physiography geomorphology of india section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

City & Earthquake zone

1. Kolkata - Zone III
2. Guwahati - Zone V
3. Delhi - Zone IV
4. Chennai - Zone II

Answer: (a)

Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of British Indian Ocean Territory.

It lies in the Chagos Archipelago at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge – a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean.

Answer: (a)

The Panjshir Valley is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 km north of Kabul, near the Hindu Kush mountain range. Located in the Panjshir Province it is divided by the Panjshir River.

The valley is home to more than 140,000 people, including Afghanistan’s largest concentration of ethnic Tajiks. It literally means ‘Valley of the Five Lions.’

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

If you apply commonsense that Himalaya ought to be passing through international border states only i.e. J&K, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunanchal Pradesh = total 5 states. But we’ve to count the "eastern hills" also, because they’re part of Himalayan system as per NCERT Class 11 India- Physical Geography. So that’d cover Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram et al so definitely more than five states. Hence first statement is wrong.

Western Ghats are spread over six States: Gujarat (southern part), Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka ,Kerala and Tamilnadu - so 2nd statement is wrong.

By elimination we are left with Answer "B".