ST. LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL

JESUIT CHRISTIAN MINORITY INSTITUTION SECOND TERM WORKSHEET NO. - 19

Class: 9

Sub: GEOGRAPHY Date- 28/04/2020

TOPIC: THE PLAINS CHAPTER: 8

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION. (1X15=15)

1. The ______spread from in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the South. a. Western plateau region b. Northern mountains c. Ayodhya plateau region d. The Plains 2. This spreads over a narrow region in the foothills of Darjeeling Himalayas and north western part of . a. Alluvial fan b. Samsing formation c. Thalijhora formation d. Matiali formation 3. This fan is made of grayish sand and boulder. a. Thalijhora formation b. Matiali formation c. Samsing formation d. Baikunthapur formation 4. This fan is formed of small pebbles and boulders, covered by a layer of grayish yellow soil. a. Baikunthapur formation b. Chalsa formation c. Matiali formation d. Samsing formation 5. This comprises of Siliguri sub-division of Darjeeling and almost entire of . a. plain b. plain c. Rarh plain d. Both a & b 6. The western part of the Tista river is known as ______plains. a. Dooars b. Terai c. Rarh d. Ganga delta 7. This place is considered as the ‘gateway of North-eastern ’. a. Dooars plains b. Malda c. Jalpaiguri d. Terai plains 8. Dooars literally means a. Door way b. Window c. Gateway d. Lane 9. A type of landform consisting of lowlands and marsh lands present in Kochbihar, Jalpaiguri and Western Maldah. a. Tal b. Barendra bhumi c. Diyara d. Both a & c 10. The entire of Birbhum, Bankura, Murshidabad and western part of West Mednipur is known as the a. Dooars plains b. Rarh region c. Terai plains d. Ganga delta plains 11. Tea plantations are found in the eastern and central part of this region. a. Dooars region b. Terai region c. Northern plains d. Sundarbans 12. The major river of this plain is the a. Atrai river b. Tista river c. Torsha river d. Mahananda river 13. The altitude of Terai plain is around a. 45m to 67m b. 75m to 125m c. 70m to 150m d. 120m to 130m 14. ______is named after ‘haor’ meaning swampy lowlands. a. Howrah b. Hooghly c. Mednipur d. Bankura 15. The greater part of is occupied by a. Mountains b. Plateaus c. Valleys d. Plains

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