Multiple Choice Questions

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ASSERTION (A) : Stbale atmospheric condition prevails when environmental lapse rate is less than dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates.

REASON (R) : The parcel of air is warmer than the surreounding environment at all the levels as it descends .

  • 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.


A.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


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LIST I

(Books)

LIST II

(Authors)

(a) Morphology of the Earth (i) C.A.King
(b) Techniques in Geomorphology (ii) Jeffreys
(c) The Earth (iii) L.C.King
(d) The Unstable Earth (iv) J.A.Steers
  • a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iii , b-ii , c-i , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-i , c-ii , d-iii


When endogenetic forces act horizontally from the opposite directions causing compression and tension the resultant landform is a large dome shaped structure , the process is called

  • Folding

  • Faulting

  • Fracturing

  • Warping


The idealised global pattern of surface wind from the equator to pole is

  • doldrums-trade winds-westerlies-easterlies

  • dolfrums-westerlies-trade winds-easterlies

  • doldrums-easterlies-trade winds-westerlies

  • doldrums-trade winds-easterlies-westerlies


Which one of the following explanations of the origin of pediments was first propounded by A.C.Lawson (1915) ?

  • Sheet flood deposition

  • Horizontal erosion

  • Recession of mountain front

  • Lateral erosion


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The mature stage of thunderstorm is characterized by

  • strong updrafts and downdrafts

  • lack of electrical charges

  • end of precipitation

  • lack of ice crystals


 

LIST I LIST II
(a) Katabatic wind (i) Warm dry winds moving down the east slopes of Rockies.
(b) Chinooks (ii) Warm dry winds in Southern California.
(c) Santa Ana (iii) Cold air situated over highland area set in motion.
(d) Foehn (iv) Warm dry winds moving down the east slopes of Alps.
  • a-2 , b-1 , c-3 , d-4

  • a-3 , b-1 , c-2 , d-4

  • a-1 , b-3 , c-4 , d-2

  • a-4 , b-2 , c-3 , d-1


The marine influence upon climate results into

  • increase in annual rainfall

  • increase in aridity

  • increase in annual temperature range

  • decrease in annual temperature range


Arrange the following concepts in the order in which they appeared. Use the code below :

I. Principle of Uniformitarianism

II. Theory of Continental Drift

III. Dynamic Equilibrium Theory

IV. Convection Current Theory

  • I , III , IV , II

  • II , I , IV , III

  • IV , I , II , III

  • I , II , IV , III


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ASSERTION (A) : By far the most common and widespread topographic form in a karst terrain is the sinkhole.

REASON (R) : Topographically , a sinkhole is a depression that varies in depth from less than a metre to few hundred metres.

  • 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 correct , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is correct.