Home › Quizzes › Structure and Physiography of India - I

Structure and Physiography of India - I

Comprehensive quiz covering India's physical geography including tectonic structure, peninsular block, Himalayas, river systems, islands, and major physiographic divisions.

15 Questions Published
Play Quiz Practise this topic out loud

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Indian plate was to the south of the equator millions of years ago.
b. The African and Indian plates were joined.
c. The African plate moved to the south eastern direction and the Indian plate moved to the north, after breaking up.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. b and c
  5. a, b and c
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The northern boundary of the Peninsular Block begins running from Kachchh.
b. The Peninsular block extends to the Karbi Anglong and the Meghalaya Plateau in the north east.
c. The northeastern parts of the Peninsular block are separated by the Malda fault in West Bengal.
d. Rajasthan in the west is also an extension of the Peninsular block.

  1. a, b, c and d
  2. a, b and c
  3. b, c and d
  4. a, c and d
  5. a, b and d
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are correct about the Peninsular block?

a. Before the plate broke and moved towards north, it was subjected to various vertical movements and block faulting.
b. The rift valleys of the Narmada, the Tapi and the Mahanadi and the Satpura block mountains were created by this ancient block faulting.
c. The river valleys of the mountains in it are steep with high gradients.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. only a
  5. only c
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are responsible for the present geological structure of the Indian subcontinent?

a. The interplay of these endogenic and exogenic forces of the earth's crust
b. The lateral and continuing movements of the plates
c. The endemic ecosysms and biomes particular to the tropics

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and b
  5. a, b and c
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Peninsular mountains?

a. They are young, stable and residual in their geological structure.
b. They are still subjected to the development of faults, folds and thrust plains.
c. These mountains are tectonic in origin, dissected by fast-flowing rivers.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. b and c
  5. a, b and c
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Srinagar is located on the banks of Jhelum river.
b. Jhelum is still in its youth stage and yet forms meanders.
c. The meanders in Jhelum river are caused by the local base level provided by the Wular lake.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. a and b
  4. a, b and c
  5. b and c
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Himalayas in the Darjiling and Sikkim regions lie in an east-west direction.
b. In Arunachal Pradesh, Himalayas are from south-west to the north-west direction.
c. In Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, Himalayas are in the south-west direction.

  1. only a
  2. only b
  3. only c
  4. a and b
  5. b and c
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. The Lakshwadeep island group is built of coral deposits.
  2. The Andamans and the Nicobar are separated by a water body called the Ten degree channel.
  3. The two principal groups of islets in the Bay of Bengal include Ritchie’s archipelago and Labrynth island.
  4. The Western Coastal Plain is an example of an emergent coast.
  5. The continental shelf at the Eastern Coastal Plain extends up to 500 km into the sea, which makes it difficult for the development of good ports and harbours.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a tributary of Indus river?

  1. Jhelum
  2. Ravi
  3. Ghaghara
  4. Beas
  5. Satluj
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are the freshwater lakes present in the North-Eastern Himalayas?

a. Sangetsar Lake
b. Chandubi Lake
c. Dal lake
d. Wular lake

  1. a only
  2. a and b
  3. c only
  4. a, b and d
  5. c and d
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India is characterised by great diversity in its physical features. The physiography of South India consists of which of the following?

a. Beautiful valleys and deep gorges
b. Stable table land with highly dissected plateaus
c. denuded rocks and developed series of scarps

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a, b and c
  5. b and c
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following landforms are characteristic of rivers in Peninsular mountains?

a. Shallow river valleys
b. Gorges
c. Rapids
d. Waterfalls
e. Deltas

  1. a, b and d
  2. b, c and d
  3. a, c and d
  4. a, c, d and e
  5. a, b, c, d and e
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following mountains is not a part of the Peninsular block?

  1. The Himalayas
  2. The Aravali hills
  3. The Nallamala hills
  4. The Javadi hills
  5. The Veliconda hills
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is also known as the outer Himalayas?

  1. Kailash range
  2. Ladakh range
  3. Shivalik range
  4. Dhaoladhar range
  5. Kunlun slope
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Indian desert is dotted with longitudinal dunes and duar formations.
b. The Meghalaya plateau is sub-divided into Garo hills, Khasi hills and Jaintia hills.
c. Western Ghats comprise of discontinuous and low hills that are highly eroded by the rivers.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and c
  5. a, b and c
← Back to Quizzes