GEOMORPHOLOGY PYQS JUNE & DEC 2015 NTA UGC NET
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Q.1. Which of the following is formed due to tectonic forces? (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Rift valley
(2) Hanging valley
(3) Super imposed valley
(4) Antecedent valley
Answer: 1
Q.2. Drowned glaciated valleys in high latitudes regions are known as: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Ocean trenches
(2) Submarine ridges
(3) Fiords
(4) Submarine canons
Answer: 3
Q.3. Match List-I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Basalt | (i) Geneis |
| (b) Granite | (ii) Quartzite |
| (c) Sandstone | (iii) Schist |
| (d) Shale | (iv) Slate |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| (2) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
| (4) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
Answer: 4
Q.4. Consider the following statement regarding kants view on the origin of the earth: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(a) Kant introduced the Newtonian law of gravitation in his theory.
(b) Kant developed his theory accepting the principle of conservation of angular momentum.
(c) Though Laplace put forward the nebular hypothesis of origin of the earth, Kant is regarded by many as the real propounder of the nebular hypothesis.
Which of the statements are correct?
(1) ()a and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (a) and (c)
(4) (a) (b) and (c)
Answer: 4
Q.5. Excessive folding results in: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Reverse fault
(2) Geosyncline
(3) Nappe formation
(4) Block disintegration
Answer: 3
Q.6. Guttenberg discontinuity is found between the: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Upper core and lower core
(2) Mantle and the core
(3) Crust and the mantle
(4) Upper mantle and lower mantle
Answer: 2
Q.7. Who postulated the concept of Sea floor spreading? (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) W.J. Morgan
(2) T. J. Wilson
(3) Le Pichon
(4) Harry Hess
Answer: 4
Q.8. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii is famous for: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Botanical garden
(2) Monitoring rainfall
(3) Monitoring rainfall
(4) Continuous monitoring of atmospheric since 1957
Answer: 4
Q.9. Match List – I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
| List – I (River) | List – II (Sediment transported to ocean in tons/y) |
| (a) Ganga | (i) 726 |
| (b) Mekong | (ii) 500 |
| (c) Brahmputra | (iii) 1600 |
| (d) Yangtze | (iv) 1000 |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (2) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| (4) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
Answer: 3
Q.10. ‘Vadose water’ remain in between: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Crust and mantle
(2) Mantle and core
(3) Ground surface and water table
(4) Ground surface and tropopause
Answer: 3
Q.11. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
| List-I (Concept) | List-II (Proposer) |
| (a) Peneplain | (i) Holmes |
| (b) Uniformitarianism | (ii) W.M. Davis |
| (c) Tetrahedral hypothesis | (iii) Hutton |
| (d) Convectional Current Theory | (iv) Lothian Green |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| (1) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| (2) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
| (3) | (i) | (ii) | (i)v | (iii) |
| (4) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
Answer: 1
Q.12. Ria is an example of: (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Deposited land features
(2) Submerged upland shorelines
(3) Emerged upland shorelines
(4) Eroded land forms
Answer: 2
Q.13. Who wrote the book “Illustration of the Huttonian Theory of the earth”? (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) James Hutton
(2) John Playfaire
(3) Vidal de laBlache
(4) W. M. Davis
Answer: 2
Q.14. Who postulated the concept of base level? (UGC NET- JUNE 2015)
(1) Walther Penck
(2) W. M. Davis
(3) J. W. Powell
(4) James Hutton
Answer: 3
Q.15. Which of the following authors is associated with the concept of Geosyncline? (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(1) Penck and Davis
(2) Wooldridge and Morgan
(3) Hall and Dana
(4) Wooldring and Lapichon
Answer: 3
Q.16. Match List –I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
List – I (Author)
(a) K.W. Butzer
(b) W.M. Davis
(c) C. Embleton, et al
(d) J. Thornes, et al
List – II (Book)
(i) Process in Geomorphology
(ii) Geomorphology and time
(iii) Geomorphology from the Earth
(iv) The Geomorphic Cycle
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(3) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(4) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Answer: 4
Q.17. Which one of the following plateau can be considered as intermonatane? (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(1) Brazilian
(2) Indian
(3) Tibatian
(4) Arabian
Answer: 3
Q.18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: : (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
Assertion (A): Eskers are the features formed due to the depositional action of wind.
Reason (R): Eskers are the outcome of Fluvio-glacial deposition.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A and (R are true, but (R ) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: 4
Q.19. Negative movements of base level produce: : (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(1) Rejuvenation
(2) Stabilisation
(3) Attrition
(4) Saltation
Answer: 1
Q.20. Consider the following rock characteristics: (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(a) These are layered
(b) These contain fossils
(c) These are transported rocks
(d) These are formed in water bodies
Answer: 4
Q.21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
List-I List-II
(Place of deposition) (Name of deposition)
(a) Channel (i) Vertical accretion deposits
(b) Channel margin (ii) Lag deposits
(c) Overbank flood plain (iii) Colluvium
(d) Valley margin (iv) Lateral accretion deposits
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(2) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(4) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Answer: 3
Q.22. Which one of the following is features is formed when the roof of a limestone Cavern collapses? (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(1) Tarn
(2) Polje
(3) Swallow hole
(4) Doline
Answer: 2
Q.23. Which one of the following is unrelated to the denudational action of mass movement? (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(1) Basal sapping
(2) Exfoliation
(3) Landslide
(4) Mud flow
Answer: 2
Q.24. Which of the following features are unrelated with mountain glaciation? (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) Cirques
(b) Tarn
(c) Aretes
(d) Fiords
Codes:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (d) only
Answer: 4
Q.25. Match List –I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: : (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
List-I (Book title)
(a) Morphology of the Earth
(b) Principles of Physical Geology
(c) Geomorphology
(d) Principles of Geomorphology
List-II (Author)
(i) A. Holmes
(ii) Sparks
(iii) W.D Thornbury
(iv) L.C. King
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(2) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(4) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Answer: 2
Q.26. Which of the following are evidences in favour of the continental drift theory? : (UGC NET- DEC 2015)
(a) Zig-saw fit
(b) Trans – current faults
(c) Fossils in different areas
(d) Convection in mantle
Codes:
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (a) and (d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (a), (c) and (d)
Answer: 1