Q 1 – Which one is a geomorphic agent?
(a) running water
(b) ground water
(c) waves
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 2 – A land mass passes how many stages of development?
(a) youth
(b) mature
(c) old age
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 3 – Running water causes
(a) erosion
(b) deposition
(c) both of them
(d) none of them
(c) both of them
(c) both of them
Q 4 – The geomorphic agents are capable of
(a) erosion
(b) deposition
(c) both of them
(d) none of them
(c) both of them
Q 5 – What causes overland flow?
(a) sheet erosion
(b) hill formation
(c) sheet deposition
(d) none of these
(c) sheet deposition
Q 6 – Gullies deepens, widen, lengthen and unite to form
(a) rills
(b) valleys
(c) mountains
(d) deltas
(b) valleys
Q 7 – Name the geomorphologists who considered that landforms were the best indicators of earth’s history’:
(a) S.W. Woolridge
(b) M.M. Davis
(c) both
(d) none of these
(c) both
Q 8 – Name the forces which are responsible for the evolution of landforms.
(a) external
(b) Internal
(c) both
(d) none of these
(c) both
Q 9 – How many types of weathering takes place?
(a) mechanical
(b) chemical
(c) biological
(d) all of them
(d) all of them.
Q 10 – Name the process under which the rocks are decayed and decomposed without any change in their situation :
(a) weathering
(b) volcanisation
(c) mass wasting
(d) wave currents
(a) weathering.
Q 11 – In which type of climate rocks are broken by frost?
(a) humid
(b) arid
(c) cold climate
(d) hot climate
(c) cold climate.
Q 12 – In which type of rocks the action of carbonation occurs?
(a) sand rock
(b) granite
(c) limestone
(d) none of these
(c) limestone.
Q 13 – Where is the largest canyon of the world present?
(a) in U.S.A.
(b) in Australia
(c) in India
(d) in China
(a) in U.S.A.
Q 14 – Decomposition of rocks by chemical process is known as
(a) chemical weathering
(b) physical weathering
(c) biological weathering
(d) none of these
(a) chemical weathering
Q 15 – Name the landform that appears when soft rocks lie under the layer of hard rocks
(a) gorge
(b) canyon
(c) zeugens
(d) yardangs
(c) zeugens.
Q 16 – The stream action in combination with weathering, mass wasting and overhead flow is responsible for total process known as
(a) flords
(b) fiords
(c) fluvial denudation
(d) denudation
(c) fluvial denudation.
Q 17 – Which type of valley is formed by the vertical erosion of the river?
(a) V-shaped
(b) canyon
(c) U-shaped
(d) sink valley
(a) V-shaped.
Q 18 – What kind of waves are formed by the upward’and downward movement of water?
(a) wind
(b) hot waves
(c) sea waves
(d) none of these
(c) sea waves.
Q 19 – When the water rushes up the beach it is called
(a) breakar
(b) swash
(c) backwash
(d) undertow
(b) swash
Q 20 – The network of channels is called
(a) landslide
(b) landforms
(c) drainage
(d) weathering
(c) drainage.
Q 21 – What do we call the steep slope facing the sea?
(a) canyon
(b) coast
(c) mountain
(d) cliff
(d) cliff.
Q 22 – On which factor does the erosional work of the river depend?
(a) volume of water
(b) velocity of water
(c) load of river
(d) all of them
(d) all of them
Q 23 – Name the process which takes place with water and minerals
(A) carbonation
(b) hydration
(c) solution
(d) none of these
(b) hydration.
Q 24 – The action of oxygen with minerals is known as
(a) hydration
(b) carbonation
(c) carboxylation
(d) oxidation
(d) oxidation.
Q 25 – The erosional landform consists of
(a) valleys
(b) floodplains
(c) deltas
(d) alluvial fans
(a) valleys
Q 26 – A deep valley characterized by steep step-like side slopes is known as?
(a) U-shaped valley
(b) Gorge
(c) Blind valley
(d) Canyon
(d) Canyon
Q 27 – The depositional landform consists of
(a) levees
(b) gorge
(c) river terraces
(d) valley
(a) levees
Q 28 – What is a deep, long, and wide trough or basin with very steep concave high walls at its head as well as insides is known as?
(a) Cirque
(b) Glacial valley
(c) Lateral Moraine
(d) Esker
(a) Cirque
Q 29 – Natural levees and point bars are a depositional landform of
(a) glaciers
(b) waves
(c) winds
(d) rivers
(d) rivers
Q 30 – Which of the following is a type of channel pattern?
(a) Floodplains
(b) Deltas
(c) Meander
(d) Alluvial Fans
(c) Meander
Q 31 – In which one of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?
(a) Humid region
(b) Limestone region
(c) Arid region
(d) Glacier region
(b) Limestone region
Q 32 – In which of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?
(a) desert region
(b) arid region
(c) limestone region
(d) glacier region
(c) limestone region
Q 33 – Erosional landforms are the
(a) levees
(b) deltas
(c) braided channels
(d) river terraces
(d) river terraces
Q 34 – In the mature stage, what are the loop-like channel patterns that develop in rivers?
(a) Meanders
(b) Canyon
(c) Delta
(d) Cirque
(a) Meanders
Q 35 – Erosion causes
(a) Changes
(b) No change
(c) Upliftment
(d) Construction of land
(a) Changes
Q 36 – Deflation and abrasion activities are associated with
(a) waves
(b) rivers
(c) winds
(d) glaciers
(c) winds
Q 37 – What are the most important landforms in desert areas?
(a) Chardong
(b) Interbedded rocks
(c) Sand dunes
(d) Valleys
(c) Sand dunes
Q 38 – In the middle stages, erosion of valley sides is
(a) vertical
(b) lateral
(c) gradual
(d) negligible
(b) lateral
Q 39 – Which of the following is created by soil erosion by the rivers?
(a) V-shaped valley
(b) Waterfall
(c) Delta
(d) Sand dunes
(a) V-shaped valley
Q 40 – The total number of wings a seif has is
(a) one
(b) three
(c) five
(d) six
(a) one
Q 41 – In which of the following stages of landform development, downward cutting is dominated?
(a) Youth stage
(b) Late mature stage
(c) Early mature stage
(d) Old stage.
(a) Youth stage
Q 42 – A deep valley characterised by steep step-like side slopes is known as
(a) U-shaped valley
(b) Gorg
(c) Blind valley
(d) Canyon.
(d) Canyon
Q 43 – In which one of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?
(a) Humid region
(b) Limestone region
(c) Arid region
(d) Glacier region,
(b) Limestone region
Q 44 – Which one of the following sentences best defines the term ‘Lapies’?
(a) A small to medium sized shallow depression
(b) A landform whose opening is more or less circular at the top and funnel shaped towards bottom
(c) A landform formed due to dripping water from surface
(d) An irregular surface with sharp pinnacles, grooves and ridges.
(a) A small to medium sized shallow depression
Q 45 – A deep, long and wide trough or basin with very steep concave high walls at its head as well as in sides is known as: (a) Cirque
(b) Glacial valley
(c) Lateral Moraine
(d)Esker.
(a) Cirque.
Q 46 – Outwash plains are formed by:
(a) Rivers
(b) Glacier
(c) Underground water
(d) Wind.
(a) Rivers
Q 47 – What are most important landforms in desert areas?
(a) Chardong
(b) Interbedded rocks
(c) Sand dunes
(d) Valleys.
(c) Sand dunes
Q 48 – 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?
(a) Cirque
(b) Horne
(c) Esker
(d) Drumlin.
(a) Cirque
Q 49 – Which type of landforms are formed by rivers in youth stage?
(a) Desert
(b) Cirque
(c) Lakes
(d) V-shaped valley.
(d) V-shaped valley
Q 50 – In mature stage, loop like channel patterns develop in rivers. These are called:
(a) Meanders
(b) Canyon
(c) Delta
(d) Cirque.
(a) Meanders