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Geography UGC NET

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions

1.

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

  • Scree formation

  • Carbonation

  • Oxidation

  • Hydrolysis


2.
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


3.

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


4.

Indian Meterological Department (IMD) has divided India into how many seismic zones ?

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

  • 7


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5.

Bad-land topography is the product of the combination action of

  • Wind and Glacier

  • Wind and Water

  • Water and Glacier

  • Water and Temperature


6.

Increase in temperature with increase in height is known as 

  • Lapse Rate

  • Adiabatic lapse rate

  • Inversion of temperature

  • Normal rate


7.

Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall :

  • Unsaturated air , condensation , dew point , precipitation

  • Dew point , condensation , unsaturated air , precipitation

  • Unsaturated air , dew point , condensation , precipitation

  • Dew point , precipitation , condensation , unsaturated air


8.

Read out the following conditions :

  1. Cloudy sky
  2. Cold dry air
  3. Strong winds
  4. Long winter nights

Which of the above conditions promote inversion of temperature ?

  • 1 , 2 and 4

  • 2 , 3 and 4

  • 1 and 4

  • 2 and 4


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9.

The climate of Southern Ganga plain in the Thornthwaite classification is denoted by 

  • BA'W

  • CA'W

  • AA'W

  • CW'W


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10.

When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of earth it is known as 

  • Planetary wind

  • Geostrophic wind

  • Accidental wind

  • Forced wind


B.

Geostrophic wind


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