Landforms MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

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

16. How is the amount of horizontal displacement in a normal fault called

1. Throw
2. Tear
3. Heave
4. Strik

17. How is the rectilinear drainage pattern formed where two sets of structural controls occur at right angles, termed

1. Rectangular
2. Radial
3. Dendritic
4. Trellis

18. How much of the Earths land surface is desert

1. 1 tenth
2. 1 fifth
3. 1 third
4. 1 sixth

19. Ice cap is applied to

1. It is applied to an ice plate limited to high mountain and plateaus
2. It is applied to an ice plate confined to hills
3. It is applied to an ice place to the mountain of mediun height
4. None of these

20. Mountain of accumulation is the name given to

1. Residual mountains
2. Block mountains
3. Volcanic mountains
4. Fold mountains

21. Pediplains occur in

1. Glaciated regions
2. Humid regions
3. Semi-arid regions
4. Coastal region

22. Peneplains are formed by

1. Denudation by river
2. Denudation by glacier
3. Deposition of winds
4. Deposition of glaciers

23. Peneplains are formed by

1. Denudation by river
2. Denudation by glacier
3. Deposition by winds
4. Deposition by glaciers

24. Plains formed by Aeolian deposits are called

1. Loess plains
2. Till plains
3. Sandy plains
4. Flood plains

25. Playas are depressions formed due to

1. Deflating action of winds
2. Glacial erosion
3. River erosion
4. Marine erosion

26. Questa form plain is formed by

1. The sand particle
2. The resistant strata standing as interstream ridgy with broad low hands.
3. The wave action
4. Wind action

27. Residual hill in the desert region is known as

1. Inlier
2. Inselberg
3. Playa
4. Pediment

28. Rift Valley or grabin is the result of

1. Faulting
2. Earthquake
3. Presence of lakes in the surrounding area
4. None of these

29. Rift Valleys are formed due to

1. Folding
2. Faulting
3. Volcanic action
4. Dyke rocks

30. Sedimentary rocks are also called as

1. Intrusive
2. Extrusive
3. Plutonic
4. Dyke rocks

31. Sequential lend forms occur

1. In disorderly sequences
2. In orderly sequences
3. In orderly sequences following the initial land forms made by the agents of land surface reduction
4. none of these

32. Shields belong to

1. Cenzoic era
2. Misozoic era
3. Precambarian age
4. Jurraslie age

33. Solution of rocks is dominant in

1. Sandstone regions
2. Limestone regions
3. Volcanic regions
4. None of these

34. State of main activity associated with the fold mountains

1. Volcanoes
2. Rift Valley
3. Earthquakes
4. Horst

35. The Andes mountain range is an example of

1. Block mountain
2. Fold mountain
3. Volcanic mountain
4. Residual mountain

36. The depositional feature, formed due to the coalescence of several alluvial cones in an arid region is called

1. Pediment
2. Bolson
3. Deflation basin
4. Bajada

37. The main difference between paternoster lake and tarn is that paternoster lake is

1. Formed by glacial action whereas tarn is not
2. Associated with cirque whereas tarn is associated with glacial stairways
3. Associated with glacial stairways whereas tarn is associated with cirque
4. A lake whereas tarn is not

38. The plain formed due to coalescence of series of alluvial fans in the piedmont zone is known as

1. Pediment
2. Bajada
3. Pediplan
4. Hamada

39. The term truncated spur is associated with whicl of the following

1. Aeolian process
2. Fluvial process
3. Glacial process
4. Weathering proce

40. Thrust fault is caused by

1. Downwards movement
2. Upwards movements
3. Upheaval
4. Cyclonic folding

41. Under normal conditions, which one of the following is the correct sequential developments of features made by fluvial action

1. Waterfalls - meander Bars - River terraces -Oxbow lakes
2. Meander bars - River terraces - Waterfalls -oxbow lakes
3. Waterfalls - River terraces - Meander ba Oxbow lakes
4. River terraces - Meander bars - Waterfa] Oxbow lakes

42. What are Gosynclines

1. Arched upfolds in the strata of the earths crust
2. Major structural down folds in the earths crust
3. Large scale rises in the earths crust
4. Sliding of plate margins inside the earths crust

43. What is geomorphology

1. A systematic study of land forming
2. A systematic study of land features
3. A systematic study of land forms and their origin
4. All of the above

44. What is the Exfoliation

1. It is the formation of round rocks shells
2. It is the formation of curved rock shells
3. It is the formation of horizontal rock shells
4. It is the formation of simple rock shells

45. When does escarpment develop

1. When a block steps down along a fault plane
2. When a block moves down vertically along a fault plane
3. When a block moves horizontally along a fault plane of
4. When a block moves upward along a fault plane

46. When river is overloaded with fine sediments and river water is lighter than the seawater, which type of delta is formed

1. Arcuate delta
2. Bird-foot delta
3. Truncated delta
4. Estuarine delta

47. Which of the following is a volcanic plateau

1. Anatolia plateau
2. Tibetan Plateau
3. Antrum plateau
4. Brazilian plateau

48. Which of the following is piedmont plateau?

1. Tibet
2. Anatolia
3. Patagonia
4. Brazil

49. Which of the following produced by glaciers

1. Roches Mountains and Outwash Plains
2. Outwash Plains and Eskers
3. Eskers and U-shaped valleys
4. U-shaped valleys and Eskers

50. Which one among the following is the largest temperate desert of the world

1. Patagonian desert
2. Taklamakan desert
3. Iranian desert
4. Turkmen desert