physiography geomorphology of india section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Apart from four main fishing harbours--Mangalore (Karnataka), Kochi (Kerala), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and Roychowk in Kolkata (West Bengal)--twenty-three minor fishing harbors and ninety-five fish-landing centers are designated to provide landing and berthing facilities to fishing craft.

Answer: (b)

Kovalam is a beach town by the Arabian Sea in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala. Kovalam has three beaches separated by rocky outcroppings in its 17 km coastline; the three together form the famous crescent of the Kovalam beach.

Answer: (c)

The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in southern India. It rises to 100 metres (330 ft). The rocks are spread over the whole of Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Malwa Plateau spread in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

Answer: (b)

1. Zoji La is a high mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the Indian National Highway 1D between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range.
2. Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, or Bara Lacha La, is a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range, connecting the Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the Leh – Manali Highway.
3. Jelep La or Jelep Pass, elevation 4,267 m or 13,999 ft, is a high mountain pass between East Sikkim District, Sikkim, India and Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is on a route that connects Lhasa to India. The pass is 46 metres in length.
4. Niti is a small village in the Niti valley of Joshimath. Niti is the last village and outpost in Indo – Tibetan border in Chamoli district.

Answer: (a)

The Himalayas are examples of fold mountains that are created where two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountain ranges were formed as a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.

Answer: (d)