World Geography Objective Questions and Answers - 1

Question: 1

What type of volcano is Vesuvius?

(A) Active volcano

(B) Dormant

(C) Dead volcano

(D) Extinct

Question: 2

Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them still active?

(A) Norway

(B) Ireland

(C) Iceland

(D) Finland

Question: 3

The Himalayas are formed due to

(A) Folding of the geo-syncline named Tethys

(B) Folding of the earth’s crust

(C) Internal pressure of two large land forms

(D) Faulting of the earth’s crust

Question: 4

Plutonic earthquakes have their focus at a depth of

(A) These earthquakes can have focus at any depth

(B) 50km

(C) 50-250 km

(D) 250-750km

Question: 5

The range of the strength of earthquakes observed generally on the Richter scale is

(A) 0 to 6

(B) 0 to 7

(C) 0 to 8

(D) 0 to 9