Physical features of India
1) Which of the following is the land area surrounded by water on three
sides?
(a) Strait
(b) land treaty
(c) Peninsula
(d) Islands
2) By what name is the west coast located to the south of Goa known?
(a) Kathiawar Coast
(b) Konkan Coast
(c) Kannada Coast
(d) Malabar Coast
3) Which of the following is the correct sequence of the west coast
belts from south to north?
(a) Kathiawar Coast, Konkan Coast, Kannada Coast, Malabar Coast
(b) Kathiawar Coast, Kannada Coast, Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast
(c) Malabar Coast, Konkan Coast, Kathiawar Coast, Kannada Coast,
(d) Malabar Coast, Kannada Coast, Konkan Coast, Kathiawar Coast
4) Which is the southern end of the Eastern Coastal Belts?
(a) Konkan Coast
(b) Coromandel Coast
(c) North Government Coast
(d) Malabar Coast
5) Which of the following statement is false?
(a) Geologic plates are of three types convergent, divergent and
transform boundary.
(b) Himalayas were formed due to divergent plate boundaries.
(c) Today's India, Australia, South America, South Africa and Antarctica
etc. were part of Gondwanaland.
(d) The Indian Geologic Plate is continuously moving in the north
direction.
6) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of ranges of the
Himalayas from north to south and from highest to lowest?
(a) Shivalik, Lesser Himalaya, Great Himalaya
(b) Himadri, Lesser Himalayas, Outer Himalayas / Shivalik range
(c) Inner Himalaya, Latest Himalaya, Middle Himalaya
(d) Great Himalaya, Younger Himalaya, Lesser Himalaya
7) Which plateau is situated between Aravali and Vindhyachal hills?
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Meghalaya Plateau
(c) Malwa Plateau
(d) Peninsular Plateau
8) Which is the oldest landmass of India?
(a) Himalayan Mountains
(b) Plains of North India
(c) Peninsular Plateau
(d) Islands
9) What type of mountain is Himalaya?
(a) Residual Mountains
(b) Block mountain
(c) Balit Parvat
(d) Volcanic Mountains
10) Which is the most continuous range of the Himalayas?
(a) Shivalik
(b) Central Himalayas
(c) Karakoram
(d) Himadri
11) Which is the highest peak of the Himalayas?
(a) Nanga Parbat
(b) Mount Everest
(c) Kangchenjunga
(d) K 2 peak
12) In which of the following series are famous tourist places like Kashmir,
Kangra, Kullu, Mussoorie, Nainital, Ranikhet etc. situated?
(a) Great Himalaya / Himadri
(b) Himachal Himalayas or Lesser/Middle Himalayas
(c) Lower Himalayas / Shivaliks
(d) Trans Himalaya
13) The famous Doon valleys like Dehradun, Kotlidun, Patlidun and
Haridwar etc. are located in the middle of which of the following ranges?
(a) Between Trans Himalaya and Himadri
(b) Between Himadri and Central Himalayas
(c) Between the Central Himalayas and the Shivaliks
(d) Between the Shivaliks and the North Indian Plain
14) Which of the following statement is false?
(a) Kumaon Himalayas – between Sutlej and Kali rivers
(b) Nepal Himalayas - between Kali and Teesta rivers
(c) Assam Himalaya – between Teesta and Dihang rivers
(d) Punjab Himalayas – between Sutlej and Kali rivers
15) Which of this mountain range is not in Meghalaya?
(a) Garo
(b) cough
(c) Jaintia
(d) Patkoi
16) Which of these is not a west flowing river?
(a) Narmada, Tapi, Periyar, Mahi, Luni
(b) Markanda, Tangri, Ghaggar, Tawi, Indus
(c) Brahmaputra, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Son
(d) Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum
17) What is the land between two rivers called?
(a) Bhabar
(b) Terai
(c) Doab
(d) Punjab
18) The largest part of the northern plain is made up of old alluvium,
in which calcareous deposits are found. What is this region called?
(a) Bhabar
(b) Terai
(c) Bangar
(d) Khadar
19) That area near rivers in which flood water reaches every year and
lays a layer of silt or sediment on the soil. What is this region called?
(a) Bhabar
(b) Terai
(c) Bangar
(d) Khadar
20) Which of the following is the easternmost extension of the
Peninsular Plateau?
(a) Intermediate highlands and Deccan plateau
(b) Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand plateau
(c) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
(d) Meghalaya or Shillong Plateau and Karbi Anglong Plateau
21) Which of the following are the rivers flowing in the north east
direction from the peninsular plateau?
(a) Narmada, Tapi, Periyar, Mahi, Luni
(b) Brahmaputra, Dihang, Dipang
(c) Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Son, Sindh
(d) Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi
22) Which of the following is the main direction of slope of the
Peninsular Plateau?
(a) South to North
(b) west to east
(c) East to West
(d) West to North-East
23) What type of mountain is Satpura?
(a) Balit Parvat
(b) Block mountain
(c) Volcanic Mountains
(d) Residual Mountains
24) The height of Western Ghats or Sahyadris increases?
(a) from south to north
(b) from west to north-east
(c) from east to west
(d) from north to south
25) Where are the hills of Shevrai and Javedi situated?
(a) Eastern Ghats
(b) Nilgiri Hills
(c) intermediate high hills
(d) Western Ghats or Sahyadri
26) What is the reason for the origin of the Deccan Plateau?
(a) motion of plates
(b) seismic events
(c) Volcanic process
(d) thrust and fault
27) Which of the following is incorrect regarding the Aravalli Mountains
and this region?
(a) The Aravalli hills extend from Gujarat to Delhi.
(b) To the east of the Aravalli Hills lies the Thar Desert.
(c) Guru Shikhar is the highest peak of Aravalli hills.
(d) The largest river of this region is Luni and in the Thar desert,
crescent-shaped sand dunes "Barkhan" are found.
28) By which of the following names is the landmass lying between the
Bay of Bengal and the Eastern Ghats known?
(a) West Coast Plain
(b) Eastern Coastal Plain
(c) Malabar plain
(d) Kannada Maidan
29) Which one of the following is not the ancient name of Lakshadweep?
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Laccadive
(c) Minicoy
(d) Amindiev
30) When was Lakshadweep named as Lakshadweep?
(a) 1971
(b) 1972
(c) 1973
(d) 1974
31) The part or island of Lakshadweep which has a bird sanctuary, while
there is no human habitation?
(a) Minicoy
(b) Amindiev
(c) Pitli Island
(d) Kavaratti region
32) Where is the only active volcano of India?
(a) Minicoy
(b) Amindiev
(c) Pitli Island
(d) Barren Island
33) Which islands of India are atolls?
(a) Daman and Diu
(b) Lakshadweep group
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. C
17. C
18. C
19. D
20. D
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. C
32. D