Multiple choice questions
(i).Who amongst the following was the first to consider the possibility of Europe, Africa and America having been located side by side?
(а) Alfred Wegener
(b) Antonio Pellegrini
(c) Abraham Ortelius
(d) Edmond Hess.
(ii).Polar fleeing force relates to:
(a) Revolution of the Earth
(b) Gravitation
(c) Rotation of the earth
(d) Tides.
(iii).Which one of the following is not a minor plate?
(a) Nazca
(b) Arabia
(c) Philippines
(d) Antarctica.
(iv).Which one of the following facts was not considered by those while discussing the concept of sea floor spreading?
(a) Volcanic activity along the mid- oceanic ridges
(b) Stripes of normal and reverse magnetic field observed in rocks of ocean floor
(c) Distribution of fossils in different continents
(d) Age of rocks from the ocean floor.
(v).Which one of the following is the type of plate boundary of the Indian plate along the Himalayan Mountains?
(а) Ocean-continent convergence
(b) Divergent boundary
(c) Transform boundary
(d) Continent-continent convergence.