geomorphology & earth landforms section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

A meander, in general, is a bend in a sinuous watercourse or river. A meander forms when moving water in a river erodes the outer banks and widens its valley.

Meandering rivers erode sediment from the outer curve of each meander bend and deposit it on an inner curve further downstream. When a meander gets cut off from the mainstream, an oxbow lake forms.

Answer: (a)

Overall, the Himalayan mountain system is the worlds highest and is home to the world’s highest peaks, the Eight-thousanders.

Mount Everest is the highest peak having an elevation of 8848 m and is situated East of Kathmandu on Sagarmatha Zone Nepal. Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres above sea level.

It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point.

Answer: (d)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a time system originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, which later became adopted as a global time standard.

It is the term in common use in the United Kingdom and countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Malaysia, as well as many other countries in the Old World.

Answer: (d)

1. The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the Inner Himalayan region, running from east-southeast (ESE) to west-northwest (WNW) across the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and the disputed territories comprising Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan administered Azad Kashmir,
2. The Dhauladhar range is a southern branch of the main Outer Himalayan chain of mountains.
3. Nag Tibba 3,022 metres (9,915 ft), is the highest peak in the lesser Himalayan region of Uttarakhand state.
4. Mishmi Hills are in Arunachal Pradesh.