GEOMORPHOLOGY PYQS JUNE, SEP & DEC 2013 NTA UGC NET
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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
Answer: (2)
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
Answer: (4)
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
Answer: (2)
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.
Answer: (1)
Q.5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)
| List I (River) | List II (Types of Delta) |
| (a) Mississippi | (i) Arcuate |
| (b) Ganga | (ii) Bird-foot |
| (c) Narmada | (iii) Abandoned |
| (d) Old course of yellow | (iv) Estuarine |
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (1) | i | ii | iv | iii |
| (2) | ii | i | iii | iv |
| (3) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (4) | iv | ii | i | iii |
Answer: (3)
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
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (C)
Q.8. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2013)
| List – I (Scholar) | List – II (Theory) |
| (a) Harry Hass | (i) Doctrine of Uniformitarianism |
| (b) Hall and Dana | (ii) Thermal Contraction Theory |
| (c) Jeffreys | (iii) Theory of Geosyncline |
| (d) Hutton | (iv) Sea Floor Spreading Theory |
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (B) | iii | i | ii | iv |
| (C) | i | iii | ii | iv |
| (D) | ii | iv | i | iii |
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (B)
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.
Answer: (B)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | iii | iv | ii |
| (B) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (C) | iii | ii | i | iv |
| (D) | i | ii | iii | iv |
Answer: B
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
Answer: (B)
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
Answer: (C)
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
Answer: (B)
(UGC NET- SEP 2013)
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
Answer: (B)
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
Answer: A
Q.17. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below: (UGC NET- SEP 2013)
| List – I | List – II |
| (a) River | (i) Dolines |
| (b) Glacier | (ii) Inselburg |
| (c) Wind | (iii) Moraines |
| (d) Underground water | (iv) Leaves |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| (B) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (C) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
| (D) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (C)
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
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (A) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| (B) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (C) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (D) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Answer: (D)
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
Answer: (C)
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
Answer: (D)
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
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (B)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | iii | i | ii | iv |
| (B) | ii | iv | iii | i |
| (C) | iv | ii | i | iii |
| (D) | i | iii | iv | ii |
Answer: (C)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (C) | iii | ii | i | iv |
| (D) | ii | i | iv | ii |
Answer: (C)
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
Answer: (B)
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.
Answer: (A)
Q.28. Knick points are associated with (UGC NET- SEP 2013)
(A) River Rejuvenation
(B) Glacial Erosion
(C) Aeolian Deposits
(D) Karst topography
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (A)
(UGC NET- DEC 2013)
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
Answer: (B)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (A) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (B) | ii | iii | i | iv |
| (C) | iii | i | ii | iv |
| (D | iv | ii | i | iii |
Answer: (C)
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
Answer: (A)
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
Answer: (B)
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
Answer: (B)
Q.35. The concept of geosynclines was given by (UGC NET- DEC 2013)
(1) James Hall and Dana
(2) Hang
(3) Holmes
(4) Steers
Answer: (1)
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
Answer: (2)
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
Answer: (3)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (1) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (2) | iii | iv | i | ii |
| (3) | iv | iii | i | ii |
| (4) | iii | iv | ii | i |
Answer: (4)
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
Answer: (2)
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
Answer: (2)
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
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (1) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (2) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (3) | iii | i | ii | iv |
| (4) | ii | iii | i | iv |
Answer: (1)
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.
Answer: (2)
Q.43. Identify fluvio-glacial deposits from the following: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)
(1) Outwash plain
(2) Flood plain
(3) Peneplain
(4) Pan plain
Answer: (1)
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
Answer: (4)
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
Answer: (4)
Q.46. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)
| List – I | List – II |
| (a) Rivers | (i) Sand stone |
| (b) Settlements | (ii) Gale |
| (c) Winds | (iii) Levees |
| (d) Rocks | (iv) Satellite |
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (1) | iii | iv | ii | i |
| (2) | iv | iii | i | ii |
| (3) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (4) | i | ii | iii | iv |
Answer: (1)
Q.47. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2013)
| List I | List II |
| (a) Block Mountains | (i) Aravallies |
| (b) Volcanic Mountains | (ii) Pennives |
| (c) Relict Mountains | (iii) Vindhyachal |
| (d) Fold Mountains | (iv) Mount Popa |
Codes:
| a | b | c | d | |
| (1) | i | ii | iii | iv |
| (2) | ii | i | iv | iii |
| (3) | iv | iii | ii | i |
| (4) | iii | iv | i | ii |
Answer: (4)