MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 9 Solar radiation, heat balance and temperature

1. The earth radiates energy to the atmosphere in:

(a) Long wavelengths

(b) Radiation

(c) Insolation

(d) Short wavelengths

► (a) Long wavelengths

2. The days are longest at

(a) Thiruvananthapuram.

(b) Hyderabad.

(c) Chandigarh.

(d) Nagpur.

► (a) Thiruvananthapuram.

3. Differences in pressure on the earth surface causes:

(a) Winds

(b) Precipitation

(c) Hail

(d) Seasons

► (a) Winds

4. What is Isotherm?

(a) The line joining the places of equal temperature.

(b) The incoming short wave radiation.

(c) The line joining the places of equal pressure.

(d) None of the above.

► (a) The line joining the places of equal temperature.

5. Higher latitudes are not permanently frozen because of

(a) Presence of warm and cold currents

(b) Very less insolation

(c) Redistribution of surplus heat energy pole wards from tropics

(d) Local aspects

► (c) Redistribution of surplus heat energy pole wards from tropics

6. The envelop of the air is called _________

(a) Atmosphere

(b) Troposphere

(c) Stratosphere

(d) None of the above

► (a) Atmosphere

7. Maximum insolation is received over the ____________

(a) Equator

(b) Tropical areas

(c) Sub-tropical areas

(d) Poles

► (c) Sub-tropical areas

8. Insolation refers to ________

(a) Wind direction

(b) Solar radiation

(c) Precipitation

(d) None of the above

► (b) Solar radiation

9. The heat energy absorbed by a known area in a fixed time is determined with the help of an instrument called

(a) Psychrometer

(b) Pyrheliometer

(c) Thermometric well

(d) Any instrument

► (b) Pyrheliometer

10. This process of vertical heating of the atmosphere is known as ________.

(a) Psychrometer

(b) Convection

(c) Evaporation

(d) None of the above

► (b) Convection

11. The sun is vertically over head at noon on 21st June at

(a) the equator.

(b) 23.5 degree N.

(c) 23.5 degree S.

(d) 66.5 degree N.

► (b) 23.5 degree N.

12. ______ are lines joining places having equal temperature. 

(a) Isotherms

(b) Evaporation

(c) Convection

(d) Pyrheliometer

► (a) Isotherms

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 7 Landform and their Evolution

1. Erosional landforms are the

(a) levees.

(b) deltas.

(c) braided channels.

(d) river terraces.

► (d) river terraces.

2. Deflation and abrasion activities are associated with

(a) waves.

(b) rivers.

(c) winds.

(d) glaciers.

► (c) winds.

3. A deep valley characterised by steep step-like side slopes is known as?

(a) U-shaped valley 

(b) Gorge 

(c) Blind valley

(d) Canyon

► (d) Canyon

4. The total number of wings a seif has is

(a) one.

(b) three.

(c) five.

(d) six.

► (a) one.

5. What is a deep, long and wide trough or basin with very steep concave high walls at its head as well as in sides is known as?

(a) Cirque 

(b) Glacial valley 

(c) Lateral Moraine

(d) Esker

► (a) Cirque 

6. Natural levees and point bars are depositional land form of

(a) glaciers.

(b) waves.

(c) winds.

(d) rivers.

► (d) rivers.

7. In which one of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?

(a) Humid region 

(b) Limestone region 

(c) Arid region

(d) Glacier region

► (b) Limestone region 

8. They are deep basins with very steep concave to vertically dropping high walls at its head as well as sides. What are they?

(a) Cirque

(b) Horne

(c) Esker

(d) Drumlin

► (a) Cirque

9. Outwash plains are formed by what?

(a) Rivers

(b) Glacier

(c) Underground water

(d) Wind

► (a) Rivers

10. In which of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?

(a) desert region

(b) arid region

(c) limestone region

(d) glacier region

► (c) limestone region

11. In mature stage what are the loop like channel patterns develop in rivers?

(a) Meanders

(b) Canyon

(c) Delta

(d) Cirque

► (a) Meanders

12. Erosion causes

(a) Changes.

(b) No change.

(c) Upliftment.

(d) Construction of land.

► (a) Changes.

13. What are most important landforms in desert areas?

(a) Chardong

(b) Interbedded rocks

(c) Sand dunes

(d) Valleys

► (c) Sand dunes

14. In the middle stages, erosion of valley sides is

(a) vertical.

(b) lateral.

(c) gradual.

(d) negligible.

► (b) lateral.

15. Which of the following is created by soil erosion by the rivers?

(a) V- shaped valley

(b) Waterfall

(c) Delta

(d) Sand dunes

► (a) V- shaped valley

16. The erosional land form consists of

(a) valleys.

(b) floodplains.

(c) deltas.

(d) alluvial fans.

► (a) valleys.

17. Which of the following is a type of channel pattern?

(a) Floodplains

(b) Deltas

(c) Meander

(d) Alluvial Fans

► (c) Meander

18. The depositional land form consists of

(a) levees.

(b) gorge.

(c) river terraces.

(d) valley.

► (a) levees.

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 6 Geomorphic Processes

1. Which one of the following materials is affected by hydration process?

(a) Granite

(b) Clay

(c) Quartz

(d) Salts

► (d) Salts

2. Which of the following is a type of mass movements?

(a) Slow movements

(b) Rapid movements

(c) Landslides

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

3. The expansion of the salt depends on

(a) temperature.

(b) hails.

(c) atmospheric pressure.

(d) winds.

► (a) temperature.

4. Which of the following processes is a degradational process?

(a) Deposition

(b) Diastrophism

(c) Volcanism

(d) Erosion

► (d) Erosion

5. Rapid rolling or sliding of earth debris without backward rotation of mass is known as

(a) debris slide.

(b) slump.

(c) rockslide.

(d) mudflow.

► (a) debris slide.

6. Which of the following is a form of weathering?

(a) Physical

(b) Chemical

(c) Biological

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

7. Debris avalanche can be included in which category?

(a) Landslide

(b) Slow flow mass movements

(c) Rapid flow mass movements

(d) Subsidence

► (c) Rapid flow mass movements

8. Which is the force that continuously elevate or build up parts of the earth’s surface?

(a) Exogenic forces

(b) Endogenic forces

(c) Gradation

(d) Degradation

► (b) Endogenic forces

9. Weathering is important process for what?

(a) Formation of clouds

(b) Formation of soil

(c) Formation of water

(d) All of the Above

► (b) Formation of soil

10. In weathering ________

(a) No motion of material takes place

(b) Materials move from one place to another

(c) The deposition of material takes place

(d) None of the above

► (a) No motion of material takes place

11. Weathering can be defined as ___________

(a) Mechanical disintegration of rocks

(b) Disintegration and deformation of rocks with the help of climatic factors.

(c) Chemical decomposition of rocks

(d) All the above

► (d) All the above

12. Which of the following is an example of endogenic forces?

(a) Erosion

(b) Volcanism

(c) Weathering

(d) Balance

► (b) Volcanism

13. What are geomorphic causes of erosion?

(a) Flowing water

(b) Underground water

(c) Air

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

14. Which of the following is not associated with diastrophism?

(a) Balance Orogenic processes

(b) Epeirogenic processes

(c) Plate tectonics

(d) Orogenic processes

► (a) Balance Orogenic processes

15. Which one of the following helps in aerating the soil.

(a) Micro fauna

(b) Meso fauna

(c) Macro fauna

(d) All of the above

► (b) Meso fauna

16. What do you mean by all Earth materials having a sloping surface?

(a) Soil erosion

(b) Landslides

(c) Volcanism

(d) Slump

► (a) Soil erosion

17. What kind of changes are bought by internal forces?

(a) It give birth to new landforms

(b) It promote moistures

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of the above

► (a) It give birth to new landforms

18. The capacity of rocks to allow water to pass through it is called_________

(a) porosity

(b) wedging

(c) exfoliation

(d) hydration

► (a) porosity

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 5 Minerals and Rocks

1. Rocks that were originally either sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic and have been changed further by heat and pressure are called:

(a) Volcanic

(b) Sedimented

(c) Metamorphic

(d) None of the above

► (c) Metamorphic

2. A non-metallic mineral in the following minerals is

(a) silver.

(b) copper.

(c) zinc.

(d) coal.

► (d) coal.

3. Which mineral group is abundantly found in the earth’s crust?

(a) Mica group

(b) Felspar group

(c) Oxide group

(d) Silicate group

► (b) Felspar group

4. Which one of the following is the salient feature of metamorphic rocks?

(a) Changeable

(b) Quite

(c) Crystalline

(d) Foliation

► (a) Changeable

5. Which one of the following is the hardest minerals?

(a) Topaz

(b) Diamond

(c) Quartz

(d) Feldspar

► (b) Diamond

6. Which one of the following are the two main constituents of granite?

(a) Iron and nickel

(b) Iron and silver

(c) Silica and Aluminium

(d) Iron Oxide and potassium

► (c) Silica and Aluminium

7. Science of rocks is known as

(a) Mineralogy

(b) Mineral Science

(c) Petrology

(d) Ironology

► (c) Petrology

8. Which one of the following is the component of sand and granite?

(a) Amphibole

(b) Quartz

(c) Pyroxene

(d) Mica

► (b) Quartz

9. The most abundant rocks found on earth’s crust are

(a) igneous rocks.

(b) sedimentary rocks.

(c) metamorphic rocks.

(d) granite rock.

► (a) igneous rocks.

10. Which one of the following is not a sedimentary rock?

(a) Tillite

(b) Borax

(c) Breccia

(d) Marble

► (d) Marble

11. Iron is a

(a) ferrous metal.

(b) non–ferrous metal.

(c) precious metal.

(d) non-precious metal.

► (a) ferrous metal.

12. What kind of colour does Pyroxene consist of?

(a) Green

(b) Black

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

► (d) None of the above

13. The minerals that do not contain metal contend are known as

(a) precious minerals.

(b) ferrous minerals.

(c) non-metallic minerals.

(d) non-ferrous minerals.

► (c) non-metallic minerals.

14. The parent material of soils is derived from

(a) Igneous rocks.

(b) Metamorphic rocks.

(c) Sedimentary rocks.

(d) Biological action.

► (c) Sedimentary rocks.

15. Which of the following is not an example of metamorphic rocks?

(a) Slate

(b) Marble

(c) Limestone

(d) Schist

► (c) Limestone

16. Which of the following is not among the eight elements?

(a) Oxygen and Silicon

(b) Aluminium and Iron

(c) Calcium and Sodium

(d) Mica and Granite

► (d) Mica and Granite

17. Igneous rocks are

(a) primary rocks.

(b) secondary rocks.

(c) tertiary rocks.

(d) soft rocks.

► (a) primary rocks.

18. Which of the following is a ferrous minerals?

(a) Copper

(b) Aluminium

(c) Iron Ore

(d) Tin

► (c) Iron Ore

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 4 Distribution of Oceans and Continents

1. According to the Plate Tectonic concept, how many major plates are there?
   (a) 7
   (b) 9
   (c) 12
   (d) 11
   ► (a) 7
2. The continental drift theory was propounded by
   (a) Alfred Wegner.
   (b) Aortelius.
   (c) Hall and Danna.
   (d) Abraham Ortelius.
   ► (a) Alfred Wegner.
3. Tillite is formed due to
   (a) deposits on mountains.
   (b) deposits of volcanoes.
   (c) deposits of glaciers.
   (d) deposits of gold.
   ► (c) deposits of glaciers.
4. Which one of the following is not a minor plate?
   (a) Nazca
   (b) Arabia
   (c) Philippines
   (d) Antarctica
   ► (d) Antarctica
5. Which one of the following is the type of plate boundary of the Indian plate along the Himalayan Mountains?
   (a) Ocean- Continents convergence
   (b) Divergent boundary
   (c) Transform boundary
   (d) Continent convergence
   ► (d) Continent convergence
6. Which one of the following term is related to Polar fleeing force?
   (a) Revolution of the Earth
   (b) Gravitation
   (c) Rotation of the Earth
   (d) Tides
   ► (c) Rotation of the Earth
7. The slowest rate of plate movement can be seen in
   (a) East Pacific region.
   (b) Arctic ridge.
   (c) South pacific region.
   (d) Mid Atlantic ridge.
   ► (b) Arctic ridge.
8. The Rim of the Pacific is also called
   (a) Ring of Fire.
   (b) Ring of Waves.
   (c) Ring of Ridges.
   (d) Ring of Slopes.
   ► (a) Ring of Fire.
9. Who was the profounder of convection currents theory?
   (a) Arthur Holmes
   (b) McKenzie, Parker and Morgan
   (c) Admans Heinz
   (d) Alfred Wegener
   ► (a) Arthur Holmes
10. A tectonic plate is a slab of
    (a) molten rock.
    (b) hot rock.
    (c) solid rock.
    (d) small rocks.
    ► (c) solid rock.
11. By which method have facilitated correlating the rock formation from different continents across oceans?
    (a) The radiometric dating methods
    (b) Carbon 14 method
    (c) Radioactive methods
    (d) Fling method
    ► (a) The radiometric dating methods
12. What was the name given by Alfred Wegener to a large continents surrounded?
    (a) Pangaea
    (b) Panthalassa
    (c) Angaraland
    (d) Gondwanaland
    ► (a) Pangaea
13. The ocean floor may be segmented into how much division based on the depth as well as the forms of relief?
    (a) Three
    (b) Four
    (c) Five
    (d) Seven
    ► (a) Three
14. What was the name given by Alfred Wegener to a large continents surrounded?
    (a) Pangaea
    (b) Panthalassa
    (c) Angaraland
    (d) Gondwanaland
    ► (a) Pangaea
15. Indian subcontinent was located at
    (a) 60 degree South latitude.
    (b) 30 degree South latitude.
    (c) 50 degree South latitude.
    (d) 40 degree South latitude.
    ► (c) 50 degree South latitude.
16. What is a tectonic plate that lies between the Asiatic and Pacific Plate?
    (a) Cocos Plate
    (b) Nazca Plate
    (c) Arabian Plate
    (d) Philippine Plate
    ► (d) Philippine Plate
17. What was the name given to massive ocean by Wegener?
    (a) Pangaea
    (b) Panthalassa
    (c) Angaraland
    (d) Gondwanaland
    ► (b) Panthalassa
18. When did Alfred Wegener gave continental drift theory?
    (a) 1920
    (b) 1946
    (c) 1912
    (d) 1948
    ► (c) 1912

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography || Ch – 3 Interior of the Earth || With Answer || NCERT CBSE

 1. Which one of the following is a direct source of the information about the interior of the Earth?

(a) Earthquake waves

(b) Volcanoes

(c) Gravitational force

(d) Earth magnetism

► (a) Earthquake waves

2. Which is not a type of volcano?

(a) Shield volcano

(b) Composite volcano

(c) Ridge volcano

(d) Caldera

► (c) Ridge volcano

3. Which one of the following describe the lithosphere?

(a) Upper and middle mantle

(b) Crust and upper mantle

(c) Crust and core

(d) Mantle and core

► (b) Crust and upper mantle

4. The magnitude of earthquake is measured in

(a) Richter Scale

(b) Mercalli scale

(c) Measuring scale

(d) Seismograph

► (a) Richter Scale

5. Which one of the following describe the lithosphere?

(a) Upper and middle mantle

(b) Crust and upper mantle

(c) Crust and core

(d) Mantle and core

► (b) Crust and upper mantle

6. What is the thickness of the earth’s crust in the Himalayan region?

(a) 75 kms

(b) 60 kms

(c) 70 kms

(d) 65 kms

► (c) 70 kms

7. The intensity of earthquake is measured in

(a) Richter Scale

(b) Mercalli scale

(c) Measuring scale

(d) Seismograph

► (b) Mercalli scale

8. The upper portion of mantle is known as

(a) Asthenosphere

(b) Crust

(c) Lithosphere

(d) Fossil Sphere

► (a) Asthenosphere

9. The interior of the earth can only be understood by ______________

(a) Direct methods

(b) Indirect methods

(c) Both the indirect and direct methods

(d) None of the Above

► (c) Both the indirect and direct methods

10. What is the density of the rocks between the adjoining line on mantle and core?

(a) 3-4 gm. per sq. cm 

(b) 5 gm. per sq. cm

(c) 4-5 gm. per sq. cm

(d) 6 gm. per sq. cm

► (b) 5 gm. per sq. cm

11. What is the approximate depth of mantle?

(a) 2400 km

(b) 2900 km

(c) 3200 km

(d) 3500 km

► (b) 2900 km

12. The Deccan trap is a large

(a) flood plain.

(b) flood basalt province.

(c) lava plain.

(d) shield volcano.

► (b) flood basalt province.

13. What is the thickness of the crust?

(a) 10 km to 200 km

(b) 5 km to 30 km

(c) 30 km to 400 km

(d) 100 km to 200 km

► (a) 10 km to 200 km

14. The vibration direction parallel to the wave direction in the vertical plane is present in

(a) P-waves.

(b) S-waves.

(c) Surface waves.

(d) L-waves.

► (a) P-waves.

15. What is the mean thickness of oceanic crust?

(a) 5 km

(b) 30 km

(c) 10 km

(d) 70 km

► (a) 5 km

16. Volcanoes are

(a) indirect source of information about earth’s interior.

(b) direct source of information about the interior of the earth.

(c) not a source of information about the interior of the earth.

(d) good source to ascertain earth’s temperature.

► (b) direct source of information about the interior of the earth.

17. Magma refers to ____

(a) Rocks

(b) Material in upper mantle

(c) Material in upper core

(d) Material in the crust

► (b) Material in upper mantle

18. Earthquake waves are recorded on the

(a) Seismograph.

(b) Barograph.

(c) Pantograph.

(d) Ergograph.

► (a) Seismograph.