Daily Quiz-181

Geography of GK

Ravneet Kaur

TNS

Chandigarh, Updated At : 08:17 PM Aug 06, 2025 IST

1. Which of the following correctly explains the ‘Benioff Zone’?

A. An area of shallow-focus earthquakes in divergent zones

B. The crustal zone above mantle plumes in intraplate settings

C. A dipping planar zone of earthquake foci in subduction zones

D. A strike-slip fault zone along mid-oceanic ridges

2. Which of the following types of plate boundaries are most commonly associated with andesitic volcanoes?

A. Divergent plate boundaries

B. Transform faults

C. Ocean-ocean convergent boundaries

D. Continental-continental collision zones

3. The focus of an earthquake is the point:

A. Directly above the epicentre

B. Where P-waves and S-waves intersect

C. Inside the Earth where seismic waves originate

D. On the surface where rupture is most visible

4. Which of the following best describes ‘isostasy’?

A. Balance between continental and oceanic crust

B. A geosynclinal theory of plate interaction

C. Equilibrium between the Earth’s crust and mantle

D. A state of equal pressure in the inner core

5. Match the pairs:

Volcano	Type
A. Mauna Loa	1. Composite Cone
B. Mount Fuji	2. Caldera
C. Krakatoa	3. Shield
D. Taal	4. Stratovolcano

Options:

A. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

B. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-2

C. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

D. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

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5. C

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Daily Quiz-181

Ravneet Kaur

TNS

Answers Quiz- 180 (August 5)

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