GEOLOGY QUIZ | CET 2024

A kind of rock that comes from a pre-existing rock and was subjected by heat and pressure

• Intrusive Igneous rock

• Extrusive Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

The location directly above the surface of the Earth where the earthquake occurs and the origin of the body waves.

• Fault

• Hypocenter

• Epicenter

• Fold

All of the following are classification of volcanoes based on their type of eruption, EXCEPT:

• Dormant volcano

• Explosive volcano

• Intermediate volcano

• Quiet volcano

It is principle of stratigraphy which states that oldest rocks are at the bottom and youngest rock on the top.

• Principle of original horizontality

• Principle of superposition

• Principle of cross-cutting relationships

• Principle of original verticality

Crust, mantle, outer and inner core are part of what Earth's layers?

• Mechanical layer

• Physical layer

• Categorical layer

• Compositional layer

They are known to be the most damaging waves as they are transverse waves in which particle movement is perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation.

• body waves

• primary waves

• surface waves

• secondary waves

This wave causes horizontal shifting of the earth during an earthquake.

• primary waves

• secondary waves

• love waves

• rayleigh waves

This is the fastest body waves and are first to reach during an earthquake.

• primary waves

• secondary waves

• love waves

• rayleigh waves

Which is the most dangerous type of earthquake based on depth focus?

• Shallow Earthquake

• Intermediate Earthquake

• Deep Earthquake

• Tectonic Earthquake

This is an instrument that detects the presence of an earthquake and measures and records its magnitude.

• seismogram

• seismograph

• Ritcher scale

• Mercalli scale