Landforms MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is know as

1. Pediment
2. Bajada
3. Playa
4. Peneplain

2. Alluvial cone is predominant in

1. Coastal
2. Piedmont zone
3. Delta region
4. Pediment region

3. Alluvium shows

1. Stream valley deposits
2. Glacial deposits
3. Erosional deposits caused by wind
4. None of these.

4. Aretes are sharp ridges which develop between the adjacent

1. Cirques
2. Roche moutonnee
3. Medial moraines
4. U-shaped valley deposited by precipitation from waters around hot spring is

5. Boulder clay is a feature associated with which one following

1. Mechanical weathering
2. Mass movement
3. River deposition
4. Glacial depositioin

6. Boulder fields or felsenmeer are

1. Straight blocks produced by the weak joint blocks
2. Curved blocks caused by strong joints blocks
3. Angular blocks produced by separation and sheltering of joints blocks
4. All of the above

7. Calcium carbonate carbonate-saturated called

1. Stalactite
2. Stalagmite
3. Travertine
4. Lapies

8. Caledonian orogenic movements are related to the geological history of

1. Late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period
2. Late Silurian and early Devonian period
3. Middle Triassic period
4. Late Devonian and early Carboniferous period

9. Define Intermotane plateau

1. They are the outcome of volcanic activity
2. Outcome of diastrophic activity
3. They are the remains of certain mountains
4. They are elevated segment of the earth crust

10. Diorite is an example of

1. Chemically formed sedimentary rock
2. Extrusive igneous rock
3. Plutonic igneous rock
4. Metamorphic

11. Drift plains are formed by the action of

1. Rivers
2. Glaciers
3. Winds
4. Wave

12. Eskers are of glacio-fluvial origin. Which one of the following statements characterize them

1. They are long, narrow and sinuous ridges of sands
2. They are small, irregular mounds of bedded sands
3. They are small alluvial cones
4. They are flat-topped terraces

13. Fiords are very typical of the

1. Alaskan coast
2. Spanish coast
3. Norwegian coast
4. Peruvian coast

14. Flood plains are called so, mainly because

1. They are formed during floods
2. They are liable to submergence during floods
3. They prevent floods from spreading
4. They cause floods

15. Give the name of the up folded rock

1. Syncline
2. Rift valley
3. Fault
4. Anticline