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Geomorphology - Test Set 3

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20 questions

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  1. Question 1

    The network of channels is called:
    1. landforms
    2. Drainage
    3. weathering
    4. landslide
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  2. Question 2

    A deep valley characterized by steep step-like side slopes is known as?
    1. Gorge
    2. Canyon
    3. U-shaped valley
    4. Blind valley
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  3. Question 3

    Erosional landforms are the:
    1. Levees
    2. Braided channels
    3. Deltas
    4. River terraces
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  4. Question 4

    In the middle stages, erosion of valley sides is:
    1. Vertical
    2. Gradual
    3. Negligible
    4. Lateral
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  5. Question 5

    In which of the following stages of landform development, downward cutting is dominated?
    1. Youth stage
    2. Early mature stage
    3. Late mature stage
    4. Old stage.
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  6. Question 6

    Which one of the following sentences best defines the term ‘Lapies’?
    1. A landform whose opening is more or less circular at the top and funnel shaped towards bottom
    2. A landform formed due to dripping water from surface
    3. An irregular surface with sharp pinnacles, grooves and ridges.
    4. A small to medium sized shallow depression
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  7. Question 7

    Outwash plains are formed by:
    1. Rivers
    2. Underground water
    3. Glacier
    4. Wind.
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  8. Question 8

    They are deep, long and wide troughs or basins with very steep concave to vertically dropping high walls at its head as well as sides. What are they?
    1. Cirque
    2. Esker
    3. Horne
    4. Drumlin.
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  9. Question 9

    Which type of landforms are formed by rivers in youth stage?
    1. Desert
    2. V-shaped valley.
    3. Lakes
    4. Cirque
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  10. Question 10

    In mature stage, loop like channel patterns develop in rivers. These are called:
    1. Meanders
    2. Delta
    3. Cirque.
    4. Canyon
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  11. Question 11

    Ox-bow lakes are formed due to:
    1. Flooding
    2. Intense meandering
    3. Wave erosion
    4. None of these
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  12. Question 12

    The shape of the river valley is generally like:
    1. V
    2. U
    3. Y
    4. S
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  13. Question 13

    ‘U’ shaped valley is formed by:
    1. A river in mountainous areas
    2. A river in plains
    3. Glacier
    4. All of the above
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  14. Question 14

    Continental drift refers to:
    1. The vertical movement of the continents on a small scale
    2. The vertical movement of the continents on a vast scale
    3. The horizontal movement of the continents on a vast scale
    4. The horizontal movement of the continents on a small scale
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  15. Question 15

    Which of the following waves are responsible for most of the destructive force of earthquake ?
    1. R-wave
    2. S-wave
    3. L-wave
    4. All of the above
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  16. Question 16

    Lave cones are:
    1. Fold mountains
    2. Fault mountains
    3. Mountains of accumulation
    4. Relict mountains
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  17. Question 17

    Processes that shape the earth’s surface include:
    1. Hypogene processes
    2. Tetra-tonsorial processes
    3. Geomorphic processes
    4. None
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  18. Question 18

    ........ is one of the biggest deltas of the world:
    1. Mississippi delta
    2. Nile delta
    3. Amazon delta
    4. Ganga-Brahmaputra delta
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  19. Question 19

    International date line is the line where?
    1. Local time is advanced by one hour
    2. The date changes by exactly one day when it is crossed
    3. From all other meridians radiate eastward and westward up to 1800
    4. None of the above
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  20. Question 20

    Drumlins are associated with:
    1. Glacial deposition
    2. River deposition
    3. River erosion
    4. Glacial erosion
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