LANDFORMS

In which of the following stages of landform development,

downward cutting is dominated?

a. Youth stage
b. Late mature stage
c. Early mature stage cds.journey
d. Old stage
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A deep valley characterized by steep step-like side slopes is

known as -

a. U - shaped valley

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b. Blind valley
c. Gorge
d. Canyon
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In which one of the following regions the chemical weathering

process is more dominant than mechanical process?

a. Humid region
b. Limestone region
c. Arid region
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d. Glacier region
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Which one of the following sentences best defines the term

'Lapies' ?

a. A small to medium sized shallow depression

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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
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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
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d. Esker
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How is 'Seif' different from 'Barchan'?

a. Seif has 2 wings/points while Barchan has 1

b. Seif has no wings/points while Barchan has 2
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c. Seif has 1 wing/point while Barchan has 2
d. Seif has 2 wings/points while Barchan has none
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Which one of the following dunes are aligned perpendicular to

wind direction?

a. Transverse
b. Barchans
c. Longitudinal
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d. Parabolic
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"Mushroom, Table and Pedestal rocks" belong to which of the

following agent's erosional landforms?

a. Running water
b. Glacial
c. Soil cds.journey
d. Wind
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An entrenched meander loop of river colorado in USA showing

step-like side slopes of its valley typical of a -

a. Canyon
b. Gorge
c. Gullies cds.journey
d. Meander
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The delta, of Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh is -

a. Running water erosional landform

b. Running water depositional landform

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c. Glacial erosional landform
d. Ground water depositional landform
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Consider the below mentioned statements and choose the
appropriate options:
I. Natural Levees - they are low, linear and paralled ridges of coarse
deposits along the banks of rivers, quite often cut into individual
mounds.

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II. Point bars - also known as meander bars; found on the concave
side of meanders of large rivers and are sediment deposited in a
linear fashion.

a. I only
b. II only
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I and II
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"Doline" is sometimes used to refer -

a. Sink holes
b. Uvalas
c. Caves
d. Collapse sinks cds.journey
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The famous "Swayambhu linga on the Amarnath mountain" in

J&K is a natural -

a. Stalactites
b. Stalagmites
c. Column cds.journey
d. Cave
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"Fjord, Cirque, Tarn lake, Moraines, Eskers, Nunataks" -
Which among the underlined landforms is not an erosional
landform of glacier?

a. Fjord, Cirque, Tarn lake

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b. Moraines, Eskers, Nunataks
c. All of them
d. None of them
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"Stacks, Sand dunes and Spits" - which of these is an erosional

landform of waves?

a. Stacks
b. Spits
c. Sand dunes cds.journey
d. None
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Consider the following and choose the most appropriate option.
1. Deflation hollow
2. Mesa
3. Loess
4. Yardang
5. Playa
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Which of the above mentioned landforms is not a wind -
deposited landform?

a. 1, 2 and 4
b. 4 and 5
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 3 and 5
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Barrier bar which get keyed up to the headland of a bay is called -

a. wave - cut platform

b. Fjord
c. Spit
d. Lagoon cds.journey
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Choose the most suited answer for the statement describing an

erosional landform.
'Gently inclined rocky floors close to mountains at their foot with
or without a thin cover of debries'

a. Pediplains
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b. Pediments
c. Sand dunes
d. Deflation hollows
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'There are shallow depressions on the surface when the weathered

material is blown away by the force of wind' -
choose the most suited option from the below mentioned.

a. Sand dunes
b. Deflation hollows cds.journey
c. Mushroom
d. Yarsang
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'Island mountain in desert areas' is the description of which of the
following -

a. Mesa
b. Dreikanter
c. Inselberg
d. Stone lattice
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Which of the following most closely explains 'Loess' -

a. Plain surface formed by the deposition of sand in the basin of

mountain or hills in desert areas.

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b. Plains or plateaus formed by the deposition of fine sediments.
c. A rough & corroded surface or limestone.
d. An elevated natural barrier on the bank of rivers formed by the
deposition of heavy sediments.
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Tarn lake is also known as -

a. uvalas
b. Caldera lake
c. Calora lake
d. Corrie lake
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Stalactites and Stalagmites are features of :

a. Glacial topography
b. Volcanic topography
c. Karst topography
d. Fluvial topography
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Which of the below mention pairs are correctly mentioned -
1. Chemical weathering - Oxidation
2. Mechanical weathering - Plant roots
3. Glacial deposition - Till
4. deposition by ground water - Stalactite

a. 1 and 4 only
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b. 1 and 2 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Which one of the following is a depositional landform?

a. Stalagmite
b. Lapis
c. Sinkhole
d. Cave
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Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the following

topographical features found from upper to lower course of a
river?

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a. Ox-bow lake - Rapids - Estuary
b. Rapids - Estuary - Ox-bow lake
c. Rapids - Ox-bow lake - Estuary
d. Estuary - Ox-bow lake - Rapids
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Which among the following pairs are correct?
1. Cirque and Col - Glacial topography
2. Barkhans and Yardans - Desert topography
3. Eddies and Potholes - Fluvial topography

a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
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c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3
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Arrange the following features of rivers in its course starting from
upstream:
1. Meander
2. Falls
3. Delta
4. Ox-bow lake
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Select the correct code:

a. 2 - 1 - 3 - 4
b. 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
c. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
d. 1 - 4 - 2 - 3