Geomorphology

1)  A plateau is surrounded by mountain range one side and coastal plain other side is called

2) What is Plateau?

3) The mobile zones of water which are bordered by rigid masses which are termed by Kober as

4)  The Geysers are

5)  The block mountains are also called as-

6) What is Cordillera?

7)  The term Panplane refers to

8) The landforms resulting from several cycles of erosion whether complete or incomplete are called

9) The theory of Peneplanation was formulated by

10) The slope replacement model was propounded by

11) River captures is the most characteristic features of the

12) Monadnock a features, is the result of -

13) Who postulated the concept of ‘Base Level Erosion’?

14)  Normal cycle of Erosion is related with

15)  Geographical cycle of Davis was propounded in the year

16) The concept of Geographical cycle of Erosion was given by,

17) The cyclic concept was first time postulated by

18)  The Barren Island of Active Volcano of India is lies in

19)  Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ is associated with

20) The old faithful Geysar of the yellow stone National Park is located in

1) The rocks having broad upper part and narrow base resembling an umbrella is called

2) What is Avalanche?

3)  The term Neve (Firn) in associated with

4) The concept of ‘Ice Age’ was given by

5)  What is name given to cirque in Scotland?

6)  The Paternoster lakes is associated with

7)  

. The world largest Lambert Glacier is located in

8) Which of the following arrangements of Pleistocene Ice age is in correct Chronological order

9) The glacier covered greater part of the earth surface during the

10)  Which Delta is known as Sunderban Delta?

11) Which of the following is the largest Delta of the world.

12) Which is the highest waterfall of the world?

13)  Which of the river is also known as yellow river?

14) Pot holes of much bigger size are called

15) The erosive power of a river depends mostly upon its

16) The limit of maximum downward erosion by a river is called

17) Running Water Landforms are also known as

18) The Hydraulic Slope Theory was given by

19) Tibetan Plateau is an example of –

1) A very steep rock coast rising almost vertically above sea water is called

2) A sandbar connecting an island to main land is called

3) Which is the most powerful and effective erosive agent of coastal areas

4) The Artesian well is mostly found in

5) A lake formed in the channel of an abandoned meander is known as

6) When the stalactite and stalacmites meet together are formed

7) The verticals columns of dripstones growing upward from the floor limestone cave are known as

8) The Columns of dripstones hanging from the ceiling of limestone caves are called

9) Which of the following features are formed when the roof of a limestone cavern collapse

10) The most extensive larger than the dolines, the depression is called

11)  Terra Rosa means

12)  The most important region of Karst topography is found in

13) Karst Topography is formed due to

14)  Vadose Zone remain in between:

15) What is Aquifers?

16) The layer of loose and unconsolidated materials lying over the bedrock is called

17)  Bad-land topography is the product

18)  The term pediment was first time used by

19) The inselbergs landforms are also called is

20) A stony and rocky desert is called

21) The Mushroom rocks is also known as “Gara” in the region of -

22) The desert having mobile sands are called

1) The most common type of mass movements found in the humid tropics is

2) The concept of quick and sudden origin and evolution of all animate and inanimate objects in very short period is called

3) The premise that present day process have been operating throughout geological time is the principle of

4) Diastrophism means-

5) The depression formed at the mouth of a volcanic vent of funnel shape is called-

6) Which is not a erosional process caused by wind

7) A rock basin formed at the floor of the cirque basin due to glacial erosion is called

8) The removal of fine rock debris by wind is called

9) Solifluction is dominant in

10) In between the high and low tide lines lies the

11) U-shaped valleys are usually formed due to

12) Karst Geomorphology is associated with the study of -

13) Dripstone is seen in

14) Etchplain is formed by

15) The point of the earth surface, perpendicular to the focus, where seismic waves are recorded first time is called

16)  The place of the origin the earthquake which is hidden inside the earth is called

17) A narrow block elevated between the normal faults in called

18) The term "Active Layer" is associated with

19) The word "Permafrost" was first time used by

20) The term "Permafrost" was coined by

21) A stream with a complex of converging and diverging channels separated by bars or islands in known as

22) Drowned glaciated valleys in high latitudes regions are known as

23) Ria Coast is an example of -

1) Most of the details world topography belongs to the

2) The Nazca plate lies on

3) The most abundant rock type in the earth's crust is

4) The Rift Valleys are caused by

5) The Metamorphic rocks are formed under

6) The largest fresh water storage of the world lies in

7)  The world famous Grand Canyon has well develop in the river of -

8)  In the process of erosion, the removal of materials by solution is called

9) The term out-wash plain is associated with the

10) The term grooving is associated with

11) The spontaneous downhill movement regolith and bed-rock, under the influence of gravity is known as

12) The alluvial fans are formed in the regions of

13) Frost action is most pronounced in the

14) The highly destructive and explosive volcano is

15) The Sub-Arial erosion theory is related with the origin of -

16) How many stages of cycle of erosion were mentioned

17) Lopolith and Phacolith are produced in which rocks

18) In which of the following area most of the earthquakes of the world come?

19) Which of the following Rift Valley has its bottom/floor is below sea level -

20) Which of the following is formed due to tectonic forces

21) "Shadow Zone" is an earthquake is produced due to

1) The carboniferous period was well known for

2) Geomorphology is the study of -

3) The main cause of mass movement is

4) Find out the correct sequences of Era?

5) The age of the Earth is about

6) ‘The Unstable Earth’ was written by

7) Who wrote the book, ‘Illustration of the Hotunion Theory of the Earth’?

8) Principles of Geology was written by

9) Who said ‘present is the key to past’

10) The concept of Uniformitarianism was pullulated by

1) Kiel Canal Connects

2) What is La Nina

3) A cold ocean current flows from south to north along the western coast of South Africa is called

4) Which of the following area is called Cape of Good Hope

5) Which of the following is the islands of corals

6) What is the most important effects of oceanic currents?

7) What is the real time taken by the tide?

8) Which features are called rainforest of oceans?

9) In Grand Bank and George Bank abundant productive fishing ground are found due to

10) The famous productive fishing ground Dogger bank are lies in

11) Which one of the following countries has the world's longest coastline

12) The Glacial Control Theory of formation of coral reefs was propounded by

13) Who Propounded Subsidence Theory of formation of coral reefs

14) Who propounded the theory of stand still theory of formation for coral reefs?

15) Diamond Harbour and Salt Lake City are situated in

16) Which one of the following sea is without a coast line?

17) The first marine sanctuary in India, having its bounds coral reefs, mollusca, dolphins, tortoise and various kinds of sea birds, has been established in

18) The wave-cut platform is found in

19) The general depth of Abyssal Plains varies between

20) Salinity in water bodies increase with

21) The carboniferous period was well known for

22) Geomorphology is the study of -

23) The main cause of mass movement is

24) Find out the correct sequences of Era?