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Class 11 Landforms and their Evolution worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Landforms made by running water, groundwater, glaciers, waves and wind, and the stages of a river landscape. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
A low plain left after long stream erosion, with resistant remnants called monadnocks, is a:
- floodplain
- delta plain
- pediplain
- peneplain
Answer
(d) peneplain
- 2.
Which agent forms a stalactite?
- wind
- waves
- groundwater
- glaciers
Answer
(c) groundwater
- 3.
What is a wave-cut platform?
- a remnant of a mountain left in a desert
- a surface marking an old valley floor level
- deposits on the convex side of a meander
- a gently sloping rock floor at the foot of a sea cliff
Answer
(d) a gently sloping rock floor at the foot of a sea cliff
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Distinguish between a gorge and a canyon.
Answer
A gorge is deep with near-vertical sides, equally wide at top and bottom; a canyon has step-like sides and is wider at the top.
- 5.
Name the agent that forms each: (a) spit (b) seif
Answer
(a) waves (b) wind
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Describe the stages of youth, maturity and old age in a river landscape.
Answer
Youth: few streams, shallow V-valleys, waterfalls; maturity: many streams, deep V-valleys, wider floodplains, sharp divides; old age: free meanders, levees, ox-bow lakes and land near sea level.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Landforms and their Evolution sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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