WBBSE Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Exogenic Processes And Resultant Landforms MCQs
Question 1. The process by which, the elevation of the earth’s surface decreases, is called:
1. Volcanic
2. Aggradation
3. Deposition
4. Degradation
Answer: 4. Degradation
Question 2. The highland between two river basins is called:
1. Water divide
2. River terrace
3. Natural levee
4. Doad
Answer: 1. Water divide
Question 3. A lake carved out by glacier is:
1. Corrie lake
2. Playa lake
3. Ox-bow lake
4. Lagoon
Answer: 1. Corrie lake
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Question 4. Plain formed by wind deposition is called:
1. Dune
2. Hamada
3. Dhiran
4. Loess
Answer: 4. Loess
Question 5. Lakes containing saline water in the Sahara desert are called:
1. Shotts
2. Balson
3. Dhand
4. Tal
Answer: 1. Shotts
Question 6. The process by which, soil and rock layers move down along the slope of highlands by gravity is called:
1. Weathering
2. Gradation Process
3. Endogenic processes
4. Mass wasting process
Answer: 4. Mass wasting process
Question 7. In peneplain, low-lying hills of hard rocks remain as residual landform is called:
1. Yardang
2. Zeugen
3. Sand Dunes
4. Inselberg
Answer: 4. Insellberg
Question 8. The process by which the height of the earth’s surface increases is:
1. Aggradation
2. Degradation
3. Weathering
4. Denudation
Answer: 1. Aggradation
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Question 9. Deep cracks on the surface of the mountain glacier are called:
1. Nunatak
2. Crevasse
3. Arete
4. Cirque
Answer: 2. Crevasse
Question 10. The gorge formed in the arid regions is called as
1. Canyon
2. ‘V’ Shaped valley
3. Potholes
4. Dhand
Answer: 1. Canyon
Question 11. Bird-foot delta is formed at the mouth of
1. River Nile
2. Hwang Ho
3. Indus river
4. Mississippi-Missouri river
Answer: 4. Mississippi-Missouri river
Question 12. The process by which natural agents reshape the existing landscape over the earth’s surface is known as:
1. Exogenetic process
2. Endogenetic Process
3. Orogenetic process
4. Epeirogenetic Process
Answer: 1. Exogenetic process
Question 13. The geomorphic process that shapes and reshapes land externally is called:
1. Endogenicprocess
2. Exogenic process
3. Earthquake
4. Volcanism
Answer: 1. Exogenic process
Question 14. The factor responsible for the melting of ice caps and consequent rise in sea level is
1. Change in the ocean floor
2. Upliftment of land
3. Global warming
4. Subsidence of coastal areas
Answer: 3. Global warming
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Question 15. The exogenetic processes are
1. Sudden
2. Fast
3. Slow
4. Very slow
Answer: 4. Very slow
Question 16. By graduation, the height of landforms is
1. Reduced
2. Remains the same
3. Increased
4. Subsided
Answer: 3. Increased
Question 17. Pothole is formed by
1. Hydraulic action
2. Corrasion
3. Abrasion
4. Attrition
Answer: 2. Abrasion
Question 18. The waterfall is found in the rivers in
1. Youthful stage
2. Mature stage
3. Old Stage
4. All Stages
Answer: 1. Youthful stage
Question 19. The main activity of a river in the lower course is
1. Vertical Erosion
2. Lateral Erosion
3. Deposition
4. Transportation
Answer: 3. Deposition
Question 20. Which one of these regions has continental glaciers?
1. Himalaya
2. Alps
3. Greenland
4. Antarctica
Answer: 3. Greenland
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Question 21. Which landform is produced by glacial erosion?
1. Arete
2. Moraine
3. Drumlin
4. Water Fall
Answer: 1. Arete
Question 22. Which landform is produced by glacial deposition?
1. Cirque
2. Hanging Valley
3. Medial Moraine
4. Potholes
Answer: 3. Medial Moraine
Question 23. Wind acts as an agent of denudation in
1. Humid region
2. Arid region
3. Polar region
4. Deposition
Answer: 2. Arid region
Question 24. The process by which sand and dust are blown away from the surface is called
1. Corrasion
2. Deflation
3. Abrasion
4. Deposition
Answer: 4. Deposition
Question 24. The process by which sand and dust are blown away from the surface is called
1. Corrasion
2. Deflation
3. Abrasion
4. Deposition
Answer: 2. Deflation
Question 25. Yardangs are formed by
1. Wind Erosion
2. Arid deposition
3. Wave Erosion
4. Glacial deposition
Answer: 1. Wind Erosion
Question 26. Hamada refers to
1. Sandy desert
2. Gravelly desert
3. Rocky desert
4. Plain region
Answer: 1. Sandy desert
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Question 27. Crescent-shaped sand dunes are called
1. Seifs
2. Barkhans
3. Loess
4. Moraine
Answer: 2. Barkhans
Question 28. Global warming affects delta regions by
1. Submerging coastal areas
2. Increasing Rainfall
3. Creating droughts
4. All of the above
Answer: 1. Submerging coastal areas
Question 29. The Sahara desert is extending towards the
1. North
2. South
3. East
4. West
Answer: 1. North
Question 30. The following landform is produced by a glacier:
1. Inselberg
2. Meander
3. Pyramidal peak
4. Waterfall
Answer: 3. Pyramidal peak
Question 31. Wind erosion produces:
1. Ox-bow lake
2. Sand dunes
3. Yardang
4. Moraines
Answer: 3. Yardang
Question 32. Ox-bow lake is formed due to
1. Erosion by river
2. Decrease of slope
3. Decrease of slope
4. Glacial deposition
Answer: 1. Erosion by river
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Question 33. Waterfalls are formed by:
1. Glacial erosion
2. Wide deposition by the river
3. Decrease of slope
4. Transportation Of river
Answer: 3. Decrease of slope
Question 34. The extensive floodplain is found in the basin of the river
1. Narmada
2. Tapti
3. Ganga
4. Sabarmati
Answer: 3. Ganga
Question 35. The Gour is formed by the action of
1. River
2. Glacier
3. Wind
4. Ocean
Answer: 3. Wind
Question 36. The depositional feature of an almost triangular shape at the mouth of a river is called
1. Delta
2. Estuary
3. OX-bow lake
4. Hanging valley
Answer: 1. Delta
Question 37. The kettle-like small depressions in the rocky beds of the river valley are called
1. Potholes
2. Gorges
3. Yardangs
4. Floodplain
Answer: 1. Potholes
Question 38. In the middle course of a river
1. Gorges
2. Flood-plains
3. Delta
4. Estuary
Answer: 2. Flood-plains
Question 39. Lagoons are common in a river in
1. Valleys
2. Coastal regions
3. Plain region
4. None of the above
Answer: 2. Coastal regions
Question 40. Waterfalls are common in the course of a
1. River
2. Glacier
3. Deposition
4. All
Answer: 1. River
Question 41. The main work of a river in its middle course is
1. Erosion
2. Transportation
3. Deposition
4. All
Answer: 2. Transportation
Question 42. The side-cutting of a river is mostly found in
1. Upper course
2. Middle course
3. Lower course
4. In all course
Answer: 1. Upper courses
Question 43. On the two sides of a river flood
1. Plains
2. Deltas
3. Meanders
4. Region
Answer: 1. Plains
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Question 44. Roche mountaineer is created by the work of
1. River
2. Wind
3. Glacier
4. All
Answer: 3. Glacier
Question 45. The height of the snowline is affected by
1. Longitude
2. Latitude
3. Time
4. Pressure
Answer: 1. Latitude
Question 46. The snowline at the lowest height is found on the Poles due to
1. Low rainfall
2. Low temperature
3. Low humidity
4. None of these
Answer: 3. Low temperature
Question 47. The Greenland ice sheet is the best example of
1. Valley glacier
2. Continental glacier
3. Piedmont glacier
4. None of these
Answer: 2. Continental glacier.
Question 48. The Malaspina Glacier of Alaska is an example of
1. Continentalgalcier
2. Running glacier
3. Valley glacier
4. Piedmont glacier
Answer: 4. Piedmont glacier
Question 49. The basket of eggs topography is related with
1. Eskers
2. Drumlins
3. Outwash plain
4. Corrie
Answer: 2. Drumlins
Question 50. In France Corrie is known as
1. Cirque
2. Arete
3. Drumlin
4. None of these
Answer: 1. Cirque
Question 51. Matterhorn of Switzerland is an example of
1. Corrie
2. Arete
3. Burgshrund
4. Potholes
Answer: 2. Arete
Question 52. Cresent-shaped sand dunes are common in the
1. Desert
2. River valley
3. Glacial Valley
4. Mountainous region
Answer: 1. Desert
Question 53. _______ valley is common in the mountain area.
1. U-shaped
2. V-shaped
3. T-shaped
4. D-shaped
Answer: 1. U-shaped
Question 54. Bars are common near the
1. Sea coast
2. Mountain areas
3. River basin
4. River mouth
Answer: 1. Sea coast
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Question 55. Cirques are common in the
1. River Basin
2. Mountain Areas
3. Desert regions
4. All of these
Answer: 2. Mountain Areas
Question 56. The wind is an important agent of erosion in
1. Arid region
2. Mountain region
3. Coastal region
4. None of these
Answer: 1. Arid region
Question 57. A large depression formed by deflation is called
1. Blowhole
2. Blowout
3. Sinkhole
4. Sink out
Answer: 2. Blowout
Question 58. The steep-sided, dome-shaped pyramids formed by wind erosion are called
1. Yardangs
2. Inselbergs
3. Zeugens
4. Roche Moutonnee
Answer: 2. Inselbergs
Question 59. Sword-like long narrow ridges of sand in the Sahara are called
1. Barkhans
2. Seifs
3. Sand dunes
4. Loess
Answer: 2. Seifs
Question 60. Extensive deposits of loess is found in
1. North-West China
2. Thar desert
3. Sahara desert
4. Equatorial region
Answer: 1. North-West China.
Question 61. A stony desert is called an/a
1. Erg
2. Hamada
3. Reg
4. Sief
Answer: 3. Reg
Question 62. Atmospheric ozone gas is concentrated in the layer of
1. Stratosphere
2. Mesosphere
3. Ionosphere
4. Troposphere
Answer: 3. Ionosphere
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Question 63. The temperature decreases by ______ for every 1000 m rise in height.
1. 5.4°C
2. 6.4°C
3. 6.7°C
4. 5.7°C
Answer: 2. 6.4°C
Question 64. The percentage of solar energy reflected back into space by the atmosphere and earth’s crust is
1. 35%
2. 64%
3. 34%
4. 66%
Answer: 3. 34%
Question 65. The layer of the atmosphere where the inversion of temperature is noticed is
1. Ionosphere
2. Troposphere
3. Stratosphere
4. Mesosphere
Answer: 2. Troposphere
Question 66. Rainfall is measured by
1. Rain Gauge
2. Barometer
3. Chronometer
4. Sextant
Answer: 1. Rain Gauge
Question 67. Relative humidity can be measured by
1. Hygrometer
2. Thermometer
3. Rain Gauge
4. Barometer
Answer: 1. Hygrometer
Question 68. Chinook is found in
1. Rockies
2. Rhine river valley
3. Rhone river valley
4. None of these
Answer: 1. Rockies
Question 69. The process by which water of rivers, lakes, and oceans turns into water vapour due to heat is called:
1. Precipitation
2. Saturation
3. Evaporation
4. Condensation
Answer: 3. Evaporation
Question 70. All the land drained by a river, its tributaries and distributaries, is called:
1. River basin
2. Water divide
3. Hanging Valley
4. Outwash plain
Answer: 1. River basin
Question 71. The isolated residual hill in the desert formed due to wind erosion is called:
1. Monadnock
2. Inselberg
3. Mesa & Butte
4. Gour
Answer: 2. Inselberg
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Question 72. The fragments of rocks shattered by frost action and brought down the valley by a glacier are called:
1. Alluvium
2. Salt pans
3. Moraines
4. Pyroclasts
Answer: 3. Moraines
Question 73. The largest reservoir of freshwater on earth is
1. River
2. Glacial ice
3. Oceans
4. Groundwater
Answer: 2. Glacial ice