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Earth's Structure and Landforms: SSC CGL Geography
Earth's Structure, Landforms and Geological Time has 26 questions in the SSC CGL Tier I bank: ten from the 2023 shifts, six from the 2024 shifts and ten from the 2025 shifts, and 20 of them EASY. The older shifts asked about the layers of the Earth and the three kinds of rock; the 2025 shifts turned to landforms and how each is made. Both pages are short tables: a feature, then what makes it.
The handout has every subtopic, worked example, formula and trap with answers shown. The formula sheet is the chapter’s formulas and traps alone, on one page.
Subtopic notes
Earth's Interior, Rocks and Earthquakes
15 PYQsThe Earth's layers from crust to core, the plates and their boundaries, the three kinds of rock with their examples, and the words for recording an earthquake.
Landforms, Weathering and Mass Movements
11 PYQsHow rock breaks up in place, how it slides downhill, and the landforms made by glaciers, rivers, wind and water in limestone caves.
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 4 reference tables · 4 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 4 reference tables · 4 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Reference tables (2)
Layers and plates3 rows
| Feature | Plate boundary |
|---|---|
| Mid-ocean ridge | Divergent |
| Mariana Trench | Convergent |
| San Andreas Fault | Transform |
Watch out for (2)
- Stratosphere and mesosphere are in the air→ Layers and plates
- Seismograph makes, seismogram is made→ Rocks and earthquake records
Reference tables (2)
Watch out for (2)
- Rotation means slump→ Weathering and mass movements
- Stalactite down, stalagmite up→ Landforms by agent
PYQ weightage by concept
4 concepts · 26 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
PYQ weightage by concept
4 concepts · 26 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Layers and plates | 8 | 31% |
| Rocks and earthquake records | 7 | 27% |
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Landforms by agent | 7 | 27% |
| Weathering and mass movements | 4 | 15% |
Test yourself on Earth's Structure, Landforms and Geological Time
10 past SSC CGL questions from this chapter, timed at 6 minutes and marked the way the exam marks it. You see your score and every answer the moment you finish. Free to start.