This is the 1st part of Previous years questions of
Geomorphology paper (DEC 2018 to DEC 2015).
This part contains only 60 questions of geomorphology
from past years papers which were asked.
Section/Paper: Geomorphology (Part 1)
NTA UGC NET DEC 2018 (P 2)
Q. 1 Match List I with List II and choose the correct
answer from the code given below
List I
(Name of Author)
(a) Steers
(b) Von Richthofen
(c) Wooldridge
(d) Thornbury
List II
(Name of Book)
(i) Geomorphology
(ii) The Unstable Earth
(iii) Principles of Geomorphology
(iv) Spirit and Purpose of Geography
Code:
1. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
2. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (C)-(i), (d)-(iv)
3. (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
4. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Answer: 1
Q. 2. Conrad discontinuity is found between
1. Upper mantle and Lower mantle
2. Outer and Inner core
3. Sial and Sima
4. Sima and Nife
Answer: 3
Q. 3 The upper
part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is known as
Q. 4 Which one of the following groups of topographical
features is the product of erosional process?
1. Moraine,
Barchan, Pinnacle, Wave-built platform
2. Cirque, Arete, Playa, Stack
3. Eskers, Fiords, V-shaped valley, Seifs
4. Levees, Stalagmites, Monadnocks, Drumlins
Answer: 2
Q. 5 Which of the following groups of scholars stressed
on the role of lateral erosion by streams in the formation of pediments?
1. Paige, Blackwelder, Johnson
2. Paige, Johnson, Lawson
3. McGee, Paige, Blackwelder
4. McGee, Blackwelder, Johnson
Answer: 1
Q.6 Given below are two statements, one is labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R), Read the statements and
choose the correct answer using the code given below
Assertion (A): Plate margins and volcanic zones are
closely related with each other.
Reason (R): Most of the volcanic zones are located
along convergent plate boundaries.
Code:
1. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
2. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
explanation of (A).
4. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the
correct explanation of (A).
Answer: 3
Q. 7 Which of
the following features is formed due to tectonic forces ?
1. Hanging valley
2. Rift valley
3. Blind valley
4. U-shaped valley
Answer: 2
Q. 8 The Two Cycle Theory on the origin of limestone
caverns was proposed by
1. Davis
2 Gardner
3. Malott
4. Swinerton
Answer: 1
CBSE UGC NET JULY 2018 (P-2)
Q.9. The concept of geosyncline was propounded by:
(1) Holmes
(2) James Hutton
(3) Hall and Dana
(4) J.W. Powell
Answer: 3
Q.10. Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the:
(1) Crust and mantle
(2) Mantle and core
(3) Upper Core and Lower Core
(4) Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle
Answer: 2
Q.11. The concept of panplan was propagated by:
(1) C.A. Cotton
(2) Von Ricthofen
(3) Crickmay
(4) Alfred Von Wegener
Answer: 3
Q. 12. The direction of a horizontal line on an
inclined rock strata is termed as:
(1) Strike
(2) Dip
(3) Anticline
(4) Free face
Answer: 1
Q.13. Peternoster Lakes are:
(1) Lakes formed on glacialstair ways
(2) Lakes having volcanic origin
(3) Lakes formed by a shallow stretch of water caused
by sea erosion
(4) Cresent shaped lakes formed due to cut-off of a
river meander
Answer-1
Q.14. “The present is the key to the past.” This phase
is related to the concept of:
(1) Isostasy
(2) Diastrophism
(3) Plate tectonics
(4) Uniformatarianism
Answer- 4
Q.15. Which one of the following types of plate
boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Faultr of California?
(1) Transform boundary with Sinistral motion
(2) Transform boundary with dextral motion
(3) Divergent boundary with sinistral motion
(4) Convergent boundary with dextral motion
Answer- 2
Q.16. In which of the following directions the Nazca
Plate is moving?
(1) East
(2) West
(3) South
(4) North
Answer- 1
Q.17. Which one of the following sequences is the
correct one in a littoral zone from land
to sea?
(1) Backshore, Foreshore, Nearshore, Offshore
(2) Foreshore, Backshore, Nearshore, Offshore
(3) Offshore, Nearshore, Foreshore, Backshore
(4) Nearshore, Offshore, Backshore, Foreshore
Answer- 1
Q.18. Which one of the following phenomena plays a
vital role in the dispersion of majestic dinosaurs?
(1) Volcanic eruption
(2) Zonal faulting
(3) Global cooling
(4) Continental drift
Answer- 4
Q.19. The Hydraulic Slope Theory was propunded by:
(1) R.E. Horton
(2) Darwin
(3) Penck
(4) Mallot
Answer- 1
CBSE UGC NET NOV 2017 (P 2)
Q.20. 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' marks the boundary
between:
(1) Crust and upper Mantle
(2) Core and the Mantle
(3) Continental shelf and Ocean crust
(4) Asthenosphere and lithosphere
Ans- 1
Q.21. The process in which one plate slides
beneath another is known as:
(1) advection
(2) subduction
(3) convergence
(4) convection
Ans- 2
Q.22. San Andreas fault is a:
(1) transform fault
(2) converging fault
(3) spreading fault
(4) submergent fault
Ans- 1
Q.23. Which one of the following is a fluvial Glacial
deposit?
(1) pediplain
(2) kame terrace
(3) floodplain
(4) loess plains
Ans- 2
CBSE UGC NET NOV 2017 (P 3)
Q.24. The concept of Pediplain is associated with:
(1) W. M. Davis
(2) L. C. King
(3) W. Penck
(4) C. A. Cotton
Answer: 2
Q.25. The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined
rock strata is known as:
(1) Anticline
(2) Dip
(3) Syncline
(4) Strike
Answer: 4
Q.26. Who stated that the slope profiles are convex,
plane or concave according to the circumstances of the uplifting action?
(1) Penck
(2) Davis
(3) Johnson
(4) Wood
Answer: 1
Q.27. The premise that the present day processes have
been operating throughout geological time is the principle of:
(1) Isostasy
(2) Diastrophism
(3) Uniformitarianism
(4) Catastrophism
Answer: 3
Q.28. Match List-I with List - II and select the
correct answer from the code given below:
List-I
(Scholar)
(A) Hall and Dana
(B) Hutton
(C) Harry Hess
(D) Jeffrey
List-II
(Theory)
(i) Sea floor
Spreading
(ii) Thermal Contraction Theory
(iii) Theory of Geosyncline
(iv) Doctrine of Uniformitarianism
Code:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1) i ii iv iii
(2) ii i iii iv
(3) iv ii i iii
(4) iii iv i ii
Answer- 4
Q.29. Given below are two statements, one labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer. From
the code given below:
Assertion (A): There is close relationship between
volcanic activities and plate margins.
Reason (R): A vast majority of the world’ s volcanoes
are associated with the convergent plate margins
Code:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct
explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: 1
Q.30. Match List-I with List - II and select the
correct answer from the code given below:
List-I
(Topography)
(A) Glacial
(B) Marine
(C) Fluvial
(D) Aeolian
List-II
(Landforms)
(i) Alluvial fan
(ii) Yardangs
(iii) Arate
(iv) Tombolo
Code:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1) ii i iii iv
2) iv ii i iii
3) iii iv ii i
4) iii iv i ii
Answer- 4
Q.31. Match List –I with the List-II and select the
correct answer from the code given below:
List-I
(Author)
(A) J. A. Steers
(B) S. W. Wooldridge
(C) Walther Penck
(D) Thornbury
List-II
(i) Morphological Analysis of Landforms
(ii) Principles of Geomorphology
(iii) Unstable Earth
(iv) Spirit and Purpose of Geography
Code:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(2) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(3) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(4) (iii)
(iv) (i) (ii)
Answer: 4
Q.32. Match List –I with the List-II and select the
correct answer from the code given below
List-I
(Plate name)
(A) Indo-Australian Plan
(B) Cocos plate
(C) Pacific plate
(D) Nazca plate
List-II
(Direction of movement)
(i) East
(ii) West
(iii) North
(iv) North -
West
Code:
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(1) (iii)
(iv) (i) (ii)
(2) (iii)
(iv) (ii) (i)
(3) (iii)
(ii) (i) (iv)
(4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Answer: 2
CBSE UGC NET JAN 2017 (P 2)
Q.33. Which one of the following mountains is formed
due to convergence of one oceanic and one continental plate?
1. Ural
2. Alps
3. Andes
4. Appalachian
Answer: 3
Q.34. Which one of the following process is responsible
for the weathering of rocks in a Karst region?
1. Hydrolysis
2. Carbonation
3. Oxidation
4. Scree formation
Answer: 2
Q.35. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below:
List I
I. Nile
II. Mississippi
III. Ganga
IV. Tiber
List II
(Type of delta)
A. Estuarine
B. Arcuate
C. Birdfoot
D. Cuspate
Codes:
I II
III IV
1. B D C A
2. D B A C
3. A D B C
4. B C A D
Answer: 4
Q.36. The term panplane refers to:
1. A level surface formed by wind erosion
2. A plain formed by joining of floodplains
3. A level surface formed by the fluvial cycle at the
old stage.
4. A level plain formed by human intervention
Answer: 2
Q.37. The statement “The present is the key to the
past” was made by:
1. Walter penck
2. W. M Davis
3. Huntington
4. James Hutton
Answer: 4
CBSE UGC NET JAN 2017 (P 3)
Q.38. Ria is an example of –
(1) Neutral shore
(2) Compound shore
(3) Emerged upland shore
(4) Submerged upland shore
Answer: 4
Q.39. The
comprehensive theory of geosyncline was put forward by
(1) Hall and Dana
(2) E. Haug
(3) J. A. Steers
(4) J. W. Evans
Answer: 1
Q.40. Match List-I with List–II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below:
List-I
I. Longitudinal
II. Transverse
III. Parabolic
IV. Complex
List-II
(Specific names of Dunes)
A. Reversing
B. Coastal
C. Seif
D. Barchan
Codes:
I II
III IV
1. C D B
A
2. A B C
D
3. B A D
C
4. D C A
B
Answer: 1
Q.41. Match List-I with List–II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below:
List-I
I. Two cycle theory
II. Water table theory
III. Static water zone theory
IV. Invasion theory
List-II
(Scholars)
A. Swinnerton
B. Gardner
C. Malott
D. Davis
Codes:
I II
III IV
1. C B A D
2. D A B C
3. B C A D
4. D B C A
Answer: 2
Q.42. Lateral planation theory of pediment formation
was proposed by
(1) McGee
(2) Gilbert
(3) Lawson
(4) Davis
Answer: 2
Q.43. Given below are two statements, one labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the
codes given below:
Assertion (A): Hawaii Island is a region of volcanic
activity.
Reason (R): Convergent plate margins are sites of
volcanic eruptions.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the
correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: 2
Q.44. Match
List-I with List–II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I
(Nature of the change)
I Desertification in the semi-arid area
II Gully development in a valley bottom
III Increasing coast erosion
IV. Greater river-flood intensity
List-II
(Possible anthropogenic causes)
A. Effect of groynes up the coast
B. Overgrazing
C. Runoff from a new road
D. Urbanisation
Codes:
I II III IV
1. B C D
A
2. B C A
D
3. C B A D
4. D C B A
Answer: 2
CBSE UGC NET JULY 2016 (P 2)
Q.45. Normal Cycle of Erosion is associated with
(1) Glacial Erosion
(2) Fluvial Erosion
(3) Marine Erosion
(4) Wind Erosion
Answer: 2
Q.46. The drainage pattern which is not controlled by
the parent structure on which is flows in termed as
(1) Consequent
(2) Subsequent
(3) Insequent
(4) Resequent
Answer: 3
Q.47. Which one of the followings is not a
glacio-fluvial depositional feature?
(1) Drumlin
(2) Esker
(3) Horn
(4) Kame
Answer: 3
Q.48. The unconsolidated rock material deposited by
surface wash at the base of a cliff is called
(1) Alluvium
(2) Colluvium
(3) Moraines
(4) Silt
Answer: 2
Q.49. Which one of the following soils is commonly
known as ‘self-mulching soil’?
(1) Grey soil
(2) Red soil
(3) Brown soil
(4) Black soil
Answer: 4
CBSE UGC NET JULY 2016 (P 3)
Q.50. Lateral planation theory of Pediment formation
was proposed by
(1) Lawson
(2) Gilbert
(3) Mc Gee
(4) Davis
Answer- 2
Q.51. Most of the details of the World’s topography
belongs to
(1) Paleozoic Era
(2) Mesozoic Era
(3) Cenozoic Era
(4) Protozoic Era
Answer- 3
Q.52. The concept of Base level of Erosion was proposed
by
(1) Malolt
(2) Powell
(3) Davis
(4) Johnson
Answer- 2
Q.53. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as
Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the
codes given below.
Assertion (A) : The velocity of moving ice increases
with steepness of slope of the area and thickness of glacial ice.
Reason (R) : The velocity decreases to the sides owing
to lesser depth of ice and friction against the valley walls and the bottom
floor.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer- 2
Q.54. Given below are two statements, one is labelled
as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the
codes given below.
Assertion (A) : In the Pacific Islands Volcanic
eruptions are effusive type.
Reason (R) : Less viscous lava erupts quietly.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer- 1
Q.55. Guttenberg discontinuity is found between the
(1) Mantle and Core
(2) Crust and Mantle
(3) Upper mantle and lower mantle
(4) Upper core and lower core
Answer- 1
Q.56. Which of the following groups of scholars
stressed the role of lateral planation by stream in the formation of pediments?
(1) Paige, Black welder, Mc Gee
(2) Black welder, Johnson, Paige
(3) Mc Gee, Paige, Johnson
(4) Paige, Johnson, Lawson
Answer- 2
Q.57. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
answer using codes given below.
List – I
(Theory of Cavern formation)
I. Two Cycle Theory
II. Water Table Theory
III. Static Water Zone Theory
IV. Invasion Theory
List – II
(Scholars)
A. Davis
B. Gardner
C. Malot
D. Swinnerton
Codes:
I II
III IV
(1) C B
D A
(2) A D B C
(3) D B C A
(4) B C A D
Answer- 2
CBSE UGC NET DEC 2015 (P 2)
Q.58. Which one of the following is unrelated to the
denudational action of mass movement?
(1) Basal sapping
(2) Exfoliation
(3) Landslide
(4) Mud flow
Answer: 2
Q.59. Which of the following features are unrelated
with mountain glaciation? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) Cirque
(b) Tarn
(c) Arete
(d) Fiords
Codes:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (d) only
Answer: 4
Q.60. Match List –I with List-II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below:
List-I
(Book title)
(a) Morphology of the Earth
(b) Principles of Physical Geology
(c) Geomorphology
(d) Principles of Geomorphology
List-II
(Author)
(i) A. Holmes
(ii) Sparks
(iii) W.D Thornbury
(iv) L.C. King
Codes:
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(1) (iv)
(i) (iii) (ii)
(2) (iv)
(i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (iv)
(ii) (i) (iii)
(4) (i) (iv)
(ii) (iii)
Answer: 2
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