Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: The Earth's Structure and Landforms
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is Earth's outermost layer called? [1]
(A) The crust
(B) The mantle
(C) The core
(D) The atmosphere
2. What layer is beneath the crust? [1]
(A) The mantle
(B) The core
(C) The atmosphere
(D) Nothing
3. What is at Earth's centre? [1]
(A) The core
(B) The crust
(C) The mantle
(D) The atmosphere
4. What is the core mainly made of? [1]
(A) Iron and nickel
(B) Oxygen and hydrogen
(C) Only rock
(D) Only water
5. What creates mountains? [1]
(A) Internal processes like plate tectonics
(B) Only external processes
(C) Nothing creates them
(D) Random chance only
6. What creates valleys? [1]
(A) External processes like erosion
(B) Only internal processes
(C) Nothing creates them
(D) Random chance only
7. What layer of Earth do we live on? [1]
(A) The crust
(B) The mantle
(C) The core
(D) The atmosphere
8. Why study Earth's structure and landforms? [1]
(A) To explain geological events and landscapes
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is Earth's outermost layer called? [1]
(A) The crust
(B) The mantle
(C) The core
(D) The atmosphere
10. What layer is beneath the crust? [1]
(A) The mantle
(B) The core
(C) The atmosphere
(D) Nothing
11. What is at Earth's centre? [1]
(A) The core
(B) The crust
(C) The mantle
(D) The atmosphere
12. What is the core mainly made of? [1]
(A) Iron and nickel
(B) Oxygen and hydrogen
(C) Only rock
(D) Only water
13. What creates mountains? [1]
(A) Internal processes like plate tectonics
(B) Only external processes
(C) Nothing creates them
(D) Random chance only
14. What creates valleys? [1]
(A) External processes like erosion
(B) Only internal processes
(C) Nothing creates them
(D) Random chance only
15. What layer of Earth do we live on? [1]
(A) The crust
(B) The mantle
(C) The core
(D) The atmosphere
16. Why study Earth's structure and landforms? [1]
(A) To explain geological events and landscapes
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests