Arrange the following mountain building theories in order in whic

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Geography UGC NET

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1.

Delta Kames are the outcome of

  • Glacial erosion 

  • Wind deposition

  • River deposition

  • Glacial deposition


2.

LIST I

(Name of the bank)

LIST II

(Author)

(a) Essays in Geomorphology  (i) L.C. King
(b) Morphology of the Earth (ii) G.H. Dury
(c) Unstable Earth (iii) C.A.M King
(d) Techniques in Geomorphology (iv) J.A. Steers
  • a-ii , b-i , c-iv , d-iii

  • a-i , b-iii , c-iv , d-ii

  • a-iv , b-ii , c-iii , d-i

  • a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii


3.

A ramp of sand deposited by streams along foothills in the arid land is called 

  • Hamada

  • Bajada

  • Desert Wash

  • Pediment


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4.

Arrange the following mountain building theories in order in which they published.

Use the codes given below :

(i) Continental Drift

(ii) Convection Current Theory

(iii) Sea Floor Spreading Theory

(iv) Plate Tectonic Theory

  • a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv

  • a-iv , b-ii , c-i , d-iii

  • a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv


A.

a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv


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5.

ASSERTION (A) : Flowing as a sheet across a land surface , running water picks up particles and moves them downslope into a stream channel.

REASON (R) : Stream flow always transport all kinds of sediment load downstream.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not the correct explanation.

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


6.

Flat topped steep sided upland capped by a resistant rock layer normally formed in arid lands is called

  • Erg

  • Cuesta

  • Mesa

  • Escorpment


7.

ASSERTION (A) : A characteristics feature of the tropical cyclone is its central eye.

REASON (R) : Tropical cyclone is not associated with cloud-free vortex produced by the intense spiralling of the storm.

  • 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 explanatin of (A).

  • (A) is true but (R) is false

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.


8.

Rating curve is useful for estimation of

  • River discharge

  • Stream velocity

  • Dissolved load

  • Hydraulic radius


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9.

ASSERTION (A) : Coral reefs grow in shallow and warm water.

REASON (R) : Near vertical and direct incidence of solar radiation is essentially required for the growth of coral reefs.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true.

  • Both (A) and (R) are false.

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false , but (R) is true.


10.

Sublimation describes the direct transition rfrom

  • Solid to vapour

  • Vapour to solid

  • Liquid to apour

  • Vapour to liquid


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