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Question 1Single Answer
Which one of the following mountains is formed due to convergence of one oceanic and one continental plate?
  1. A
    Urals
  2. B
    Alps
  3. C
    Andes
  4. D
    Appalachian
Question 2Single Answer
Which one of the following processes is responsible for the weathering of rocks in  a Karst region?
  1. A
    Hydrolysis
  2. B
    Carbonation
  3. C
    Oxidation
  4. D
    Scree formation
Question 3Single Answer
Match List-I with the List –II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List –I                              List –II
RIver                              Types of delets 

I. Nile                              A. EstuarineII  
II. Mississippi                  B. Arcuate
III Ganga                         C. Bird foot
IV Tiber                           D. Cuspate 
Codes:
  1. A
    (i)          (ii)           (iii)          (iv)
    B            C             D            A 
  2. B
    D            B               A           C 
  3. C
    A            D             B            C 
  4. D
    B                C               A           D
Question 4Single Answer
The term panplane refers to
  1. A
    A level surface formed by wind erosion
  2. B
    A plane formed by joining of flood-plains
  3. C
    A level surface formed by the fluvial cycle at the old age.
  4. D
    A level plain formed by human intervention
Question 5Single Answer
The statement “The present is the key to the past” was made by
  1. A
    Walther Penck
  2. B
     W. M. Davis
  3. C
    Huntington
  4. D
    James Hutton
Question 6Single Answer
‘Mohorovicic discontinuity’ marks the boundary between: 
  1. A
    Continental shelf and ocean crust 
  2. B
    Asthenosphere and lithosphere 
  3. C
    Crust and the upper mantle 
  4. D
    Core and the mantle 
Question 7Single Answer
The process in which one slides beneath another is known as: 
  1. A
    Advection 
  2. B
    Subduction 
  3. C
    Convergence 
  4. D
    Convection
Question 8Single Answer
San Andrean fault is a 
  1. A
    Transform fault 
  2. B
    Converging fault 
  3. C
    Spreading fault 
  4. D
    Submergent fault 
Question 9Single Answer
Which one of the following is a fluvioglacial deposit? 
  1. A
    Pediplain 
  2. B
    Kame terrace 
  3. C
    Floodplain 
  4. D
    Loess plain 
Question 10Single Answer
Who among the following scholars has given the subsidence Theory relating to coral-reefs? 
  1. A
    Dally 
  2. B
    Davis 
  3. C
    Dutton 
  4. D
    Darwin 
Question 11Single Answer
Paternoster lakes are compulsory of
  1. A
    Lava plains 
  2. B
    Piedmonts
  3. C
    Deserts   
  4. D
    Glacial troughs
Question 12Single Answer
Flat topped sea mounts are known as
  1. A
    Banks  
  2. B
    Reefs
  3. C
    Shoals   
  4. D
    Guyots
Question 13Single Answer
Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List –I                    List – II
(Deposits)           (Processes)
I.Loess                 A. Fluvial
II.Moraines         B.Glacial
III.Gravels           C. Aeolian
IV. Silt                  D. Marien
  1. A
    Codes:
     I      II       III     IV
    A      B      D      C
  2. B
    C     B      D       A
  3. C
    D     A      C       B
  4. D
    C     D      A       B
Question 14Single Answer
Slope replacement model was propounded by
  1. A
    Wood       
  2. B
    Davis
  3. C
    Penck    
  4. D
    Strahler
Question 15Single Answer
“ The present is the key to past.” This statement was made by
  1. A
    John Playfair
  2. B
    W.M. Davis
  3. C
    Walther Penk
  4. D
    James Hutton
Question 16Single Answer
The term ‘active layer’ is associated with
  1. A
    Fluvial deposition
  2. B
    Periglacial processes
  3. C
    Plate tectonic
  4. D
    Processes of soil formation
Question 17Single Answer
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I                                              List – II
(Concept/Theory)                           (Put forwarded by)
A. Base level                                   i. G.K. Gilbert
B. Parallel retreat                          ii. W.Penck
C. Cycle of erosion                        iii. J.W.Powell
D. Stream competency                iv. W.M. Davis
And capacity
  1. A
    Codes :
    A             B             C             D
    iii             ii              iv             i
  2. B
    ii              I               iii             iv
  3. C
    iii             ii              I               iv
  4. D
    ii              iv             I               iii
Question 18Single Answer
Hydration process belongs to
  1. A
    Physical and Biological processes
  2. B
    Physical and Chemical processes
  3. C
    Biological and Chemical processes
  4. D
    Chemical processes
Question 19Single Answer
The basaltic ocean crust has an average density of
  1. A
    2.65 g/cm3
  2. B
    2.75 g/cm3
  3. C
    2.90 g/cm3
  4. D
    3.0 g/cm3
Question 20Single Answer
What is the major wind related phenomenon responsible for summer drought in Mediterranean type of region ?
  1. A
    Shifting of trade winds polewards in summers
  2. B
    Shifting of trade winds equatorwards in summers
  3. C
    Blowing of Westerlies from the continents in summers.
  4. D
    Blowing South-Westerly.
Question 21Single Answer
Which one of the following is unrelated to the denudational action of mass movement ?
  1. A
    Basal sapping       
  2. B
    Exfoliation
  3. C
    Landslide  
  4. D
    Mudflow
Question 22Single Answer
Which of the following features are unrelated with mountain glaciations ?  Choose the correct answer from the codes given below-
1.Cirques                             2.Tam
3.Aretes                               4.Fiords
  1. A
    1 and 2  
  2. B
    2 and 3
  3. C
    3 and 4     
  4. D
    Only 4
Question 23Single Answer
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below-
List – I (Book title)
A.Morphology of the Earth
B.Principles of Physical Geology
C.Gemorphology
D.Principles of Geomorphology
List – II (Author)
1.A. Holmes
2.Sparks
3.W.D. Thornbury
4.L.C. King
  1. A
    Codes :
    A             B             C             D
    4              1              3              2
  2. B
    4              1              2              3
  3. C
    4              2              1              3
  4. D
    1              4              2              3
Question 24Single Answer
Which of the following are evidences in favour of the continental drift theory ?
1.Zig saw fit
2.Trans-current faults
3.Fossils in different areas
4.Convection in mantle
  1. A
    Codes :
    1 and3        
  2. B
    1 and 4
  3. C
    1 and 2   
  4. D
    1,3 and 4
Question 25Single Answer
The “Bhwh’ climate of Koppen is found in which of the following ?
  1. A
    Mangolia         
  2. B
    Thar Desert
  3. C
    Patagonia   
  4. D
    Sri Lanka
Question 26Single Answer
Normal Cycle of Erosion is associated with
  1. A
    Glacial Erosion    
  2. B
    Fluvial Erosion
  3. C
    Marine Erosion          
  4. D
    Wind Erosion
Question 27Single Answer
The drainage pattern which is not controlled by the parent structure o which it flows is termed as
  1. A
    Consequent 
  2. B
    Subsequent
  3. C
    Insequent      
  4. D
    Resequent
Question 28Single Answer
The term “Swash” refers to
  1. A
    Backward  movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  2. B
    Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  3. C
    Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  4. D
    Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
Question 29Single Answer
The unconsolidated rock material deposited by surface wash at the base of a cliff is called
  1. A
    Alluvium
  2. B
    Colluvium
  3. C
    Moraines
  4. D
    Silt
Question 30Single Answer
Which one of the followings represents a source of atmospheric energy?
  1. A
    Infrared radiation emitted downward from clouds
  2. B
    Visible radiation scattered upward into the space
  3. C
    Latent heat released
  4. D
    Albedo of the earth and the atmosphere
Question 31Single Answer
The landscapes produced by a single dominant gepmorphic process are called as
  1. A
    Simple Landscapes
  2. B
    Compound Landscapes
  3. C
    Monocyclic Landscapes
  4. D
    MulticyclicLandscpes
Question 32Single Answer
Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as
  1. A
    Whalebacks
  2. B
    Seifs
  3. C
    Barchans
  4. D
    Sand drifts
Question 33Single Answer
The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable are tremed as
  1. A
    Consequent   
  2. B
    Subsequent
  3. C
    Insequent   
  4. D
    Resequent
Question 34Single Answer
Match List –I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List –I (Books)
A.Principles of Geomorphology
B. The study of Landforms
C. Unstable Earth
D. Morphology of the Earth
List-II (Authors)
i.L.C. king
ii. W.D.Thornbury
iii. R.J. Small
iv. J.A. Steers
  1. A
    Codes :
    A             B             C             D
    ii              iii             iv             i
  2. B
    i               ii              iii             iv
  3. C
    iv             iii             ii              i
  4. D
    iii             i               iv             ii
Question 35Single Answer
The slope replacement model was propounded by
  1. A
    Wood      
  2. B
    Davis
  3. C
    Penck    
  4. D
    Strahler
Question 36Single Answer
Who among the following observed that summer heating of Tibetan Plateau was the most important factor in the monsoonal circulation over India?
  1. A
    Fohn      
  2. B
    Koteswaram
  3. C
    Frost      
  4. D
    Halley
Question 37Single Answer
According to Koppen’s Scheme of climatic climatic is found in
  1. A
    Nagaland
  2. B
    Arunachal
  3. C
    Sikkim
  4. D
    Jammu& Kashmir
Question 38Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a factor that affects wind ?
  1. A
    Pressure 
  2. B
    Friction
  3. C
    Magnetism 
  4. D
    Carioles effect
Question 39Single Answer
Which one of the location listed below should have highest annual temperature range?
  1. A
    Equatorial Island
  2. B
    Tropical coast
  3. C
    Polar ice cap
  4. D
    Mid- latitude continental center
Question 40Single Answer
Which term is used to describe the conversion of a soild directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid State?
  1. A
    Evaporation
  2. B
    Condensation
  3. C
    Sublimation
  4. D
    Freezing
Question 41Single Answer
Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes:
List I  (Concept)
A.Peneplain
B. Uniformitarianism
C. Tetrahedral hypothesis
D. Convectional Current Theory
List II (Proposer)
(i)Holmes
(ii) W.M. Davis
(iii)Hutton
(iv)Lothian Green
  1. A
    Codes:
    A             B             C           D
    (ii)           (iii)          (iv)         (i)
  2. B
    (iii)          (i)            (ii)          (iv)
  3. C
    (i)           (ii)           (iv)          (iii)
  4. D
    (iv)         (ii)           (iii)           (i)
Question 42Single Answer
Ria is an example of :
  1. A
    Deposited land features
  2. B
    Submerged upland shorelines
  3. C
    Emerged upland shorelines
  4. D
    Eroded land forms
Question 43Single Answer
Who postulated the ‘Progressive Wave Theory of Tides’?
  1. A
    C. Darwin  
  2. B
    WilliamWhewill
  3. C
    R.A. Haris   
  4. D
    Daly
Question 44Single Answer
Who wrote the book “Illustration of the Huttonian Theory of the earth”?
  1. A
    James Hutton
  2. B
    John Playfair
  3. C
    Vidal de la Blache
  4. D
    W.M. Davis
Question 45Single Answer
Who postulated the concept of Base level?
  1. A
    Walther     
  2. B
    W.M. Davis
  3. C
    J.W. Powell 
  4. D
    James Hutton
Question 46Single Answer
According to single-cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley the most atmospheric circulation is:
  1. A
    The rotation of the earth
  2. B
    The Jet stream
  3. C
    Subsidence at the equator
  4. D
    Temperature contrast between equator and pole
Question 47Single Answer
The westerlies and trade winds are example of ‘_______ winds’.
  1. A
    mesoscale 
  2. B
    toposcale
  3. C
    macroscale  
  4. D
    microscale
Question 48Single Answer
When water evaporates the energy that was used to evaporate the water:
  1. A
    heats up the surrounding air as evaporation takes place
  2. B
    will never be available again
  3. C
    is stored as latent heat in the evaporated water molecule
     
  4. D
    is destroyed
Question 49Single Answer
Meteorologists group tropical cyclones into three main categories according to:
  1. A
    barometric pressure in the eye of storm
  2. B
    precipitation
  3. C
    diameter of the storm
  4. D
    wind velocity
Question 50Single Answer
A given volume of air holds 20 gram of water vapor. At that temperature, the air would be saturated with 80 grams of water vapor. What is the relative humidity?
  1. A
    40%
  2. B
    100%
  3. C
    25%
  4. D
    80%
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