Question : Hydraulic Action is a type of erosion caused by
Option 1: Running water
Option 2: Wind
Option 3: Glacier
Option 4: None of these.
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Correct Answer: Running water
Solution : The correct answer is running water.
Hydraulic action is the force of running water which acts along the river banks and coastline and forms various landforms like meanders, cliffs, sea caves, arches etc. Sea caves, cliffs, sea arches, wave cut platforms are the erosional landforms formed because of hydraulic action and meanders, beaches, deltas etc are depositional landforms.
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Question : Wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice is called___________.
Option 1: weathering
Option 2: erosion
Option 3: metamorphosis
Option 4: sedimentation
Question : Which of the following is caused by exogenic force?
Option 1: Erosion
Option 2: Landslide
Option 3: Earthquake
Option 4: Volcano
Question : Salination of soil is caused by
Option 1: Pesticides
Option 2: Soil erosion
Option 3: Excess irrigation
Option 4: Crop rotation
Question : Leptospirosis is a disease caused by
Option 1: Virus
Option 2: Fungus
Option 3: Protozoa
Option 4: None
Question : The sideways erosion that widens the river valley is called
Option 1: lateral erosion
Option 2: vertical erosion
Option 3: side erosion
Option 4: mean erosion
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