Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is formed as a result of tectonic forces ?

  • Hanging valley

  •  V-shapes valley

  •  Rift valley

  • Blind valley


C.

 Rift valley


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LIST I LIST II
(a) Normal fault (i) Displacement of the rock blocks in opposite directions.
(b) Reverse fault (ii) Movement of both the rock blocks towards each other.
(c) Lateral fault (iii) Displacement of rock block horizontally along fault plane.
(d) Stege fault (iv) When the slopes of a series of faults are in same direction.
  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv

  • a-ii , b-iii , c-i , d-iv


LIST I LIST II
(a) A plain largely composed of recent alluvium (i) Pedi-plain
(b) A deep sea plain (ii) Loess plain
(c) A plain formed by wind action (iii) Flood plain
(d) A level surface lightly covered with thin layer of alluvium (iv) Abyssal plain
  • a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii

  • a-iii , b-iv , c-ii , d-i


Migration form developed to less developed region is called as :

  • Emigration

  • Immigration

  • Perverse migration

  • Reverse migration


Which of the following was a part of Lauratia ?

  • Anatolian plate

  • Chinese plate 

  • Iranian plate

  • Agean Plate


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"The present id the key to the past." This statement was made by

  • W.M. Davis

  •  James Hutton

  • Von Richtofen

  • A.Penck


The concept of geosyncline was given by :

  • Hall and Dana

  • Hang

  • Holmes

  • Steers


The base level concpet was postulated by 

  • James Hutton

  • J.W. Powell

  • W.M. Davis

  • Walter Penck


Identify fluvio-glacial deposits from the following :

  • Outwash plain

  • Flood plain

  • Peneplain

  • Panplain


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When does an escarpment appear ?

  • When a land block moves horizontally

  • When a land block moves vertically

  • When a land block moves due to water logging 

  • When a land block moves due to human intervention