Practice Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes and Earthquakes – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Consider the following statements about the continental drift theory:

1. Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory in 1912.

2. Panthalassa was the name given to the single supercontinent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. Proposal of plate tectonics by McKenzie, Parker and Morgan

2. Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat

3. Break-up of Pangaea into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

Select the correct chronological order.

Which of the following pairs of plate boundary and its feature is correctly matched?

At which type of plate boundary is crust neither created nor destroyed?

Which one of the following is the odd one out?

Which of the following pairs of volcano type and its feature is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. Earthquakes and volcanoes are examples of endogenic forces.

2. Rivers and wind are examples of exogenic forces.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Mid-oceanic ridges are the most active areas for volcanic eruptions.

2. Most earthquakes occur along mid-oceanic ridges, the Alpine-Himalayan belt and the Pacific Ocean rim.

3. The greatest damage in an earthquake usually occurs far away from the epicentre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.