Fundamental Concepts in Geomorphology
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When was ‘the principle of uniformitarianism’ given?
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Option: A
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Who modified the concept of uniformitarianism?
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Option: B
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Which one of the following scholars popularized the concept of uniformitarianism?
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Option: B
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Who wrote the book ‘principles of geology’
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Option: B
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Who was the first person to use term uniformitarianism?
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Option: A
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During which period, the Great Britain, was characterized by hot and humid equatorial climate?
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Option: A
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Who postulated ‘the principle of uniformitarianism? ‘
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Option: C
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Who said ‘the present is key to the past’?
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Option: D
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Who said ‘no vestige of a beginning and no prospect of an end?’
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Option: D
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Which one of the following statements is/are true
- The same physical processes and laws that operate today, operated throughout geological time
- Geological processes were active with same intensity during each period of geological time
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Option: A
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During which period vulcanicity was more active than today
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Option: B
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Arrange following mountain building periods in correct order from earliest to latest
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Option: B
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Who was the first scientist to postulated the concept of cyclic nature of earth’s history?
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Option: C
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Arrange following peneplain according to their formation (from earliest to latest) in correct order
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Option: A
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Lithology or Nature of Rocks includes
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Option: D
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Which of the following features forms due the differential erosion of the basaltic rock which is characterized by almost flat and regular top-surface but by very steep slopes from all sides?
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Option: A
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The small size Mesa is known as
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Option: B
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Messas on the Chotanagpur plateau of south Bihar are locally called as
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Option: C
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Shiprock of New Mexico (USA) is an example of
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Option: D
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A pile of broken and exposed masses of hard rocks particularly granites having a crown of rock blocks of different sizes on the top and clitters (trains of blocks) on the sides is known as
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Option: C