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This section includes 29 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physical Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Match List -I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :List - I List - IIF. N. Vietnam1.Si-KiangG. S. Vietnam2.SalweenH. China3.Red riverJ. Myanmar4.Mekong riverCode : FGHJA.3412B.2134C.3421D.4213 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 2. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the Code given below the listsList - I (River)List - II (Countries)F. Niger1.EgyptG. Kasai2.S. AfricaH. Orange3.ZaireJ. Nile4.MaliCode : FGHJA.4312B.3421C.3412D.4321 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
The highest salinity is found in which of the following lakes ? |
| A. | Van Lake |
| B. | Dead sea |
| C. | Balkash lake |
| D. | Baikal lake |
| Answer» B. Dead sea | |
| 4. |
The deepest lake of the world is |
| A. | Baikal |
| B. | Crater |
| C. | Nyasa |
| D. | Tanganyika |
| Answer» B. Crater | |
| 5. |
Ox-bow lake is a feature formed by |
| A. | River erosion in youthful stage |
| B. | Transportation action of the river |
| C. | River erosion in mature stage |
| D. | Deposition in old stage of a river |
| Answer» D. Deposition in old stage of a river | |
| 6. |
Which one is not a depositional land from developed by the running water ? |
| A. | River terraces |
| B. | Alluvial |
| C. | Natural levees |
| D. | Delta |
| Answer» B. Alluvial | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following is a true example of Median mass ? |
| A. | Hungarian Plain |
| B. | Indo-Gangetic Plain |
| C. | Hwangho Plain |
| D. | Danube Plain |
| Answer» C. Hwangho Plain | |
| 8. |
Niagara Falls is located between which of the following pairs of lakes |
| A. | Lake Superior and lake Huron |
| B. | Lake Huron and lake Erie |
| C. | Lake Erie and lake Ontario |
| D. | Lake Ontario and lake Huron |
| Answer» D. Lake Ontario and lake Huron | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following rivers has a cuspate delta ? |
| A. | Mississippi |
| B. | Niger |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Tiber |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
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 |
| A. | Braided |
| B. | Graded |
| C. | Entrenched |
| D. | Meandered |
| Answer» B. Graded | |
| 11. |
Match List - I (Rivers) with List - II (Shapes of their deltas) and select the correct answer using the Codes given below the lists :List - I List - IIF. San Francisco1.ArcuateG. Mississippi2.DigitateH. Nigar3.EstuarineJ. Susquehanna4.CuspateCode : FGHJA.4213B.4231C.2431D.2413 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» B. B. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following is not helpful for delta formation ? |
| A. | Fast movement of river in mountains to cut sediments |
| B. | Slow speed |
| C. | Long river course |
| D. | Tidal nature of waves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
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. Code |
| A. | Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| B. | Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
| C. | (A) is true but (R) is false |
| D. | (A) is false but (R) is true |
| Answer» C. (A) is true but (R) is false | |
| 14. |
Which one of the following condition is not favorable for the formation of delta ? |
| A. | Active vertical and lateral erosion in the lower of the rivers |
| B. | Coast should be preferably tideless |
| C. | Sea adjoining the delta should be shallow |
| D. | There should be no strong current running at right angles to the river mouths |
| Answer» B. Coast should be preferably tideless | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?Types of waterfallNames of waterfallsA. Caprock fallGersoppaB. Scarp fallDasamC. Knick-point fallDhunwadharD. Hanging valley fallJohna |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» B. B. | |
| 16. |
Match List - I (Dams & Waterfalls) with List - II (Rivers) and select the correct answer using the Codes given below the lists :List - I List - IIF. Hoover Dam1.MississippiG. Grand coulee Dam2.St. LawrenceH. Niagara Falls3.ColumbiaJ. St. Anthony Falls4.ColoradoCode : FGHJA.3412B.4312C.4321D.3421 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» D. D. | |
| 17. |
Which one of the following sets of lakes is to tectonic origin ? |
| A. | Baikal, Tanganyika and Rudolf |
| B. | Chilka, Pulicat and Dal |
| C. | Ladoga, Onega and Superior |
| D. | Chand, Biwa and Sambar |
| Answer» B. Chilka, Pulicat and Dal | |
| 18. |
Which one of the following rivers thrice fork into two streams and reunites a few miles father o thus forming the islands of Srirangappatanam siva samudrim and Srirangam ? |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Tungbhadra |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Cauvery |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Ox-bow lake |
| A. | River erosion in youthful stage |
| B. | Transportation action of the river |
| C. | River erosion in mature stage |
| D. | Deposition in old stage of a river |
| Answer» D. Deposition in old stage of a river | |
| 20. |
Which one is |
| A. | River terraces |
| B. | Alluvial |
| C. | Natural levees |
| D. | Delta |
| Answer» B. Alluvial | |
| 21. |
Niagara Falls |
| A. | Lake Superior and lake Huron |
| B. | Lake Huron and lake Erie |
| C. | Lake Erie and lake Ontario |
| D. | Lake Ontario and lake Huron |
| Answer» D. Lake Ontario and lake Huron | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following rivers has a |
| A. | Mississippi |
| B. | Niger |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Tiber |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Which one of the following rivers thrice fork into two streams and reunites a few miles father o thus forming the islands of |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Tungbhadra |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Cauvery |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Match List - I (Dams & Waterfalls) with List - II (Rivers) and select the correct answer using the Codes given below the lists : |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» D. D. | |
| 25. |
Match List - I (Rivers) with List - II (Shapes of their deltas) and select the correct answer using the Codes given below the lists : |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» B. B. | |
| 26. |
Match List -I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is not |
| A. | Fast movement of river in mountains to cut sediments |
| B. | Slow speed |
| C. | Long river course |
| D. | Tidal nature of waves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Which one of the following condition is |
| A. | Active vertical and lateral erosion in the lower of the rivers |
| B. | Coast should be preferably tideless |
| C. | Sea adjoining the delta should be shallow |
| D. | There should be no strong current running at right angles to the river mouths |
| Answer» B. Coast should be preferably tideless | |
| 29. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the Code given below the lists |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» E. | |