The document discusses various landforms and their classification. It provides descriptions of different landforms formed by processes such as weathering, rivers, glaciers, wind and waves. Multiple choice questions are asked about assigning landforms to the appropriate geomorphic process or defining certain landforms.
The document discusses various landforms and their classification. It provides descriptions of different landforms formed by processes such as weathering, rivers, glaciers, wind and waves. Multiple choice questions are asked about assigning landforms to the appropriate geomorphic process or defining certain landforms.
The document discusses various landforms and their classification. It provides descriptions of different landforms formed by processes such as weathering, rivers, glaciers, wind and waves. Multiple choice questions are asked about assigning landforms to the appropriate geomorphic process or defining certain landforms.
The document discusses various landforms and their classification. It provides descriptions of different landforms formed by processes such as weathering, rivers, glaciers, wind and waves. Multiple choice questions are asked about assigning landforms to the appropriate geomorphic process or defining certain 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 4
A deep valley characterized by steep step-like side slopes is
known as -
a. U - shaped valley
cds.journey b. Blind valley c. Gorge d. Canyon 5
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 cds.journey d. Glacier region 6
Which one of the following sentences best defines the term
'Lapies' ?
a. A small to medium sized shallow depression
cds.journey 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 7
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 cds.journey d. Esker 8
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 cds.journey c. Seif has 1 wing/point while Barchan has 2 d. Seif has 2 wings/points while Barchan has none 9
Which one of the following dunes are aligned perpendicular to
wind direction?
a. Transverse b. Barchans c. Longitudinal cds.journey d. Parabolic 10
"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 12
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 14
The delta, of Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh is -
a. Running water erosional landform
b. Running water depositional landform
cds.journey c. Glacial erosional landform d. Ground water depositional landform 15 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.
cds.journey 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 16
"Doline" is sometimes used to refer -
a. Sink holes b. Uvalas c. Caves d. Collapse sinks cds.journey 17
The famous "Swayambhu linga on the Amarnath mountain" in
J&K is a natural -
a. Stalactites b. Stalagmites c. Column cds.journey d. Cave 18 "Fjord, Cirque, Tarn lake, Moraines, Eskers, Nunataks" - Which among the underlined landforms is not an erosional landform of glacier?
a. Fjord, Cirque, Tarn lake
cds.journey b. Moraines, Eskers, Nunataks c. All of them d. None of them 19
"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 20 Consider the following and choose the most appropriate option. 1. Deflation hollow 2. Mesa 3. Loess 4. Yardang 5. Playa cds.journey 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 22
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 23
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 cds.journey b. Pediments c. Sand dunes d. Deflation hollows 24
'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 25 'Island mountain in desert areas' is the description of which of the following -
a. Mesa b. Dreikanter c. Inselberg d. Stone lattice cds.journey 26
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.
cds.journey 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. 27
Tarn lake is also known as -
a. uvalas b. Caldera lake c. Calora lake d. Corrie lake cds.journey 30
Stalactites and Stalagmites are features of :
a. Glacial topography b. Volcanic topography c. Karst topography d. Fluvial topography cds.journey 31 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 cds.journey b. 1 and 2 only c. 3 and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 32
Which one of the following is a depositional landform?
a. Stalagmite b. Lapis c. Sinkhole d. Cave cds.journey 34
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the following
topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river?
cds.journey a. Ox-bow lake - Rapids - Estuary b. Rapids - Estuary - Ox-bow lake c. Rapids - Ox-bow lake - Estuary d. Estuary - Ox-bow lake - Rapids 35 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 cds.journey c. 2 and 3 d. 1 and 3 37 Arrange the following features of rivers in its course starting from upstream: 1. Meander 2. Falls 3. Delta 4. Ox-bow lake cds.journey Select the correct code:
a. 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 b. 2 - 1 - 4 - 3 c. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 d. 1 - 4 - 2 - 3
