This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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 (20 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) Transform boundary. B) Seafloor spreading. C) Convergent boundary. D) Divergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transform boundary. 2. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other A) Convergent boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) Ring of Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent boundary. 3. Tectonic plate that includes the continents of Europe and Asia as well as several suboceanic basins A) African plate. B) Eurasian plates. C) Indo-Australian plate. D) North American plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Tension. B) Shearing. C) Compression. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Ring of Fire. C) Continental drift (Pangea). D) Geological event. 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) African plate. C) Eurasian plates. D) Indo-Australian plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African plate. 10. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other A) Divergent boundary. B) Transform boundary. C) Convergent boundary. D) Continental drift (Pangea). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent boundary. 11. What type of stress creates folds? A) Tension. B) Shearing. C) Compression. D) No stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression. 12. Ocean basin A) Transform boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Convergent boundary. D) Subduction boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent boundary. 13. Transform boundary A) Earthquake. B) Volcano. C) Mountain. D) Ocean basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 14. 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. 15. What type of stress pulls on the crust, stretching the rock? A) Tension. B) Shearing. C) Compression. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tension. 16. What type of stress squeezes the rock until it folds or breaks? A) Tension. B) Shearing. C) Compression. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression. 17. 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) Pacific plate. D) Eurasian plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North American plate. 18. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge. A) Pacific plate. B) North American plate. C) South American plate. D) Indo-Australian plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South American plate. 19. 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) Geological event. C) Continental drift (Pangea). D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental drift (Pangea). 20. A fracture with no movement on either side is a ..... A) Joint. B) Fold. C) Fault. D) Dip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesEvolution Of India S Geological Structure Quiz 2Location And Structure Of India QuizPhysical Features Of India QuizPhysical Geography QuizPhysiographic Division Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books