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This section includes 145 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. |
When does escarpment develop ? |
| A. | When a block steps down along in a fault plane |
| B. | When a block moves down vertically along a fault plane |
| C. | When a block moves horizontally along a fault plane |
| D. | When a block moves upward along a fault plane |
| Answer» C. When a block moves horizontally along a fault plane | |
| 2. |
Which of the following sets of types actions occur in arid topography ? |
| A. | Deflation, Attrition, Corrosion |
| B. | Attrition, Corrosion, Abrasion |
| C. | Deflation, Abrasion |
| D. | Deflation, Attrition |
| Answer» C. Deflation, Abrasion | |
| 3. |
Define intermotane plateau |
| A. | They are the outcome of volcanic activity |
| B. | Outcome of diastrophic activity |
| C. | They are the remains of certain mountains |
| D. | They are elevated segment of the earth crust |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
When river is overloaded with fine sediments and river water is lighter than the seawater, which type of delta is formed ? |
| A. | Arcuate delta |
| B. | Bird- foot delta |
| C. | Trucated delta |
| D. | Estuarine delta |
| Answer» C. Trucated delta | |
| 5. |
Mountain of accumulation is the name given to |
| A. | Residual mountains |
| B. | Block mountains |
| C. | Volcanic mountains |
| D. | Fold mountains |
| Answer» D. Fold mountains | |
| 6. |
Pediplans occur in |
| A. | Glaciated regions |
| B. | Humid regions |
| C. | Semi-arid regions |
| D. | Coastal regions |
| Answer» D. Coastal regions | |
| 7. |
Floods plains are called so, mainly because |
| A. | They are formed during floods |
| B. | They are liable to submergence during floods |
| C. | They prevent floods from spreading |
| D. | They cause floods |
| Answer» C. They prevent floods from spreading | |
| 8. |
Playas are depression formed due to |
| A. | Deflating action of winds |
| B. | Glacial erosion |
| C. | River erosion |
| D. | Marine erosion |
| Answer» B. Glacial erosion | |
| 9. |
The term 'truncated spur' is associated with which one of the following ? |
| A. | Aeolian process |
| B. | Fluvial process |
| C. | Glacial process |
| D. | Weathering process |
| Answer» D. Weathering process | |
| 10. |
Which of the following forces is responsible for syncline formation ? |
| A. | Crustal Faulting |
| B. | Crustal rifting |
| C. | Crustal compression |
| D. | Crustal Sinking |
| Answer» D. Crustal Sinking | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following is a third - order -relief ? |
| A. | Abyssal plains |
| B. | cliffs |
| C. | Plateau |
| D. | Trench |
| Answer» C. Plateau | |
| 12. |
Calcium carbonate deposited by precipitation from carbonate-saturated waters around hot spring is called |
| A. | Stalactite |
| B. | Stalagmite |
| C. | Travertine |
| D. | Lapies |
| Answer» D. Lapies | |
| 13. |
Teesta forms a part of which major river system ? |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Brahmaputra |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Cauvery |
| Answer» C. Krishna | |
| 14. |
Sedimentary rocks are also called as |
| A. | Intrusive |
| B. | Extrusive |
| C. | Plutonic |
| D. | Dyke rocks |
| Answer» C. Plutonic | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is a volcanic plateau ? |
| A. | Anatolia plateau |
| B. | Tibetan plateau |
| C. | Antrum plateau |
| D. | Brazilian plateau |
| Answer» D. Brazilian plateau | |
| 16. |
Drift plains are formed by the action of |
| A. | Rivers |
| B. | Glaciers |
| C. | Winds |
| D. | Wave |
| Answer» C. Winds | |
| 17. |
Thrust fault is caused by |
| A. | Downwards movement |
| B. | Upwards movements |
| C. | Upheaval |
| D. | Cyclonic folding |
| Answer» C. Upheaval | |
| 18. |
Residual hill in the desert region is known as |
| A. | Inlier |
| B. | Inselberg |
| C. | Playa |
| D. | Pediment |
| Answer» C. Playa | |
| 19. |
The top portion of the rock look like an umbrella |
| A. | Barkhan |
| B. | Sand dune |
| C. | Mushroom |
| D. | Loess |
| Answer» D. Loess | |
| 20. |
A lens - shaped igneous intrusion situated beneath an artificial fold or in the base of syncline is called |
| A. | Lapolith |
| B. | Lacolith |
| C. | Phacolith |
| D. | Batholith |
| Answer» D. Batholith | |
| 21. |
Give the name of the up folded rock |
| A. | Syncline |
| B. | Rift valley |
| C. | Fault |
| D. | Anticline |
| Answer» B. Rift valley | |
| 22. |
Aretes are sharp ridges which develop between the adjacent |
| A. | Cirques |
| B. | Roche mountonnee |
| C. | Medial moraines |
| D. | U - shaped valley |
| Answer» B. Roche mountonnee | |
| 23. |
Pediplains and inselbergs are features of the old stage of which cycle of erosion ? |
| A. | Glacial |
| B. | Karst |
| C. | Arid |
| D. | Marine |
| Answer» D. Marine | |
| 24. |
Boulder clay is a feature associated with which one of the following ? |
| A. | Mechanical weathering |
| B. | Mass movement |
| C. | River deposition |
| D. | Glacial deposition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
What is the Exfoliation ? |
| A. | It is the formation of round rocks shells |
| B. | It is the formation of curved rock shells |
| C. | It is the formation of horizontal rock shells |
| D. | It is the formation of simple rock shells |
| Answer» C. It is the formation of horizontal rock shells | |
| 26. |
Plains formed by Aeolian deposits are called |
| A. | Loess plains |
| B. | Till plains |
| C. | Sandy plains |
| D. | Flood plains |
| Answer» B. Till plains | |
| 27. |
What is geomorphology ? |
| A. | A systematic study of land forming |
| B. | A systematic study of land features |
| C. | A systematic study of land forms and their origin |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 28. |
The plain formed due to weathering of lime stone |
| A. | Loess plains |
| B. | Karst plains |
| C. | Glacial plains |
| D. | Desert plains |
| Answer» C. Glacial plains | |
| 29. |
Fiords are very typical of the |
| A. | Alaskan coast |
| B. | Spanish coast |
| C. | Norweigan coast |
| D. | Peruvian coast |
| Answer» D. Peruvian coast | |
| 30. |
In which of the following the direction of flow of streams is controlled by rock structure ? |
| A. | Consequent |
| B. | Subsequent |
| C. | Insequent |
| D. | Obsequent |
| Answer» B. Subsequent | |
| 31. |
Solution of rocks is dominant in |
| A. | Sandstone regions |
| B. | Limestone regions |
| C. | Volcanic regions |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Volcanic regions | |
| 32. |
Questa form plain is formed by |
| A. | The sand particle |
| B. | The resistant strata standing as interstream ridge with broad low hands. |
| C. | The wave action |
| D. | Wind action |
| Answer» C. The wave action | |
| 33. |
The plain formed due to coalescence of series of alluvial fans in the Piedmont zone is known as |
| A. | Pediment |
| B. | Bajada |
| C. | Pediplan |
| D. | Hamada |
| Answer» C. Pediplan | |
| 34. |
Which one of the following represents wall like formation of solidified magma and are mostly perpendicular to the beds of the sedimentary rocks ? |
| A. | Dyke |
| B. | Sills |
| C. | Lalpilli |
| D. | Breccia |
| Answer» B. Sills | |
| 35. |
How is the amount of horizontal displacement in a normal fault called ? |
| A. | Throw |
| B. | Tear |
| C. | Heave |
| D. | Strike |
| Answer» D. Strike | |
| 36. |
Which of the following is Piedmont plateau ? |
| A. | Tibet |
| B. | Anatolia |
| C. | Patagonia |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» D. Brazil | |
| 37. |
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ? |
| A. | The largest known flood basalt region in the world is the deccan trap area of peninsular India |
| B. | The largest flood basalt region in the United States of America is the Columbia Plateau |
| C. | The two shield volcanoes mauna Loa and Mauna Kea have summit elevations of more than 6500 m above sea level |
| D. | The island of Hawaii includes at least seven coalesced volcanic domes |
| Answer» B. The largest flood basalt region in the United States of America is the Columbia Plateau | |
| 38. |
Peneplains are formed by |
| A. | Denudation by river |
| B. | Denudation by glacier |
| C. | Deposition of winds |
| D. | Deposition of glaciers |
| Answer» B. Denudation by glacier | |
| 39. |
Which of the following features may occur when law cook at the surface ? |
| A. | Oxbaulake |
| B. | Basalt plateau |
| C. | Loccolith |
| D. | Batholith |
| Answer» C. Loccolith | |
| 40. |
Boulder fields or felsenmeer are |
| A. | Straight blocks produced by the week joint block |
| B. | Curved blocks caused by strong joints blocks |
| C. | Angular blocks produced by separation and sheltering of joints blocks |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 41. |
Eskers are of glacio-fluvial origin. which one of the following statements characterize them ? |
| A. | They are long, narrow and sinuous ridges of sands |
| B. | They are small, irregular mounds of bedded sands |
| C. | They are small alluvial cones |
| D. | They are flat-topped terraces |
| Answer» B. They are small, irregular mounds of bedded sands | |
| 42. |
What are Gosynclines ? |
| A. | Archid upfols in the strata of the earth's crust |
| B. | Major structural down folds in the earth's crust |
| C. | Large scale rises in the earth's crust |
| D. | Sliding of plate margins inside the earth's crust |
| Answer» C. Large scale rises in the earth's crust | |
| 43. |
Which of the following terms does not indicate similar processes ? |
| A. | Diastrophism |
| B. | Folding |
| C. | Exfoliation |
| D. | Warping |
| Answer» D. Warping | |
| 44. |
Spits develop due to |
| A. | Circular movement of water curents along the bays |
| B. | Formation of long shore drifts towards the coast |
| C. | Formation of large scale deposits of fine grained dust |
| D. | Oblique movement of water currents along the shores |
| Answer» C. Formation of large scale deposits of fine grained dust | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following is not a landform, which results due to rejuvenation of a river ? |
| A. | Incised meander |
| B. | Knick point |
| C. | Oxbow lake |
| D. | River terrace |
| Answer» D. River terrace | |
| 46. |
Which one of the following types of spurs is typically associated with valley glaciers ? |
| A. | Interlocking |
| B. | Juxtaposed |
| C. | Overlapping |
| D. | Truncated |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Diorite is an example of |
| A. | Chemically formed sedimentary rock |
| B. | Extrusive igneous rock |
| C. | Plutonic igneous rock |
| D. | Metamorphic |
| Answer» D. Metamorphic | |
| 48. |
A land form developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is known as |
| A. | Pediment |
| B. | Bajada |
| C. | Playa |
| D. | Peneplain |
| Answer» D. Peneplain | |
| 49. |
Which of the following depositional landforms are produced by glaciers ?1. Roches Mountains2. Outwash plains3. Eskers4. U-shaped valleysCode |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 2 and 3 |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1 and 4 |
| Answer» C. 3 and 4 | |
| 50. |
Match List - I (Landform) with List - II (Process) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :List - IList - IIF. Nickpoint1.KarstG. Sink hole2.Fluvial H. Point bar3.PlantationJ. Accordant summit4.RejuvenationCode : FGHJA.3214B.4123C.3124D.4213 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |