14000+ MCQs World Geography (Geomorphology)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/09/2026
1. Which of the following plate is divergent to the Nazca plate?
2. U-shaped valley is formed by
3. Tied islands are connected with each other by a bar, the bar is known as
4. Desert is defined as the area where
5. Volcanoes that erupt frequently or have erupted in recent times is known as
7. Denudational processes take place under the influence of
8. F. B. Taylor postulated two landmasses in his Theory of Continental Drift. These two landmasses were
9. Statement I: Incised meanders are formed in the mature stage of a river. Statement II: Incised meanders are characterised by rejuvenation and upliftment of land.
10. The biggest hot desert of the world is
11. Statement I: Volcanic eruption is accompanied by earthquakes. Statement II: Volcanoes erupt water vapours and dust particles in the atmosphere.
12. Which of the following is a necessary condition for slumping?
13. Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?
14. Consider the following statements about ‘Ring of Fire’.
I. It is also known as Circum-Pacific belt of volcanoes.
II. It is an active seismic zone.
III. It is a zone of divergent plate margin.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
15. Stalactites and stalagmites are features of
16. The shaking of Earth’s surface during an Earthquake is highest at the
17. A tabular uplands having a relief of more than 300 feet may defined as plateau.
18. Abrasion and plucking are mainly prevalent in which of the type of erosion?
19. Process that shapes the Earth’s surface is called
20. Fluvial processes result in formation of which of the following type of river valleys?
I. V-shaped valley
II. U-shaped valley
III. Gorge
21. Which of the following is/are coastal erosional features?
I. Notch
II. Sea Arch
III. Cliff
IV. Hook
22. 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.
23. Identify the type of volcano by its feature mentioned below. “Volcanoes which have not erupted in historic times but they retain the features of volcanoes.”
24. Granite and Basalt are the examples of which of the following?
25. When sea waves erode a rock from two opposite sides, differential erosion produces
26. Which of the following is a type of endogenetic process?
27. Which of the following landform is produced by wind action?
I. Deflation Hollows
II. Zeugens
III. Barchan (Corrected from 'Barehan')
IV. Seif
V. Cave
28. Darling range is situated along which of the following coasts of Australia?
29. Which of these feature is produced by glacial erosion?
30. A city situated on a plateau is
31. Which one of the following is not a coastal depositional feature?
32. Faulting in Earth’s surface is caused by
33. Physical weathering depends on which of the following factors?
34. Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?
35. Assertion (A): Decay and disintegration of rock in situ is called weathering. Reason (R): Mechanical weathering is mainly caused by temperature variation.
36. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
37. 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.
38. Fluvial erosion is dependent upon which of the following factors?
39. Vulcanism is observed in which of the following regions?
40. The downfolded rocks on Earth’s surface is called
41. The area which is the ‘storehouse of minerals’ in South America is
42. Which of the following is/are the landforms of glacial region?
I. Sheep Rock (Roches Moutonnées)
II. Hanging Valley
III. Moraines
IV. Erratics
V. Kame Terrace
43. Earthquakes are caused by
44. Which one among the following processes is not a part of a chemical weathering?
45. At the mouth of which of the following rivers the ‘bird’s foot’ type delta is formed?
46. Which of the following is true about the Continental Drift Theory of Wegener?
47. Which one of the following is not an agent of metamorphism?
48. Geomorphic processes that lead to different topographic features are
I. tectonism
II. chemical dissolution
III. periglacial processes
IV. mass wasting
49. Which is known as ‘Roof of the World’?
50. Which of the following statements relating to earthquakes is/are correct?
I. The point of origin of earthquake is called epicenter.
II. The lines joining the places which were affected by earthquake at the same point of time are called homoseismal lines.