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111.
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

    112.

    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


    113.

    Paternoster lakes are features typical of :

    • Lava plains 

    • Piedmonts

    •  Deserts

    • Glacial Troughs


    114.
    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


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    115.

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

    • Plucking

    • Hydraulic erosion

    • Deflation

    • Corrosion


    116.

    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.


    117.

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

    • Pediplain

    • Panplane

    • Etch plain

    • Structural plain


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    118.

    Which of the formation processes is responsible for weaathering of rocks in the Karst region ?

    • Scree formation

    • Carbonation

    • Oxidation

    • Hydrolysis


    B.

    Carbonation


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    119.
    LIST I LIST II
    (a) Woolridge & Morgan (i) Principles of Geomorphology
    (b) Thornbury (ii) Geomorphology
    (c) Von Richtofen (iii) Spirit and purpose of Geography
    (d) Steers (iv) Unstable Earth
    • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

    • a-ii , b-iii , c-i , d-iv

    • a-iii , b-ii , c-ii , d-iv

    • a-iv , b-ii , c-i , d-iii


    120.

    Which one of the glacial features is believed to have formed in the bed of a sub-glacial stream ?

    • An esker

    • A moraine 

    • Drumlin

    • Kame


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