Geomorphology MCQs With Answers

Geomorphology MCQs with Answers
1. Size of a kettle lake depends upon:
A. Size of the sediment carried by the glacier

B. Width of the glacier valley
C. Height of the valley through which the glacier moves
D. Size of the buried ice block within moraines
2. Drainage density of a basin is defined as:
A. Sum of the number of streams of all orders divided by the area of the
basin
B. Total length of streams of all orders divided by the area of the basin
C. Total number of the highest order streams divided by the total number of
the next lower order streams
D. Length of the largest stream divided by the area of the basin
3. The wind system in the equatorial areas is known as:
A. Westerlies
B. Trades
C. Doldrums
D. Monsoon
4. The monsoon has well developed cycle in:
A. South and South East Asia

B. North Australia
C. Africa
D. East United States
5. Yazoo stream flows through:
Answers are given below. Page 1

A. Gorge
B. Divide
C. Backs wamp
D. Water gap
6. The curved body of water formed when a meandering river reshapes and cuts off
one of its bends is called:
A. Essing pond
B. Oxbow lake
C. Swensen pool
D. Groovy pool
7. Barchan are:
A. Deflation basins
B. Oases
C. Crescent-shaped dunes
D. Sand dune
8. Exfoliation is related to:
A. Metamorphism
B. Chemical weathering
C. Carbonation
D. None of the above
9. Morains are:
A. Alluvial deposit
B. Fluvial deposit
C. Glacial deposit
D. Lacustrine deposit
10. Elephant-skin weathering is generally found in:

A. Shale
B. Sandstone
C. Limestone
D. Conglomerate
11. Roche Moutonnees are formed by:
A. Glacial
B. Wind
C. River
D. Ocean wave
12. The geometry of sand dunes is strongly influenced by:
A. The strength of the wind

B. The consistency of wind direction
C. The abundance of sand
D. All of the above
13. A mushroom-shaped landform consisting of a column of less resistant rock

supporting a broader extent of wind-resistant rock is termed as:
A. Blowout
B. Ventifact
C. Wadies
D. Yardang
14. Mars has polar ice caps that differ from the Earth’s Antarctic Ice cap in that:
A. The Martian caps consist of a combination of water ice and frozen carbon
dioxide (dry ice)
B. The Martian caps have a spiral fracture pattern not found in Antarctica
C. Martian caps are ablated by sublimation only: there is curently no liquid
water on Mars
D. All of the above are correct
15. The first scientist who theorized the past presence of glaciers in Europe was:

A Louis Agassiz
B. Charles Darwin
C. Walter Alvarez
D. Isaac Newton
16. Areas on the southern margins of the continental glaciers of the Northern
Hemisphere were much ………. during Plio-Pleistocene glaciations than they are
today, as suggested by evidence of large ………. during this time.
A. Warmer, tropical rainforests

B. Wetter tropical rainforests
C. Drier; deserts
D. Wetter; pluvial lakes
17. By increasing the albedo of Earth, global ice sheets produce ……….
Conditions that are to their further advance, thus providing an example of ……….
feedback.
A Detrimental; positive
B. Detrimental; negative
C. Favorable; positive
D. Favorable; negative
18. A remnant ridge separating two bowl-shaped depressions formed by a

mountain glacier is termed as:
A. Arete
B. Cirque
C. Horn
D. Torn
19. Glacial ice exhibits . behaviour near the top, but behaviour bencath a depth of
60 m.
A Brittle, ductile
B. Ductile, brittle

C. Solid, liquid
D. Plastic, clastic
20. Rapid chemical weathering:
A. Does not affect the rate of physical weathering in the same rock
B. Tends to reduce the rate of physical weathering in the same rock
C. Tends to increase the rate of physical weathering in the same rock
D. Does not happen in rocks those suffer physical weathering
21. Caliche is most commonly found in which type of environments?
A. Temperate forest
B. Tropical rain forests
C. Deserts
D. Grasslands
22. The longitudinal profile of the stream is typically. The lowest elevation below
which a stream cannot cut is called its. and Occurs at the stream’s.
A. Convex-upward/water table/source
B. Convex-up/base level/mouth
C. Concave-up/base level/mouth
D. Concave-up/tributarysource
23. The chemical reaction: 2Fe2SiO4 + 4H2O + O2 = 2Fe2O3 + 2H4SiO4 is an

example of:
A. Dissolution
B. Hydration
D. Reduction
C. Oxidation
24. Which of the following sequences represents increasing slope?
A. Shore-Continental shelf-continental slope

B. Continental shelf-continental slope-shore

C. Continental slope-continental shelf-shore
D. Continental shelf- shore-continental shell
25. Earthquakes with deep foci (-700 km) a common in:
A. Mid-oceanic ridges
B. Island arcs
C. Himalayan mountain belt
D. Continental rifts
26. Corals prefer a temperature range of:
A. 30-35°C
B. 15-20°C
C. 35-40°C
D. 23-29°C
27. In what type of country rock do sink-holes develop?
A. Phyllite
B. Gneiss
C. Limestone
D. Sandstone
28. Most active chemical weathering takes place:
A At the water table

B. Below the water table
C. On the surface
D. Zone of aeration above the water table
29. Parallel drainage patterns are found on:
A. Jointed country
B. Steep slopes with little vegetation cover
C. Granite-gneiss dome
D. Grid like joint system

30. When a stream or river is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down
the bed of a neighbouring stream, the phenomenon is known as:
A. Stream piracy
B. Headwater management
C. River shifting
D. Superimposed drainage
31. What is a ‘nick point’ in a river?
A. A marked change of slope along flow direction of the channel

B. A sharp bend in the river
C. A sharp meander
D. Point where the river changes its direction of flow suddenly
32. Which of the following is the most characteristics glacial landform:
A. Narrow ‘V’-shaped valleys

B. Wide ‘V’-shaped valleys
C. Hanging valleys
D. None of the above
33. Features developed by accumulation of annual thin layers in glacial deposits

are known as:
A. Glacial lamination
B. Varves
C. Glacial beds
D. Annular rings
34. Frosted ‘millet seed’ sand grains are found in deposits formed by:
A. Rivers
B. Lakes
C. Winds
D. Glaciers

35. The sand dunes with their long axes transverse to the wind direction are known
as:
A. Sand sheet
B. Barchans
C. Parallel dunes
D. Longitudinal dunes
36. The marine deposits which form between the extreme levels of high and low
tides are known as:
A. Shallow water deposits

B. Littoral deposits
C. Hadal deposits
D. Abyssal deposits
37. Which one of the following is a glacio-fluvial deposit?
A. Esker
B. Till
C. Moraine
D. Drumlin
38. Which of the following represents tree-like pattern of flow of river?
A Trellis
B. Dendritic
C. Radial
D. Rectangular
39. The transportation through lifts and falls of materials is known as:
A. Saltation
B. Traction
C. Creeping
D. Attrition

40. The highest of the Indian waterfalls is:
A. Gokak falls of the Ghatprava river

B. Dhuandhar falls of the Narmada river
C. Gerosoppa falls of Swaravati river
D. Shivasamundram falls of the Cauvery river
41. ‘Oasis is formed by:
A. River action
B. Glacier action
C. Wind action
D. Sea wave action
42. Pick the odd one out:
A. Zeugen
B. Yardang
C. Mushroom rock
D. Moraine
43. Meandering in river occurs during its:
A Youth stage
B. Old stage
C. Mature stage
D. Rejuvenation
44. The tendency of water to pass directly from solid state to vapour state is known
as:
A Sublimation
B. Oxidation
C. Dissolution
D. Dissociation

45. Which one of the following drainage patterns is typical of a doubly plunging
antiformalterrain?
A Dendritic
B. Trellis
C. Rectangular
D. Radial
46. Blind valley is found in:
A. Aeolian topography
B. Krast topography
C. Glacial topography
D. Fluvial topography
47. What is name of the location where volcano occurs away from the plate
boundary?
A. Transform fault
B. Grabbos
C. Hotspot
D. Sea mount
48. The Lagoon is:
A. Protected land behind the reef

B. Protected land ahead of the reef
C. Narrow zone of flourishing coral colonies
D. Ring shape reef unconnected with land
49. Bhangar is the name of the:
A. Younger alluvium
B. Delataic deposit
C. Fans of river
D. Older alluvium

50. Mushroom, Inselberg and Zeugen are produced by:
A. Wind erosion
B. Glacial erosion
C. River erosion
D. Sea erosion
Answers
1 D 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 B 7 C 8 C 9 C 10 C
11 A 12 D 13 D 14 D 15 A 16 D 17 C 18 A 19 A 10 C
21 C 22 C 23 C 24 A 25 B 26 D 27 C 28 C 29 B 30 A
31 A 32 C 33 B 34 C 35 D 36 B 37 A 38 B 39 A 40 C
41 C 42 D 43 C 44 D 45 D 46 B 47 C 48 D 49 D 50 A

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1. Size of a kettle lake depends upon:

A. Size of the sediment carried by the glacier

2. Drainage density of a basin is defined as:

3. The wind system in the equatorial areas is known as:

4. The monsoon has well developed cycle in:

A. South and South East Asia

5. Yazoo stream flows through:

Answers are given below. Page 1

8. Exfoliation is related to:

10. Elephant-skin weathering is generally found in:

Answers are given below. Page 2

11. Roche Moutonnees are formed by:

12. The geometry of sand dunes is strongly influenced by:

A. The strength of the wind

13. A mushroom-shaped landform consisting of a column of less resistant rock

Answers are given below. Page 3

A. Warmer, tropical rainforests

18. A remnant ridge separating two bowl-shaped depressions formed by a

Answers are given below. Page 4

20. Rapid chemical weathering:

21. Caliche is most commonly found in which type of environments?

23. The chemical reaction: 2Fe2SiO4 + 4H2O + O2 = 2Fe2O3 + 2H4SiO4 is an

24. Which of the following sequences represents increasing slope?

A. Shore-Continental shelf-continental slope

Answers are given below. Page 5

25. Earthquakes with deep foci (-700 km) a common in:

26. Corals prefer a temperature range of:

27. In what type of country rock do sink-holes develop?

28. Most active chemical weathering takes place:

A At the water table

29. Parallel drainage patterns are found on:

Answers are given below. Page 6

31. What is a ‘nick point’ in a river?

A. A marked change of slope along flow direction of the channel

32. Which of the following is the most characteristics glacial landform:

A. Narrow ‘V’-shaped valleys

33. Features developed by accumulation of annual thin layers in glacial deposits

Answers are given below. Page 7

A. Shallow water deposits

37. Which one of the following is a glacio-fluvial deposit?

38. Which of the following represents tree-like pattern of flow of river?

Answers are given below. Page 8

A. Gokak falls of the Ghatprava river

41. ‘Oasis is formed by:

42. Pick the odd one out:

43. Meandering in river occurs during its:

Answers are given below. Page 9

46. Blind valley is found in:

48. The Lagoon is:

A. Protected land behind the reef

49. Bhangar is the name of the:

Answers are given below. Page 10

Answers are given below. Page 11

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