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Volcanoes

65 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 3

Q1. Which of the following is called "nature's safety valve"?

  1. Aearthquake
  2. Bozone gas
  3. Cvolcano
  4. Drivers
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Answer: C) volcano

Q2. Which of the following statements about volcanoes is true?

  1. AA tube in the Earth's crust through which molten rock (magma) and other materials from the Earth's crust flow.
  2. BOften a round funnel-shaped hill or mountainous region extends around their tube.
  3. CVolcanoes are classified into three main types: active, dormant, quiescent and dead.
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q3. Which of the following is not one of the three classes of volcanoes classified on the basis of their frequency of eruption?

  1. Aawakened volcano
  2. Bdormant volcano
  3. Cdead volcano
  4. Dcompound volcano
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Answer: D) compound volcano

Q4. Which volcano erupts frequently?

  1. Aawakened volcano
  2. Bdormant volcano
  3. Cdead volcano
  4. Dsilent volcano
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Answer: A) awakened volcano

Q5. Which volcano has not erupted since historical times?

  1. Aawakened volcano
  2. Bdormant volcano
  3. Csilent volcano
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Answer: D)

Q6. What is a volcano called that erupts after remaining dormant for a long time?

  1. Adead volcano
  2. Bdormant volcano
  3. Cactive volcano
  4. Ddormant volcano
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Answer: B) dormant volcano

Q7. What is the name of the molten material beneath the solid rocks of the Earth's crust, which sometimes reaches the Earth's surface through volcanic eruptions?

  1. Amagma
  2. BMax
  3. CMarsh
  4. DMeseta
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Answer: A) magma

Q8. When do 'Pale' Tear' originate?

  1. Aduring an earthquake
  2. Bfrom plate tectonics
  3. Cduring volcanic eruptions
  4. Dtime of mountain formation
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Answer: C) during volcanic eruptions

Q9. Apart from water vapour, the main gases in a volcano are-

  1. Anitrogen, oxygen
  2. Bhydrogen, oxygen
  3. Ccarbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen,
  4. DSulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen
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Answer: C) carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen,

Q10. What is the collective name of the lava and surface rock fragments obtained as a result of volcanic eruption?

  1. Apyroclast
  2. BBrescia
  3. CLapilli
  4. DScoria
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Answer: A) pyroclast

Q11. Crater and caldera landforms are associated with which of the following?

  1. Ameteorite fall
  2. Bvolcanic activity
  3. CWind action
  4. DGlacial action
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Answer: B) volcanic activity

Q12. Which of the following landforms is not associated with volcanic activity?

  1. ACrater
  2. Bcaldera
  3. CGesar
  4. DFjord
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Answer: D) Fjord

Q13. Which landform is not formed by volcanic activity?

  1. ALava plateau
  2. BLava plains
  3. Csill and dike
  4. Derysipelas
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Answer: D) erysipelas

Q14. What is a dyke?

  1. Avolcanically formed outcrop
  2. Bvolcanic interior topography
  3. Ccoastal topography
  4. Dglacial landform
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Answer: B) volcanic interior topography

Q15. Caldera is related to-

  1. Afrom the glacier
  2. Bby earthquake
  3. Cfrom the volcano
  4. Dfrom the fault
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Answer: C) from the volcano

Q16. Which continent does not have a single volcano?

  1. AAustralia
  2. BAntarctica
  3. CAfrica
  4. DEurope
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Answer: A) Australia

Q17. What is called the Circle of Fire?

  1. Aatlantic circumnavigation
  2. BHind Periphery
  3. Cpacific circle
  4. DArctic perimeter
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Answer: C) pacific circle

Q18. Laccolith is related to –

  1. Afrom the volcano
  2. Bby earthquake
  3. Cfrom mountain building
  4. Dby continental drift
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Answer: A) from the volcano

Q19. Which statement is true about Paintpot?

  1. AA vent in a volcanic region from which hot, dark liquid mud erupts
  2. BGeysers are commonly found with it.
  3. CPaintpots are found in Yellowstone National Park in the USA.
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q20. Where is the most active volcano in the world located?

  1. Aaround the Andhra Ocean
  2. Baround the Pacific Ocean
  3. Caround the Indian Ocean
  4. Daround the Arctic Ocean
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Answer: B) around the Pacific Ocean

Q21. Most of the world's volcanic events occur in-

  1. ACreative plate edges
  2. Balong the fault belt
  3. Cwith the help of a twisted belt
  4. Ddestructive plate edges
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Answer: D) destructive plate edges

Q22. Most of the world's active volcanoes are found in-

  1. Ain the ancient plateau regions
  2. Bin the deep sea plains
  3. Cin the newly folded mountainous regions
  4. Din the plains
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Answer: C) in the newly folded mountainous regions

Q23. What is the belt of volcanoes located around the Pacific Ocean called?

  1. ANuis Ardente
  2. BHarnito
  3. Cfire chain
  4. DSolf Tara
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Answer: C) fire chain

Q24. Most of the world's active volcanoes are found in which of the following regions?

  1. Amid-continental belt
  2. BMid-Atlantic belt
  3. Ccircumpacific belt
  4. DRift Valley of Africa
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Answer: C) circumpacific belt

Q25. Which of the following is not an example of a volcanic mountain?

  1. Amount etna
  2. Bmount fujiyama
  3. CMount Black
  4. DMount Kilimanjaro
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Answer: C) Mount Black

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