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Geomorphology - Test Set 7

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15 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    The work of river in middle course is mainly
    1. Deposition
    2. Erosion
    3. Transportation
    4. Both (B) and (C)
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  2. Question 2

    Mass of the earth is estimated to be:
    1. 5.9722×1024 kg
    2. 5.760 x 1019 tons
    3. 5.800 x 1025 tons
    4. 5.880 x 1020 tons
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  3. Question 3

    Prime Meridian passes through;
    1. UK
    2. Tokyo
    3. New York
    4. Greenwich
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  4. Question 4

    A lagoon is formed by:
    1. Wind deposition
    2. Wave erosion
    3. Wind erosion
    4. Wave deposition
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  5. Question 5

    Hanging valleys are very common in:
    1. Karst regions
    2. Dry area
    3. Plain area
    4. Snow covered area
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  6. Question 6

    Zeugens are a creation of:
    1. Wind erosion
    2. Wave erosion
    3. River erosion
    4. Wind erosion
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  7. Question 7

    Yardang are a creation of:
    1. River erosion
    2. Wave erosio
    3. Glacial erosion
    4. Wind erosion
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  8. Question 8

    The Gaseous Mass Theory of the origin of earth was given by:
    1. E. Kant
    2. Roche
    3. Lockyer
    4. Laplace
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  9. Question 9

    Conrad Discontinuity is found:
    1. Between crust and mantle
    2. Between outer and inner core
    3. Between Sial and Sima
    4. Between upper mantle and lower mantle
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  10. Question 10

    The ‘hydraulic slope theory’ is given by:
    1. Darwin
    2. Penck
    3. R. E. Horton
    4. Lockyer
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  11. Question 11

    ‘Rock benches’ are associated with
    1. Cross profile of river
    2. Fold mountains
    3. Long profile of river
    4. Fault mountains
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  12. Question 12

    Graphite is a typical example of:
    1. Sedimentary rocks
    2. Metamorphic rocks
    3. Plutonic rocks
    4. Igneous rocks
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  13. Question 13

    Ozone is found in:
    1. Mesosphere
    2. Troposphere
    3. Ozonosphere
    4. Stratosphere
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  14. Question 14

    A monadnock is:
    1. A low area in a riverine plain
    2. A low area in a glacial plain
    3. A raised portion in a riverine plain
    4. None of these
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  15. Question 15

    Who described the three layers of the earth as ‘sial’, ‘sima’, and ‘nife’ ?
    1. Dally
    2. Holmes
    3. Gracht
    4. None of the above
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