This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Features Of India – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Features Of India Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the plates collide with each other, it causes A) Folding. B) Earthquakes. C) Transform boundaries. D) Faulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faulting. 2. Bhabhar, terai, bhangar and khader are the division of northern plains on the basis of ..... A) River system. B) Weathering of rocks. C) Physical relief. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical relief. 3. A landmass bound by sea on three sides is referred as A) Coast. B) Island. C) Peninsula. D) Ghat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsula. 4. Which of the following is the store house of minerals in Peninsular Plateau? A) Malwa Plateau. B) Deccan plateau. C) Karbi-Anglong Plateau. D) Chotanagpur Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chotanagpur Plateau. 5. Jaisalmer is in ..... A) Jharkhand. B) West Bengal. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajasthan. 6. Settlement refers to ..... A) A place where someone can live both permanently or temporary. B) A place where one decides to go on vacation. C) An area that is known for its culture, economy and politics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place where someone can live both permanently or temporary. 7. Which of the following countries or continents was not a part of the ancient landmass of Gondwanaland? A) India. B) Australia. C) Europe. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 8. The part of the Himalayas lyingbetween the Satluj and Kali rivers is known as . A) Punjab Himalayas. B) Kumaon Himalayas. C) Assam Himalayas. D) Nepal Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kumaon Himalayas. 9. Lakshadweep is formed by ..... ? A) Plants. B) Corals. C) Volcano. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corals. 10. Which of the islands has a bird sanctuary? A) Nicobar island. B) Pitti island. C) Barren island. D) Diu island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitti island. 11. Which state has the highest population A) Uttar pradesh. B) Uttarakhand. C) Maharashtra. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uttar pradesh. 12. Black Soil is found over the ..... A) The Northern Plains. B) The Himalayas. C) The Coastal Plains. D) The Peninsular Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Peninsular Plateau. 13. Rainfall received by by the Indian Desert is A) Above 200 mm/year. B) Below 100 mm/year. C) Near 175 mm/year. D) Below 150 mm/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Below 150 mm/year. 14. The younger deposits of the flood plains are called A) Bhangar. B) Khadar. C) Kankar. D) Bhabar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khadar. 15. The Himalayan range stretch over ..... of Nepal A) 75%. B) 55%. C) 65%. D) 45%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75%. 16. Deccan plateau has a ..... landmass? A) Conical. B) Triangular. C) Curved. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triangular. 17. Which of the following is the oldest and most stable block in India? A) Deccan plateau. B) Northern Plains. C) Himalayas. D) Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deccan plateau. 18. ..... lie parallel to the SW monsoon winds. A) The Himalayan Mountains. B) The Vindhyas. C) The Aravallis. D) The Western Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Aravallis. 19. The two important glaciers of Karakoram are A) Siachen and Baltoro. B) Gangotri and Yamnotri. C) Gangotri and Biafo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siachen and Baltoro. 20. Name the belt which contains calcareous deposits called kanker? A) Bhabhar. B) Khader. C) Bhanger. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhanger. 21. The southern stretch of coastal plains are referred as A) Konkan. B) Malabar Coast. C) Coromandel Coast. D) Northern Circar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malabar Coast. 22. The outermost ranges of Himalayas are:- A) The Mahabharat ranges. B) The Shiwaliks. C) Nepal Himalayas. D) Himadri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Shiwaliks. 23. The ..... is not very densely populated A) Thar Desert. B) Northern plains. C) Coastal area. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thar Desert. 24. Which floodplains can be used for intensive farming? A) Terai. B) Khader. C) Peninsular plateau. D) Northern plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khader. 25. Name the largest salt water lake in India? A) Wular lake. B) Pulicat lake. C) Chilika lake. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chilika lake. 26. The rivers coming from ..... are involved in depositional work A) Northern Mountains. B) Coastal Plains. C) Western Mountains. D) Peninsular Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Mountains. 27. According to the 'Theory of Plate Tectonics, ' when some plates come towards each other, which of the following is formed? A) CONVERGENT BOUNDARY. B) TRANSFORM BOUNDARY. C) DIVERGENT BOUNDARY. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CONVERGENT BOUNDARY. 28. Number of union territories in our country? A) 8. B) 7. C) 9. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 29. What continent is India located on? A) Europe. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 30. Which plateau lies in the south of river narmada? A) Malwa plateau. B) Deccan plateau. C) Chhota nagpur plateau. D) Central plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deccan plateau. 31. On the south of Narmada river lies ..... A) Central High Lands. B) Deccan Plateau. C) Western Ghats. D) Northern Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deccan Plateau. 32. The Gondwana land included A) Europe, Africa, Asia, America as one single landmass. B) India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass. C) Asia, Europe, America, and Africa as one single mass. D) Europe and Africa as one single land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass. 33. Rose's friend, Lisa lives in a different country. The time lag between the two countries is about 5 hours and a half. Calculate the longitudinal extent between the countries. A) 45$^\circ$. B) 75$^\circ$. C) 61.5$^\circ$. D) 30$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75$^\circ$. 34. Geologically, which of the following physiographic divisions of India is supposed to be one of the most stable land blocks? A) The Coastal Plains. B) The Himalayas. C) The Northern Plains. D) The Peninsular Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Peninsular Plateau. 35. In which group of islands is active volcano found? A) Lakshwadeep. B) Daman & Diu. C) Andaman & Nicobar. D) Maldives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andaman & Nicobar. 36. Which northern plains extends between ghaggar and tessta rivers? A) Punjab plains. B) Satluj plains. C) Brahmaputra plains. D) Ganga plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganga plains. 37. Which Physiographic divisions have rounded hills and broad and shallow valleys? A) The Coastal Plains. B) The Himalayan Mountains. C) The Peninsular Plateau. D) The Northern Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Peninsular Plateau. 38. Himalayas Ranges covered a distance from east to west is about ..... km. A) 2000. B) 2200. C) 2100. D) 2400. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2400. 39. ..... is a land of diversity A) U.S.A. B) Pakistan. C) Dubai. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 40. Peninsular India is a part fo which ancient landmass? A) The Gondwana Land. B) The Angara Land. C) The Tythes Sea. D) All of thesse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gondwana Land. 41. Majuli is a riverine island located in the river A) Brahmaputra. B) Yamuna. C) Ganga. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmaputra. 42. The northern plains are formed of A) Black soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Mountain soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soil. 43. Which one of the following is not the section of Western coast? A) Coromandel coast. B) Konkan coast. C) Kannad coast. D) Malabar coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coromandel coast. 44. Of the world's highest mountain peaks lie within the ..... Himalayas A) Nepal Himalaya's. B) Punjab Himalayas (Kashmir and Himachal Himalayas). C) Kumaon Himalayas. D) Assam Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nepal Himalaya's. 45. Consider the following statement(s) is/are related to the Indo-Gangetic plainsI.It run parallel to the Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Assam in the east, and drain most of northern and eastern IndiaII.The major rivers in this region are the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra along with their main tributaries-Yamuna, Chambal, Gomti, Ghaghara, Kosi, Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab, and Tista.Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? A) Only I. B) Both I and II. C) Only II. D) Neither I nor II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both I and II. 46. What are the common features of hilly region? A) Rugged terrain. B) Valleys. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 47. The northern plain is about ..... to ..... km broad. A) 230 to 340. B) 240 to 360. C) 240 to 320. D) 260 to 340. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 240 to 320. 48. What is the largest island of Lakshwadeep called A) Kavarati. B) Agatti. C) Minicoy. D) Kadmat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minicoy. 49. Peninsular Plateau has the following two west flowing rivers A) The Godavari and Mahanadi. B) The Tungabadra and Godavari. C) The Kaveri and Krishna. D) The Narmada and Tapi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Narmada and Tapi. 50. What are less Himalayas known as? A) Purvanchal. B) Shivaliks. C) Himachal. D) Himadri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shivaliks. 51. The ..... has difficult living condition A) Thar Desert. B) Eastern coastal plain. C) Southern Plateau. D) Western coastal plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thar Desert. 52. HIMALAYAS ARE THE RESULT OF THE COLLISON OF A) PENINSULAR PLATE WITH EURASIAN PLATE. B) AUSTRALIAN PLATE AND PACIFIC PLATE. C) EURASIAN PLATE AND SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PENINSULAR PLATE WITH EURASIAN PLATE. 53. The ..... is a storehouse of minerals. A) Northern Plains. B) Plateau. C) Coastal plains. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plateau. 54. A ..... is a accumulation of ice, snow, water, rock A) Valley. B) River. C) Himalayas. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glaciers. 55. Which group of island was known as Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive? A) Lakshadweep. B) Andaman and Nicobar. C) Maldives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lakshadweep. 56. How many coastal plains are there? A) Three. B) One. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 57. ..... is the second highest peak in india A) Himalayas. B) Mt everest. C) Kanchenjunga. D) Nanda devi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanchenjunga. 58. What is barren island? A) An active volcano. B) An island in the Arabian Sea. C) Island In the Indian ocean. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An active volcano. 59. Himalayas form an arc, which covers a distance of about ..... Km. A) 2200. B) 2300. C) 2100. D) 2, 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2, 400. 60. Mention the location of India A) Northern hemisphere. B) Eastern hemisphere. 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