Tag: landforms on earth and external processes

Questions Related to landforms on earth and external processes

Which one of the following basins experiences convectional rainfall?

  1. Amazon

  2. Ganga

  3. Hwang Ho

  4. Mississippi


Correct Option: A

A Mediterranean climate is characterised by very dry summers because ______.

  1. the relative humidity is low

  2. the skies are cloudless

  3. the trade winds blow from the land to the sea

  4. there are no off-shore winds


Correct Option: C

Choose the correct statement:
1. Purga is snow laden cold wind in Russian Tundra.
2. Bise is an extremely cold wind in France.
3. Yamo is a warm and dry wind in Japan.
4. Santa Ana is a warm and dry wind in Argentina.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1,2 and 4

  3. 1,2 and 3

  4. All of these


Correct Option: C

The two areas having continental glaciers are _________.

  1. Glacier National Park/Waterton Lakes National Park

  2. Antarctica/Greenland

  3. Norway/Sweden

  4. Canada/Siberia


Correct Option: B

Cities in North America and Western Europe are showing a decrease in overall size. This is called process of __________.

  1. Anti-urbanisation

  2. Counter-urbanisation

  3. New-urbanisation

  4. Post-industrialisation


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following volcanoes is called the lighthouse of the Mediterranean?

  1. Vesuvius

  2. Stromboli

  3. Etna

  4. Vulcan


Correct Option: B

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Which one of the following countries has the longest coastal line?

  1. India

  2. Canada

  3. Australia

  4. Brazil


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following glaciers is located in Kumaun region of Uttarakhand?

  1. Hispar

  2. Zemu

  3. Milam

  4. Rupal


Correct Option: C

_______ are denied as the mass movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope.

  1. Earthquake

  2. Cyclone

  3. Flood

  4. Landslide


Correct Option: D

The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are called glacial ______

  1. moranies

  2. deltas

  3. plateaus

  4. grooves


Correct Option: B