NCERT Class 11 MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Regional geography helps in identifying the
realms
regions
distributions
problems

2. Which of the following is not studied under population geography?
Sex ratio
Migration
Pollution
Population

3. Which one of the following features can be termed as physical features?
Port
Road
Plain
Waterpark

4. Who developed systematic geography?
Hambolt
Karl Ritter
Kumari Sample
Alfred Hartner

5. Who among the following said that ‘geography is a concern with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth’s surface
Herodotus
Eratosthenes
Richard Hartshorne
Galileo

6. Soils are formed by the process of
Soil synthesis
Pedogenesis
Photosynthesis
Radio genesis

7. The regional approach was developed by
Alexander Von Humboldt.
Karl Ritter
Ptolemy
Ibn-e-Batuta

8. What do we study under physical geography?
Weather
Soil
Atmosphere
All of the above

9. Physical geography deals with the
study of settlements
study of culture
study of soils
study of humans

10. Which one of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis?
Sociology
Geography
Anthropology
History

11. Which one of the following is the concern of geography?
To find the relationship between two country
To find the relationship between two parties
To find the relationship between any two phenomena
None of these

12. Which of the following is not a sub-branch of biogeography
Zoogeography
Plant geography
Environmental geography
Climate geography

13. To sustain our life, we use
technology
shelter
resources
environment

14. Geo-informatics comprising techniques such as
remote sensing, GIS, GPS
computer cartography
qualitative techniques
quantitative techniques

15. The major issue for environmental geography is
scientific study of the habitats.
pollution, land degradation, and conservation of the environment
vgeographic characteristics of animals and their habitats.
population explosion.

16. Which one of the following is associated with biogeography?
Geology
Sociology
Zoology
Climatology

17. The oceans were formed within __________ from the formation of the earth.
500 million years ago
300 million years ago
400 million years ago
200 million years ago

18. Which one of the following is not related to the formation or modification of the present atmosphere?
Solar winds
Differentiation
Degassing
Photosynthesis

19. Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?
These planets are smaller
They could not hold the escaping gases
Both a and b
None of these

20. The terrestrial planets were formed in the close vicinity of the
Parent star
Asteroids
Escaping gases
Outer planets

21. Which one of the following has the longest duration?
Eons
Period
Era
Epoch

22. Firstly life on the earth was originated in
Water
Air
Plain land
Mountains

23. The wrong statement in relation to terrestrial planets is
they are formed at quite a distant location.
they have low gravitational pull
they could not hold the escaping gases.
they are made up of rocks and metal, and have relatively high densities

24. Water vapours and gases in the atmosphere were contributed by
magnetism
seismic activities
volcanism
tectonic activity

25. Which one of the following experts gave the nebular hypothesis?
Immunal kant
Lalpace
Chamberlain
Moulton

26. What is the diameter of Galaxies?
Between 80 thousands to 1, 50,000 light years
Between 70 thousands to 1, 30,000 light years
Between 50 thousands to 1, 10,000 light years
Between 30 thousands to 1, 20,000 light years

27. Fossils are
remains of plants and animals in the rocks
the old rocks
the old books related to the origin of the earth
the dust particles

28. The inner planets mean
Planets between the sun and the earth
Planets between the sun and the belt of asteroids
Planets in gaseous state
Planets without satellite(s)

29. What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
149.6 Millions kms
15.98 Millions kms
169.34 Millions kms
179.67 Millions kms

30. Expansion of universe means
increase in the number of stars.
increase in space between the galaxies.
discovery of new celestial bodies.
increase in the speed of rotation of planets.

31. Which one of the following experts gave the Collision Hypothesis?
Immunal kant
Lalpace
Chamberlain
Sir James and Harold Jeffrey

32. Who suggested that the earth and the moon formed a single rapidly rotating body?
Sir George
Sir Chamberlain
Sir Moulton
None of these

33. Big-Bang theory was postulated by
Georges Lemaitre
Edwin Hubble
Schmidt
Wegener

34. The vibration direction parallel to the wave direction in the vertical plane is present in
P-waves
S-waves
Surface waves
L-wave

35. The interior of the earth can only be understood by ______________
Direct methods
Indirect methods
Both the indirect and direct methods
None of the above

36. Which is not a type of volcano?
Shield volcano
Composite volcano
Ridge volcano
Caldera

37. Volcanoes are
indirect source of information about the earth’s interior.
direct source of information about the interior of the earth.
not a source of information about the interior of the earth.
good source to ascertain earth’s temperature.

38. Which one of the following describes the lithosphere?
Upper and middle mantle
Crust and upper mantle
Crust and core
Mantle and core

39. The magnitude of an earthquake is measured in
Richter Scale
Mercalli scale
Measuring scale
Seismograph

40. Magma refers to ____
Rocks
Material in the upper mantle
Material in the upper core
Material in the crut

41. What is the thickness of the earth’s crust in the Himalayan region?
75 kms
60 kms
70 kms
65 kms

42. Earthquake waves are recorded on the
Seismograph
Barograph
Pantograph
Ergograph

43. The upper portion of the mantle is known as
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Fossil Sphere

44. Which one of the following is a direct source of the information about the interior of the Earth?
Earthquake waves
Volcanoes
Gravitational force
Earth magnetism

45. What is the density of the rocks between the adjoining line on mantle and core?
3-4 gm. per sq. cm
5 gm. per sq. cm
4-5 gm. per sq. cm
6 gm. per sq. cm

46. What is the approximate depth of the mantle?
2400 km
2900 km
3200 km
3500 km

47. The Deccan trap is a large
flood plain
flood basalt province
lava plain
shield volcano

48. What is the thickness of the crust?
10 km to 200 km
5 km to 30 km
30 km to 400 km
100 km to 200 km

49. What is the mean thickness of oceanic crust?
5 km
30 km
10 km
70 km

50. The intensity of an earthquake is measured in
Richter Scale
Mercalli scale
Measuring scale
Seismograph