Download India-Physical features I. Choose the correct answer 1. Which

India-Physical features
I. Choose the correct answer (1M)
1. Which one of the following is the highest mountain peak in India?
a) Godwin Austin b) Kanchenjunga
c) Nanda Devi
d) Dhaulagiri
2. Which one of the following peaks is not in India?
a) Kanchenjunga b) Nanga Parbat
c) Mt Everest
d) Nanda Devi
3. The Great Indian Desert is located in which state?
a) Rajasthan
b) Madhya Pradesh c) Punjab
d) Haryana
4. Which one of the following states is not a part of the Ganga basin?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab
5. The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats meet at the
a) Jaintia
b) Rajmahal
c) Mahadeo
d) Nilgiri
6. Which one of the following rivers is the longest river of the Peninsular India?
a) Godavari
b) Narmada
c) Krishna
d) Kaveri
7. The Southern part of the Western coastal plain is called the ___________ coast.
a) Konkan
b) Malabar
c) Coromandel
d) Northern Circars
8. Which one of the following islands is the largest island of the Lakshadweep group of
islands?
a. Agatti
b. Amindivi
c. Minicoy
d. Kavaratti
II. Fill in the blanks.
9. The ______________ glacier is in the Karakoram mountains.
10. River Brahmaputra is known as _______________ in Tibet.
11. The peninsular plateaus are composed of _______________ and ____________________ rocks.
12. The _____________ plateau is bounded by the Western coastal plain and the Eastern coastal
plain.
13. The _______ and _____ islands are in the Bay of Bengal.
II. Answer the following questions(1M)
1.Name
two hill stations in the lesser Himalayas.
2.Name
a mountain pass located in the Pir Panjal range.
3.Which
4.Name
is an area of Inland drainage in India?
the source of River Ganga.
5.What
is the shape of the peninsular plateaus?
6.What
is the other name given to the Western Ghats?
7.Name
the two main groups of Islands.
8.Name
the tributaries which join river Ganga from the south.
9.Which
is popularly known as the 'Roof of the World'?
10.Which
river separates the Central Highlands from the Deccan Plateau?
11.Which
are the Islands located in the Bay of Bengal?
12.Which
Plateau is bounded by the Western coastal plain and the Eastern coastal plain?
13.Which
are the two rocks composed to be peninsular plateaus.
14.Which
glacier is in the Karokoram Mountains?
15.Which
Island is the largest Island in the world?
16.Which
river is the longest river of the Peninsular in India?
17.Where
do the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet?
18.The
great Indian Desert is located in which state?
19.Which
is the world highest peak and where does it located?
20.Which
is the highest mountain peak in India?
III. Answer the following questions(2M)
21.Name the physical divisions of India.
22.What
is the importance of the northern plains of India?
23.Describe
24.Write
the location of hill ranges in the peninsular plateaus.
about the islands of India.
25.Why
is the Rajasthan plain an area of Inland drainage?
26.Why
are the rivers of Peninsular Plateaus non-perennial?
IV. Answer the following questions(4M)
27.Distinguish between the Himadri and Shiwalik
28.Explain
the main features of the peninsular plateaus.
29.Compare
the rivers of the Deccan plateau with those of the Himalayas
30.Compare
the Western coastal plains and Eastern coastal plains.
31.Why
is Ganga -Brahmaputra plain the most fertile region of India?
32.Why
are the rivers of Peninsular plateaus non-perennial?