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Mr. Tarik Anowar April Department of Geography 19, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya 2020 Geography Online Test-2 1. Which of the following is the biggest island in the Nicobar 4. Which is the largest physiographic group of Islands? division of India? The Northern Mountains ◯ Middle Andaman ◯ ◯ Ross Island ◯ The Great Plains ◯ Great Nicobar ◯ The Peninsular Plateau ◯ Pilomillow Island ◯ The Islands 2. Which of the following states is/are 5. Which among the following plateaus not a part of Western Ghats? in India lie between Aravali & Vindhya region? ◯ Gujarat ◯ Chota Nagpur Plateau ◯ Tamil Nadu ◯ Malwa Plateau ◯ Andhra Pradesh ◯ Deccan Plateau ◯ Both b and c None of the above ◯ 3. The Chota Nagpur Plateau covers much of Jharkhand. Which are the 6. Which one of the following forms the other states covered at some extent real watershed of the Peninsula? by this plateau? ◯ Anamudi ◯ Orissa & West Bengal ◯ Pushpagiri ◯ Orissa, West Bengal & Bihar ◯ Perumal Peak ◯ Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh Western Ghats ◯ Madhya Pradesh & Orissa ◯ 7. Which is Coromandel coast? 1 Email: [email protected] Mr. Tarik Anowar April Department of Geography 19, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya 2020 Gujarat Coastal Plain ◯ West Coastal Plain ◯ Karnataka Coastal Plain ◯ 8. Which of the following is the highest peak East Coastal Plain ◯ of Satpura Range? ◯ Gurushikhar 12. The Eastern Ghats form the eastern boundary of which region? ◯ Dhupgarh ◯ Bhander Plateau ◯ Pachmarhi ◯ Chota Nagpur Plateau ◯ Pachmarhi Deccan Plateau ◯ 9. What is the importance of Peninsular Kaas Plateau ◯ plateau in India? 13. The 9 degree channel is located on which of the following Islands? Arabian Sea Islands ◯ ◯ Bay of Bengal Islands 10. The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Offshore Islands ◯ Kanyakumari, is- ◯ None of the above ◯ South of the Equator. South of the Capricorn. 14. Which river bounds Bundelkhand Uplands ◯ in the north? ◯ North of the Equator. ◯ Ganga ◯ North of Tropic of Cancer. Yamuna ◯ 11. Which of the following coastal ◯ Chambal plain is located between the Sahyadri and the Arabian Sea? 2 Email: [email protected] Mr. Tarik Anowar April Department of Geography 19, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya 2020 Islands? ◯ Ramganga ◯ Middle Andaman 15. Which basin is also called Chhattisgarh Ross Island Plain? ◯ ◯ Mahanadi ◯ Saddle Peak ◯ Godavari ◯ Pilomillow Island Krishna ◯ 19. Which of the following coastal plain is depicts an inland belt of Cauvery ◯ isolated hills of Archaean gneisses? 16. The highest peak in the Western Ghats in ◯ Gujarat Coastal Plain India, highest point in South India, and also the highest point in India outside the ◯ West Coastal Plain Himalaya-Karakoram system is _________? ◯ Karnataka Coastal Plain ◯ Anamudi, Kerala ◯ East Coastal Plain Cardamom Hills, Kerala ◯ 20. Give a brief account of the coastal Agastya Mala, Kerala ◯ plains. ◯ Sahaydri 17. Which is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills? Anamudi ◯ 21. The 10 degree channel is located on which of the following Islands? ◯ Chembra Peak ◯ Arabian Sea Islands ◯ Dolphin's Nose ◯ Bay of Bengal Islands ◯ Doddabetta ◯ Offshore Islands 18. Which of the following is the biggest island in the Andaman group of ◯ None of the above 3 Email: [email protected] Mr. Tarik Anowar April Department of Geography 19, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya 2020 East Coastal Plain 22. “Satmala Hills” are located in ◯ which among the following states? 26. Where is Shillong peak situated? ◯ Gujarat ◯ Arunachal Pradesh ◯ Uttar Pradesh ◯ Assam ◯ Maharashtra ◯ Manipur ◯ Rajasthan Meghalaya ◯ 23. The Western Ghats region runs to a length of 1600 kilometers. Which among the 27. The most famous Marina Beach is following states are covered by the Western located on which of the following Ghats? coastal plain? Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala ◯ 28. Range that rises in eastern Gujarat state near the Arabian Sea coast, ◯ Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa running east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, ◯ Chhattisgarh? Goa, Maharashtra ◯ Vindhya Range ◯ Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra , Gujarat Aravalli Range ◯ 24. Which is the largest coastal area in India? ◯ Toba Kakar Range ◯ Satpura Range 25. Which of the following coastal plain is formed by the alluvial deposits of the Sabarmati, Mahi and numerous tiny 29. Bring out the incorrect statement: streams? ◯ West coast plain is narrower than the East Coast plain ◯ Gujarat Coastal Plain ◯ Kutch peninsula is made of tertiary ◯ West Coastal Plain rock system Nilgiri is the nodal point of Western Karnataka Coastal Plain ◯ ◯ Ghats, eastern Ghats and Southern system 4 Email: [email protected] Mr. Tarik Anowar April Department of Geography 19, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya 2020 All are correct ◯ 34. Which among the following is the 30. How many states are within Indian chief crop of Deccan Plateau? Deccan Plateau- ◯ Wheat ◯ Six ◯ ground nut ◯ Seven ◯ Pulses ◯ Eight ◯ Cotton Nine ◯ 35. Malwa Plateau does not make a part 31. The following hills are present of which of the following states? where Eastern Ghats and Western Rajasthan Ghats meet ? ◯ ◯ Cardamom Hillls ◯ Gujarat ◯ Annamalai Hills ◯ Maharashtra ◯ Nilgiri Hills ◯ Madhya Pradesh Sahyadri hils ◯ 36. Which is the largest coastline in India? 32. The extreme southernmost point of India, i.e., Pygmalion point is location in which of the following Islands? 37. Which is the oldest plateau in India? ◯ Arabian Sea Islands ◯ Bay of Bengal Islands ◯ Offshore Islands ◯ None of the above 33. How many coastal plains are there in India? 5 Email: [email protected] .
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