In which of the following directions the Nazca Plate is moving ?

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

1.

The concept of geosyncline was propunded by :

  • Holmes

  • James Hutton

  • Hall and Dana

  • J.W. Powell


2.

Gutenberg Discontinuity is found between the :

  • Crust and mantle

  • Mantle and core

  • Upper core and Lower core

  • Upper mantle and lower mantle


3.

The concept of panplain was propagated by :

  • C.A.Cotton

  • Von Richtofen

  • Crickmay

  • Alfed Von Wegener


4.

The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as :

  • Strike

  • Dip

  • Anticline

  • Free face


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5.

Paternoster lakes are :

  • Lakes formed on glacial stairways

  • Lakes having volcanic origin

  • Lakes formed by shallow stretch of water caused by sea erosion

  • Cresent shaped lakes are formed due to cut-off of a river meander


6.

"The present is the key to the past." This phrase is related to the concept of :

  • Isostasy

  • Diatrophism

  • Plate Tectonics

  • Uniformitarianism


7.

Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Fault of California ?

  • Transform boundary with Sinistral motion

  • Transform boundary with dextral motion 

  • Divergent boundary with sinistral motion

  • Convergent boundary with dextral motion


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8.

In which of the following directions the Nazca Plate is moving ?

  • East

  • West

  • South

  • North


A.

East

The Nazca Plate named after the Nazca region of southern Peru is an oceanic tectonic plate in the easten Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.The ongoing subduction along the Peru-Chile Trench of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny.


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9.

Wbich one of the following phenomena plays a vital role in the dispersion of majestic dinosaurs ?

  • Volcanic eruption

  • Zonal faulting

  • Global cooling

  • Continental Drift


10.

The Hydraulic Slope Theory was propounded by :

  • R.E. Horton

  • Darwin

  • Penck

  • Mallot


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