14000+ MCQs World Geography (Geomorphology)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/07/2026
1. U-shaped valley is formed by
2. A city situated on a plateau is
3. ‘Plates’ move over thermal convective currents, which are made up of
5. At the mouth of which of the following rivers the ‘bird’s foot’ type delta is formed?
6. When sea waves erode a rock from two opposite sides, differential erosion produces
7. The downfolded rocks on Earth’s surface is called
8. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
I. Plates are made up of continental as well as oceanic crust.
II. Individual plates are not permanent.
III. Plates are in constant motion and continuously changing its shape and size.
9. Consider the following statements.
I. Acid igneous rocks such as granite are less dense and are light in colour than basic rocks.
II. Granite is a plutonic rock.
III. Granite is a common volcanic or extrusive rock and forms lava flows, lava sheets and lava plateaux.
IV. Granite are the basic igneous rocks.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
10. Taylor Valley is located in
11. Chemical weathering of rocks is much greater in a place with
12. The shaking of Earth’s surface during an Earthquake is highest at the
13. The area which is the ‘storehouse of minerals’ in South America is
14. The biggest hot desert of the world is
15. Desert is defined as the area where
16. Fluvial erosion is dependent upon which of the following factors?
17. Process that shapes the Earth’s surface is called
18. Frost action is most prominent in which of the following regions?
19. Place the following mountain ranges of the world in the descending order of their lengths and find the correct option from the given codes.
(i) Andes
(ii) Great Dividing Range
(iii) The Himalaya
(iv) The Rockies
20. Geomorphic processes that lead to different topographic features are
I. tectonism
II. chemical dissolution
III. periglacial processes
IV. mass wasting
21. Faulting in Earth’s surface is caused by
22. The Pennines (Europe), the Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of
23. Which one among the following processes is not a part of a chemical weathering?
24. Which of the following landform is produced by wind action?
I. Deflation Hollows
II. Zeugens
III. Barchan (Corrected from 'Barehan')
IV. Seif
V. Cave
25. Which of this is not a type of seismic wave?
26. Which of the following is not included in denudational processes?
27. Which of these statement is not correct?
I. Yardangs are formed by erosion of alternative layers of hard and soft rocks.
II. Yardangs are formed by fluvial erosion.
28. Stalactite, stalagmite and pillars are the depositional landforms of
29. Which of the following is/are coastal erosional features?
I. Notch
II. Sea Arch
III. Cliff
IV. Hook
30. The largest mountain series of the world is
31. Which is known as ‘Roof of the World’?
32. Physical weathering depends on which of the following factors?
33. Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?
34. Fluvial processes result in formation of which of the following type of river valleys?
I. V-shaped valley
II. U-shaped valley
III. Gorge
35. Which of the following is a necessary condition for slumping?
36. ‘Death Valley’ situated in South California in the USA is an example of which of the following?
37. Tied islands are connected with each other by a bar, the bar is known as
38. Arrange the following tectonic plates from larger to smaller in terms of area.
I. Pacific Plate
II. Scotia Plate
III. North America Plate
IV. Somalia Plate
39. Which one of the following mountains lies in between Caspian Sea and Black Sea?
40. Statement I: Portions of glacial troughs may exhibit remarkably flat floors. Statement II: The flat floor in a glacial trough is produced by uniform glacial erosion.
41. Abrasion and plucking are mainly prevalent in which of the type of erosion?
42. Which of the following plate is divergent to the Nazca plate?
43. The average elevation of Tibetan Plateau above sea level is
44. Tsunami waves are the undersea occurrence of earthquake exceeding 7.5 on Richter scale. Which one of the following statements regarding this is not correct?
45. In Malaysia, the ‘Kinta Valley’ is famous for
46. Statement I: Volcanic eruption is accompanied by earthquakes. Statement II: Volcanoes erupt water vapours and dust particles in the atmosphere.
47. Processes/forces generated inside Earth’s surface are known as
48. F. B. Taylor postulated two landmasses in his Theory of Continental Drift. These two landmasses were
49. Which of the following is a type of endogenetic process?
50. Springs are common in which of the following areas?
I. Well jointed rocks
II. Arid areas with underlying rocks
III. Karst topography
IV. Tilted strata
