This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Features Of India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Features Of India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maldives is an example of what type of physical feature?answer choices A) Island. B) Peninsula. C) Mountains. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Island. 2. Which Physiographic divisions have rising hills and wide valleys? A) The Coastal Plains. B) The Peninsular Plateaus. C) The Himalayan Mountains. D) The Northern Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Peninsular Plateaus. 3. The part of Karakoram range that stretches from Kashmir in India to Tibet is known as ..... range. A) Zaskar. B) Annapurna. C) Kailash. D) K2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kailash. 4. Which of these is not a tributary of the Indus? A) Yamuna. B) Beas. C) Satlej. D) Chenab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yamuna. 5. Greater Himalaya is also known as? A) Lesser Himalaya. B) Shiwalik. C) Himadri. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himadri. 6. From west to east, the divisions of the Himalayas are demarcated by river valleys. The part of the Himalayas lyingbetween the Satluj and Kali rivers is known as . A) Nepal Himalayas. B) Kumaon Himalayas. C) Punjab Himalayas. D) Assam Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kumaon Himalayas. 7. Mussoorie, Nainital, Ranikhet are located in A) Himachal range & Uttarakhand. B) Shiwalik range & Himachal Pradesh. C) Himachal range & Uttarakhand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himachal range & Uttarakhand. 8. Peninsular Plateau has how many sub divisions? A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 9. The Wildlife Protection was in A) 1989. B) 1971. C) 1972. D) 1978. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1972. 10. Classify the Northern Plains on the basis of its location. What is the Second sentence in the audio? A) Punjab Plains:The Western part of the Northern Plain is referred to as the Punjab Plains. Formed by the Indus and its tributaries, the larger part of this plain lies in Pakistan. B) The Ganga plain:The Ganga plain extends between Ghaggar and Teesta rivers. It is spread over the states of North India, Haryana, Delhi, U.P., Bihar, partly Jharkhand and West Bengal to its East. C) Brahmaputra plain:Most of Brahmaputra plain is located in Assam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ganga plain:The Ganga plain extends between Ghaggar and Teesta rivers. It is spread over the states of North India, Haryana, Delhi, U.P., Bihar, partly Jharkhand and West Bengal to its East. 11. Which one of the following hills is not belongs to the Purvanchal. A) Naga. B) Mizo. C) Patkai. D) Satpura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satpura. 12. Which is the oldest fold mountain of India? A) The Himalayas. B) The Aravallis. C) The Purvanchal. D) The None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Aravallis. 13. Which of the following is the main river of the Indian desert? A) Luni. B) Ganga. C) Narmada. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luni. 14. In which river is Majuli situated? A) Krishna. B) Brahmaputra. C) Ganga. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmaputra. 15. Doab is made up of A) Two + water. B) Five + water. C) Water + soil. D) Water + seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two + water. 16. Shipkila, Bhor, Nathula and Pal are- A) Peaks. B) Passes. C) Ranges. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passes. 17. The core of Greater Himalayas is composed of ..... A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Granite. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Granite. 18. Which of the following hill lie on the western and northwestern margins of Peninsular Plateau A) Shiwalik hills. B) Satpura hills. C) Satvik hills. D) Aravali hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aravali hills. 19. Which area is an agriculturally productive part of India? A) Indian Desert. B) Northern Plateau. C) Northern Plain. D) Barren Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern Plain. 20. Old alluvium is called ..... A) Terai. B) Bhabhar. C) Khadar. D) Bhangar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhangar. 21. Which of the following are young-fold mountains? A) The Sahyadri. B) The Aravalis. C) The Himalayas. D) The Nilgiris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Himalayas. 22. Which range of the Himalayas is known for hill stations? A) Purvanchal. B) Himachal. C) Himadri. D) Shivalik. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himachal. 23. Name the three ranges of hymalayas A) Himadri. B) Himachal. C) Shivalik. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Which of the following is not a Physical features of India A) The Island. B) Oceans. C) Indian desert. D) Peninsular Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceans. 25. W hich is the outermost Himalayas? A) Punjab Himalayas. B) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas. C) Nepal Himalayas. D) Shiwaliks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shiwaliks. 26. The Peninsular Plateau of India is part of which of the following landmass? A) Angaraland. B) Tethys. C) Gondwanaland. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gondwanaland. 27. The eastward extensions of the Central Highlands are called A) Bundelkhand and baghelkhand. B) Bhabar. C) Narmada. D) Karbi-Anglong Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bundelkhand and baghelkhand. 28. How much area is covered by Lakshadweep? A) 36 sq km. B) 32 sq km. C) 24 sq km. D) 39 sq km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 32 sq km. 29. Which is the Largely inhabited riverine Island in the World A) Marajo Island. B) Bhavani Island. C) Majuli Island. D) Peacock Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Majuli Island. 30. This river belt is parallel to shiwaliks and contains rocks and pebbles A) Terai. B) Khader. C) Bhabar. D) Bhanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhabar. 31. Geologically, the ..... constitutes one of the ancient landmasses on the earth's surface. A) Northern Plain. B) Coastal Plain. C) Himalayas. D) Peninsular Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peninsular Plateau. 32. Chilika Lake lies in? A) West bengal. B) Assam. C) Andhra pradesh. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 33. In which belt of the northern plain all the rivers disappear? A) Bhabar. B) Bhangar. C) Terai. D) Khadar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhabar. 34. Give an account of the four divisions of Himalayas from west to east. What is the Second sentence in the audio? A) The part of Himalayas lying between Indus and Satluj has been traditionally known as Punjab Himalaya but it is also known regionally as Kashmir and Himachal Himalaya from west to east respectively. B) The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as Kumaon Himalayas. C) The Kali and Tista rivers demarcate the Nepal Himalayas. D) The part lying between Tista and Dihang rivers is known as Assam Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as Kumaon Himalayas. 35. The part of Himalayas between lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as A) Punjab Himalaya. B) Assam Himalaya. C) Kumaon Himalaya. D) Nepal Himalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab Himalaya. 36. The northern-most latitude of India is ..... A) 8$^\circ$4'N. B) 68$^\circ$7'N. C) 37$^\circ$6'N. D) 23$^\circ$30'N. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8$^\circ$4'N. 37. The Lakshadweep islands covers a small area of ..... . A) 32 sq. km. B) 31 sq. km. C) 34 sq. km. D) 30 sq. km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32 sq. km. 38. Mussoorie, Nainital and Ranikhet are situated in A) Shiwalik Himalayas. B) Himadri Himalayas. C) Kunlun Himalayas. D) Himachal Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himachal Himalayas. 39. Name two major bodies of water that are located adjacent to India? A) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. B) Bay of Bengal and Indian River. C) Bay of Bengal and Aegean Sea. D) Indian Iotion and Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. 40. Karbi-Anglong Plateau is an extension of A) The Shivaliks. B) The peninsular Plateau. C) The Thar Desert. D) The Eastern Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The peninsular Plateau. 41. Which continents of today were part of the Gondwanaland? A) Asia and Africa. B) Europe and Asia. C) Europe and Africa. D) Australia and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia and South America. 42. Which of the following is the highest peak of Himalayas in India? A) Mt. Everest. B) Kanchenjunga. C) Nanga Parbat. D) Nandadevi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanchenjunga. 43. What does the Indian subcontinent consist of A) India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan. B) Pakistan, India and Nepal. C) Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. D) Maldives, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. 44. There are deserts in India A) True. B) False. C) Definitely no. D) No idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. The ..... comprises Patkai hills, Naga hills, Manipur hills, Mizo hills A) Himachal. B) Shivalik. C) Purvachal. D) Assam Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purvachal. 46. The ..... is the world's highest peak A) Kachenjunga. B) Mount Everest. C) Mount Abu. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Everest. 47. Which of the following physiographic divisions of India was formed out of accumulations in the Tethys geosyncline? A) The Himalayas. B) The Peninsular Plateau. C) The Northern Plains. D) The Coastal Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Himalayas. 48. Position of India depending upon size A) 4. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 49. Which of the following hills does not belong to Purvachal A) Pankai hills. B) Mizo hills. C) Aravali hills. D) Naga hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aravali hills. 50. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as ..... A) Coast. B) Island. C) Peninsula. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsula. 51. Which physical division of India is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks? A) Northern plains. B) Himalayas. C) Peninsular plateau. D) Indian desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsular plateau. 52. What is the northern-most range of the Himalayas called? A) Himachal. B) Shiwaliks. C) Himadri. D) Lesser Himalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himadri. 53. What is Bhangar? A) New alluvial soil. B) Old alluvial soil. C) Rock. D) Black soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old alluvial soil. 54. Himadri has a average height of A) 6, 000 meters. B) 5, 000 meters. C) 3, 200 meters. D) 2, 500 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6, 000 meters. 55. Duns are the longitudnal valleys between? A) Himachal-Shiwaliks. B) Himadri-Himachal. C) Himadri-Shiwaliks. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himachal-Shiwaliks. 56. Which of the following is a plausible theory presented by Earth scientists to explain the formation of continents and oceans and the various land forms? A) Theory of Relativity. B) Theory of Plate Tectonics. C) Theory of Motion. D) Theory of Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory of Plate Tectonics. 57. What is Lake Manasarovar called it flows through Tibet A) Dongting. B) Namatso. C) Tsangpo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tsangpo. 58. The himalayan mountain ranges run from west to east, from which rivers? A) Brahmaputra to indus. B) Indus to brahmaputra. C) Satluj to indus. D) Jhelum to brahmaputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus to brahmaputra. 59. The himalayas consist of three parallel ranges in its longitudinal extent. Which of the following is the name of the northern-most range? A) Himadri. B) Himachal. C) Shiwalik. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himadri. 60. The highest peak of the karakoram range is A) Mt Everest. B) Nanda Devi. C) Godwin Austin. D) Annapurna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Godwin Austin. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPhysical Features Of India Quiz 2Physical Features Of India Quiz 3Physical Features Of India Quiz 4Physical Features Of India Quiz 5Evolution Of India S Geological Structure QuizLocation And Structure Of India QuizPhysical Geography QuizPhysiographic Division Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books