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Regarding Abrasion, a weathering process, choose the correct statements .
1. It is a wearing down process related only to fluvial erosion.
2. Friction is the prime force responsible for Abrasion.
3. Attrition is same as Abrasion in all respect.
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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 9
Surface waves in earthquake are considered more disastrous.
Pick correct statements regarding it.
1. S-waves are shear waves.
2. S-waves can travel only through solid.
3. S-waves are slower than P-waves.
4. Speed is typically around 60% of that P-waves.
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 10

Match the following         

List I (Wave) List II (Characteristic)
A. Body waves 1. Travel through interior of Earth
B. Surface waves 2. Decay's more rapidly, more destructive
C. P waves 3. Compressional waves, longitudinal in nature, travel through all media
D. S waves 4. Transverse waves, displace ground perpendicular to direction of propagation

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 3>Q 11

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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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.