Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

Nature of Geomorphology

  1. The general theory of landscape development was propounded by which of the following scholars?

    Options:
    1. W.M. Davis
    2. A Penck
    3. Powell
    4. Jukes

    Option: A

  2. J.W. Powell was a

    Options:
    1. Major in American army
    2. Biologist
    3. Climatologist
    4. Lawyer

    Option: A

  3. Who proposed the term of base level?

    Options:
    1. Louis Agassiz
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. A Penck
    4. J.W. Powell

    Option: D

  4. Who is considered as the first real geomorphologist of America because of his significant contributions in systematic and quantitative geomorphology?

    Options:
    1. A Penck
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. G. K. Gilbert
    4. Jukes

    Option: C

  5. Who propound the concept of graded profile of a river?

    Options:
    1. C. F. Dutton
    2. G. K. Gilbert
    3. W.M. Davis
    4. None of the above

    Option: B

  6. Who propound the law of uniform slope and law of structure?

    Options:
    1. W.M. Davis
    2. G. K. Gilbert
    3. W. Penck
    4. A. Penck

    Option: B

  7. Who was the first geoscientist to use the term Isostasy?

    Options:
    1. C. F. Dutton
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. Powell
    4. James Hutton

    Option: A

  8. Which of the following scholars is considered to be the patron of the science of geomorphology?

    Options:
    1. W.M. Davis
    2. G. K. Gilbert
    3. W. Penck
    4. C. F. Dutton

    Option: A

  9. W.M. Davis was a professor of physical geography at

    Options:
    1. Harward University
    2. Texas A & M University
    3. Northeastern University
    4. Arizona State University

    Option: A

  10. Who gave the concept of ‘complete cycle of river life’ in 1889?

    Options:
    1. Powell
    2. James Hutton
    3. W.M. Davis
    4. G. K. Gilbert

    Option: C

  11. When was W. M. Davis gave the concept of ‘geographical cycle?’

    Options:
    1. In 1889
    2. In 1899
    3. In 1904
    4. In 1880

    Option: B

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

    Options:
    1. W. Penck
    2. W.M. Davis
    3. Powell
    4. James Hutton

    Option: B

  13. Which of the following cycle of erosions is NOT given by W. M. Davis

    Options:
    1. Arid cycle of erosion
    2. Glacial cycle of erosion
    3. Normal cycle
    4. Periglacial cycle of erosion

    Option: D

  14. Who gave the karst cycle of erosion?

    Options:
    1. Beede & Cvijic
    2. L.C. Peltier
    3. D.W. Johnson
    4. W.M. Davis

    Option: A

  15. Who gave the periglacial cycle of erosion?

    Options:
    1. W.M. Davis
    2. Powell
    3. James Hutton
    4. L.C. Peltier

    Option: D

  16. Davis’ major contributions were published in in which of the following books?

    Options:
    1. Principles of Geology
    2. Origin of Species
    3. Geographical Essays
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  17. Who quoted that ‘Davis towers above his predecessors and successors, like a monadnock above one of his own peneplains’?

    Options:
    1. L.C. Peltier
    2. S. Judson
    3. S.W. Wooldridge
    4. D.W. Johnson

    Option: C

  18. Who quoted that ‘His grasp of time, space and change, his command of detail, and his ability to order his information and frame his arguments remind us again that we are in the presence of a giant’?

    Options:
    1. Sheldon Judson
    2. S.W. Wooldridge
    3. D.W. Johnson
    4. C.G. Higgin

    Option: A

  19. Which school of geomorphology laid emphasis on the chronological study of landscape development in historical perspective?

    Options:
    1. British
    2. American
    3. German
    4. Russian

    Option: A

  20. Who wrote the book ‘Physical Basis of Geography: An Outline of Geomorphology’?

    Options:
    1. A. Penck
    2. J.A. Steers
    3. S.W. Wooldridge
    4. W. Penck

    Option: C