physiography geomorphology of india section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

The Thar Desert is also known as the Great Indian Desert is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent and forms a natural boundary running along the border between India and Pakistan.

It is the world’s 18th largest subtropical desert. The Thar Desert extends from the Sutlej River, surrounded by the Aravali Ranges on the east, on the south by the salt marsh known as the Great Rann of Kutch (parts of which are sometimes included in the Thar), and on the west by the Indus River.

Answer: (c)

Western disturbances are the basic reason of winter rainfall in northwestern part of India.

Answer: (d)

The Coromandel Coast, is the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Kanyakumari and False Divi Point. It may also include the southeastern coast of the island of Sri Lanka.

Answer: (d)

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 range of mountains in western India and eastern Pakistan running approximately 800 km from northwest to southwest across Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat and Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. The Aravali Range is the eroded stub of a range of ancient folded mountains.

The range rose in a Precambrian event called the Aravali-Delhi orogen. The range joins two of the ancient segments that make up the Indian craton, the Marwar segment to the northwest of the range, and the Bundelkhand segment to the southeast.

Answer: (d)

Due to rain shadow area of Sahyadri the regions between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have become semi – arid.