Earth: Structure, Rocks & Landforms Questions with Solutions

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This topic covers the interior of the Earth (crust, mantle and core), types of rocks, plate tectonics and continental drift, earthquakes and volcanoes, and the landforms created by rivers, glaciers, wind and waves. Questions frequently ask about the layers of the Earth and their discontinuities, the three types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic), the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', and which agent forms which landform, such as river meanders and oxbow lakes or glacial cirques and moraines. Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory in 1912. Practise the Earth's structure and landforms questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.

  1. Q1.

    A layer of permeable rock below the water table that stores and transmits groundwater is called a/an:

    A. GeyserB. AquicludeC. Artesian wellD. Aquifer
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  2. Q2.

    The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the Earth's surface in place is called:

    A. LithificationB. DepositionC. WeatheringD. Erosion
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  3. Q3.

    Rock formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava is called:

    A. Sedimentary rockB. Igneous rockC. Metamorphic rockD. Organic rock
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  4. Q4.

    Phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite and marble are examples of:

    A. Volcanic rocksB. Igneous rocksC. Metamorphic rocksD. Sedimentary rocks
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