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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 31

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Pop the chemical weatheringRead the answer and worked solution →Run the soil numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the mass movementsRead the answer and worked solution →Endogenic or exogenicRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the weathering typesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Geomorphic bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A lowland of faint relief left by stream erosion, dotted with monadnocks, is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which deep valley is nearly equal in width at its top and bottom, with very steep sides?Read the answer and worked solution →Canyons commonly form in which kind of rock?Read the answer and worked solution →Large deep holes at the base of waterfalls are called:Read the answer and worked solution →River terraces at the same height on both sides of a river are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The cone-shaped deposit where a mountain stream breaks onto a gentle plain is an:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike alluvial fan deposits, the deposits making up deltas are:Read the answer and worked solution →Low linear ridges of coarse deposits along the banks of large rivers are:Read the answer and worked solution →Point bars, also called meander bars, form on which side of a meander?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep meander loops cut off at their inflection points are left as:Read the answer and worked solution →Karst topography takes its name from a limestone region in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Long narrow trenches formed when sinkholes and dolines join are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which limestone cave deposits rise up from the floor?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is fed by meltwater from the snout of which glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →A lake left in a cirque after the glacier disappears is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Matterhorn and Everest are examples of which glacial landform?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep glacial troughs filled with sea water along high-latitude coasts are:Read the answer and worked solution →The unassorted coarse and fine debris dropped by melting glaciers is glacial:Read the answer and worked solution →A sinuous ridge of coarse material left by a stream flowing under the ice is an:Read the answer and worked solution →India's west coast is described as which type of coast?Read the answer and worked solution →A barrier bar keyed up to the headland of a bay is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped dunes with wings pointing downwind are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the glacial landformsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the chemical weathering

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Other terms
  1. Slump
  2. Rockfall
  3. Creep
  4. Heave
Matching terms
  1. Solution
  2. Carbonation
  3. Hydration
  4. Oxidation
  5. Reduction
Instructions
Pop the chemical weathering processes. Leave the mass movements.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 6, Geomorphic Processes._

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Run the soil numbers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    3
    Choices
    1. 3
    2. 5
    3. 2
  2. Correct
    5
    Choices
    1. 3
    2. 5
    3. 2
  3. Correct
    2
    Choices
    1. 3
    2. 5
    3. 2
  4. Correct
    2
    Choices
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 5
  5. Correct
    3
    Choices
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 5
  6. Correct
    5
    Choices
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 5
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right number for each fact.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 6, Geomorphic Processes._

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Slice the mass movements

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Does not match the category
  1. Hydration
  2. Oxidation
  3. Solution
  4. Carbonate
Matches the category
  1. Slump
  2. Rockslide
  3. Rock fall
  4. Creep
  5. Heave
Instructions
Slice only the mass movement types. Spare the weathering words.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 6, Geomorphic Processes._

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