GEOMORPHOLOGY PYQS 2013 UGC NET FREE MOCK TEST

Q.1. Which one of the following is not a glacio-fluvial depositional landform? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(1) Esker

(2) Drumlin

(3) Kame

(4) Horn

Q.2. Which one of the following arrangements of glacial periods of Pleistocene Ice Age is in a correct chronological order? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(1) Würm – Mindel – Gunz – Riss

(2) Riss – Mindel – Wurm – Gunz

(3) Mindel – Würm – Gunz – Riss

(4) Gunz – Mindel – Riss – Würm

Q.3. The rigid masses surrounding the geosyncline were termed by Kober as (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(1) Orogen

(2) Kratogen

(3) Primarumph

(4) Zwischengebirge

Q.4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): On Hawaii Islands volcanic eruption are effusive type.

Reason (R): Less viscous lavas erupt quietly.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(4) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

Q.5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

Codes:

Q.6. Which of the following is not considered to be characteristics feature of the youthful stage of an ideal normal cycle of erosion? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Natural levees

(B) Pot holes

(C) Gorges

(D) River capture

Q.7. Sand dunes formed as long ridges oriented at right angles to the wind direction are called (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Linear dunes

(B) Barchan dunes

(C) Transverse dunes

(D) Star dunes

Q.8. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:  (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

Codes:

Q.9. Who stated that the slope profiles are convex, plane or concave according to the circumstances of the uplifting action? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Davis

(B) Penck

(C) Johnson

(D) Wood

Q.10. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): Hawaii Island is a site of volcanic eruptions.

Reason (R): Convergent plate margins are sites of volcanic eruptions.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

Q.11. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

List – I 

(a) Karst cycle

(b) Sheet flood theory of pediment formation

(c) Concept of Pediplain

(d) Origin of natural bridges in Karst regions

List – II

(i) McGee

(ii) Cvijic

(iii) Woodward

(iv) Maxon and Anderson

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Q.12. The statement “The present is the key to the past” is related to (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Catastrophism

(B) Uniformitarianism

(C) Isostasy

(D) Diastrophism

Q.13. The theory of plate tectonics does not help to explain the origin and location of which one of the following? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Earthquakes

(B) Mountains

(C) Ocean currents

(D) Major sea floor features

Q.14. Which one of the following parts of the Indian coast is a compound coast showing evidence of both submergence and emergence? (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)

(A) Orissa coast

(B) Malabar coast

(C) Konkan coast

(D) Coromandel coast

Q.15. The premise that present-day processes have been operating throughout geological time is the principle of (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Continental drift

(B) Uniformitarianism

(C) Earth Systems

(D) Plate Tectonics

Q.16. The concept of Panplain is associated with (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) W.M. Davis

(B) W. Penk

(C) A. Strahler

(D) E. Huntington

Q.17. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below:  (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

Codes:

Q.18. Identify the order of the stream at the section marked 'X'  (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) 2

(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 5

Q.19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

List – I (Land form)

(a) Monadnocks

(b) Blind valley

(c) Drumlin

(d) Dreikanter

List - II (Agents of Denudation)

(1) Wind

(2) Glacier

(3) River

(4) Ground Water

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Q.20. The Drift Theory of Wegener was postulated mainly to explain (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Ice Age

(B) Distribution of landforms

(C) Major climatic changes

(D) Geological similarities of coastal regions

Q.21. Which of the following groups is produced by erosion? (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Drumlins, Fjords, Arete

(B) Eskern, Out-wash plains, Moraines

(C) Cirque, V-shaped valley, Lavees

(D) Playa, Pincles, Swallow holes

Q.22. As per the theory of plate tectonics which of the following is a super continent? (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Eurasia

(B) Africa

(C) Antarctica

(D) Australia

Q.23. The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is a (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Dip

(B) Strike

(C) Syncline

(D) Anticline

Q.24. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below: (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

List – I  

(a) Endogenetic force

(b) Geosyncline

(c) Weathering

(d) Continental Drift

List - II

 (i) Exfoliation

(ii) Mediterranean Sea

(iii) Laurasia

(iv) Orogenesis

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Q.25. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below: (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

List – I  

(a) Palaenteological Evidence

(b) Biological Evidence

(c) Jig-saw-Fit Evidence

(d) Land Bridges

List - II

(i) Coast lines of S. America and Africa

(ii) Glossopteris

(iii) Lystrosaurs fossils

(iv) Marsupials

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Q.26. Who postulated the concept of plate tectonics? (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Le Pichon

(B) W.J. Morgan

(C) Harry Hen

(D) Tuzo Wilson

Q.27. The following Question consists of two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as (R). Examine the two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

Assertion (A): There is close relationship between Volcanoes and plate margins.

Reason (R): About 80 per cent of the World’s Volcanoes are associated with the convergent plate boundaries.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.28. Knick points are associated with (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) River Rejuvenation

(B) Glacial Erosion

(C) Aeolian Deposits

(D) Karst topography

Q.29. Penisulas make up most of (UGC NET- SEP 2013)

(A) Italy and Denmark

(B) Poland and France

(C) Ireland and Great Britain

(D) Austria and the Czech Republic

Q.30. Which of the following processes is responsible for weathering of rocks in the Karst region? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(A) Scree formation

(B) Carbonation

(C) Oxidation

(D) Hydrolysis

Q.31. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

List – I (Authors)

(a) Woolridge and Morgan

(b) Thornbury

(c) Van Ricthofen

(d) Steers

List – II (Books)

(i) Principles of Geomorphology

(ii) Geomorphology

(iii) Spirit and purpose of Geography

(iv) Unstable Earth

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Q.32. Which one of these glacial features is believed to have formed in the bed of a sub-glacial stream? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(A) An Esker

(B) A Morraine

(C) Drumlin

(D) Kame

Q.33. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has divided India into how many seismic zones? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(A) 4

(B) 5

(C) 6

(D) 7

Q.34. Bad-land Topography is the product of the combined action of (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(A) Wind and Glacier

(B) Wind and Water

(C) Water and Glacier

(D) Water and Temperature

Q.35. The concept of geosynclines was given by (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) James Hall and Dana

(2) Hang

(3) Holmes

(4) Steers

Q.36. The Base Level concept was postulated by (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) James Hutton

(2) J.W. Powell

(3) W.M. Davis

(4) Walther Penck

Q.37. Which of the following is formed as a result of tectonic forces? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) Hanging valley

(2) V-shaped valley

(3) Rift valley

(4) Blind valley

Q.38. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

List – I 

(a) A plain largely composed of recent alluvium

(b) a deep sea plain

(c) a plain formed by wind action

(d) a level surface lightly covered with thin layer of alluvium

List – II

(i) Pedi plain

(ii) Loess plain

(iii) Flood plain

(v) Abyssal plain

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Q.39. The present is the key to the past this statement was made by (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) W.M. Davis

(2) James Hutton

(3) Van Ritchthofen

(4) A. Penck

Q.40. Which of the following was a part of Lauratia? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) Anatolian Plate

(2) Chinese Plate

(3) Iranian Plate

(4) Agean Plate

Q.41. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer using the given codes: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

List - I

(a) Normal fault

(b) Reverse fault

(c) Lateral fault

(d) Stege fault

List - II

(i) Displacement of both the rock blocks in opposite directions

(ii) Movement of both the rock blocks towards each other

(iii) Displacement of rock block horizontally along fault plane

(iv) When the slopes of a series of faults are in same direction

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Q.42. When does an escarpment appear? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) When a land block moves horizontally.

(2) When a land block moves vertically.

(3) When a land block moves due to water logging.

(4) When a land block moves due to human intervention.

Q.43. Identify fluvio-glacial deposits from the following: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) Outwash plain

(2) Flood plain

(3) Peneplain

(4) Pan plain

Q.44. The author of the book ‘The Unstable Earth’ is (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) Paschel

(2) Gilberk G.K.

(3) Mallot C.A.

(4) J.A. Steers

Q.45. Which of the following earthquake waves are most destructive? (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

(1) S-waves

(2) P-waves

(3) R-waves

(4) L-waves

Q.46. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

Codes:

Q.47. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)

Codes: