Chapter 6 Geomorphic Processes | class 11th | NCERT Important MCQs for Fundamentals of Physical Geography

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Geography: Ch 6 Geomorphic Processes

1. Which one of the following materials is affected by hydration process?

(a) Granite

(b) Clay

(c) Quartz

(d) Salts

► (d) Salts

2. Which of the following is a type of mass movements?

(a) Slow movements

(b) Rapid movements

(c) Landslides

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

3. The expansion of the salt depends on

(a) temperature.

(b) hails.

(c) atmospheric pressure.

(d) winds.

► (a) temperature.

4. Which of the following processes is a degradational process?

(a) Deposition

(b) Diastrophism

(c) Volcanism

(d) Erosion

► (d) Erosion

5. Rapid rolling or sliding of earth debris without backward rotation of mass is known as

(a) debris slide.

(b) slump.

(c) rockslide.

(d) mudflow.

► (a) debris slide.

6. Which of the following is a form of weathering?

(a) Physical

(b) Chemical

(c) Biological

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

7. Debris avalanche can be included in which category?

(a) Landslide

(b) Slow flow mass movements

(c) Rapid flow mass movements

(d) Subsidence

► (c) Rapid flow mass movements

8. Which is the force that continuously elevate or build up parts of the earth’s surface?

(a) Exogenic forces

(b) Endogenic forces

(c) Gradation

(d) Degradation

► (b) Endogenic forces

9. Weathering is important process for what?

(a) Formation of clouds

(b) Formation of soil

(c) Formation of water

(d) All of the Above

► (b) Formation of soil

10. In weathering ________

(a) No motion of material takes place

(b) Materials move from one place to another

(c) The deposition of material takes place

(d) None of the above

► (a) No motion of material takes place

11. Weathering can be defined as ___________

(a) Mechanical disintegration of rocks

(b) Disintegration and deformation of rocks with the help of climatic factors.

(c) Chemical decomposition of rocks

(d) All the above

► (d) All the above

12. Which of the following is an example of endogenic forces?

(a) Erosion

(b) Volcanism

(c) Weathering

(d) Balance

► (b) Volcanism

13. What are geomorphic causes of erosion?

(a) Flowing water

(b) Underground water

(c) Air

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above

14. Which of the following is not associated with diastrophism?

(a) Balance Orogenic processes

(b) Epeirogenic processes

(c) Plate tectonics

(d) Orogenic processes

► (a) Balance Orogenic processes

15. Which one of the following helps in aerating the soil.

(a) Micro fauna

(b) Meso fauna

(c) Macro fauna

(d) All of the above

► (b) Meso fauna

16. What do you mean by all Earth materials having a sloping surface?

(a) Soil erosion

(b) Landslides

(c) Volcanism

(d) Slump

► (a) Soil erosion

17. What kind of changes are bought by internal forces?

(a) It give birth to new landforms

(b) It promote moistures

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of the above

► (a) It give birth to new landforms

18. The capacity of rocks to allow water to pass through it is called_________

(a) porosity

(b) wedging

(c) exfoliation

(d) hydration

► (a) porosity