Mountains and Water-Geography





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1. The most ideal conditions for the chemical weathering are found in :


2. Which of the following represents a process of chemical weathering?


3. Exposure of rock to the changes of temperature is the cause of :


4. Which of the following climatic conditions are conducive to mechanical weathering?
1. Hot 2. Cold 3. Wet 4. Dry


5. The removal of rock, layer by later due to weathering is called :


6. The denudational processes have not reduced the land masses to a level
surface because :


7. Bowl shaped depression created as a result of glacial erosion high on a
mountainside is called :


8. Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain
storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored
valleys called :


9. Which mountain ranges separate North European Plains from Great Siberian Plains?


10. Which is the proper order of seismic waves as they are received at seismograph station?


11. Earthquakes occur due to :


12. The movement inside the Earth's crust is studied by :


13. The intensity of earthquakes is measured on :


14. The epicentre of an earthquake is the :


15. Japan experiences frequent earthquakes because it is located :


16. Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian sea?


17. The highest lake above the sea level in the world is :


18. The islands of Seychelles are located in the :


19. Strait of Malacca separates: Sumatra and Malaysia


20. The world's highest waterfall is in :


21. Maximum amount of herring fish is obtained from :


22. The oceanic current named as 'Kuroshio, Kurile and Alaskan' are located in :


23. Which one of the following seas is without a coastline?


24. Which one of the following cities is associated with the river Mekong?


25. A ship met with an accident at 30 degree E and 35 degree N. The ship was sailing in the :


26. An ox-bow lake is a :


27. Which of the following is not helpful for delta formation?


28. The Ocean currents transfer heat from:


29. Which of the following is a cold current?


30. Cold currents have cooling effect on the shore of :