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Match the following  

List I (Land Forms)  List II (Feature)
A. Alluvial cone  1. Generally formed in acid region
B. Alluvial fan 2. When stream exudes out of constricted course
C. Alluvial flat 3. At border of river flat tract
D. Alluvial terrace 4. Paired in some cases on opposite sides

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Important Questions on World Geography

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 12
Mountain building is very slow process, that take place through multiple ways. Choose which are included.
1. Plate tectonics
2. Folding and faulting
3. Volcanic activity
4. Igneous intrusion
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 13

Match the following   

List I (Fault Type) List II (Description)
A. Strike slip 1. Offset is predominantly horizontal to fault trace
B. Dip-slip 2. Offset is predominantly perpendicular to fault trace
C. Oblique-slip 3. Combines strike and dip slip
D. Transform fault 4. Special class of strike-slip

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 14
Geomorphically what all processes lead to sculpting a landscape 
1. Weathering  2. erosion
3. deposition
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 15
Processes that lead to different topographic features are
1. tectonism
2. chemical dissolution
3. periglacial processes
4. mass wasting
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 16
Land forms that we see today is the result of millions of years of endogenetic and exogenetic forces working together. With respect to geologic time scale, choose the correct statements.
1. There have been 9 or more oroganic phases.
2. Alpine is the most recent geologic period of orogeny.
3. Caledonian and Hercynian are also a geologic time period of orogeny.
4. Urals, Pennies, Applachians belong to Hercynian period.
5. Alps, Himalayas, Andes and Rockies belong to Alpine period.
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 17
Arrange the following in terms of more degree of flexure
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 18

Match the following

List I (Types of mountain) List II (Features)
A. Fold mountain 1. Mountain of elevation
B. Block mountain 2. faulting
C. Volcanic mountain 3. mountain of accumulation
D. Residual mountain 4. Deccan plateau

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 20

Match the following           

List I (Plutonic landforms) List II (Orientation/Shape)
A. Sills  1. Intrusion along sedimentary bedding plane(horizontal)
B. Laccoliths 2. Igneous mound with dome shaped upper surface (with conduit from bottom)
C. Lopoliths 3. Saucer shape, shallow basin
D. Phacoliths 4. Lens shaped mass occupying crest of anticline, or bottom of syncline

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