Practice Quiz set 10 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
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Q-2) Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere ?
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Due to gravity, our Earth has an atmosphere. Gravity causes the gases to be held close to the earth instead of escaping into outer space. Besides, gravity makes the atmosphere denser closer to the Earth – the upper layers push down against the lower layers.
Q-3) Natural embankments found on upper valley sides are-known as
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A levee is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels.
It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.
Q-4) Block Mountains are basically of two types, e. g.
- tilled block mountains having one steep side represented by fault scarp and one gentle side, and;
- lifted block mountains represent real horst and are characterized by flattened summit of tabular shape and very steep side slopes represented by two boundary fault scarps. Block Mountains are also called Horst Mountains.
Which of the above classification of Block Mountains correct?
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Motored by Endogenic forces coming from within the earth.
Block Mountains are basically of two types, e. g. tilled block mountains having one steep side represented by fault scarp and one gentle side, and lifted block mountains represent real horst and are characterized by the flattened summit of tabular shape and very steep side slopes represented by two boundary fault scarps. Block mountains are also called horst mountains. Block mountains are found on all the continents, for example, Young block mountains around Albert Warner.
Q-5) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
a. Mount Kinabalu
1. Argentina
b. Elburz
2. Malaysia
c. Aconcagua
3. Tanzania
d. Kilimanjaro
4. Iran
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| a. Mount Kinabalu | 1. Argentina |
| b. Elburz | 2. Malaysia |
| c. Aconcagua | 3. Tanzania |
| d. Kilimanjaro | 4. Iran |
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Q-6) Match List-I with List-II.
List I
List II
(Concept)
(Propounder)
A. Peneplain
1. Powel
B. Base level
2. Wegener
C. Continental drift
3. Hary Hess
D. Plate tectonics
4. Davis
Select the correct answer from the codes given below: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Concept) | (Propounder) |
| A. Peneplain | 1. Powel |
| B. Base level | 2. Wegener |
| C. Continental drift | 3. Hary Hess |
| D. Plate tectonics | 4. Davis |
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- The concept of peneplain is propounded by Davis. A peneplain is a low-relief plain representing the final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability.
- The concepts of base level and widespread erosion of great mountain ranges to low elevation and relief are the cornerstones of Powell’s work.
- The continental drift concept propounded by Wegener 1912. He proposed that the continents we know today were once all attached in a single landmass he called Pangaea. They were surrounded by one global ocean, but then broke apart and somehow “drifted” to their separate places on the globe.
- The concept of plate tectonics propounded by Hary Hess. Hess described how hot magma would rise from under the crust at the Great Global Rift. When the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart.
Q-7) Which one of the following rivers forms an estuary?
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Tapti river empties into the Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea, forming an estuary. It is fed by monsoon rains. The mean flow rate is about 600 cu m per sec, with the maximum in the summer.
The Tapti is navigable by a small craft for a distance of 50 km from the mouth. In some places, it is used for irrigation. The seaport of Surat is located in the estuary.
Q-8) The majority of Earth’s crust is composed of which rock?
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The Earth is composed predominantly of a large mass of igneous rock with a very thin veneer of weathered material—namely, sedimentary rock. Igneous rocks are formed from the solidification of magma, which is a hot molten or partially molten rock.
Igneous and metamorphic rocks make up 90–95% of the top 16 km of the Earth’s crust by volume.
Q-9) Limestone is an example of
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Q-10) When does the moon come between the Sun and earth?
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As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun.
This can happen only at the new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured.