Continental Drift Theory

Q. Consider the following statements.

1. Gondwanaland was the southern part of a super continent called Pangea.
2. Gondwanaland only included India and the African continent.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1. Only statement 1
2. Both statement 1 and statement 2
3. Neither statement 1 nor statement 2
4. Only statement 2

Q. Who proposed the Continental Drift theory?

1. Alfred Wegener
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Georges Lemaitre

Q. Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

1. Alfred Wegener
2. Harry Hess
3. Charles Darwin
4. James Hutton

Q. Which of the following regions was/were the part of Laurasia?

1. Arabia
2. Greenland
3. North America
4. Brazil

Q. Which of the following is the supercontinent named by Alfred Wegener?

1. Eurasia
2. Wegenerland
3. Pangaea
4. Africa

Q. Consider the following statements.

1. Gondwanaland was the southern part of a super continent called Pangea.
2. Gondwanaland only included India and the African continent.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1. Only statement 2
2. Only statement 1
3. Both statement 1 and statement 2
4. Neither statement 1 nor statement 2

Q. Lithosphere is divided into pieces known as .

1. tectonic plates
2. mountain bases
3. landforms
4. valleys

Q. Alfred Wegener gave the Continental Drift Theory in the 20th century.

1. True
2. False

Q. Slow acting endogenic forces are known as forces.

1. trophic
2. diastrophic
3. ditrophic

Q. What are lithospheric plates?

1. Irregularly shaped pieces, primarily made up of the crust of the Earth that contain the continents and the ocean floor.
2. Irregularly shaped pieces, primarily made up of the core of the Earth that contain the continents and the ocean floor.
3. Circular plates primarily made up of the crust of the Earth, that contain the continents and the ocean floor.
4. Irregularly shaped pieces, primarily made up of the core of the Earth that contain the continents only.