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World Geography Practice Test: World Landforms
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World Geography Practice Test: World Landforms
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1. Which one of the following forces is responsible for syncline formation?
2. Assertion (A) : Vertisols are most extensive in Australia, India and Sudan. Reason (R) : The clay-producing materials are available in mesothermal or tropical climates with periodic dry and wet seasons. Codes
3. Flood plains are called so, mainly because
4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I (Agent) List-II (Landforms)
A. River 1. Blind valley
B. Wind 2. Roche Moutonnee
C. Glacier 3. Natural levee
D. Underground water
4. Zeugen Codes A B C D
5. Consider the following statements:
1. Kaolinite is the weathered silicate clay.
2. Kaolinization process occurs due to hydrothermal alternation of feldspar. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
6. What is the Exfoliation?
7. Match List-I (Landforms) with List- II (Associated features) and select correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Stalaotite 1. Saline soil
B. Solanchak 2. Limestone
C. Shott 3. Volcanic rock
D. Sill 4. Salt lake Codes A B C D
8. Solution of rocks is dominant in
9. Pediplains occur in
10. Calcium carbonate deposited by precipitation from carbonatesaturated waters around hot spring is called
11. Which of the following characteristics are typical of external processes?
1. They operate on the surface of the earth.
2. They act suddenly.
3. They tend to reduce differences in relief.
4. They can be observed. Codes
12. How is the amount of horizontal displacement in a normal fault called?
13. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
14. Consider the following statements :
1. Glacial valley floors are flat and their walls steep, in contrast to the V-shaped valleys of many mountain rivers.
2. Unlike rivers, valley glaciers at coastlines may erode their valley floors far deeper than sea level. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
15. Aretes are sharp ridges which develop between the adjacent
16. Which one of the following sets of types actions occur in arid topography?
17. Which one of the following is a thirdorder relief?
18. Consider the following statements:
1. When feldspar undergoes chemical weathering, kaolinite is produced.
2. Water is essential for chemical weathering of feldspar. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
19. Drift plains are formed by the action of
20. A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is known as
21. Consider the following statements:
1. In an overturned fold, the axial plane is inclined and both limbs dip in the same direction.
2. A recumbent fold is one in which the axial plane is essentially horizontal. Which of the statement(s) given above is /are correct?
22. Alluvium shows
23. Thrust fault is caused by
24. Eskers are of glacio-fluvial origin. Which one of the following statements characterise them?
25. What is geomorphology?