Q 1 – What is the percentage of oxygen in the earth’s crust by weight?
(a) 46.60%
(b) 27.72%
(c) 8.13%
(d) 5.00%
(a) 46.60%.
Q 2 – What is the basic source of all minerals in the earth’s crust?
(a) upper surface
(b) magma
(c) crust
(d) none of them
(b) magma.
Q 3 – Which one is the most important component of Quartz?
(a) sand
(b) granite
(c) both of them
(d) none of them
(c) both of them
Q 4 – Which one is not the component of pyroxenes?
(a) calcium
(b) magnesium
(c) iron
(d) granite
(d) granite
Q 5 – Which are the major elements of Olivine?
(a) iron
(b) silica
(c) magnesium
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 6 – Which one is the metallic mineral?
(a) silica
(b) carbon
(c) oxygen
(d) gold
(d) gold.
Q 7 – Out of these which do not contain the metal content?
(a) sulphur
(b) nitrates
(c) phosphates
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 8 – The science of rocks is known as
(a) Geology
(b) Zoology
(c) Petrology
(d) none of them
(c) Petrology.
Q 9 – The rocks which are formed from solidified magma and lava are known as
(a) Sedimentary
(b) Igneous
(c) Sand rocks
(d) Metamorphic
(b) Igneous.x
Q 10 – What kind of rocks are formed by the deposition/cementation of the fragments?
(a) Sedimentary
(b) Igneous
(c) Pegmatitic
(d) Metamorphic
(a) Sedimentary.
Q 11 – Which are the hoarse grained rocks with wide range of composition?
(a) Pegmatitic granite
(b) Pegmatitic diorite
(c) both of them
(d) none of them
(c) both of them.
Q 12 – Granite is a type of rock:
(a) Granetoid
(b) Pegmatitic
(c) Glassy
(d) Aphantic
(a) Granetoid.
Q 13 – Which one is the type of extrusive rock?
(a) Granetoid
(b) Glassy
(c) Fragmental
(d) Aphantic
(c) Fragmental
Q 14 – Deposition cementation of the fragments by external agencies is known as
(a) Sedimentation
(b) Metamorphism
(c) Lithification
(d) none of these
(a) Sedimentation.
Q 15 – Which kind of rocks are formed by the active participation of animals and plant secretions?
(a) Siliceous rocks
(b) Sand rocks
(c) Fragmental rocks
(d) Glassy rocks
(a) Siliceous rocks.
Q 16 – Which kind of rocks are formed by the compressed and altered vegetable matters containing large amount of carbon?
(a) Peat
(b) Sand rocks
(c) Fragment
(d) Glassy
(a) Peat.
Q 17 – What is formed by the deposition from concentrated solution of brines?
(a) Salts
(b) Peat
(c) Limestone
(d) Sand
(a) Salts.
Q 18 – Name the type of rocks in which original grains get rearranged into more or less perfect bands or layers.
(a) Salts
(b) Foliated
(c) Calcareous
(d) Granite
(b) Foliated.
Q 19 – Which one is the example of salt rock?
(a) Halite
(b) Gypsum
(c) Potash
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 20 – When rocks are forced down to lower levels by tectonic processes, the process is known as
(a) Sedimentation
(b) Metamorphism
(c) none of them
(d) both of them
(b) Metamorphism
Q 21 – Metamorphic rocks are classified in…………. major groups.
(a) two
(b) three
(c) five
(d) six
(a) two
Q 22 – Which group belongs to metamorphic rocks?
(a) Foliated
(b) Non-foliated
(c) both of them
(d) none of them
(c) both of them.
Q 23 – Salts and phyllites are……………. rocks. ‘
(a) Foliated
(b) Non-foliated
(c) none of them
(d) both of them
(a) Foliated.
Q 24 – Which one is the example of Non-foliated rocks?
(a) Marble
(b) Schists
(c) Salts
(d) Phyllites
(a) Marble.
Q 25 – Serpentine is a type of rocks.
(a) Foliated
(b) Non-foliated
(c) Salts
(d) Aphantic
(b) Non-foliated.
Q 26 – The process through which the rocks are transformed into new ones is known as?
(a) Rock cycle
(b) Metamorphism
(c) Sedimentation
(d) none of them
(a) Rock cycle.
Q 27 – 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
Q 28 – Which of the following is not an example of metamorphic rocks?
(a) Slate
(b) Marble
(c) Limestone
(d) Schist
(c) Limestone
Q 29 – 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
Q 30 – Which one of the following is the salient feature of metamorphic rocks?
(a) Changeable
(b) Quite
(c) Crystalline
(d) Foliation
(a) Changeable
Q 31 – Which one of the following are the hardest minerals?
(a) Topaz
(b) Diamond
(c) Quartz
(d) Feldspar
(b) Diamond
Q 32 – Which of the following is a ferrous mineral?
(a) Copper
(b) Aluminium
(c) Iron Ore
(d) Tin
(c) Iron Ore
Q 33 – A non-metallic mineral in the following minerals is
(a) silver
(b) copper
(c) zinc
(d) coal
(d) coal
Q 34 – Igneous rocks are
(a) primary rocks
(b) secondary rocks
(c) tertiary rocks
(d) soft rocks
(a) primary rocks
Q 35 – Which one of the following is the component of sand and granite?
(a) Amphibole
(b) Quartz
(c) Pyroxene
(d) Mica
(b) Quartz
Q 36 – The most abundant rocks found on the earth’s crust are
(a) igneous rocks
(b) sedimentary rocks
(c) metamorphic rocks
(d) granite rock
(a) igneous rocks
Q 37 – 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
Q 38 – Which one of the following is not a sedimentary rock?
(a) Tillite
(b) Borax
(c) Breccia
(d) Marble
(d) Marble