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Geomorphology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ‘Doctrine of Uniformitarianism’ was postulated by

a)

Cotton

b)

Dutton

c)

Dalton

d)

Hutton

2.

The statement “The present is the key to the past” was made by-

a)

James Hutton

b)

Walther Penck

c)

W.M Davis

d)

F. Von Ricthofen

3.

Which one of the following options best describes the world distribution of active

volcanoes?

a)

They are found in association with young folded mountain systems.

b)

They lead to form chains around ocean basins

c)

They are associated with old eroded mountain chains.

d)

They occur in river flood plains

4.

Which one of the following groups of landforms are erosional features?

a)

Natural Bridges, Beaches, Eskers, Star dunes

b)

Stalagmites, Natural levees, Stacks, Talus

c)

Corrie, Yardang, Gorge, Sinkholes

d)

Flood plain, Moraina, Calderas, ‘U’ shaped Valley

5.

Which one of the following comprises the largest reservoir of the earth’s oxygen?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Lithosphere

6.

Which of the following type of weathering is generally dominant in Greater Himalays?

a)

Scree formation

b)

Block disintegration

c)

Granular disintegration

d)

Exfoliation

7.

In the process of erosion, the removal of materials by solution is called

a)

Attrition

b)

Corrosion

c)

Sapping

d)

Corrasion

8.

Two cycle theory regarding the ‘origin of Limestone caves’ was propounded by-

a)

W.M Davis

b)

Gardner

c)

Swinerton

d)

Malott

9.

The rigid masses surrounding the geosyncline were termed by Kober as-

a)

Kratogen

b)

Primarumph

c)

Monadnock

d)

Endrumph

10.

The concept of ‘Panplain’ was propounded by

a)

Johnson

b)

Crickmay

c)

Davis

d)

Swinerton

11.

In a fold if both limbs are parallel as well as horizontal to each other, it would be a case of which of the following types of fold?

a)

Isocline

b)

Recumbent

c)

Open

d)

Closed

12.

The direction of dip in reference of strike is always at which of the following angles?

a)

Right angle

b)

Obtuse angle

c)

Acute angle

d)

Straight angle

13.

Down-warping is produced on account of which of the following actions?

a)

Submergence

b)

Emergence

c)

Crustal fracture

d)

Crustal bending

14.

Which of the following is not a part of Circum-Pacific Volcanic belt?

a)

Aleutian islands

b)

Mindanao island

c)

Sakhalin island

d)

Azores islands

15.

The constructive magrin of lithospheric plates is presented by which of the following?

a)

Mid-Atlantic ridge

b)

Indo-Gangetic plain

c)

Mariana trench

d)

Ural mountains

16.

Conrad discontinuity is found between

a)

Upper mantle and Lower mantle

b)

Outer and Inner core

c)

Sima and Nife

d)

Sial and Sima

17.

The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is known as

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Barysphere

d)

Mesosphere

18.

Which of the following groups of scholars stressed on the role of lateral erosion by streams in the formation of pediments?

a)

Paige, Blackwelder, Johnson

b)

Paige, Johnson, Lawson

c)

McGee, Paige, Blackwelder

d)

McGee, Blackwelder, Johnson

19.

Which of the following features is formed due to tectonic forces?

a)

Blind valley

b)

Hanging valley

c)

U-shaped valley

d)

Rift valley

20.

Which one of the following rocks is associated with “Cratons” ?

a)

Conglomerate

b)

Phyllite

c)

Granite

d)

Slate

21.

The concept of geosyncline was propounded by:

a)

Holmes

b)

J.W. Powell

c)

Hall and Dana

d)

James Hutton

22.

Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the:

a)

Crust and mantle

b)

Mantle and core

c)

Upper Core and Lower Core

d)

Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle

23.

The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as:

a)

Anticline

b)

Free face

c)

Strike

d)

Dip

24.

“The present is the key to the past.” This phase is related to the concept of:

a)

Isostasy

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

Uniformatarianism

d)

Diastrophism

25.

San Andreas Fault is a:

a)

Spreading fault

b)

Submergent fault

c)

Transform fault

d)

Converging fault