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Origin of Continental and Oceanic Crust

12 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. Continents and oceans are relief features of which category?

  1. AFirst Class
  2. Bsecond class
  3. CThird Division
  4. DFourth class
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Answer: A) First Class

Q2. On what percentage of the Earth's surface are continents found?

  1. A25.5
  2. B29.2
  3. C35.6
  4. D40.7
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Answer: B) 29.2

Q3. The originator of the continental drift theory is-

  1. APratt
  2. BWagner
  3. CHolmes
  4. DGregory
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Answer: B) Wagner

Q4. Who believes that in the Carboniferous period all the continents of the world were joined together?

  1. AWagner
  2. BDana
  3. CJeffries
  4. DHolmes
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Answer: A) Wagner

Q5. In which year was the theory of plate tectonics presented?

  1. A1875
  2. B1960
  3. C1965
  4. D1975
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Answer: B) 1960

Q6. Who propounded the theory of plate tectonics?

  1. AHarry Haas
  2. BTailor
  3. CJeffries
  4. DDana
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Answer: A) Harry Haas

Q7. According to Wegener, the direction in which continental drift occurred is—

  1. AEquator and North Pole
  2. BEquator and Western
  3. CEquator and South Pole
  4. DEquator and East
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Answer: B) Equator and Western

Q8. According to Wegener, in which era did the disintegration of Pangaea begin?

  1. Acambrian
  2. BPrecambrian
  3. Ccarbiniferous
  4. DPermian
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Answer: C) carbiniferous

Q9. According to Wegner, which of the following statements is false?

  1. AIn the Carboniferous period, all the continents of the world were joined together which they called Pangaea.
  2. BPangaea was surrounded by an ocean called the Tethys Sea.
  3. CNorth America, Europe etc. were parts of Angaraland
  4. DAntarctica was part of Gondwanaland
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Answer: B) Pangaea was surrounded by an ocean called the Tethys Sea.

Q10. Which is the latest theory to explain continental drift?

  1. ATaylor's continental drift hypothesis
  2. BWegener's continental drift hypothesis
  3. CTetrahedron hypothesis
  4. Dplate tectonics theory
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Answer: D) plate tectonics theory

Q11. Which of the following is not a minor plate?

  1. ACocos Plate
  2. BNazca Plate
  3. CCaroline
  4. DAntarctica Plate
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Answer: D) Antarctica Plate

Q12. Which of the following is not a major tectonic plate?

  1. ASaudi Arabian Plate
  2. BAntarctica and surrounding oceanic plates
  3. CIndia-Australia-New Zealand Plate
  4. DPacific Plate
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Answer: A) Saudi Arabian Plate

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