Q.1. What are the terrestrial planets?
a) Is a planet that is composed primarily of Silicate Rocks or Metals.
b) The terrestrial planets are the inner planets.
c) Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are examples of terrestrial planets.
1) Only (a) and (b) are correct
2) Only (a) and (c) are correct
3) Only (b) and (c) are correct
4) All are correct
5) No statement is correct.
Ans: (4)
Q. 2. Who provided evidence that the universe is expanding?
1) Edwin Hubble
2) Immanuel Kant
3) Laplace
4) Chamberlain and Moulton
5) None of these.
Ans: (1)
Q. 3. An instrument called ______________ records the waves reaching the surface.
1) Seismograph
2) Hygrometer
3) Barometer
4) Anemometer
5) None of these
Ans: (1)
Q. 4. According to “Alfred Wegener” – a German meteorologist, all the continents formed a single continental mass named __________.
1) Pangaea
2) Gangaea
3) Panthalassa
4) Gondwanaland
5) Laurasia
Ans: (1)
Q. 5. The major element of the earth’s crust is?
1) Oxygen
2) Sodium
3) Calcium
4) Silicon
5) Iron
Ans: (1)
Q. 6. As igneous rocks formed out of magma and lava from the interior of the earth, they are also known as ____________ rocks.
1) Sedimentary
2) Metallic
3) Primary
4) Secondary
5) None of these
Ans: (3)
Q. 7. Largest National Park (according to notified protected area) in India is ____________.
1) Kaziranga National Park (Assam)
2) Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand)
3) Hemis National Park (J&K)
4) Gir National Park (Gujrat)
5) Kanha National Park (MP)
Ans: (3)
Q. 8. Durgapur Barrage on Damodar river is located in which of the following state?
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) West Bengal
4) Bihar
5) None of these
Ans: (3)
Q. 9. Which of the following is the highest peak of the ‘Western Ghats’ (also known as ‘Sahyadri’)?
1) Guru Shikhar
2) Anamudi
3) Doddabetta
4) Doli Gutta
5) None of these
Ans: (2)
Q. 10. ‘Project Tiger’ is a conservation programme launched in the year ____________.
1) 1972
2) 1973
3) 1974
4) 1975
5) 1970
Ans: (2)
