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Major landforms of the earth - class-IX

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Ox bow lakes are found in _________.
  1. Glaciers

  2. River valleys

  3. Deserts

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oxbow lakes are found in river valleys.
An oxbow is a crescent-shaped lake lying alongside a winding river. The oxbow lake is created over time as erosion and deposition of soil change the river's course.

The depositional feature of a glacier is __________.
  1. Beach

  2. Moraine

  3. Flood plain

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Moraines are ridge-like depositional features of glacial tills. They are long but narrow ridge with height more 30 meters. Moraines are consist of rock materials of heterogeneous shapes and size.

Which is not an erosional feature of sea waves?
  1. Cliff

  2. Beach

  3. Sea cave

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sea beaches are not the erosional feature of sea waves. They are formed due to the depositional activities of sea waves.

The seasons are caused by the ___________.

  1. Tilted axis of the earth

  2. Movement of the earth

  3. Movement of the sun

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-long path around the sun.

The effect of variation in climate caused due to tilting of the earth's axis is felt more when one moves ________________.

  1. Away from the equator and the poles

  2. Away from the poles and towards the equator

  3. Away from the equator and towards the poles

  4. Towards equator and poles


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Latitude is a measure of the distance you are located from the equator.  It is commonly shown as an imaginary horizontal line that goes across the earth on maps and is used along with longitude as a reference point to determine location. The tilt of the earth affects the seasons we experience throughout the year.

The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical fashion, and one complete orbit around the sun take one year. An interesting fact is that it is not the proximity of the earth to the sun that determines the season; we are actually closest to the sun in January, not July.  Instead, the tilt of the earth is the key. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. This leads to summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere as the Northern Hemisphere experiences the most direct sunlight and solar heating.

Increase in altitude results in _______________.

  1. Increase in the temperature

  2. Decrease in the temperature

  3. No change

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Temperature decreases with an increase in altitude. The reason or this is:

The ground absorbs more radiation from the sun and during night time the ground emits this absorbed radiation to its surroundings. The molecules of air surrounding the land also absorb the emitted radiation from the ground. At locations near sea level where air is most dense the air is very warm at sunset and a few hours after sunset.

At higher altitudes, the air get very rarified i.e. less dense. The less-dense air can seldom absorb the heat emitted by the ground because they are very far apart. The net result is a drop in temperature at higher altitudes.

As a summary, the decrease in temperature is due to the very less heat energy absorbed by the air molecules and the very far distance of air molecules from each other.


The cycle of season is caused by _________________.

  1. the varying distances between the Earth and the Sun

  2. the spherical shape of the Earth

  3. the tilt of the earth's axis

  4. the presence of plants and animals


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

C. The tilt of Earths Axis

Seasons happen because Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of about 23.4 degrees and different parts of Earth receive more solar energy than others. Because of Earth's axial tilt, different areas of Earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year. Around the June solstice, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere gets more of the Sun's direct rays. This is why June, July and August are summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. At the same time, the Southern Hemisphere points away from the Sun, creating winter during the months of June, July and August. Summer in the Southern Hemisphere is in December, January, and February, when the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away.

The temperature of a place depends on __________.

  1. Distance from the equator

  2. Height from sea level

  3. Distance from the sea

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The temperature depends on latitude because when you are closer to the equator it's hotter, but whenever closer to the arctic circles it will be colder.

It also depends on the altitude of the place i.e. height from the sea level. Here the temperature decreases with the increase in altitude.
It depends on the distance from the sea as well. If the place is closer to the sea the place does not have high extremities of temperature due to the moderation effect of the sea.

The tilt of the earth's axis does not affect the variations in season at _______.

  1. The equator

  2. North pole

  3. South pole

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 At the equator there are no seasons because each day the Sun strikes at about the same angle. Every day of the year the equator receives about 12 hours of sunlight.

Sequence of positions during solar eclipse is ________________.

  1. Sun, Earth and Moon

  2. Earth, Sun and Moon

  3. Sun, Earth and Planet

  4. Sun, Moon and Earth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.

Natural satellite of the earth is completely under the shadow during the ____________.

  1. Lunar eclipse

  2. Solar eclipse

  3. Any eclipse

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in the same line, with the Earth in the middle. Generally, a lunar eclipse occur only in the night of a full moon.
A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. 

Lunar eclipse happen only on a ___________.

  1. half moon night

  2. no moon night

  3. full moon night

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in the same line, with the Earth in the middle. Generally, a lunar eclipse occur only in the night of a full moon.
A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. 

For a lunar eclipse to occur, the sun, earth and the moon have to come in a straight line with the earth in the middle.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon. 

The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes.A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. 

Vishal was watching the Moon during a total lunar eclipse. Slowly the entire Moon became dark and invisible. At this. point Vishal can assume that _______________.

  1. Earth has come in between the Sun and the moon

  2. Sun has blocked the view of the Moon

  3. Moon has come in between the Sun and the Earth

  4. Moon has stopped producing light


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes.

A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red. Because of its reddish color, a total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon.

At any given time, different parts of the earth experience different seasons. Apart from the earth's revolution around the Sun, which of these is the reason for this?

  1. The earth's rotation

  2. The elliptical shape of the earth's orbit

  3. The presence of the moon

  4. The tilt of the earth's axis of rotation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

D. The tilt of the earth's axis of rotation

Seasons happen because Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of about 23.4 degrees and different parts of Earth receive more solar energy than others. Because of Earth's axial tilt (obliquity), our planet orbits the Sun on a slant which means different areas of Earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year. Around the June solstice, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere gets more of the Sun's direct rays. This is why June, July and August are summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. At the same time, the Southern Hemisphere points away from the Sun, creating winter during the months of June, July and August. Summer in the Southern Hemisphere is in December, January, and February, when the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away.

First man to land on the moon was____________ and he was from ________.

  1. Neil Armstrong, America

  2. John Glenn, Australia

  3. Neil Armstrong, UK

  4. Yuri Gagarin, Russia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11.

Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon. They landed on the moon in the Lunar Module. It was called the Eagle. Collins stayed in orbit around the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon.

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

It is suggested not to look at the sun directly during eclipse. Because ____________________.

  1. It would damage our skin

  2. It would damage our hair

  3. It would damage our eyes

  4. It would damage every part of the body


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Solar eclipses are dangerous because the sun can come out from behind the moon and surprise you before you have a chance to look away. And this is actually even worse than when you normally look away from the sun because during the total eclipse, it is dark out, and your pupil therefore dialates so that it can let in enough light to get a good picture. Then, when the sun reappears and starts flooding the area with really bright light, not only are you staring straight at it, but your eye is in a state where it is wide open, and actively trying to let in as much light as possible.

This explains why it is easy to damage your eye when watching a total solar eclipse, and why you should either be sure to time it very carefully or just view the thing through one of those sets of cheap dark glasses they sell for the express purpose of looking at the sun without getting hurt.

Which of the following city has the longest sea beach?

  1. Kolkata

  2. Mumbai

  3. Chennai

  4. Cochin


Correct Option: C

The paleomagnetic results obtained from India indicates that in the past, the Indian landmass has moved ________.

  1. northward

  2. southward

  3. eastward

  4. westward


Correct Option: A

Western Ghats are formed as a result of ______________.

  1. Accumulation of rocks

  2. Eastward tilting of peninsular block

  3. Faulting of earth's crust

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

 which of the following reason justifies the statement of  that Asia and Australia were joined together some million years ago?

  1. Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia

  2. Culture of both places has many similarities

  3. Climate is quite similar

  4. The big green fields found in Australia are very much like

    those in Asia


Correct Option: A

Match the following:

List-I List-II
A. Deccan Traps 1. Late cenozoic
B. Western Ghats 2. Pre-cambrian
C. Aravalli 3. Cretaceous Eocene
D. Namada-Tapi Alluvial deposits 4. Cambrian
5. Plestocene
  1. A - 3, B - 5, C - 1, D - 4

  2. A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 5

  3. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4

  4. A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D - 5


Correct Option: B

Forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as _______________.

  1. Exogenic forces

  2. Endogenic forces

  3. Eurogenic forces

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The horizontal and vertical movements caused by the forces coming from the origin of the earth are known as endogenic forces. The origin of the endogenic force is caused by the contraction and expansion of rocks due to variation in thermal conditions and temperature inside the earth.

During solar eclipse which of the following comes in the middle?

  1. Sun

  2. Moon

  3. Earth

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.

 Two halves in which Earth is divided are called _______________.

    1. ridges

    2. trenches

    3. equators

    4. hemispheres


    Correct Option: D
    Explanation:

    The Hemispheres of the Earth in geography and cartography refer to any division of the globe into two hemispheres. The most common such divisions are by latitudinal or longitudinal markers:

    North-South

    Northern Hemisphere, the half that is north of the equator

    Southern Hemisphere, the half that lies south of the equator,

    East-West

    Eastern Hemisphere, the half that lies east of the prime meridian and west of the 180th meridian

    Western Hemisphere, the half that lies west of the prime meridian and east of the 180th meridian

    Name the huge ancient landmass which consisted of India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass.

    1. Angara land

    2. Canadian shield

    3. Gondwana land

    4. Tethys sea


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Gondwana land:.Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South AmericaAfrica, Arabia, Madagascar, IndiaAustralia, and Antarctica.

    Identify the correct opti

    Agents  Landforms 
    A. River  I. Hanging Valley 
    B. Wind  II. Stalactite 
    C. Glaciers  III. Sand dune 
    D. Ground water  IV. Canyon 

    on from the pairs given below: 

    1. $A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV $

    2. $ A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III $

    3. $A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II $

    4. $A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I $


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    River $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Canyon

    Wind $\rightarrow$ landform formed is sand dune
    Glaciers $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Hanging valley
    Groundwater $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Stalactite.

    What percentage of land area is covered by the mountains?

    1. 17%

    2. 43%

    3. 20%

    4. 32%


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:
    • Mountains are the projections from the earth's surface often having a conical peak. Approximately 24% of the land area are covered by mountains in the world. Thus option C ie 20% is the nearest correct option.

    Which of the following landforms is not associated with river erosion? 

    1. Waterfall

    2. V-shaped valley

    3. Moraines

    4. Ox-bow lake


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Moraines are ridge-like depositional features of glacial tills. They are long but narrow ridge with height more than 30m.  

    State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
    A rich variety of flora and fauna is found in the mountains.

    1. True

    2. False


    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    True,

    It has about 15,000 flowering plants and ferns. India is blessed with different types of soils, climatic conditions and physical features and thus, it is suitable for supporting different species of flora and fauna making it a biodiversity hot spot.

    Tick the correct answer.
    The Deccan plateau is located in ______________.

    1. Kenya

    2. Australia

    3. India

    4. None of these


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Deccan plateau is located in India.
    Deccan refers to the entire southern peninsula of India south of the Narmada River, marked centrally by a high triangular tableland. The name derives from the Sanskrit Dakshina (“south”). The plateau is bounded on the east and west by the Ghats, escarpments that meet at the plateau's southern tip.

    State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
    Plains are very useful because they are rich in mineral deposits.

    1. True

    2. False


    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    True,

    Plains are very useful because they are rich in mineral deposits.

    State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
    It is difficult to carry on construction work in plains.

    1. True

    2. False


    Correct Option: B
    Explanation:

    False,

    it is easy to carry on construction work in plains.

    Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of ______.

    1. Alluvial soil

    2. Coral reef

    3. Basalt rock

    4. None of these


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:
    • The Maharashtra Plateau is mostly made up of basalt rocks of igneous origin. 
    • The Basalt layers are almost horizontal and this gives an appearance of a step like structure to the entire landscape.

    The greatest deposits of loess plains are found in______.

    1. New Zealand

    2. Central Europe

    3. China

    4. Argentina


    Correct Option: C

    Tick the correct answer.
    The river Yangtze flows in ______________.

    1. South America

    2. Australia

    3. China

    4. None of these


    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    China,

    Rising in Tanggula Mountain, it flows eastwards and pours itself into the East China Sea. Measuring about 6,380 km (3,964 miles), it mainly runs across Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai from west to east. Yangtze River Basin is a big granary of China.

    State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
    Plateaus are vast stretches of flat land.

    1. True

    2. False


    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    True,

    A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus occur on every continent and take up a third of the Earths land. They are one of the four major landforms, along with mountains, plains, and hills.

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