MCQ Chapter 1 Geography Class 11 Maharashtra Board Earth Movements 1. Which volcanic landform is formed by the solidification of magma around a volcano’s mouth?CalderaLava domeCrater lakeCinder coneQuestion 1 of 202. What is the Deccan Trap in India an example of?Fold mountainLava plateauBlock mountainRift valleyQuestion 2 of 203. What is a caldera?A small craterA large depression formed after a volcanic eruptionA conical hill of ashA solidified lava flowQuestion 3 of 204. What forms when a volcanic crater fills with rainwater?Lava domeCrater lakeCinder coneVolcanic plugQuestion 4 of 205. What is a volcanic plug?A depression filled with waterLava solidified in the volcanic neckA conical hill of cinderA large lava flowQuestion 5 of 206. Which landform is built by alternate layers of lava and cinder?Cinder coneComposite coneLava domeCalderaQuestion 6 of 207. Which belt is known as the “Ring of Fire”?Mid-Atlantic BeltMid-continental BeltCircum-Pacific BeltAlpine BeltQuestion 7 of 208. Which volcano is located in the Mid-Atlantic Belt?FujiyamaIceland volcanoesStromboliCotopaxiQuestion 8 of 209. Which of the following is a characteristic of an asymmetrical fold?Vertical axial planeLimbs inclined at the same angleInclined axial plane with differently angled limbsHorizontal axial planeQuestion 9 of 2010. What is the result of a reverse fault?Land slides down along the fault planeLand is thrown upward relative to the other sideHorizontal movement along the planeLand moves over the other side at a low angleQuestion 10 of 2011. Which landform has steep walls formed by fault planes?Fold mountainRift valleyLava plateauCrater lakeQuestion 11 of 2012. Why are people in the Himalayas more vulnerable to earthquakes?High population densityLocation in a tectonically active zoneLack of infrastructureExtreme weather conditionsQuestion 12 of 2013. Why do L-waves not have a shadow zone?They travel only through solidsThey are surface wavesThey are refracted like P-wavesThey are blocked by the Earth’s coreQuestion 13 of 2014. What is the primary difference between folding and faulting?Folding involves tension, faulting involves compressionFolding bends rocks, faulting breaks themFolding is sudden, faulting is slowFolding forms faults, faulting forms foldsQuestion 14 of 2015. Which type of fold has one limb lying above the other?Symmetrical foldAsymmetrical foldOverturned foldIsoclinal foldQuestion 15 of 2016. What is the angle of the fault plane in a thrust fault?Greater than 45°Less than 45°Exactly 90°VariableQuestion 16 of 2017. Which of the following is an anthropogenic cause of earthquakes?Volcanic eruptionsTectonic plate movementsLarge-scale miningTsunami wavesQuestion 17 of 2018. Which volcanic material is described as a dark cloud of smoke?LavaAshGaseous materialBrecciaQuestion 18 of 2019. Which landform is formed by the deposition of ash, cinder, and breccias around a volcano’s mouth?Composite coneCinder coneLava domeCalderaQuestion 19 of 2020. Which mountain is an example of a block mountain in India?HimalayasAravalisSatpurasAlpsQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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