Nature of Geomorphology

Who defined geomorphology as the systematic description and analysis of landscapes and the processes that change them?
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1. W .D. Thornbury
2. A.L. Bloom
3. R.E. Horton
4. P.G. Worcester
Option: B
The subject matter of geomorphology may be organized on the bases of
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1. dimension and scale of relief features
2. processes that shape the landforms
3. the approaches to the geomorphic studies
4. All of the above
Option: D
On the basis of dimension and scale, the relief features of the earth’s surface are grouped in
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1. four broad categories
2. two broad categories
3. six broad categories
4. three broad categories
Option: D
Which of the following constitute the category 0f relief features of the first order
Options:
1. continents
2. mountains
3. plateaus
4. rift valleys
Option: A
Which of the following constitute the category of relief features of the second order
Options:
1. ocean basins
2. continents
3. faults
4. none of the above
Option: C
Which of the following relief features is also called as constructional landforms
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1. Relief features of first order
2. Relief features of second order
3. Relief features of third order
4. none of the above
Option: B
Which of the following types of relief features are the result of diastrophic forces
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1. Relief features of second order
2. Relief features of first order
3. Relief features of second order
4. None of the above
Option: A
Which of the following types of relief features are the result of exogenetic denudational processes
Options:
1. Relief features of third order
2. Relief features of first order
3. Relief features of second order
4. None of the above
Option: A
Which of the following landforms is not included in the category of relief features of the third order
Options:
1. cirques
2. gorges
3. yardangs
4. lakes
Option: D
Which of the following landforms is not included in the category of relief features of the third order
Options:
1. eskers
2. drumlins
3. faults
4. stalactites
Option: C
Who said that ‘landscape is a function of structure, process and time’?
Options:
1. K.J. Gregory
2. A.K. Lobeck
3. Davis
4. P.G. Worcester
Option: C
Who of the followings gave geomorphic equationF=f (PM)dt where F = landforms, f = function of, P = processes, M = geomaterials, dt = mathematical way of denoting change over time
Options:
1. Davis
2. K.J. Gregory
3. P.G. Worcester
4. A.K. Lobeck
Option: B
Who said that ‘Egypt was the gift of Nile’?
Options:
1. Herodotus
2. Aristotle
3. Strabbo
4. Davis
Option: A
Who named the shape of depositional feature at the mouth of the river as delta
Options:
1. Aristotle
2. Herodotus
3. Strabbo
4. Davis
Option: B
Who postulated ‘the principle of uniformitarianism? ‘
Options:
1. Jhon Playfair
2. Charles Lyell
3. James Hutton
4. W.M. Davis
Option: C
According to Aristotle water springs get supply of water through
Options:
1. Rainwater, which reaches underground through percolation and seepage
2. Condensation of underground saturated air
3. Both A and B
4. Only A
Option: C
The dark age in geomorphological thought occurred during
Options:
1. 9th century A.D. to 15th century A.D.
2. 8th century A.D. to 14th century A.D.
3. 1st century A.D. to 14th century A.D.
4. 3rd century A.D. to 15th century A.D.
Option: C
Who gave the concept of uniformitarianism
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1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. James Hutton
3. Buffon
4. Targioni Tozetti
Option: B
Who postulated that the irregular courses of the rivers depended on the nature of rocks through which they flow?
Options:
1. Dimarest
2. Guethard
3. James Hutton
4. Targioni Tozetti
Option: D
Which one of the scholars said that ‘present is key to the past’
Options:
1. James Hutton
2. Buffon
3. Leonardo da Vinci
4. Dimarest
Option: A

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Nature of Geomorphology

Who defined geomorphology as the systematic description and analysis of landscapes and the processes that change them?

Options:

The subject matter of geomorphology may be organized on the bases of

Options:

On the basis of dimension and scale, the relief features of the earth’s surface are grouped in

Options:

Which of the following constitute the category 0f relief features of the first order

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Which of the following constitute the category of relief features of the second order

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Which of the following relief features is also called as constructional landforms

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Which of the following types of relief features are the result of diastrophic forces

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Which of the following types of relief features are the result of exogenetic denudational processes

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Which of the following landforms is not included in the category of relief features of the third order

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Which of the following landforms is not included in the category of relief features of the third order

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Who said that ‘landscape is a function of structure, process and time’?

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Who of the followings gave geomorphic equationF=f (PM)dt where F = landforms, f = function of, P = processes, M = geomaterials, dt = mathematical way of denoting change over time

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Who said that ‘Egypt was the gift of Nile’?

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Who named the shape of depositional feature at the mouth of the river as delta

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Who postulated ‘the principle of uniformitarianism? ‘

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According to Aristotle water springs get supply of water through

Options:

The dark age in geomorphological thought occurred during

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Who gave the concept of uniformitarianism

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Who postulated that the irregular courses of the rivers depended on the nature of rocks through which they flow?

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Which one of the scholars said that ‘present is key to the past’

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