Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. Torrential but irregular desert rain may generate flash floods that enlarge wadis and cut gullies.
  2. Coalescing alluvial fans at the foot of desert mountains may form a bajada.
  3. A pediment is an erosional plain developed at the base of a mountain scarp.
  4. Closed desert depressions may contain saline playas because drainage is internal and evaporation is intense.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only.
  2. 2 and 4 only.
  3. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  4. 1 and 4 only.
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