Rocks & Landforms MCQs with Answers

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Sedimentary rocks are known to be porous because they form from compacted sediments with spaces between grains.

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Rainwater forms a sinkhole when it dissolves soluble bedrock such as limestone, creating a depression or cavity in the ground.

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Rocks formed in the ocean over time are called Sedimentary rocks.

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The unit of rock corresponding to all rocks formed during the same geological time scale is called a Serial.

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The process of gradualism was proposed by James Hutton, the father of modern geology.

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Sedimentary rocks are porous because they contain pore spaces between the sediment grains from which they are formed.

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A porous and permeable body of rock or sediment through which groundwater flows is called an aquifer.

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All the given options—loess, sand dunes, and barchans—are landforms associated with Aeolian (wind) deposits, so the correct answer is None of these.

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An amphitheater-like hollow that forms at the head of a glacier is called a Cirque.

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The Himalayan mountain system belongs to Fold mountains.