Drowned glaciated valleys in high latitudes regions is known as :

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81.

 

LIST I

(Concept)

LIST II

(Proposer)

(a) Peneplain (i) Holmes
(b) Uniformitarianism (ii) W.M. Davis
(c) Tetrahedral Hypothesis (iii) Hutton
(d) Convectional Current theory (iv) Lothian Green
  • a-ii , b-iii , c-iv , d-i

  • a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iv , d-iii

  • a-iv , b-ii , c-iii , d-i


82.

Ria is an example of :

  • Deposited land features

  • Submerged upland shorelines

  • Emerged upland shorelines

  • Eroded land forms


83.

Who wrote the book "Illustration of the Huttonian Theory of the earth." ?

  • Jmaes Hutton

  • John Playfair

  • Vidal de la Blache

  • W.M. Davis


84.

For coastal sand dune formation , the ideal grain size diameter is :

  • 0.15 mm

  • 0.50 mm

  • 0.25 mm

  • 0.75 mm


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85.

Which of the following is formed due to tectonic forces ?

  • Rift valley

  • Hanging valley

  • Super imposed valley

  • Antecedent valley


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86.

Drowned glaciated valleys in high latitudes regions is known as :

  • Ocean trenches

  • Submarine ridges

  • Fiords

  • Submarine canyons


C.

Fiords


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87.
LIST I LIST II
(a) Basalt (i) Gneiss
(b) Granite (ii) Quartzite
(c) Sandstone (iii) Schist
(d) Shale (iv) Slate
  • a-ii , b-i , c-iv , d-iii

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-ii , c-i , d-iii

  • a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv


88.

Excessive folding results in :

  • Reverse fault

  • Geosyncline

  • Nappe formation

  • Block disintegration


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89.

Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the :

  • Upper core and lower core

  • Mantle and the core 

  • Crust and the mantle

  • Upper mantle and lower mantle


90.

Who postulated the concept of Sea Floor Spreading ?

  • W.J. Morgan

  • T.J. Wilson

  • Le Pichon

  • Harry Hess


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