb
    2. Axial plane
    3. Strike
    4. Dip

    Option: B