Description : Which of the following statements is correct? (1) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills. (2) Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau. (3) Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhotahagpur Plateau (4) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges.
Last Answer : (1) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills. Explanation: The Mahadeo Hills are a range of hills in Madhya Pradesh which form the central part of the Satpura Range. As evident from the map given below, they are situated to the west of Maikal Hills.
Description : The Kulu Valley is situated between – (1) Ladakh and Pirpanjal (2) Ranjoti and Nag Tibba (3) Lesser Himalayas and Siwalik (4) Dhauladhar and Pirpanjal
Last Answer : (1) Ladakh and Pirpanjal Explanation: Kullu valley is sandwiched between the Pir Panjai, Lower Himalayan and Great Himalayan range. It connects with the Lahul and Spiti valleys via Rohtang Pass. Physical Geography (Set: 01)
Description : Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found: [IAS 1991] (a) around the Gulf of Cambay (b) around the Konkan coast (c) off the Krishna and Godavari deltas (d) around the Palk strait
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : The Konkan Coast stretches between: (a) Goa and Cochin (b) Goa and Mumbai (c) Goa and Daman (d) Goa and Diu
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The northern part of the west coast is known as: (a) Konkan coast (b) Coromandal coast (c) Malabar coast (d) None of these
Description : The northern part of the west coast in India is known as – (1) Konkan coast (2) Coromandel coast (3) Malabar coast (4) Godavari Coast
Last Answer : (1) Konkan coast Explanation: Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast or Kokan, is the northern section of the western coast of India. It is a 720-km long coastline. It consists of the ... Goa, and Maharashtra. The Southern part of the western coast from Goa to Kanyakumari is called Malabar Coast.
Description : The area with annual rainfall less than 50 cm in a year is – (1) Meghalaya (2) Leh in Kashmir (3) Coromandel coast (4) Konkan coast
Last Answer : (2) Leh in Kashmir Explanation: Rainfall distribution in India is uneven. Areas of Inadequate Rainfall (it implies rainfall less than 50 cm a year): There are basically two belts that receive ... rainfall is also caused in the months of January. February and March by the westerly depressions.
Description : The coast that belongs to Kerala is known as – (1) Konkan Coast (2) Malabar Coast (3) Coromandel Coast (4) Canara Coast
Last Answer : (2) Malabar Coast Explanation: The Malabar Coast is a long and narrow coastline on the south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent. In historical contexts, refers to India's ... between the Western Ghats range and the Arabian Sea. Kerala is located on the Malabar coast.
Description : The coastal tract of Andhara Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is called – (1) Konkan (2) Coromandel (3) East Coast (4) Malabar Coast
Last Answer : (2) Coromandel Explanation: The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point. It may also include the southeastern coast ... in width from 100 to 130 km, and extends from the delta of the Godavari to Kanyakumari.
Description : The northern part of the west coast is known as – (1) Coromandal coast (2) Malabar coast (3) Konkan coast (4) Northern circars
Last Answer : (3) Konkan coast Explanation: The northern part of the west caost is known as Konkan Coast The Western Coastal Plain lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The southern part of the west coast is known as Malabar Coast.
Description : The Sundarbans or the 'Mangrove' forests are found in – (1) Kutch Peninsula (2) Western Ghats (3) Konkan Coast (4) Deltaic West Bengal
Last Answer : (4) Deltaic West Bengal Explanation: Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of Bangladesh and ... forests of the world. Situated mostly in Bangladesh, a small portion of it lies in India.
Description : What separates Daman and Diu? [RRB 1993] (a) Narmada River (b) Gulf of Khambat (c) Gir Hills (d) Tapti River
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Where in India is the rift valley to be found? (a) Brahmaputra Valley (b) Godavari Valley (c) Cauvery Valley (d) Narmada Valley
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall? [IAS 2009] (a) An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere (b) The middle and lower Asom valley (c) North-eastern Rajasthan (d) The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Description : Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley? (a) Cauvery (b) Narmada (c) Kosi (d) Godavari
Description : Which one of the following river flows through a rift valley? (1) Godavari (2) Narmada (3) Krishna (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (2) Narmada Explanation: Narmada is the only river in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through ... valley through which the Narmada River and Tapti River flow in their present journey to the Arabian Sea.
Description : What is the source of natural energy of the hot springs at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh? (1) Geothermal Energy (2) Biomass Energy (3) Thermal Energy (4) Hydro Energy
Last Answer : (1) Geothermal Energy Explanation: Manikaran is famous for hot springs that are produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth's crust. The water from hot ... is heated in this manner. An experimental geothermal energy plant has also been set up here.
Description : Which of the following hills connect eastern and western ghats? (1) Satpura (2) Vindhya (3) Nilgiri (4) Aravalli
Last Answer : Nilgiri
Description : The Peninsular Plateau of India extends upto (a) Mizo Hills (b) Himachal Himalayas (c) Assam Valley (d) Maghalaya Hills
Description : Heavy rainfall during the months of October and November is received by – (1) Gharo, Khasi and Jaintia hills (2) Chota Nagpur Plateau (3) Coromandel Coast (4) Malwa Plateau
Last Answer : (3) Coromandel Coast Explanation: The Coromandal Coast of Tamil Nadu receives heavy rainfall from the retreating monsoon winds as the retreating winds are moisture laden. It falls in the rain ... during the summer southwest monsoon, which contributes heavily to rainfall in the rest of India.
Description : October and November months give more rainfall to : (1) Malwa Plateau (2) Chota Nagpur Plateau (3) Eastern Hills (4) Coromandal Coast
Last Answer : (4) Coromandal Coast Explanation: The Coromandal Coast of Tamil Nadu receives heavy rainfall from the retreating monsoon winds as the retreating winds are moisture laden. It falls in the rain shadow of ... of India. The region averages 800 mm/year, most of which falls between October and December.
Description : The Kulu Valley is situated between (1) Ladakh and Pirpanjal (2) Ranjoti and Nag Tibba (3) Lesser Himalayas and Siwalik (4) Dhauladhar and Pirpanjal
Last Answer : Ladakh and Pirpanjal
Description : The Coromandel coast has more rainy months but less rainfall than the Konkan Coast. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Konkan Coast faces on-shore S. W. Monsoons during summer. These moist laden winds give heavy rainfall (more than 300 cm.). But these winds do not give much rainfall on the Coromandel Coast as it ... gets rainfall in both the Seasons, but the total blows amount is less than that of Konkan Coast.
Description : The Konkan Coast stretches between which regions?
Last Answer : Goa and Daman
Description : The northern part of the west coast is known as (1) Coromandal coast (2) Malabar coast (3) Konkan coast (4) Northern circars
Last Answer : Konkan coast
Description : The coast that belongs to Kerala is known as (1) Konkan Coast (2) Malabar Coast (3) Coromandel Coast (4) Canara Coast
Last Answer : Malabar Coast
Description : The coastal tract of Andhara Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is called (1) Konkan (2) Coromandel (3) East Coast (4) Malabar Coast
Last Answer : Coromandel
Description : Narmada originates from its source situated in the State of (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh
Description : Given here are four places situated on the banks of the Narmada : 1. Jabalpur 2. Mandla 3. Amarkantak 4. Bharuch In which order do these places occur from the source of the river to its mouth? (a) 3, 2, 1,4 (b) 4, 3, 2, 1 (c) 2, 1, 4, 3 (d) 1, 4, 3, 2
Description : What is the most important geographic use of the Himalayas to India? (a) Prevention of invasions (b) Valuable source of timber (c) They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also ... of water from which our perennial rivers flow (d) They protect India from the icy cold north winds
Description : Consider the following mountain ranges of Jammu and Kashmir: 1. Karakoram 2. Ladakh 3. Zanskar 4. Pir Panjal Which of the following arrangements is correct according to their locations from north to south? (a) 2, 3, 1, 4 (b) 1, 4, 3, 2 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3
Description : Rainfall from the south-west monsoon reaches: (a) Lahauland Spiti (b) Ladakh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Delta region of Mahanadi
Description : Consider the following mountain ranges: [CDS 2002] 1. Ladakh Range 2. Karakoram 3. Greater Himalayas 4. Zanskar Range What is the correct sequence of these from south to north? (a) 3, 4, 1, 2 (b) 3, 1, 4, 2 (c) 4, 2, 3, 1 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
Description : Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south: 1. Pir Panjal 2. Karakoram 3. Zanskar 4. Ladakh (a) II, IV, III, I (b) II, III, IV, I (c) I, II, IV, III (d) III, II, IV, I
Description : Which is the highest plateau in India? (1) Deccan Plateau (2) Chota Nagpur Plateau (3) Ladakh Plateau (4) Baghelkhand Plateau
Last Answer : (3) Ladakh Plateau Explanation: The Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India, extended up to 8 states. The Ladakh plateau is the highest plateau of India, being over 3000m. It extends from the Himalayan to the Kunlun Ranges and includes the upper Indus River valley.
Description : The range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan is – (1) Zaskar (2) Kailash (3) Karakorain (4) Ladakh
Last Answer : (3) Karakorain Explanation: The Great Karakoram range, also known as Krishnagiri, forms India's frontiers with Afghanistan and China and acts as watershed between India and Turkestan. It extends eastwards from ... about 800 km. It is the northern most range of the Trans Himalayan ranges in India.
Description : Where are the Saltora Ranges located? (1) Ladakh (2) Along the Vindhyas (3) Part of the Karakoram Ranges (4) Part of the Western Ghats
Last Answer : (3) Part of the Karakoram Ranges Explanation: Telangana plateau is a plateau in western Andhra Pradesh, comprising the northeastern part of the Deccan plateau. The Aravali Range literally meaning 'line ... Marwar segment to the northwest of the range, and the Bundelkh and segment to the southeast.
Description : Two important rivers - one with its source in Jharkhand (and known by a different name in Odisha), and another, with its source in Odisha - merge at a place only a short distance from the coast of Bay of ... be this? [CSAT 2011] (a) Bhitarkanika (b) Chandipur-on-sea (c) Gopalpur-on-sea (d) Simlipal
Description : In which of the following states are the Aravalli mountains located (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Rajasthan (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
Description : Match the following: List-I List-II A. Deccan Traps 1. Late cenozoic B. Western Ghats 2. Pre-cambrian C. Aravalli 3. Cretaceous Eocene D. Namada-Tapi Alluvial deposits 4. Cambrian 5. Plestocene Codes: A B C D (a) 3 5 1 4 (b) 3 1 2 5 (c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 4 2 5
Description : The highest point in the Aravalli range is (a) Dodabetta (b) Anaimudi (c) Guru Sikhar (d) Panchmarhi
Description : Which of the following mountains are the oldest according to geological history? (a) Nilgiris (b) Satpura Range (c) Vindhyas (d) Aravalli
Description : Match the following: [NDA 2001] Peaks Mountain range A. Gurushikhar 1. Zanskar B. Dhupgarh 2. Satpura C. Doda Betta 3. Nilgiri D. Nanga Parbat 4. Vindhya 5. Aravalli A B C D (a) 4 2 5 1 (b) 3 4 1 5 (c) 4 5 2 1 (d) 5 2 3 1
Description : _______ forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent. (a) Aravalli (b) Pirpanjal (c) Karakoram (d) Hindukush
Description : Aravalli ranges are an example of: [Asstt Grade 1993] (a) straight mountains (b) block mountains (c) residual mountains (d) volcanic mountains
Description : Nagarhole National Park is part of the _______ Biosphere Reserve. (1) Aravalli (2) Vindhya (3) Satpura (4) Nilgiricurve
Last Answer : (4) Nilgiricurve Explanation: Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, is a national park located in Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka. It is part of the ... ranges the foothills of the Western Ghats spreading down the Brahmagiri hills and south towards Kerala.
Description : Which of the following mountain ranges in India are the oldest? (1) Himalayas (2) Vindhyas (3) Aravalli (4) Sahyadri
Last Answer : (3) Aravalli Explanation: The Aravali Range (Aravali) literally meaning 'line of peaks', is a range of mountains in western India and eastern Pakistan running approximately 800 km from northwest to ... the Marwar segment to the northwest of the range, and the Bundelkhand segment to the southeast.
Description : Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is – (1) Aravalli (2) Satpura (3) Eastern ghats (4) Western ghats
Last Answer : (4) Western ghats Explanation: Western Ghats (also known as Sahyadri) is a continuous mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula. It abruptly rises as a ... . They are steep-sided, terraced, hills presenting a stepped topography facing the Arabian Sea coast.
Description : Which of the following uplands is not a part of the Telangana Plateau? (1) Aravalli (2) Western Ghat (3) Eastern Ghat (4) Satpura
Last Answer : (1) Aravalli Explanation: Telangana plateau is a plateau in western Andhra Pradesh, comprising the northeastern part of the Deccan plateau. The Aravali Range literally meaning 'line of peaks', is a ... the Marwar segment to the northwest of the range, and the Bundelkh and segment to the southeast.