Landslides MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. The movement of earthy materials from higher region to lower region due to gravitational pull is called

1. Earth quake
2. soil erosion
3. landslide
4. cyclone

2. Downhill movement of earth is mainly caused by .

1. Monsoon failure
2. rain
3. drought
4. pollution

3. Movement of heavy vehicles on the unstable sloppy region creates .

1. Earth quake
2. flood
3. volcano
4. landslide

4. is the device which is used to detect landslides.

1. Vibration sensor
2. piezo electric crystal
3. strain gauge
4. proximity sensor

5. To prevent landslide, improving the cultivation in the sloppy region, the roots of which Provide effect.

1. Erosion
2. coherent
3. cohesion
4. floo

6. is a downward movement of wet soil along the slopes under the influence ofgravity.

1. Creep
2. Lahars
3. Debris flow
4. Solification

7. is extremely slow downward movement of dry surfacial matters.

1. Lahars
2. Creep
3. Solification
4. Debris flow

8. is ash from a volcanic mixer with water to form a thick river of mud.

1. Lahars
2. Solification
3. Debris flow
4. Creep

9. A ........... is the form of rapid mass movement of earthy matters.

1. Solification
2. Creep
3. debris flow
4. Lahars

10. Movement of earthquake waves through the ground can produce .

1. Solification
2. Creep
3. Liquefaction
4. Lahars

11. Hotspot of landslide in India is .

1. Himalayan valleys
2. Sri lanka
3. Indonesia
4. All the above

12. Land slide and can be defined as the of slope.

1. Downward movement
2. Upward movement
3. Outward movement
4. Downward and Outward movement

13. The slope forming materials composed of .......

1. Rocks
2. Soils
3. Artifical fills
4. All the above

14. The land slide surfaces of separation by

1. Falling
2. Sliding
3. Flowing
4. All the above

15. The surface falling or sliding, ...... from one place to another.

1. Slowly
2. Quickly
3. Either Slowly or Quickly
4. None of the above