Nature of Geomorphology

Who introduced statistical techniques in geology?
Options:
1. Tricart
2. Cailleux
3. Krumbein
4. R.E. Horton
Option: C
Who brought quantitative revolution in the field of geomorphology?
Options:
1. Saper
2. R.E. Horton
3. Tricart
4. Wentworth
Option: B
Which of the following scholars gave concepts of ‘the landscape cycle, the epigene cycle’, ‘the pediplanation cycle’ and ‘hillslope cycle’?
Options:
1. R.J. Chorley
2. L.C. King
3. J.T.Hack
4. W. Penck
Option: B
Who gave ‘geomorphic threshold model’ and ‘tectonic-geomorphic model’?
Options:
1. M. Morisawa
2. S.A. Schumm
3. R.C. Palmquist
4. Hack
Option: A
Who define geomorphology as the interpretative description of the relief features of the earth’s surface?
Options:
1. P.G. Worcester
2. W .D. Thornbury
3. A.L. Bloom
4. R.E. Horton
Option: A
Who defined geomorphology as the systematic description and analysis of landscapes and the processes that change them?
Options:
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
Options:
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
Options:
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
Options:
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
Options:
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

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Nature of Geomorphology

Who introduced statistical techniques in geology?

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Who brought quantitative revolution in the field of geomorphology?

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Which of the following scholars gave concepts of ‘the landscape cycle, the epigene cycle’, ‘the pediplanation cycle’ and ‘hillslope cycle’?

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Who gave ‘geomorphic threshold model’ and ‘tectonic-geomorphic model’?

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Who define geomorphology as the interpretative description of the relief features of the earth’s surface?

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

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

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

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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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