Multiple Choice Questions

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Crickmay , while disagreeing with Davis , supplanted peneplain with the term :

  • Pediplain

  • Panplane

  • Etch plain

  • Structural plain


B.

Panplane


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Which one of the following processes is typical to glacial erosion ?

  • Plucking

  • Hydraulic erosion

  • Deflation

  • Corrosion


Lateral Planation Theory of pediment formation was proposed by 

  • Lawson

  • Davis

  • Gilbert

  • McGee


Westerlies are examples of 

  • Macro atmospheric motions

  • Tornadoes

  • Microscale atmospheric motions

  • Gusts


Which of the following is strongly presumptive faultine scarps ?

  • Superimposed drainage across a fault

  • Poor correlation between rock resistance and topographic forms

  • Frequent severe earthquakes 

  • Actual Fault Plane identified along a scarp


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ASSERTION (A) : Deep chemical decay of rocks is one of the outstanding features of humid tropical regions.

REASON (R) : Intensity of chemical weathering depends to a large degree upon an abundance of water and high air temperature.

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

  • Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

  •  (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


Paternoster lakes are features typical of :

  • Lava plains 

  • Piedmonts

  •  Deserts

  • Glacial Troughs


LIST I LIST II
(a) Two cycle theory (i) Davis
(b) Water table theory (ii) Garner
(c) Static waterzone theory (iii) Malott
(d) Invasion theory (iv) Swinnerton
  • a-i , b-iv , c-ii , d-iii

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii

  • a-ii , b-i , c-iv , d-iii


LIST I LIST II
(a) Geomorphology (i) Woolridge and Morgan
(b) Essays in Geomorphology (ii) Strahler
(c) Physical Geography (iii) Lobeck
(d) An outline of Geomorphology (iv) Dury

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    What is the correct sequence of the cloud types in a warm front away from its trailing edge ?

    • Altostratus-Nimbostratus-Cirrus-Cirrostratus

    • Cirrostratus-Nimbostratus-Altostratus-Cirrus

    • Nimbostratus-Altostratus-Cirrostratus-Cirrus

    • Cirrus-Nimbostratus-Altostratus-Cirrostratus