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Physical Geography (UGC/NET)

Physical Geography

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following landforms are formed due to erosional work of running water?

  1. Gorges
  2. Cliffs
  3. Zeugens
  4. Cirques
  5. Lapies
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the landforms shown in the table with the process through which they are formed.

 
Landforms 
        </strong>|<strong>Process</strong>|

|1. Canyons|i. River Deposition|
|2. Alluvial Fans|ii. River Erosion|
|3. Wave-Cut Platform|iii. Sea waves Erosion|
|4. Demoiselles|iv. Wind Erosion|

  1. 1 - i, 2 - ii, 3 - iii, 4 - iv
  2. 1 - ii, 2 - i, 3 - iii, 4 - iv
  3. 1 - iii, 2 - iv, 3 - i, 4 - ii
  4. 1 - iv, 2 - iii, 3 - ii, 4 - i
  5. 1 - ii, 2 - i, 3 - iv, 4 - iii
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following factors is/are responsible for oceanic salinity?

Factors:
i. Evaporation
ii. Precipitation
iii. Influx of river water
iv. Atmospheric pressure and wind direction
v. Ocean currents

  1. Only i
  2. Only ii
  3. Only iii
  4. Only iv
  5. i, ii, iii, iv, v
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the lines that join the places of equal salinity.

  1. Isoneph
  2. Isohaline
  3. Isohyet
  4. Isohel
  5. Isotach
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the tide which is formed when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in the same line.

  1. Spring tide
  2. Neap tide
  3. Tropical tide
  4. Perigean tide
  5. Equinoctical spring tide
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a warm current that originates in the Atlantic Ocean?

  1. Brazil Current
  2. Canary Current
  3. Falkland Current
  4. Benguela Current
  5. Labrador Current
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a cold current that originates in the Pacific Ocean?

  1. Kuroshio Current
  2. Tsushima Current
  3. Peru Current
  4. El Nino Current
  5. East Australia Current
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a cold current that originates in the Indian Ocean?

  1. NE Monsoon Current
  2. SW Monsoon Current
  3. Agulhas Current
  4. Mozambiqe Current
  5. West Wind Drift
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases is in least proportion in the atmosphere?

  1. Nitrogen
  2. Oxygen
  3. Argon
  4. Carbon dioxide
  5. Neon
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the atmospheric layer in which all the weather phenomena like fog, cloud, dew, frost and rainfall take place.

  1. Troposphere
  2. Stratosphere
  3. Mesosphere
  4. Thermosphere
  5. Exosphere
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following visible rays have the longest wavelength in microns?

  1. Violet rays
  2. Blue rays
  3. Green rays
  4. Yellow rays
  5. Red rays
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following waves have the highest frequency?

  1. Hard X-rays
  2. Soft X-rays
  3. Gamma rays
  4. Ultra-violet rays
  5. Visible rays
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the term that is used for showing the difference between the maximum and minimum temperature of a day.

  1. Maximum daily temperature
  2. Minimum daily temperature
  3. Lag of temperature
  4. Mean daily temperature
  5. Diurnal range of temperature
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following reflects the highest percentage of radiation?

  1. Wet ground
  2. Sand
  3. Snow cover
  4. Forest
  5. Water
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used for indicating the difference of observed temperature of a place and the mean temperature of the latitude passing through that place?

  1. Normal lapse rate
  2. Negative lapse rate
  3. Inversion of temperature
  4. Thermal anomaly
  5. Temperature gradient
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