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Landforms

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Q1. Where are alluvial fans formed?

  1. Aon the river bank
  2. Bat the foot of the hill
  3. Con the river banks
  4. Don the shores of the lake
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Answer: B) at the foot of the hill

Q2. By what name is a narrow, deep and steep-sided river valley known?

  1. Abluff
  2. BCanyon
  3. CRift Valley
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: B) Canyon

Q3. Which landform represents rejuvenation in the normal cycle of erosion?

  1. Asubungual erysipelas
  2. Bfloodplain
  3. CGorge or Canyon
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: A) subungual erysipelas

Q4. In which stage of the river are the plains formed?

  1. Awell-being
  2. Badulthood
  3. Cold age
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) old age

Q5. Which of the following is not a depositional landform of a river?

  1. Afloodplain
  2. Bnatural embankments (levees)
  3. Criver meander
  4. DAlluvial fans and cones
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Answer: C) river meander

Q6. Arc lake and meander are the characteristics of which part of the river valley?

  1. AUpper route
  2. Bmiddle path
  3. CLower route
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) middle path

Q7. What is the tidal mouth of a river called where fresh and salt water mix?

  1. AIslands
  2. Btidal estuary
  3. CGorge
  4. Dfolds
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Answer: B) tidal estuary

Q8. The triangular deposit of alluvial soil at the mouth of the river from where it falls into the sea is called-

  1. ADelta
  2. Bcontinental balcony
  3. CCape
  4. DLevies
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Answer: A) Delta

Q9. What forms a V-shaped valley?

  1. AAir
  2. Bwell water
  3. CRiver
  4. Dglacier
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Answer: C) River

Q10. Ox-bow lake is -

  1. Aseaside lake
  2. BRiver Delta Lake
  3. Cabandoned river bend
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) abandoned river bend

Q11. The landform formed by river erosion is-

  1. ADelta
  2. Bfloodplain
  3. CGorge
  4. Dnatural embankment
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Answer: C) Gorge

Q12. The landform formed by the deflection of the river is-

  1. Awaterfall
  2. BSampray ground
  3. CRiver Meander
  4. Dnatural embankment
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Answer: D) natural embankment

Q13. Which of the following landforms is formed during the youth of a river?

  1. ADelta
  2. BGorge
  3. Cox-hoof
  4. DMiander
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Answer: B) Gorge

Q14. By what name is the crescent-shaped desert feature known?

  1. AEret
  2. BSeef
  3. CBarkhan
  4. Dmortar
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Answer: C) Barkhan

Q15. The shapeless plains formed by flowing river water are known by which of the following names?

  1. Apediplane
  2. Bpeneplain
  3. CHplane
  4. Dpenplane
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Answer: B) peneplain

Q16. By what name are the pieces of hard rocks with three faces or sides formed as a result of the erosional work of wind known?

  1. AJugen
  2. Bdrycanter
  3. CYardang
  4. Dinselberg
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Answer: B) drycanter

Q17. In desert areas, the sand-free corridor between two parallel ranges of barkhans, through which caravan routes proceed, is called what among the following?

  1. AHamada
  2. BBajada
  3. CReggae
  4. DGas
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Answer: D) Gas

Q18. Where are very large areas of loess deposits found?

  1. ANorthern China
  2. BWest Australia
  3. CNorth Africa
  4. DPatagonia
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Answer: A) Northern China

Q19. What is the landform formed by the deposition of large amounts of wind-blown sand from desert areas called and is named after a village in the Alsace region of France?

  1. Aplayed
  2. BSalinas
  3. CBajada
  4. DLoyce
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Answer: D) Loyce

Q20. What is the flat topography formed by the deposition of silt and salt when short-lived lakes formed due to untimely rainfall in desert areas dry up?

  1. ABalsan
  2. Bpediment
  3. CElevated topography
  4. Dplayed
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Answer: D) played

Q21. What is loess made of?

  1. ARiver
  2. Bwind
  3. Cglacier
  4. Dwell water
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Answer: B) wind

Q22. Lunar shaped sand dunes are called-

  1. ABarkhan
  2. BGeuzen
  3. CYardang
  4. Dembankment
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Answer: A) Barkhan

Q23. Which agent of erosion causes the formation of Barkhan?

  1. ARiver
  2. Bwind
  3. Cglacier
  4. Dwell water
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Answer: B) wind

Q24. Which agent of erosion forms geuzen?

  1. ARiver
  2. Bglacier
  3. Cwind
  4. Dwell water
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Answer: C) wind

Q25. Where is Gara topography found?

  1. Ain the deserts
  2. Bin the deltaic part
  3. Cin the snow-covered region
  4. Din Europe
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Answer: A) in the deserts

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