This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Evolution Of India S Geological Structure – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Evolution Of India S Geological Structure Quiz 1 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions A) Seafloor spreading. B) Divergent boundary. C) Convergent boundary. D) Transform boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transform boundary. 2. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other A) Convergent boundary. B) Transform boundary. C) Divergent boundary. D) Ring of Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergent boundary. 3. Tectonic plate that includes the continents of Europe and Asia as well as several suboceanic basins A) Eurasian plates. B) African plate. C) North American plate. D) Indo-Australian plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eurasian plates. 4. The distance that rock travels along a fault is called ..... A) Dip. B) Slip. C) Joint. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slip. 5. Most earthquakes: A) Result in rock formation. B) Result in the trahssob. C) Occur at plate boundaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occur at plate boundaries. 6. What type of stress pushes the rock in two opposite directions? A) Shearing. B) Uniform. C) Compression. D) Tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shearing. 7. As a rule, ..... rocks are laid down horizontally. A) Metamorphic. B) Sedimentary. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 8. The formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface. A) Seafloor spreading. B) Continental drift (Pangea). C) Geological event. D) Ring of Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seafloor spreading. 9. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust . A) Boundary. B) Indo-Australian plate. C) African plate. D) Eurasian plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) African plate. 10. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other A) Divergent boundary. B) Convergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) Continental drift (Pangea). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent boundary. 11. What type of stress creates folds? A) Compression. B) Tension. C) No stress. D) Shearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compression. 12. Transform boundary A) Ocean basin. B) Volcano. C) Earthquake. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 13. Section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, driven by convection currents in the mantle. A) Subduction. B) Fault. C) Plate tectonics. D) Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate tectonics. 14. What type of stress pulls on the crust, stretching the rock? A) Tension. B) Compression. C) Shearing. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tension. 15. What type of stress squeezes the rock until it folds or breaks? A) Compression. B) Tension. C) Shearing. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compression. 16. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust. A) North American plate. B) South American plate. C) Eurasian plates. D) Pacific plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North American plate. 17. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge. A) Pacific plate. B) Indo-Australian plate. C) South American plate. D) North American plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South American plate. 18. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations A) Ring of Fire. B) Plate tectonics. C) Continental drift (Pangea). D) Geological event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental drift (Pangea). 19. A fracture with no movement on either side is a ..... A) Fault. B) Joint. C) Dip. D) Fold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 20. Tectonic plate that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean . A) North American plate. B) South American plate. C) Pacific plate. D) Indo-Australian plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific plate. 21. A change to the structure of the earth by tectonic activities A) Ring of Fire. B) Plate tectonics. C) Geological event. D) Continental drift (Pangea). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geological event. 22. The classic location to see "layer cake geology" is: A) The Himalayas. B) Hawaii. C) The Grand Canyon. D) The Central Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Grand Canyon. 23. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust. A) South American plate. B) Eurasian plates. C) Indo-Australian plate. D) North American plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indo-Australian plate. 24. The angle of a fault relative to horizontal is called ..... A) Dip. B) Slip. C) Joint. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dip. 25. The place where two tectonic plates meet A) Eurasian plates. B) African plate. C) Boundary. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boundary. 26. The initial point in the crust where the rocks rupture in an earthquake is called the ..... A) Focus. B) Breaking point. C) Focal Point. D) Epicenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focus. 27. What is the point on the land surface that is directly above the focus? A) Percicenter. B) Epicenter. C) Seismic Zone. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epicenter. 28. Which of the following is NOT a type of geological stress? A) Tension. B) Shearing. C) Transform. D) Compression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform. Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesLocation And Structure Of India QuizPhysical Features Of India QuizPhysical Geography QuizPhysiographic Division Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books