Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What causes volcanoes? [1]
(A) Magma rising through crust weaknesses
(B) Only earthquakes
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
2. What do volcanoes erupt? [1]
(A) Lava, ash and gases
(B) Only water
(C) Only smoke
(D) Nothing
3. What causes earthquakes? [1]
(A) Sudden release of fault stress
(B) Only volcanic eruptions
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
4. What is a fault? [1]
(A) A crack in Earth's crust
(B) A type of volcano
(C) A type of ocean
(D) A type of mountain
5. What is the 'Ring of Fire'? [1]
(A) A zone around the Pacific with many plate boundaries
(B) A type of volcano
(C) A single earthquake location
(D) A type of ocean current
6. Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur? [1]
(A) Along the Ring of Fire
(B) Only in deserts
(C) Only in forests
(D) Nowhere specific
7. Why understand these geological events? [1]
(A) To prepare for and mitigate their impacts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for scientists
8. What are tectonic plates related to? [1]
(A) Volcano and earthquake locations
(B) Only weather patterns
(C) Only ocean currents
(D) Nothing related
9. What causes volcanoes? [1]
(A) Magma rising through crust weaknesses
(B) Only earthquakes
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
10. What do volcanoes erupt? [1]
(A) Lava, ash and gases
(B) Only water
(C) Only smoke
(D) Nothing
11. What causes earthquakes? [1]
(A) Sudden release of fault stress
(B) Only volcanic eruptions
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
12. What is a fault? [1]
(A) A crack in Earth's crust
(B) A type of volcano
(C) A type of ocean
(D) A type of mountain
13. What is the 'Ring of Fire'? [1]
(A) A zone around the Pacific with many plate boundaries
(B) A type of volcano
(C) A single earthquake location
(D) A type of ocean current
14. Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur? [1]
(A) Along the Ring of Fire
(B) Only in deserts
(C) Only in forests
(D) Nowhere specific
15. Why understand these geological events? [1]
(A) To prepare for and mitigate their impacts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for scientists
16. What are tectonic plates related to? [1]
(A) Volcano and earthquake locations
(B) Only weather patterns
(C) Only ocean currents
(D) Nothing related