41.
Give the name of the up folded rock
A
Syncline
B
Rift valley
C
Fault
D
Anticline
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Give the name of the up folded rock
Syncline
Rift valley
Fault
Anticline
Flood plains are called so, mainly because
They are formed during floods
They are liable to submergence during floods
They prevent floods from spreading
They cause floods
Fiords are very typical of the
Alaskan coast
Spanish coast
Norwegian coast
Peruvian coast
Eskers are of glacio-fluvial origin. Which one of the following statements characterize them
They are long, narrow and sinuous ridges of sands
They are small, irregular mounds of bedded sands
They are small alluvial cones
They are flat-topped terraces
Drift plains are formed by the action of
Rivers
Glaciers
Winds
Wave
Diorite is an example of
Chemically formed sedimentary rock
Extrusive igneous rock
Plutonic igneous rock
Metamorphic
Define Intermotane plateau
They are the outcome of volcanic activity
Outcome of diastrophic activity
They are the remains of certain mountains
They are elevated segment of the earth crust
Caledonian orogenic movements are related to the geological history of
Late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period
Late Silurian and early Devonian period
Middle Triassic period
Late Devonian and early Carboniferous period
Calcium carbonate carbonate-saturated called
Stalactite
Stalagmite
Travertine
Lapies
Boulder fields or felsenmeer are
Straight blocks produced by the weak joint blocks
Curved blocks caused by strong joints blocks
Angular blocks produced by separation and sheltering of joints blocks
All of the above
Boulder clay is a feature associated with which one following
Mechanical weathering
Mass movement
River deposition
Glacial depositioin
Aretes are sharp ridges which develop between the adjacent
Cirques
Roche moutonnee
Medial moraines
U-shaped valley deposited by precipitation from waters around hot spring is
Alluvium shows
Stream valley deposits
Glacial deposits
Erosional deposits caused by wind
None of these.
Alluvial cone is predominant in
Coastal
Piedmont zone
Delta region
Pediment region
A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is know as
Pediment
Bajada
Playa
Peneplain