The net result of water inputs and water outputs in Earth's hydrosphere is in a :

• Steady state equilibrium

• Dynamic equilirium

• Quasi-steady-state equilibrium

• Quasi-dynamic equilibrium

Which of the following condition is not essential for a limestone landscape to develop into karast topography ?

• The limestone formation must contain 100% calcium carbonate for solution processes

• Complex patterns of joints yin the otherwise impermeable limestone 

• There must be an aerated zone between the ground surface and the water table 

• Good vegetation cover

Identify the correct sequence of terminalogy used for denoting different parts along a sloping ground from top to bottom :

(i) Debris slope

(ii) Waning slope

(iii) Waxing slope

(iv) Free face

• ii , iii , i , iv

• iii , ii , iv , i

• iii , iv , ii , i

• iii , iv , i , ii

The Challenger Expedition of 1874 was headed by the country :

• United States of America

• United Kingdom

• U.S.S.R.

• India

The landscapes produced by a single dominant geomorphic process are called as 

• Simple landscapes

• Compound landscapes

• Monocyclic landscapes

• Multicyclic landscapes

Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as

• Whalebacks

• Seifs

• Barchans

• Sand Drifts

The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are determinable are termed as :

• Consequent

• Subsequent

• Insequent

• Resequent

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LIST I (Books)	LIST II (Authors)
(a) Principles of Geomorphology	(i) L.C. King
(b) The Study of Landforms	(ii) Thornbury
(c) Unstable Earth	(iii) R.J. Small
(d) Morphology of the Earth	(iv) J.A. Steers

• a-ii , b-iii , c-iv , d-i

• a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

• a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i

• a-iii , b-i , c-iv , d-ii

The slope development model was propounded by 

• Wood

• Penck

• Davis

• Strahler

Lateral Planation Theory of pediment formation was proposed by 

• Lawson

• Davis

• Gilbert

• McGee