GEOMORPHOLOGY PYQS 2019 UGC NET FREE MOCK TEST

Q.1.  Which of the following type of weathering is generally dominant in Greater Himalays? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Block disintegration

(2) Scree formation

(3) Exfoliation

(4) Granular disintegration

Q.2. Which one of the following comprises the largest reservoir of the earth’s oxygen? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Lithosphere

(2) Atmosphere

(3) Hydrosphere

(4) Biosphere

Q.3. Consider the following features related to glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF): (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(a) Involve sudden release of melt water

(b) Failure of moraine and ice dam

(c) Large downstream discharge causing floods

(d) Rapid event casting for few seconds

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (a) and (b) are correct

(2) (c) and (d) are correct

(3) (a), (b) and (c) are correct

(4) (b), (c) and (d) are correct

Q.4. Match List-I with List-II (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

List-I (Geomorphic Hazards)

(a) Faulting

(b) Vulcanicity

(c) Hydrostatic pressure

(d) Plate movement

List-II (Areas of Occurrence)

(i) krakatos Earthquake (1883)

(ii) Greece Earthquak (1931)

(iii) Gujarat Earthquake (2001)

(iv) California Earthquake (1906)

Choose the correct option from those given below:

(1) (a)- (ii); (b)-(iii); (c)-(iv); (d)-(i)

(2) (a)-(i); (b)-(ii); (c)-(iii); (d)-(iv)

(3) (a)-(iii); (b)-(iv); (c)-(i); (d)-(ii)

(4) (a)-(iv); (b)-(i), (c)-(ii); (d)-(iii)

Q.5. Which of the following avalanches are most destructive in nature? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Loose snow

(2) Slab

(3) Powder snow

(4) Wet snow

Q.6. San Andreas Fault represents which of the following? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Benioff zone

(2) Constructive margin of the plate

(3) Destructive margin of the plate

(4) Conservative margin of the plate

Q.7. In a fold if both limbs are parallel as well as horizontal to each other, it would be a case of which of the following types of fold? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Isocline

(2) Recumbent

(3) Open

(4) Closed

Q.8. The direction of dip in reference of strike is always at which of the following angles? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Acute angle

(2) Obtuse angle

(3) Right angle

(4) Straight angle

Q.9. Down-warping is produced on account of which of the following actions? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Crustal fracture

(2) Crustal bending

(3) Submergence

(4) Emergence

Q.10. Which of the following is not a part of Circum-Pacific Volcanic belt? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Aleutian islands

(2) Mindanao island

(3) Azores islands

(4) Sakhalin island

Q.11. The constructive magrin of lithospheric plates is presented by which of the following? (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Ural mountains

(2) Mariana trench

(3) Indo-Gangetic plain

(4) Mid-Atlantic ridge

Q.12. The graph used to show the proportion of surface area representing elevation above or below datum is (UGC NET- JUNE 2019)

(1) Altimetric curve

(2) Fluviometric curve

(3) Morphometric curve

(4) Hypsometric curve

Q.13. Which of the following measurements of form factor each correct, as basin area is donated by 'A' and maximum besan length being 'L'? (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) A/L

(2) A/L²

(3) A/πL³

(4) A/πL²

Q.14. The given drainage pattern represents, which one of the following? (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Parallel

(2) Dendritic

(3) Centripetal

(4) Angular

Q.15. The Hydraulic Slope Theory was given by (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) C. Darwin

(2) A. Goudie

(3) R.E Horton

(4) C.A Cotton

Q.16. Match List I with List II (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

List I

(Mercalli Scale)

(a) VI strong

(b) VII Destructive

(c) XII Catastrophic

(d) XII Catastrophic

List II

(Richter magnitude corresponding to highest intensity reached)

(i) 7 - 7.3

(ii) 4.9 - 5.4

(iii) above 8.1

(iv) 6.2

Choose the correct options from the following:

(1) (a)- (iv), (b)- (iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(3) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

(4) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

Q.17. The hypsographic curve illustrated in the following diagram expresses different stages of basin development.  (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

Choose the correct option out of the following for youthful stage of basin development from the above diagram

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

Q.18. Match List I with List II (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

List I (Geological Era)

(a) Neozoic

(b) Mesozoic

(c) Cenozoic

(d) Palaeozoic

List –II (Geological Period)

(i) Jurassic

(ii) Miocene

(iii) Pleistocene

(iv) Silurian

Select the correct answer for the codes given below:

(1). (a)- (i), (b)- (iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)

(2). (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)

(3). (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

(4). (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)

Q.19. The 'Doctrine of Uniformitarianism' was postulated by (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Cotton

(2) Dutton

(3) Hutton

(4) Dalton

Q.20. Who gave the idea that there was an ice age during which most of Northern Europe was covered by Ice Sheets? (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) W.M Davis

(2) L.Agassiz

(3) W. Penck

(4) A.C Ramsay

Q.21. The statement "The present is the key to the past" was made by- (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) W.M Davis

(2) Walther Penck

(3) James Hutton

(4) F.Von Ricthofen

Q.22. Match List I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

List I (Author)

(a) John Palhiek

(b) Stephen Trudgill

(c) C.H. Crickmay

(d) Charles Lyell

List-II (Works)

(i) Introduction of coastal geomorphology

(ii) Limestone geomorphology

(iii) The work of the river

(iv) Principles of Geology

Choose the correct options from the following:

(1) (a)- (i), (b)- (ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

(2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(3) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

Q.23. Which one of the following options best describes the world distribution of active volcanoes? (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) They are found in association with young folded mountain systems.

(2) They occur in river flood plains

(3) They are associated with old eroded mountain chains.

(4) They lead to form chains around ocean basins

Q.24. Which one of the following groups of landforms are erosional features? (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Stalagmites, Natural levees, Stacks, Talus

(2) Corrie, Yardang, Gorge, Sinkholes

(3) Natural Bridges, Beaches, Eskers, Star dunes

(4) Flood plain, Moraina, Calderas,  'U' shaped Valley

Q.25. The concept of 'Panplain' was propounded by (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Swinerton

(2) Johnson

(3) Davis

(4) Crickmay

Q.26. The rigid masses surrounding the geosyncline were termed by Kober as- (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Kratogen

(2) Primarumph

(3) Endrumph

(4) Monadnock

Q.27. Two cycle theory regarding the 'origin of Limestone caves' was propounded by- (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Swinerton

(2) Gardner

(3) W.M Davis

(4) Malott

Q.28. In the process of erosion, the removal of materials by solution is called (UGC NET- DEC 2019)

(1) Corrasion

(2) Attrition

(3) Corrosion

(4) Sapping