geomorphology & earth landforms section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26 [NDA/NA 2015-II]

An up fold in rock is:

a) anticline

b) graben

c) syncline

d) horse

Question : 27

With reference to river as an agent of gradation, consider the following statements:

1. As a river overflows its banks during a flood, it drops much of its coarser-grained load immediately, forming landforms called natural levees.
2. Particles that roll and slide along the river bottom are called bed load.
3. At a bend in a river, deposition occurs on the outside of the bend and erosion occurs on the inside of the bend.

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 1 only

c) None

d) 1 and 2

Question : 28 [PSC (Pre) 2016]

The ‘Ring of Fire’ is associated with

1. Earthquake
2. Volcanoes
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Forest Fires

a) 2 and 4

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 2 and 3

Question : 29 [SSC MTS 2011]

What is the International Date Line?

a) It is the 90° east longitude

b) It is the equator

c) It is the 180° longitude

d) It is the 0° longitude

Question : 30

Consider the following statements about Epeirogenic movement:

1. These are horizontal movements caused by tangential forces.
2. They cause large scale upliftment, subsidence of submergence and emergence of the land areas.
3. These movements are rather quick and widespread and fracturing and folding is produced in the rock.

a) 1 and 3

b) 1 only

c) All of these

d) 2 only