Practice Interior of the Earth and Rocks – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Consider the following statements about the volume of the Earth's layers:

1. The crust makes up only about 1% of the Earth's volume.

2. The core is the largest layer of the Earth by volume.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about earthquake waves:

1. P-waves travel faster and are the first to reach the surface.

2. The shadow zone of P-waves is much larger than that of S-waves.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following correctly gives another name for igneous rocks and the meaning of the Latin word 'ignis'?

The Deccan plateau is made of a rock that forms when:

Which of the following pairs of rock and its mode of formation is NOT correctly matched?

The Red Fort and the Taj Mahal are built, respectively, of:

The remains of plants and animals, called fossils, may be found in:

Arrange the following stages of the rock cycle in the correct sequence:

1. Rocks break into particles that are deposited to form sedimentary rock

2. Molten magma cools to form igneous rock

3. Heat and pressure change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock

Select the correct chronological order.

Which of the following statements about the layers of the Earth is NOT correct?