Q. How any broad classes of mountains are recognized based on mode of origin?

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Q. The class of mountains most common in geographic distribution and often very complicated in geological structure is __________

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Q. The mountains not belonging to tectonic mountains are __________

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Q. Mountains which have been formed by the age-long erosion and weathering of pre-existing surface features of the Earth are called __________

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Q. Mountains resulting from the depression of blocks of the Earth crust on a large scale due to faulting are called __________

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Q. Which mountains are called as complex mountains?

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Q. Pick the mountain which does not belong to folded mountains.

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Q. Which type of mountains are common in the Basin and Range province of US?

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Q. Peninsular India in reality is residual in nature.

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Q. A depression or hollow of considerable area extent surrounded on the side by two or more elevated tracts is called __________

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Q. The type of valley most common on Earth is __________

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Q. The river valleys are typically of which shaped sections?

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Q. What is the weathering of the exposed walls by physical and chemical processes followed by slippage of weathered products into river below under the action of gravity called?

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Q. The modification of valley walls by undercutting, weathering and erosion is called __________

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Q. The type of valley formed when incision is a major process and denudation is almost absent is __________

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Q. Deep saw cut valleys with slightly opened up tops indicating some denudation are specially referred as __________

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Q. Types of gorges where the strata involved in down cutting is essentially horizontal or nearly so are called __________

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Q. The valleys which are V-shaped are always symmetrical.

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Q. The type of valley formed when the incision and denudation are approximately equal __________

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Q. Valleys in which the incision becomes negligible and denudation of slopes is major process are __________

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