GEOMORPHOLOGY PYQS JUNE & DEC 2014 NTA UGC NET
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Q.1. Lateral Planation Theory of pediment formation was proposed by (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Lawson
(B) Davis
(C) Gilbert
(D) McGee
Answer: C
Q.2. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
| List – I (Books) | List – II (Authors) |
| (A) Geomorphology | (i) Wooldridge and Morgen |
| (B) Essays in Geomorphology | (ii) Strahler |
| (C) Physical Geography | (iii) Lobeck |
| (D) An Outline of Geomorphology | (Iv) Dury |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | III | IV | II | I |
| (B) | I | IV | II | III |
| (C) | III | II | IV | I |
| (D) | IV | III | I | II |
Answer: A
Q.3. Which of the following is strongly presumptive fault-line scarps? (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Superimposed drainage across a fault
(B) Poor correlation between rock resistence and topographic forms
(C) Frequent severe earthquakes
(D) Actual Fault Plane identified along a scarp
Answer: A
Q.4. Paternoster lakes are features typical of: (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Lava Plains
(B) Piedmonts
(C) Deserts
(D) Glacial Troughs
Answer: D
Q.5. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
| List – I (Theories of Cavern formation) | List– II (Scholar) |
| (A) Two cycle theory | (i) Davis |
| (B) Water table theory | (ii) Garner |
| (C) Static water zone theory | (iii) Malott |
| (D) Invasion Theory | (iv) Swinnerton |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | I | IV | II | III |
| (B) | III | II | IV | I |
| (C) | IV | I | II | III |
| (D) | IV | III | I | II |
Answer: A
Q.6. Which one of the following processes is typical to glacial erosion? (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Plucking
(B) Hydrolic action
(C) Deflation
(D) Corrosion
Answer: A
Q.7. 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 2014)
Assertion (A): Deep chemical decay of rocks is one of the outstanding features of humid tropical regions.
Reason (R): Intensity of chemical weathering depends to a large degree upon an abundance of water and high air temperatures.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Answer: A
Q.8. Crickmay, while disagreeing with Davis, supplanted peneplain with the term: (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Pediplain
(B) Panplane
(C) Etch plain
(D) Structural plain
Answer: B
Q.9. Landscapes produced by single dominant geomorphic processes are called as: (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(1) Simple landscape
(2) Compound landscape
(3) Monocyclic landscape
(4) Multicyclic landscape
Answer: 1
Q.10. Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Whalebacks
(B) Seifs
(C) Barchans
(D) Sand drifts
Answer: A
Q.11. The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable are termed as (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Consequent
(B) Subsequent
(C) Insequent
(D) Resequent
Answer: C
Q.12. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
| List -1 (Books) | List II (Authors) |
| (a) Principles of Geomorphology | (i) LC King |
| (b) The study of Landforms | (ii) WD Thornbury |
| (c) Unstable Earth | (iii) RJ Small |
| (d) Morphology of the Earth | (iv) JA Steers |
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | ii | iii | iv | i |
| (B) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (C) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (D) | iii | i | iv | ii |
Answer: A
Q.13. The slope replacement model was propounded by (UGC NET- JUNE 2014)
(A) Wood
(B) Davis
(C) Penck
(D) Strahler
Answer: C
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Q.14. The term ‘active layer’ is associated with (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(A) Fluvial deposition
(B) Periglacial processes
(C) Plate tectonic
(D) Processess of soil formation
Answer: B
Q.15. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
| List – I (Concept/Theory) | List – II (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 and capacity | (iv) W.M. Davis |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | ii | iv | i |
| (B) | ii | i | iii | iv |
| (C) | iii | ii | i | iv |
| (D) | ii | iv | i | ii |
Answer: A
Q.16. Hydration process belongs to (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(A) Physical and Biological processes
(B) Physical and Chemical processes
(C) Biological and Chemical processes
(D) Chemical processes
Answer: B
Q.17. The basaltic ocean crust has an average density of (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(A) 2. 65 g/cm3
(B) 2.75 g/cm3
(C) 2.90 g/cm3
(D) 3. 0 g/cm3
Answer: C
Q.18. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct Answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
| List – I | List – II |
| (A) Gour | (i) Lithosphere |
| (B) Graben | (ii) Littoral zone |
| (C) Gabro | (iii) Aeolian area |
| (D) Groin | (iv) Orogenic belt |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (A) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (B) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (C) | ii | iv | iii | i |
| (D) | iii | ii | i | iv |
Answer: A
Q.19. The “wave-cut platform” is found in (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(A) California coast
(B) Hokkaido coast
(C) Madagascar coast
(D) Malabar coast
Answer: A
Q.20. What are the evidences in favour of the Continental Drift Theory? (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(i) Zig-Saw fit
(ii) Trans current faults
(iii) Fossils in different areas
(iv) Convection in mantle
Codes:
(1) i and iv
(2) ii and iv
(3) i and iii
(4) i and ii
Answer: 3
Q.21. The theory of sea-floor spreading was proposed by (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(1) Holmes and Davis
(2) Airry and Pratts
(3) Hess and Dietz
(4) Wegner and Ratzel
Answer: 3
Q.22. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
| List – I (Agents of Erosion) | List – II (Erosional Features) |
| (A) Running water | (i) Hanging valley |
| (B) Moving ice | (ii) Incised meander |
| (C) Blowing wind | (iii) Head and Bay |
| (D) Dashing wave | (iv) Barchan |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (1) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (2) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (3) | i | ii | iv | iii |
| (4) | ii | i | iii | iv |
Answer: 2
Q.23. Which of the following condition is not essential for a limestone landscape to develop into karst topography? (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(1) The limestone formation must contain 100% calcium carbonate for solution processes.
(2) Complex patterns of joints in the otherwise impermeable limestone.
(3) There must be an aerated zone between the ground surface and the water table
(4) Good vegetation cover
Answer: 1
Q.24. Identify the correct sequence of terminology used for denoting different parts along a sloping ground from top to bottom: (UGC NET- DEC 2014)
(i) Debris slope
(ii) Waning slope
(iii) Waxing slope
(iv) Free face
(1) ii, iii, i, iv
(2) iii, ii, iv, i
(3) iii, iv, ii, i
(4) iii, iv, i, ii
Answer: 4