Normal cycle of erosion is associated with :

• Glacial erosion

• Fluvial erosion

• Marine erosion

• Wind erosion

The drainage pattern which is not controlled by the parent structure on which it flows is termed as :

• Consequent

• Subsequent

• Insequent

• Resequent

The term "Swash" refers to :

• Backward movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.

• Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after breaking of a wave.

• Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

• Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

Which one of the following is not a glacio-fluvial depositional feature ?

• Drumlin

• Esker

• Horn

• Kame

The unconsolidated rock material deposited by surface at the base of a cliff is called

• Alluvium

• Colluvium

• Moraines

• Silt

Which one of the following represents a source of atmospheric energy ?

• Infrared radiation emitted downward from clouds.

• Visible radiation scattered upward into the space.

• Latent heat released

• Albedo of the earth and the atmosphere

Which one of the following processes is important for the formation of lightning in a developing cloud ?

• Absorption of solar cosmic rays

• Small lapse rate

• Strong vertical air currents

• Heavy rainfall

ASSERTION (A) : Land surface is heated more quickly and to agreater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of insolation.

REASON (R) : The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar energy.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.

Which one of the 'C' types of climate receives the bulk of its precipitation during the cold season ?

• Cfa

• Cs

• Cwa

• Cfc

Which one of the following statements is not true about the Coriolis force?

• It is the effect of earth's rotation.

• It is maximum over polar region

• It is directly related to frictional force.

• It is proportional to wind speed.