Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Match List I with List II:

List I Landform List II Defining characteristic
1. Corrie a. Horse-shoe-shaped basin deepened by plucking and abrasion
2. Hanging valley b. Tributary valley left above a more deeply eroded main trough
3. Fiord c. Drowned lower end of a glacial trough forming a deep inlet
4. Roche moutonnée d. Rock hummock with an abraded upstream side and plucked downstream side

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1–b, 2–a, 3–d, 4–c.
  2. 1–a, 2–c, 3–b, 4–d.
  3. 1–d, 2–b, 3–a, 4–c.
  4. 1–a, 2–b, 3–c, 4–d.
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