Geography Quiz : Indian Physiography

Daily Quiz : Day – 3

Total Question: 25

1. Which plateau is divided into malnad and maidan?

[A] Maharashtra plateau

[B] Karnataka plateau

[C] Telangana plateau

[D] Deccan plateau

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Correct Answer: [B] Karnataka plateau

2. Shillong Plateau is also known as ‘Meghalaya’ meaning ‘abode of clouds’. It was so named by

[A] Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate

[B] Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia

[C] Shiba Prasad Chatterjee

[D] Ram Lachan Singh

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Correct Answer: [C] Shiba Prasad Chatterjee
Notes: Term Meghalaya, which is of Sanskrit origin.

3. ‘Aniamudi’ is the highest peak of which of the following hill range?

[A] Niligiri hills

[B] Nallamala hills

[C] Anaimalai hills

[D] Cardamom hills

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Correct Answer: [C] Anaimalai hills

4. Why India’s North-South distance is more than the East-West, though both latitudinal and longitudinal extent is about 30 degree?

[A] Because the longitudes remains same whereas latitudes distances increases as it goes further.

[B] Because the longitudes distance decreases as it goes further whereas latitudes remains same.

[C] Because the longitudes remains same whereas latitudes distances decreases as it goes further.

[D] Because the longitudes distance increases as it goes further whereas latitudes remains same.

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Correct Answer: [B] Because the longitudes distance decreases as it goes further whereas latitudes remains same.

5. The Meghalaya plateau is separated from the Chotanagpur plateau by

[A] Brahmaputra valley

[B] Malda fault

[C] Shillong Plateau

[D] Siliguri Corridor

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Correct Answer: [B] Malda fault

6. Which of the following are aligned correctly from south to north?

[A] Karakoram – Zaskar – Ladakh – Pir Panjal

[B] Pir Panjal – Karakoram – Ladakh – Zaskar

[C] Karakoram – Zaskar – Pir Panjal – Ladakh

[D] Pir Panjal – Zaskar – Ladakh – Karakoram

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Correct Answer: [D] Pir Panjal – Zaskar – Ladakh – Karakoram

7. Which of the following mountains are the newest?

[A] Nilgiris

[B] Aravalli

[C] Himalaya

[D] Satpura range

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Correct Answer: [C] Himalaya

8. Western Ghats are

[A] Mountains

[B] Plateaus

[C] Escarpment of the plateaus

[D] Hills

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Correct Answer: [C] Escarpment of the plateaus

9. What is the geomorphic characteristic of Ganga plain?

[A] A Peneplain

[B] A Geosyncline

[C] A Lacustrine plain

[D] A karst plain

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Correct Answer: [B] A Geosyncline

10. What do you understand by the term ‘Doab’?

[A] Land between two separate rivers systems

[B] Land between two tributaries of a river

[C] Where two or more rivers meet

[D] Where the delta of river begins

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Correct Answer: [B] Land between two tributaries of a river

11. is origin of two words, i.e. Dehra and Dun, what is the meaning of ‘Dun’ or ‘Doon’?

[A] Valley formed between Lesser Himalayas and Shiwaliks

[B] Valley of Uttarakhand

[C] Plateau of greater Himalayan region

[D] None of above

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Correct Answer: [A] Valley formed between Lesser Himalayas and Shiwaliks

12. Greater Himalayas and Lesser Himalayas are separated by

[A] Great Boundary Fault(GBF)

[B] Himalayan Front Fault(HFF)

[C] Main Central Thrust(MCT)

[D] Main Boundary Thrust(MBT)

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Correct Answer: [C] Main Central Thrust(MCT)

13. ‘Syntaxial Bent’ is a feature of which range?

[A] Himalayas

[B] Eastern Ghat

[B] Western Ghat

[D] Satpura

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Correct Answer: [A] Himalayas

14.Which one of the following physiographic units has been created by both exogenic and endogenic forces?

[A] The Peninsular Plateau

[B] The Thar Desert

[C] The Indo-Gangetic Plain

[D] The Himalayas

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Correct Answer: [C] The Indo-Gangetic Plain

15. What is the shape of the peninsular plateau?

[A] Triangular

[B] Rectangular

[C] Elliptica

[D] None of above

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Correct Answer: [A] Triangular

16. The two volcanic islands in the Indian Territory are

[A] Kavaratti and New Moor

[B] Bitra and Kavaratti

[C] Pamban and Barren

[D] Narcondam and Barren

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Correct Answer: [D] Narcondam and Barren

17. The correct sequence of the different sections of the Himalayas in terms of their stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is

[A] Punjab Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas, Nepal Himalayas, Assam Himalayas

[B] Nepal Himalayas, Assam Himalayas, Punjab Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas

[C] Kumaon Himalayas, Nepal Himalayas, Assam Himalayas, Punjab Himalayas

[D] Nepal Himalayas, Assam Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas, Punjab Himalayas

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Correct Answer: [B] Nepal Himalayas, Assam Himalayas, Punjab Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas

18. Maharashtra Plateau is made up of

[A] Alluvial soil

[B] Coral reef

[C] Sandstone

[D] Lava

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Correct Answer: [D] Lava

19. Which of the following is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats?

[A] Height

[B] Continuity

[C] Proximity to the coast

[D] Vegetation

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Correct Answer: [B] Continuity

20. A rift valley is formed mainly due to

[A] Forces of tension in the earth’s crust

[B] The subsidence of the floor of a river valley

[C] The valley formed after the formation of Fold Mountains

[D] The deepening of a valley by ice action

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Correct Answer: [B] The subsidence of the floor of a river valley

21. Palghat joins which of the following states?

[A] Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

[B] Maharashtra and Gujarat

[C] Kerala and Tamil Nadu

[D] Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

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Correct Answer: [C] Kerala and Tamil Nadu

22. Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?

[A] Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex

[B] It is made up of crystalline rock

[C] The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult

[D] The climatic conditions are not suitable, for exploitation of minerals

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Correct Answer: [A] Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex

23. The northern part of the west coast is known as

[A] Konkan coast

[B] Coromandal coast

[C] Malabar coast

[D] None of these

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Correct Answer: [A] Konkan coast

24. Which of the following organisations prepares topographical maps of India?

[A] Geographical Survey of India

[B] Survey of India

[C] Geological Survey of India

[D] Archaeological Survey of India

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Correct Answer: [A] Geographical Survey of India

25. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?

[A] Block mountains

[B] Residual mountains

[C] Fold mountains

[D] Volcanic mountains

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Correct Answer: [A] Block mountains

Geography Quiz : Indian Physiography