Previous Year Questions
2024
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
(Geotectonics and Geomorphology)
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. What is Pacific Ring of Fire?
2. What is fault line scarp?
3. Differentiate between mesa and butte.
4. What is nappe?
5. Define denudation.
6. What is stump?
7. What is hog-back?
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. What are the evidences of plate movement?
9. Differentiate between exfoliation and granular disintegration.
10. What are the processes of fluvial transportation?
11. Distinguish between pediplain and peneplain.
12. Describe the coastal erosional processes.
13. State the role of time in geomorphological study.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Classify folds with suitable diagrams and mention the bases of such classification.
15. Explain the formation of landforms on granite and basaltic region.
16. Explain the landforms produced by the glacio-fluvial processes.
17. Discuss the concept of normal cycle of erosion according to Davis.
2023
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
(Geotectonics and Geomorphology)
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. What is an eon?
2. Define hotspot.
3. What is meant by gravity anomaly?
4. What is a fault scarp?
5. What is/are the agent(s) of denudation?
6. What is solifluction?
7. What is an inselberg?
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. Differentiate between normal and reverse fault.
9. Explain the formation of tors in a granitic area.
10. Explain inversion of relief in folded structure.
11. State the various processes of chemical weathering.
12. Explain the formation of rapids and waterfalls with diagram.
13. How are outwash plain and erratics formed in glacio-fluvial environment?
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Discuss the landforms that are associated with destructive plate margins.
15. Give an account of different types of mass-wasting.
16. With the help of suitable diagrams, explain the landforms produced by aeolian erosion.
17. Critically explain the cycle of pediplanation by L. C. King (1948).
2022
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. Distinguish between Era and Epoch.
2. How is a nappe formed?
3. Distinguish between fall and slide.
4. What is a peneplain?
5. Define 'Blind Valley'.
6. What is a tombolo?
7. Explain the concept of dynamic equilibrium.
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. State how plate tectonics explain the present layout of young fold mountains in the world.
9. Distinguish between hogback and cuesta, with illustrations.
10. State the process of entrainment in rivers.
11. Describe the criterion for identifying glacier deposited sediments.
12. Explain the formation of barchans with diagrams.
13. Explain the causes of formation of coastal spits.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Discuss the theory of Isostasy as put forward by Airy with examples.
15. Describe the various processes of physical weathering and its resultant landforms.
16. Describe the erosional features resulting from mountain glaciation, mentioning the processes responsible for their formation.
17. Critically explain the geomorphic idea of cycle of erosion after Davis.
2021
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. Define hotspot volcano.
2. What is Benioff Zone?
3. What do you mean by strike of a rock bed?
4. What is the difference between anticline and antiform?
5. What do you mean by deep weathering?
6. Define stage in the context of cycle of erosion.
7. Differentiate between fault scarps and faultline scarps.
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. Briefly discuss the geologic significance of Carboniferous and Cretaceous periods.
9. Explain the applicability of Airy's concept of isostasy.
10. Distinguish between continental and oceanic crust.
11. Explain the processes of transportation of sediment load by a river.
12. Write a note on role of humans in landform development.
13. How does an outwash plain develop?
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Discuss the landforms that are associated with convergent plate margins.
15. Explain the development of landforms on granitic rocks with suitable sketches.
16. Describe the landforms formed by aeolian erosional processes.
17. Critically discuss the dynamic equilibrium theory of landscape development as postulated by J.T. Hack.
2020
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. Name the plate-driving forces.
2. How do conservative plate boundaries form?
3. Explain the process of soil creep.
4. How is a composite scarp formed?
5. What is a gloup?
6. What is a pediment?
7. What is 'dynamic equilibrium'?
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. Distinguish between P and S wave with reference to earthquake.
9. Write a short note on chemical weathering.
10. What types of landforms are developed on a uniclinal structure?
11. Give an account of the landforms developed in an area of basaltic rocks.
12. Explain the formation of cliff and wave-cut platform with a sketch.
13. Explain Schumm and Lichty's model on role of time in Geomorphology.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Explain how seismology is used for decifering the internal layering of the earth.
15. Discuss the model of isostasy as proposed by Pratt mentioning its basic difference from the model of Airy.
16. Give an account of the landforms resulting from glacial erosion.
17. Critically discuss the model on landscape evolution as proposed by Penck.
2019
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. What is the significance of L-wave?
2. Explain the formation of strike-slip fault with a diagram.
3. How does an avalanche originate?
4. How is a recumbent fold formed?
5. Differentiate between slump and slide with examples.
6. What is meant by gravity anomaly?
7. What is Benioff zone?
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. Explain the difference between transform fault and fracture zone.
9. Give an account of the landforms produced due to negative change in base level.
10. Differentiate between the processes of formation of barchans and star dunes.
11. Explain inversion of relief in a folded structure.
12. Discuss the processes of sediment entrainment by rivers.
13. Explain the stages of formation of dolines.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Discuss the model of isostasy as proposed by Airy and mention its applicability.
15. Classify coastal depositional features with suitable diagrams.
16. Explain Hack's model of landscape development with suitable diagrams.
17. Discuss the development of drainage network on a uniclinal structure.
2018
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-1
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. What is the geological significance of the Carboniferous Period?
2. Write any two characteristics of a hotspot volcano.
3. What is solifluction?
4. Differentiate between a hogback and a cuesta.
5. What is a fault-line scarp?
6. How does a spit form?
7. Explain the process of gour formation.
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. How do the seismic waves help to decipher the earth's interior structure?
9. Explain the concept of level of compensation according to Pratt.
10. Briefly discuss, the role of humans in landform development.
11. Describe the formation of tors in a granitic area.
12. Under what conditions does Karst topography develop?
13. Discuss the formation of glacio-fluvial landforms.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. Describe the characteristics of convergent plate margins with special reference to the associated landforms.
15. Write an account of the rapid processes of mass wasting and their resultant landforms.
16. Explain the development of river network on a folded structure.
17. Discuss the role of time in evolution of landforms.
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