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Landforms

Description: Landforms (E)
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: Landforms (E) World Physical Geography
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_____ refers to the series of processes by which the major features of Earth's crust are formed and changed.

  1. Geomorphism

  2. Isomerism

  3. Diastrophism

  4. Catastrophism


Correct Option: C

Which of the following rivers is the longest?

  1. Amazon

  2. Nile

  3. Yangtze

  4. Mississippi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nile is the longest river (length = 6653 km).

The continent that occupies the largest area in the equatorial belt is

  1. South America

  2. Africa

  3. Australia

  4. Asia


Correct Option: B

Which of the following lakes is the largest natural lake of the world?

  1. Caspian Sea

  2. Red Sea

  3. Arabian Sea

  4. Black Sea


Correct Option: A

How is an Ox-bow lake formed?

  1. U-shaped water body cut from the main river due to meandering

  2. Through erosion by glaciers

  3. Through erosion of the mountain sides by rivers

  4. Through erosion by sea waves


Correct Option: A

A day is added when a man crosses the International Date Line from

  1. East to West

  2. West to East

  3. South to North

  4. North to South


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: East to West

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of

  1. divergent boundary

  2. convergent boundary

  3. spreading boundary

  4. transform boundary


Correct Option: A

Which set of rivers given below together forms the world's largest delta before their water flows into the respective seas?

  1. Seine and Rhine

  2. Danube and Thames

  3. Euphrates and Nile

  4. Ganges and Brahamputra


Correct Option: D

Which of the following landforms is formed by glaciers?

  1. Ridge

  2. Tarn

  3. Oxbow lake

  4. Yardang


Correct Option: B

______ are extensive plains that lie between the continental margins and mid-ocean ridges.

  1. Abyssal plains

  2. Ridge plains

  3. Continental plains

  4. Reep plains


Correct Option: A

Which of the following deserts is located in Argentina?

  1. Gibson

  2. Sonoran

  3. Patagonia

  4. Karakum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Which of the following are formed when the sand surface is partially covered with vegetation?

  1. Parabolic dunes

  2. Barchans

  3. Seifs

  4. Levees


Correct Option: A

Which of the following processes helps in the formation of rift valley?

  1. Seismicity

  2. Faulting

  3. Folding

  4. Volcanism


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Faulting helps in the formation of rift valley.

“Calderas” are

  1. another form of lava

  2. small mouths of volcanoes

  3. collapsed depressions

  4. volcanoes with multiple vents


Correct Option: C

Playas are depressions formed due to

  1. deflating action of winds

  2. glacial erosion

  3. river erosion

  4. marine erosion


Correct Option: A
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