This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Tectonic Plates – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tectonic Plates Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A major system of rift valleys occurs in ..... . A) Eastern Africa. B) Australia. C) North America. D) Eastern Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eastern Africa. 2. ..... is wedged between South Pacific plate to the east and pacific plate to the west plate. A) Scotia. B) Gorda. C) Caribbean. D) Nazca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nazca. 3. The movement of denser plate inwards towards the enterior of earth during collision is called ..... . A) Subduction. B) Lateral displacement. C) Cocos plate. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subduction. 4. The theory of continental drift' ws presented by Alfred Wagener in ..... . A) 1715. B) 1815. C) 1915. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1915. 5. North American plate meets ..... along California's San Andreas fault ..... plate. A) Nazca. B) Caribbean. C) Pacific. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific. 6. ..... in 1939 proposed that movement of land mass is due to heat-sustained convection cells. A) Arthur Homes. B) Taylor. C) A-Ortelius. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur Homes. 7. The African plate extends eastward from the mid-Antarctic ridge between ..... A) 25. B) 35. C) 45. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35. 8. Australian Indian plate meets the Eurasian plate of ..... . A) Himalayas. B) Tirich Mir. C) Koh-e-Suleman. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 9. The tiny ..... plate will eventually disappear by subduction beneath American plate. A) Nazca. B) Scotia. C) Juan de Fuca. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juan de Fuca. 10. Cocos and Rivera, both are ..... A) Continental crust. B) Oceanic crust plates. C) Mountain ranges. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanic crust plates. 11. The Australian Indian plate meets the pacific plate in ..... . A) New Guinea. B) New Zealand. C) East Timore. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 12. The largest of all plates is ..... plate. A) Eurasian. B) North American. C) Pacific. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific. 13. Sea floor spreading results from ..... . A) Convergence. B) Lateral displacement. C) Divergence. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergence. 14. The word 'lithospheric plates' denotes their ..... . A) Mobile character. B) Activity. C) Rigidity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rigidity. 15. ..... proposed that the moon was torn from the earth in the pacific basin. A) F.B. Tylor. B) Wegner. C) Franklin. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F.B. Tylor. 16. When due to tensional forces simatic crust below and sialic crust above are pulled apart ..... is formed A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Ridge. D) Rift Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rift Valley. 17. The number of major and minor plates is ..... respectively. A) 7,14. B) 8,14. C) 9,14. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7,14. 18. Eurasia and North America are the remnants of ..... A) Pangaea. B) Laurasia. C) Gondwana. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laurasia. 19. The process of subduction produces a ..... in sea. A) Fold. B) Valley. C) Trench. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trench. 20. ..... are also known as destructive boundaries. A) Lateral movement zones. B) Convergent plate. C) Divergent. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate. Next →Related QuizzesTectonic Plates Quiz 2Agriculture And Its Types QuizAgriculture QuizClimate Of India QuizCoastal Plains QuizCropping Seasons QuizDrainage Of India QuizEl Nino And Southern Oscillations QuizEvolution Of India S Geological Structure QuizForest Conservation In India QuizGeneral Features Of Indian Climate QuizGreat Indian Desert QuizHimalayan Mountains QuizIndian Drainage QuizIndian Geography QuizIndian Islands QuizIndian Monsoon QuizIndustries QuizInternal Structure Of Earth QuizIrrigation India QuizLakes QuizLocation And Structure Of India QuizMajor Crop QuizMineral And Energy Resources In India QuizMineral And Energy Resources QuizMinerals QuizNatural Resources Of India QuizNatural Vegetation India QuizNorthen Plalns QuizOceans And Countries QuizPeninsular Plateau QuizPhysical Features Of India QuizPhysical Geography QuizPhysiographic Division Of India QuizPorts QuizRailways QuizRainfall India QuizSeasons In India QuizSoils And Natural Vegetation QuizSoils QuizThe Brahmaputra QuizThe Earth QuizThe Ganga Geography QuizThe Himalayan Range QuizThe Indus QuizTransport And Communication In India QuizTransport And Communication QuizVolcanoes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books