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State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 39

Who proposed the concept of the geographical cycle of erosion?

  1. W.M. Davis
  2. S.W. Wooldridge
  3. Kober
  4. A. Holmes
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (A) W.M. Davis

Explanation

William Morris Davis (1899) described landscape evolution through stages of youth, maturity and old age.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: Davis proposed the cycle of erosion (youth, maturity, old age).

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: not this concept.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: known for geosyncline theory.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: known for convection current theory.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.