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  1. In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?

  2. A.

     Old Sedimentary

    B.

     Old Igneous

    C.

     Old Metamorphic

    D.

     New Metamorphic


  3. The breaking up of the rocks at its place is known as

  4. A.

     Erosion

    B.

     Weathering

    C.

     Mass Destruction

    D.

     Degradation


  5. In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cutoff lake, also called an ________ lake.

  6. A.

     Ox-bow

    B.

     Oasis

    C.

     Lagoon

    D.

     Tectonic


  7. The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are called glacial ________.

  8. A.

     Moraines

    B.

     Deltas

    C.

     Plateaus

    D.

     Grooves


  9. Carbonaceous rocks which produce coal and of belong to the category of rocks called

  10. A.

     Metamorphic

    B.

     Igneous

    C.

     Sedimentary

    D.

     Inorganic


  11. Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?

  12. A.

     Sand desert

    B.

     Paddy crop land

    C.

     Land covered with fresh snow

    D.

     Prairie land


  13. Which of the following is not a result of underground water activity?

  14. A.

     Stalactites

    B.

     Stalagmites

    C.

     Sink holes

    D.

     Fiords


  15. A block of the earth's crust that has remained in position while the ground around it has subsides is known as ________

  16. A.

     Horst

    B.

     Plain

    C.

     Plateau

    D.

     Young folded mountain


  17. Choose the correct statement about Sedimentary rocks ________

  18. A.

     These rocks cannot be formed under water

    B.

     These rocks are crystalline

    C.

     The structure of these rocks is contingent on heat and pressure

    D.

     These rocks have been deposited in layers


  19. Which of the following is not an agent which produces physical features ?

  20. A.

     Denudation

    B.

     Deposition

    C.

     Volcanic eruption

    D.

     Conduction