physiography geomorphology of india section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

The word "Metamorphism" comes from the Greek: Meta = change, Morph = form, so metamorphism means to change form.

The process of metamorphism is one that changes or alters either the mineralogy (structure) or the texture, but typically both, of some pre-existing rock. Metamorphic rocks are consequently rocks that have undergone a change or "metamorphosis" from a previous state as a sedimentary, igneous or even another metamorphic rock.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

1. Pulicat Lake: the second largest brackish–water lake or lagoon in India which straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states on the Coromandal Coast in South India;
2. Chilka Lake: a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha;
3. Wular Lake: India's largest freshwater lake and one of the largest in Asia, located in Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir; and
4. Sambhar Lake: India's largest inland salt lake, southwest of Jaipur and northeast of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan.

Answer: (c)

The Indian subcontinent is a southerly region of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southward into the Indian Ocean. In palaeogeography, Gondwana, originally Gondwanaland was the southernmost of two supercontinents that were part of the Pangaea supercontinent.

It existed from approximately 510 to 180 million years ago. Gondwana included most of the landmasses in today’s Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar and the Australian continent, as well as the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, which have now moved entirely into the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer: (b)