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WorksheetsTEST SERIES- 4 (II)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 40mins
Match List-I (Landform) with ListII (Process) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Rejuvenation
Nickpoint
Karst
Sink hole
Fluvial
Point bar
Plantation
Accordant summit
Match List-I (Landforms) with List - II (Processes) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Fluvial
Natural Levees
Karst
Eskers
Glacial / Glaciofluvial
Polje
Aeolian
Barchan
Match List-I (Landforms) with ListII (Associated features) and select correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Limestone
Stalaotite
Saline soil
Solanchak
Salt lake
Shott
Volcanic rock
Sill
Match List-I (Cause) with List-II (Result) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Escarpment
Nominal faulting
Transportation of stream-load
Saltation
Kettle hole
Ice scouring
Aquifer
Ice scouring
Match List-I (Characteristic) with List-II (Landform) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Abssal plain
A plain, largely composed of recent alluvium
Flood plain
A deep sea plain
Pediplain
A plain formed by wind action
Loess plain
A level surface lightly covered with thin layer of alluvium
Match List-I (Landforms) with List-II (Representative Sites) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Tranganyika
Rift valley lake
Deccan trap region, India
Basic lava sheet
Stramboli
An active volcano
Upland of Brittany, France
Batholith
Match List-I (Term) with List - II (Process involved) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Rejuvenation
Valley-in valley profile
Karst topography
Collapse sinks
Earthquake
Shadow zone
Plantation
Exhumed erosion surface
Consider the following pairs :
1. Amphibole – Calcium-magnesiumiron silicate
2. Mica – Magnesium-iron aluminium silicate
3. Quartz – Silicon dioxide
Which of the above pair/pair’s is/are correctly matched?
1 and 2
1 and 3
Only 3
1, 2 and 3
. Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Associated with) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
Fault
Hanging wall
Mass movement
Stone polygon
Periglacial region
Slump
River capture
Wind gap
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Natural levee
River
Zeugen
Wind
Roche Moutonnee
Wind
Blind valley
Underground water
Match List-I (Plains) with List-II (Mode of occurrence) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Piedmont plain
Chile valley
Erosion plain
Guinea plain
Structural plain
Russian platform
Glacial depositional plain
Western Europe
Match List-I (Theories/Hypothesis) with List-II (Related aspects) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Mountain building
Geosyniclinal Theory
Origin of continents and ocean basins
Geosyniclinal Theory
Origin of tides
Stationary Wave Theory
Origin of coral reefs and atolls
Subsidence Theory
The extensive flood plain with level to gentle slopes (2 to 5) and very low channel gradient makes the river flow so sluggish that it becomes a tangled network of interconnected diverging and converging shallow channels. Such a flood plain is said to be
Braided
Graded
Entrenched
Meandered
Which one of the following rivers thrice fork into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on thus forming the islands of Srirangappatanam siva samudrim and Srirangam?
Godavari
Tungbhadra
Krishna
Cauvery
Which of the following is not helpful for delta formation?
Fast movement of river in mountains to cut sediments
Slow speed
Long river course
Tidal nature of waves
Which one of the following sets of lakes is to tectonic origin?
Baikal, Tanganyika and Rudolf
Chilka, Pulicat and Dal
Ladoga, Onega and Superior
Chand, Biwa and Sambar
Which one of the following condition is not favourable for the formation of delta?
Which one of the following condition is not favourable for the formation of delta?
Coast should be preferably tideless
Sea adjoining the delta should be shallow
There should be no strong current running at right angles to the river mouths
Assertion (A) : River system can continue to cut down its valleys at approximately the same rate as uplift and so maintains its general pattern and direction. Reason (R) : In case of an antecedent drainage system, the river is said to have originated before a period of uplift and folding of land as a result of earth movement.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Caprock fall – Gersoppa
Scarp fall – Dasam
Knick-point fall – Dhunwadhar
Hanging valley fall
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Mali
Niger
Zaire
Kasai
S. Africa
Orange
Egypt
Nile
Match List-I (Dams & Waterfalls) with List-II (Rivers) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Hoover Dam
Colorado
Grand coulee Dam
Columbia
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence
St. Anthony Falls
Mississippi
Match List-I (Rivers) with List-II (Shapes of their deltas) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Cuspate
San Francisco
Digitate
Mississippi
Arcuate
Niger
Estuarine
Susquehanna
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Salween
N. Vietnam
Si-Kiang
S. Vietnam
Red river
China
Mekong river
Myanmar
A nautical mile is equal to
5060 feet
5280 feet
6060 feet
6080 feet
The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth’s surface in
North America
South America
South America
Africa
The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Which of the following is a continental shelf sea?
North sea
Arabian sea
Red sea
Mediterranean sea
The portion of the earth’s surface covered with water is roughly
One-fourth
One-half
Two-third
Two-third
An Atoll is
a ring shaped island with a lagoon at the centre
a lake in glaciated mountains
a lagoon along the shores
a lake in the craters
A submarine mountain rising more than 1000 m above the ocean floor is known as
sea mount
abyssal hill
guyots
submarine ridge
Oceanic waves caused by an earthquake are known as
S-waves
L-waves
P-waves
Tsunamis
The coastline formed by the submergence of mountain ridges running parallel to the coast is known as
Dalmation coast
Ria coast
Fiord coast
Haff coast
Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?
Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?
Hudson Sea
Japan Sea
Okhotsk Sea
The challenger rise is located in
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
Which of the following oceans does not have a North-South submarine ridge?
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The ocean relief is generally
more diverse than that of the continents
more uniform than that of the continents
showing minor variations only
not much of a significance
Water bodies which have low concentration of nutrients are in
littoral zones
oligotrophic areas
neritic province
benthos zone
Which of the following is correct sequence of increasing depth?
Continental shelf, Continental slope, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
Continental slope, Continental shelf, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
Continental shelf, Continental slope, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
Continental slope, Continental shelf, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
Which one of the following sequences correctly indicates the increasing order of the distance from the coast?
Abyssal plain — continental shelf — continental slop — continental rise
Continental shelf—continental slope — continental rise—abyssal plain
Continental slope — continental shelf — abyssal plain — continental rise
Continental shelf — continental slope — abyssal plain — continental rise
The ‘Water table’ refers to
The lower limit of the zone of saturation
The upper limit of the zone of saturation
The contact zone of permeable and impermeable rocks
Seepage of water into fissures lying below the earth’s surface
Rocks on the coast have many cracks they become wider and wider with the impact of the waves, creating
Seacliff
Seacane
Lagoon
Island
Which one of the following sequences of ocean trenches is correct in terms of the ascending order of their depths?
Aleutian Trench — Mindanao Trench — New Herbides Trench
New Herbides Trench — Mindanao Trench — Aleutian Trench
Aleutian Trench — New Herbides Trench — Mindanao Trench
New Herbides Trench—Aleutian Trench — Mindanao Trench
Assertion (A) : Tropical seas in India are rich in fish species but there are few important fishing grounds around the country. Reason (R) : The quantity of fish of a particular species in lacking and hence not commercially exploitable.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Which one of the following combination is responsible for higher salinity in ocean water?
High evaporation, high temperature and high rainfall
High evaporation, high temperature and low rainfall
High evaporation, high temperature and low rainfall
Low evaporation, low temperature and low rainfall
Which one of the following sequences correctly represents the percentage of given salts in sea water in decreasing order?
Magnesium chloride — Sodium chloride — Magnesium sulphate — Calcium sulphate
Magnesium sulphate — Magnesium chloride — Calcium sulphate — Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride — Magnesium chloride — Magnesium sulphate — Calcium sulphate
Sodium chloride — Magnesium sulphate — Magnesium chloride — Calcium sulphate
‘Water table’ refers to
The lower limit of the zone of saturation
The upper limit of the zone of saturation
Seepage of water into fissures lying underground
The contact zone of the permeable and impermeable rocks
Assertion (A) : A composite profile includes only the lowest parts of a series of parallel profiles. Reason (R) : A composite profile is constructed to represent the overall relief of an area as viewed from a distance.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Assertion (A) : In the deep ocean, primary production occurs near hydrothermal vents. Reason (R) : Over there, microbes produce food through chemosynthesis which forms the basis for a food-chain.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Where the lower end of the trough is drowned by the sea it forms a deep steep side inlet called
Barkhan
Barkhan
Groundwater
Fiord
When the snow from the mountain peaks slides it gets deposited in a hallow if there is one or any side of the peak
Eskers
Ice berg
Moraine
Cirque
