MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)
1. The drift theory was proposed by ___________ .
2. One example of a rift valley is the _____________ valley .
3. The highest peak in India is mount K2. It is also called __________ .
4. The Trans Himalayas comprises of Karakoram, Ladakh and Zaskar range that originate from the _______
5. The hills in the east are called ____________ .
6. The hills in the east have the wettest spots like the _______ and ______.
7. ____________ with a height of 1646 m is the highest peak in the Sahayadris .
8. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is __________ .
9. Islands can be grouped into two islands. They are ______and _____ .
10. ___________ is the highest peak in the Andaman Nicobar Islands.
11. The crescent shaped dunes in the Indian desert are called _________.
12. __________ is a dormant volcano .
13. The Indian desert is also called the __________ desert .
14. The northern most range of the Himalayas is known as ______
(a) Himadri
(b) lesser Himalaya
(c) Shivalik
(d) none of the above.
15. The Kangra and Kullu valley are located in _____
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
16. Majuli is a riverine island located in the river _____
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Yamuna
(d) Kaveri
17. Dudhwa National Park is located in the state of ______
(a) Assam
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
18. The soil containing calcareous deposits is locally known as ____
(a) Bhangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Bhabar
(d) Kankar
19. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is _____
(a) Anai Mudi
(b) Doda Betta
(c) Ooty
(d) Mahendragiri
20. Jaisalmer is in _____
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
21. The northern part of the western coast is called the _____
(a) Konkan
(b) Kannad plain
(c) Malabar coast
(d) Coromandel coast
22. Lake Chilika lies in the state of _____
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Telangana
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
23. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as _____
(a) Coast
(b) Island
(c) Peninsula
(d) None of the above
24. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as _____
(a) Himachal
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Purvachal
(d) none of the above
25. The western coastal strip, south of Goa is referred to as _____
(a) Coromandel
(b) Konkan
(c) Kannad
(d) Northern Circar
Answers :
1) (c) Alfred Wegner
2) (b) Narmada
3) (d) Mount Godwin Austin
4) (b) Parmir knot
5) (c) Purvanchal
6) (b) Cherapunji , Mawsynram
7) (b) Kalsubai8) (b) Mahendragiri
9) (a) Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea
10) (b) Saddle Peak
11) (d) Barchans
12) (a) Barren island
13) (c) Thar
14) (a) Himadri
15) (c) Himachal Pradesh
16) (b) Brahmaputra
17) (b) Uttar Pradesh
18) (d) Kankar
19) (d) Mahendragiri
20) (b) Rajasthan
21) (a) Konkan
22) (c) Odisha
23) (c) Peninsula
24) (c) Purvachal
25) (c) Kannad