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Structure and Physiography of India - II

Physical geography of India covering geological divisions, Himalayan ranges, peninsular block, coastal plains, and major soil formations

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The Indian and Australian plates were joined millions of years ago.
b. The Indian plate moved northwards after breaking away from the Australian plate.
c. The northward movement of the Indian plate stopped after it joined the Asian plate.

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

The geological regions of India broadly follow some physical features. Which of the following are the geological divisions of India based on the variations in its geological structure and formations?

(i) The Peninsular Block
(ii) The Himalayas and other Peninsular Mountains
(iii) Indo-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain
(iv) The Great Indian Plateau

  1. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
  2. (i), (ii) and (iii)
  3. (i) and (ii)
  4. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
  5. (i), (iii) and (iv)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Peninsula was formed by ancient gneisses and granites, which constitute a major part of it.
b. The Peninsular block is a rigid block with the exception of some of its western coast which is submerged beneath the sea.
c. The original basement of the whole block is unchanged despite the tectonic activity.

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

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The northern boundary of the Peninsular Block begins as an irregular line from Kachchh along the western flank of the Aravali Range near Delhi.
b. It then runs parallel to the Yamuna and the Ganga as far as the Rajmahal hills and the Ganga delta.
c. The northeastern parts of the Peninsular block are joined through the Malda fault in West Bengal from the Chotanagpur plateau.

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

Which of the following statements about the rivers flowing in the Peninsular block is/are correct?

a. The river valleys here are shallow with low gradients.
b. Most of the east flowing rivers form deltas before entering into the Bay of Bengal.
c. The rivers are fast-flowing which have formed landforms like gorges, V-shaped valleys, rapids and waterfalls, etc.

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

The Greater Himalayan range does not include which one of the following?

  1. The Trans-Himalayan range
  2. The Great Himalayas
  3. The Middle Himalayas
  4. The Shiwalik
  5. The Mahabharata range
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are young peninsular mountains?

a. Himalayas
b. Aravali hills
c. Palkonda range
d. Mahendragiri hills

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

Which of the following is not a part of the Kashmir or northwestern Himalayas?

  1. Zaskar
  2. Karakoram
  3. Ladakh
  4. Dhaoladhar
  5. Pir Panjal
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following passes lies in the Pir Panjal range?

  1. Zoji La
  2. Banihal
  3. Photu La
  4. Khardung La
  5. Nathu La
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are incorrect?

a. The Ganga Brahmaputra plain was a geo-synclinal depression which attained its maximum development about 64 million years ago.
b. It has been gradually filled by the sediments brought by the Himalayan and Peninsular rivers.
c. The Ganga Brahmaputra basin consists of laterite and lateritic soil deposits.

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

Which of the following is/are the salt water lakes in the northwestern Himalayas?

a. Dal
b. Wular
c. Pangong Tso
d. Tso Moriri

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

Which of the following are not a physiographic feature of the Indian peninsular plateau?

  1. Tors
  2. Block mountains
  3. Rift valleys
  4. Duar formations
  5. Wall-like quartzite dykes
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are correct about Karewa formations?

a. They are the thick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines.
b. They are useful for the cultivation of Zafran.
c. They are useful for the cultivation of orchids and tulips.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and b
  5. a, b and c
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The western coastal plains are an example of submerged coastal plain and has many natural harbours. Which of the following is not on the western coastal plains?

  1. Kandla
  2. Tuticorin
  3. Mazagaon
  4. Cochin
  5. Mnagalore
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match column I with column II and choose the correct alternative.

 
a. Bhabar 1. These plains are those that are low-lying next to a river with new and fertile alluvial deposits.
b. Khadar 2. This soil is alluvial in nature and is above the flood levels of the rivers in the region.
c. Tarai 3. Narrow belt where rivers from mountains deposit heavy materials of rocks and boulders.
d. Bhangar 4. This is the belt where most of the streams and rivers re-emerge 
        without a proper channel, thereby, creating marshy and swampy conditions.|
  1. a - 2, b - 4, c - 3, d - 1
  2. a - 4, b - 3, c - 1, d - 2
  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  4. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
  5. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1, d - 4
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