CBSE Class 11 Geography Landforms and their Evolution MCQs

Question : A deep, long and wide trough or basin with very steep concave high walls at its head as well as in sides is known as:
(a) Cirque 
(b) Glacial valley
(c) Lateral Moraine
(d) Esker

Answer : A

Question :  Which of the following is not made by erosion, waves and currents?
(a) Bars
(b) Dunes
(c) Barriers
(d) Stacks.

Answer : D

Question :  Deflation and abrasion activities are associated with
(a) waves.
(b) rivers.
(c) winds.
(d) glaciers.

Answer : C

Question :  Very coarse materials like boulders and blocks along with some minor fractions of rock debris carried into this stream settle in the valley of ice beneath the glacier and after the ice melts can be found as a sinuous ridge called what?
(a) Meanders
(b) Esker
(c) Delta
(d) Cirque.

Answer : B

Question :  The erosional land form consists of
(a) valleys.
(b) floodplains.
(c) deltas.
(d) alluvial fans.

Answer : A

Question :  Which of the landform is made by rivers in old age?
(a) V-shaped valley
(b) Waterfall
(c) Delta
(d) Meanders.

Answer : D

Question :  In which one of the following regions the chemical weathering process is more dominant than the mechanical process?
(a) Humid region
(b) Limestone region
(c) Arid region
(d) Glacier region

Answer : B

Question :  Which of the following is created by soil erosion by the rivers?
(a) V-shaped valley
(b) Waterfall
(c) Delta
(d) Sand dunes.

Answer : A

Question :  Which one of the following sentences best defines the term ‘Lapies’ ?
(a) A small to medium sized shallow depression
(b) A landform whose opening is more or less circular at the top and funnel shaped towards bottom
(c) A landform formed due to dripping water from surface
(d) An irregular surface with sharp pinnacles, grooves and ridges

Answer : D

Question :  A deep, long and wide trough or basin with very steep concave high walls at its head as well as in sides is known as.
(a) Cirque
(b) Glacial valley
(c) Lateral Moraine
(d) Esker

Answer : A

Question :  Outwash plains are formed by what?
(a) Rivers
(b) Glacier
(c) Underground water
(d) Wind

Answer : A

Question :  What are most important landforms in desert areas?
(a) Chardong
(b) Interbedded rocks
(c) Sand dunes
(d) Valleys.

Answer : C

Question :  In mature stage what are the loop like channel patterns develop in rivers?
(a) Meanders
(b) Canyon
(c) Delta
(d) Cirque

Answer : A

Question :  Deflation and abrasion activities are associated with
(a) waves
(b) rivers
(c) winds
(d) glaciers

Answer : C

Question :  The depositional land form consists of
(a) levees.
(b) gorge.
(c) river terraces.
(d) valley.

Answer : A

Question :  In which of the following stages of landform development, downward cutting is dominated?
(a) Youth stage
(b) Late mature stage
(c) Early mature stage
(d) Old stage

Answer : A

Question :  A deep valley characterised by steep step like side slopes is known as-
(a) U-Shaped valley
(b) George
(c) Blind valley
(d) Canyon

Answer : D

Question :  The depositional landform consists of
(a) levees
(b) gorge
(c) river terraces
(d) valley

Answer : A

Question :  Which type of landforms are formed by rivers in youth stage?
(a) Desert
(b) Cirque
(c) Lakes
(d) V-shaped valley.

Answer : D

Question :  In which of the following stages of landform development, downward cutting is dominated?
(a) Youth stage
(b) Late mature stage
(c) Early mature stage
(d) Old stage.

Answer : A