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Physiography

Description: Physiography (M)
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Uttarkashi is situated on the banks of the river

  1. Alaknanda

  2. Bhagirathi

  3. Ganga

  4. Mandakini


Correct Option: B

Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in

  1. Nepal

  2. Kashmir

  3. Baluchistan

  4. Myanmar


Correct Option: D

Which of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

  1. Ajanta

  2. Sahyadri

  3. Satpura

  4. Aravali


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ajanta mountain range is a short mountain range which spreads within Maharashtra. Aravalli mountain range spreads in western India and eastern Pakistan. Satpura range is a mountain range that starts from the state of Gujarat and extends to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

What is Kibithu?

  1. Westernmost point of India

  2. Southernmost point of India

  3. Easternmost point of India

  4. Northernmost point of India


Correct Option: C

The Tropic of Cancer passes through

  1. Tripura and Mizoram

  2. Tripura and Manipur

  3. Manipur and Nagaland

  4. Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh


Correct Option: A

Mussoorie is located in

  1. Himachal Range

  2. Himadri range

  3. Shiwalik range

  4. Dhaula dhar range


Correct Option: A

Arrange the following horizontal divisions of the Himalayas according from west to east

  1. Nepal Himalayas
  2. U.P. Himalayas
  3. Himachal Himalayas
  4. Kashmir Himalayas
  5. Assam Himalayas
  1. 4 3 2 1 5

  2. 3 4 1 2 5

  3. 1 2 3 4 5

  4. 2 1 4 3 5


Correct Option: A

Siachen Glacier is beside

  1. Nubra Valley

  2. Hunza Valley

  3. Shigar Valley

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which of the following ranges is trans Himalayas?

  1. Zaskar Range

  2. Pir Panjal Range

  3. Sulaman Range

  4. Karakoram Range


Correct Option: A

The boundary of the Siwalik Belt with the Indo-Gangetic trough is known as

  1. main boundary thrust

  2. main boundary fault

  3. great boundary fault

  4. scrap fault


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Which of the following trade routes connects Kalimpong in West Bengal and Lhasa, the capital of Tibet?

  1. Shipki La

  2. Jelep La

  3. Niti Pass

  4. Thag La


Correct Option: B

The most plausible explanation of the location of the Thar desert in Western India is

  1. the obstruction caused by the Aravallis to the rain bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley

  2. the evaporation of moisture by heat

  3. the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it

  4. that the moisture carried by the south-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current


Correct Option: C

The Palghat Gap serves inland communication from

  1. Madurai to Thiruvananthapuram

  2. Pune to Mumbai

  3. Kochi to Chennai

  4. Bangalore to Mangalore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Palghat Gap serves inland communication from Madurai to Thiruvananthapuram.

Shimla Hills are situated in

  1. Dhauladhar range

  2. Himachal range

  3. Shiwalik range

  4. Kangra valley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Though Dhauladhar range traverses the state of Himachal, Shimla lies at the starting point of Shiwalik range.

Kuttanad, the lowest altitude point in India, is in

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Karnataka


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kuttanadu is a region covering the Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts in the state of Kerala, India.

''The Deccan Traps” covering the most part of the Maharashtra Plateau is a type of

  1. shield volcano

  2. composite volcano

  3. caldera

  4. flood basalt province


Correct Option: D

Mahadev Hills are located in the

  1. Vindhyachal range

  2. Satpura range

  3. middle Himalayan range

  4. Aravali range


Correct Option: B

Which of the following states does not border Myanmar?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh

  2. Mizoram

  3. Nagaland

  4. Assam


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Which of the following passes connects Shimla with western Tibet?

  1. Shipki La

  2. Jelep La

  3. Niti Pass

  4. Thag La


Correct Option: A

In which of the following states are the Shiwalik Hills known as Abor?

  1. Jammu and Kashmir

  2. Himachal

  3. Assam

  4. Arunachal Pradesh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Arunachal Pradesh

Consider the following statements:

  1. The coastal area between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is narrower than the coastal area between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea.
  2. The Indus rises in the Mansarover in Tibet and finally falls in the Arabian Sea near Karachi.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

  1. Gangothri Glacier - Uttarancahal

  2. SiachinGlacier - Jammu & Kashmir

  3. Zemu Glacier - Sikkim

  4. Chandra Glacier - UP


Correct Option: D

Banihal Pass is in

  1. Punjab Himalayas

  2. Kumaon Himalayas

  3. Kashmir Himalayas

  4. Assam Himalayas


Correct Option: C

Match the following:

Physical features of India Area in % (a) Mountains 1. 18.6% (b) Hills 2. 10.7% (c) Plateau 3. 43% (d) Plains 4. 27.7%

  1. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3

  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1, d - 4

  3. a - 4, b - 3, c - 2, d - 1

  4. a - 1, b - 4, c - 3, d - 2


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following correctly states the location of ‘Cold desert’ of India?

  1. To the north-east of Karakoram Range

  2. To the west of Pir Panjal Range

  3. To the south of Siwalik Range

  4. To the west of Aravail Range


Correct Option: B
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