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Landforms are found over the continents and also on the ____________.

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  1. Parks

  2. Roads

  3. Ocean floors

  4. Industries

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The ocean floor contains all of the geographic features that can be found on the continents. Mountains, volcanoes, plains, valleys, and canyons. Also, these underwater landforms are many times taller, deeper, longer, and wider than those on dry land.

Which of the following influence formation of deltas?

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  1. Amount and type of sediment available

  2. Aspect and geometry of coast 

  3. Waves, Rate of sedimentation

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Rivers carry a large amount of sediments with them. When rivers deposit these deposits near their mouths, before falling into to sea, a landform is formed that is known as delta. It has rich soil and the river in delta gets bifurcated into a number of streams making deltas highly fertile.
  • Formation of the delta is influenced by the amount and rate of sedimentation, shape and slope of the coast and also by the waves striking at the coast. Hence all options are correct.

Which process helps in the formation of rift valley?

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  1. Seismism

  2. Faulting

  3. Folding

  4. Volcanism

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The valley is formed by the rift or faulting. It is a liner shaped low land between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of geologic rift or fault. 

Zojila Pass connects _____________.

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  1. Kashmir and Tibet

  2. Nepal and Tibet

  3. Ladakh and Kashmir

  4. Leh and Kargil

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Correct Option: C

Average height of Tibetan Plateau is of _____________.

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  1. 7200 meters

  2. 4500 meters

  3. 7300 meters

  4. 1200 meters

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

4500 meters

With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 meters (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometers  (about five times the size of Metropolitan France).

Which landform was a part of Gondwanaland?

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  1. Tibet Plateau

  2. Peninsular plateau

  3. Main plateau

  4. Big Plateau

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • At one point of time, all the landmass on Earth was united as one mega continent called Pangea and whole water bodies were also unified called Panthalassa.
  • After that, the Pangea got bifurcated into the northern part as Laurasia and southern part as the Gondwanaland.
  • Peninsular India was part of Gondwanaland which moved northwards to unite with rest of India. Thus the right answer is B.

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

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  1. True

  2. False

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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 ______________.

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  1. Kenya

  2. Australia

  3. India

  4. None of these

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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.

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  1. True

  2. False

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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.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False,

it is easy to carry on construction work in plains.