Landslides MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. The movement of earthy materials from higher region to lower region due to gravitational pull is called

1. cyclone
2. Earth quake
3. soil erosion
4. landslide

2. Downhill movement of earth is mainly caused by .

1. pollution
2. Monsoon failure
3. rain
4. drought

3. Movement of heavy vehicles on the unstable sloppy region creates .

1. landslide
2. Earth quake
3. flood
4. volcano

4. is the device which is used to detect landslides.

1. proximity sensor
2. Vibration sensor
3. piezo electric crystal
4. strain gauge

5. To prevent landslide, improving the cultivation in the sloppy region, the roots of which Provide effect.

1. floo
2. Erosion
3. coherent
4. cohesion

6. is a downward movement of wet soil along the slopes under the influence ofgravity.

1. Solification
2. Creep
3. Lahars
4. Debris flow

7. is extremely slow downward movement of dry surfacial matters.

1. Debris flow
2. Lahars
3. Creep
4. Solification

8. is ash from a volcanic mixer with water to form a thick river of mud.

1. Creep
2. Lahars
3. Solification
4. Debris flow

9. A ........... is the form of rapid mass movement of earthy matters.

1. Lahars
2. Solification
3. Creep
4. debris flow

10. Movement of earthquake waves through the ground can produce .

1. Lahars
2. Solification
3. Creep
4. Liquefaction

11. Hotspot of landslide in India is .

1. All the above
2. Himalayan valleys
3. Sri lanka
4. Indonesia

12. Land slide and can be defined as the of slope.

1. Downward and Outward movement
2. Downward movement
3. Upward movement
4. Outward movement

13. The slope forming materials composed of .......

1. All the above
2. Rocks
3. Soils
4. Artifical fills

14. The land slide surfaces of separation by

1. All the above
2. Falling
3. Sliding
4. Flowing

15. The surface falling or sliding, ...... from one place to another.

1. None of the above
2. Slowly
3. Quickly
4. Either Slowly or Quickly