Multiple Choice Questions

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The concept of Pediplain is associated with :

  • W.M.Davis

  • L.C.King

  • W.Penck

  • C.A.Cotton


B.

L.C.King

The concept of pediplain and pediplanation was first developed by geologist Lester Charles King in his book South African Scenery. 


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LIST I 

(Conferences/Reports)

LIST II

(Held in/ Published in)

(a) Global climate change impacts in the UNITED STATES (1) 2007
(b) Stockholm Conference  (2) 1992
(c) Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (3) 1972
(d) Rio Conference  (4) 2009
  • a-1 , b-2 , c-4 , d-3

  • a-2 , b-1 , c-3  , d-4

  • a-4 , b-3 , c-2 , d-1

  • a-4 , b-3 , c-1 , d-2


LIST I LIST II
(a) Glacial (1) Alluvial fan
(b) Marine (2) Yardangs
(c) Fluvial  (3) Arete
(d) Aeolian (4) Tombolo
  • a-2 , b-1 , c-3 , d-4

  • a-4 , b-2 , c-1 , d-4

  • a-3 , b-4 , c-2 , d-1

  • a-3 , b-4 , c-1 , d-2


LIST I 

(Author)

LIST II

(Book)

(a) J.A.Steers (1) Morphological Analysis of Landforms
(b) S.W.Wooldridge (2) Principles of Geomorphology
(c) Walter Penck (3) Unstable Earth
(d) Thornbury (4) Spirit and Purpose of Geography
  • a-2 , b-3 , c-4 , d-1

  • a-1 , b-4 , c-2 , d-3 

  • a-4 , b-2 , c-1 , d-3

  • a-3 , b-4 , c-1 , d-2


The premise that the present day processes have been operating throughout geological time is the principle of :

  • Isostasy

  • Diastrophism

  • Uniformitarianism

  • Catastrophism


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Who stated that the slope profiles are convex, plane or concave according to the circumstances of the uplifting action ?

  • Penck

  • Davis 

  • Johnson

  • Wood


The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is known as 

  • Anticline

  • Syncline

  • Dip

  • Strike


Which one of the following is the correct average slope of a typical 'front' in weather phenomena ?

  • 1:150

  • 1:100

  • 1:50

  • 1:5


LIST I

(Scholar)

LIST II

(Theory)

(a) Hall and Dana (1) Sea Floor Spreading 
(b) Hutton (2) Thermal Contraction Theory
(c) Harry Hess (3) Theory of Geosyncline
(d) Jeffrey (4) Doctrine of Uniformitarianism
  • a-1 , b-2 , c-4 , d-3

  • a-2 , b-1 , c-3 , d-4

  • a-4 , b-2 , c-1 , d-3

  • a-3 , b-4 , c-1 , d-2


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ASSERTION (A) : There is a close relationship between volcanic activities and plate margins.

REASON (R) : A vast majority of the world's volcanoes are associated with the convergent plate margins.

  • 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.