Physical Division of India Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1 : The Mountains of Himalaya were formed in

a) Tertiary Age
b) Mesozoic Age
c) Archean age
d) Jurassic age

Answer : a

Question 2 : The force responsible for formation of Himalaya was

a) Tectonic force
b) Compressive force
c) Storage force
d) Depositional force

Answer : a

Question 3 : The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges, of which the oldest range is 

a) the Shivalik Range
b) the Lesser Himalayas Range
c) the Great Himalayas Range
d) the Dhauladhar Range

Answer : c

Question 4 : The mountains  of Himalayas can be structurally divided into ……. range

a) three
b) four
c) five
d) seven

Answer : b

Question 5 : Nanda Devi peak forms a part of 

a) Assam Himalays
b) Garhwal Himalayas
c) Nepal Himalays
d) Punjab Himalayas

Answer : b

Question 6 : Nanda Devi is situated in

a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Nepal
d) Sikkim

Answer : b

Question 7 : The Lesser Himalaya is located between

a) Trans-Himalaya and Great Himalaya
b) Shivalik and Great Himalaya
c) Trans Himalaya and Shivalik
d) Shivaliks and outer Himalayas

Answer : b

Question 8 : Himachal stands for

a) The Great Himalaya
b) The Middle Himalaya
c) Shivalik
d) Trans-Himalaya

Answer : b

Question 9 : In which part of Himalays is ‘Karewa’ landform found?

a) North-East Himalaya
b) Eastern Himalaya
c) Himachal-Uttarakand Himalaya
d) Kashmir Himalaya

Answer : d

Question 10 : The foothills of Himalayas is

a) Trans-Himalayas
b) Shivalik
c) Great Himalayas
d) Aravali

Answer : b

Question 11 : Shivalik series was formed in

a) Eozoic
b) Paleozoic
c) Mesozoic
d) Cenozoic

Answer : d

Question 12 : Main resources of Western Himalayan resource region, are

a) Forests
b) Metallic minerals
c) Carbonic minerals
d) Atomic minerals

Answer : a

Question 13 : In which part of Himalayas is ‘The Banihal Pass’ situated?

a) North-East Himalayas
b) Eastern Himalaya
c) Himachal-Uttarakhand Himalaya
d) Kashmir Himalaya

Answer : d

Question 14 : Where is ‘Mount Everest’ located?

a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Tibet
d) Nepal

Answer : d

Question 15 : Highest mountain peak in India is

a) K2 Godwin Austin
b) Kanchenjunga
c) Nanda Devi
d) Mount Everest

Answer :  a

Question 16 : In which of the following states, Himalayan Mountain ranges are not present? 

a) Uttarakhand
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer : b

Question 17 : The hill range separating Manipur from Nagaland is known as

a) Arakan hill range
b) Patkai hill range
c) Barail hill range
d) Manipur hill range

Answer : c

Question 18 : Atal Tunnel is across which one of the following himalayan ranges?

a) Zanskar
b) Western Pir Panjal
c) Ladakh
d) Eastern Pir Panjal

Answer : d

Question 19 : Mansarovar lake lies in

a) Karakoram range
b) Pir Panjal range
c) Kailash range
d) Mahabharata range

Answer : c

Question 20 : Which region is called the Granary of South India?

a) Madras
b) Thanjavur
c) Kanyakumari
d) Coromondal Coast

Answer : b

Question 21 : Which one of the following statements about the Himalayas is not correct?

a) They are young fold mountains
b) They have geosynclinial rocks
c) Himalayan Frontal Fault (HFF) separates Himalaya from Tibet
d) Indus and Sutlej rivers from antecedent drainage in Himalaya

Answer : c

Question 22 : Which one of the following is the correct order of Himalayan ranges from North to South?

a) Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Shivalik
b) Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Karakoram, Shivalik
c) Pir Panjal, Zaskar, Karakoram, Ladakh, Shivalik
d) Shivalik, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Ladakh, Karakoram

Answer : a

Question 23 : Which one of the following is the correct northward sequence of the relief features?

a) Zaskar Range, Pirpanjal Range, Ladakh Range, Karakoram Range
b) Pirpanjal Range, Zaskar Range, Ladakh Range, Karakoram Range
c) Karakoram Range, Ladakh Range, Zaskar Range, Pirpanjal Range
d) Pirpanjal Range, Ladakh Range, Zaskar Range, Karakoram Range

Answer : b

Question 24 : Consider the following staements.

I. In India, the Himalayas are spread over five states only.
II. Western Ghats are spread over five states only
III. Pulicat lake is spread over two states only

Which of the statements given above is/are correct.

a) I and II
b) Only III
c) II and III
d) I and III

Answer : b

Question 25 : With reference to the Himalayan range, which of the statements is/are correct?

I. The sedimentary rocks of the greater Himalayas were fossil less
II. Marine livings fossils are found in the sedimentary rocks of lesser Himalays
III. Remains of human civilisation are found in outer or Shivalik Himalayas

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a) I and II only
b) II and III only
c) I and II only
d) I, II and III are correct

Answer : b

Question 26 : If there were no Himalayan ranges, what would have been the most likely geographical impact on India?

I. Most of the country would experience the cold waves from Siberia
II. Indo-Gangetic plain would be devoid of such extensive alluvial soils
III. The pattern of monsoon would be different form what it is at present.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) I and III only
c) II and III only
d) I, II and III only

Answer : d

Question 27 : Assertion (A) : The highest concentration of seismic zones lies in Himalayan regions in India
Reason (R) : There are many longitudinal thrusts zones in Himalayas

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 28 : Assertion (A) : All rivers originating from the Himalayas are perennial.
Reason (R) : Himalayas receive much of their precipitation from South-Western monsoon

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : b

Question 29 : The snow-line  in Himalayas lies between

a) 4300 to 6000 meters in East
b) 4000 to 5800 meters in West
c) 4500 to 6000 meters in West
d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 30 : Which among the following is the largest glacier?

a) Sasini
b) Gangotri
c) Zemu
d) Siachen

Answer : a

Question 31 : Siachen glacier is situated to the 

a) East of Aksai Chin
b) East of Leh
c) North of Gilgit
d) North of Nubra Valley

Answer : d

Question 32 : Which of the following is the largest glacier?

a) Kanchenjunga
b) Rundun
c) Gangotri
d) Kedarnath

Answer : c

Question 33 : Chorabari glacier is located towards

a) South of Kedarnath temple
b) West of Kedarnath temple
c) North of Kedarnath temple
d) East of Kedarnath temple

Answer : c

Question 34 : The rate of melting of Himalayan glaciers is

a) lowest in the world
b) highest in the world
c) same as of the glaciers of other parts of the world
d) no information is available about the melting rate of Himalayan glaciers

Answer : b

Question 35 : Which of the following glaciers is located in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand?

a) Hispar
b) Zemu
c) Milam
d) Rupal

Answer : c

Question 36 : Consider the following pairs

I. Bandarpunch – yamuna
II. Bara Shigri – chenab
III. Milam – mandakini
IV. Siachen – nubra
V. Zemu – manas

Which of the following pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

a) I, II and IV
b) I, III and IV
c) II and IV
d) III and V

Answer : a

Question 37 : Valley of Kashmir is situated between

a) Kangara and Dhauladhar Ranges
b) Pir Panjal and Himadri Ranges
c) Mahabharat and Dhauladhar Ranges
d) Pir Panjal and Mahabharat Ranges

Answer : b

Question 38 : The Kullu Valley is situated between the mountain ranges of 

a) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
b) Ranjoti and Nagtibba
c) Ladakh and Pir Panjal
d) Middle Himalayas and Shivalik

Answer : a

Question 39 : In which state is the Nelang Valley located?

a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Sikkim
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Uttarakhand

Answer : d

Question 40 : In which state ‘Silent Valley’ is located in India?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Assam

Answer : b

Question 41 : The Araku Valley, a tourist resort, is located near which of the cities of South India?

a) Visakhapatnam
b) Madurai
c) Kochi
d) Mangalore

Answer : a

Question 42 : Chumbi Valley is on boundary of

a) Sikkim – Bhutan
b) Nepal – Sikkim
c) Bihar – Nepal
d) Assam – Bangladesh

Answer : a

Question 43 : Consider the following statements.

I. Silent Valley National Park is in the Nallamalai range.
II. Pathrakadavu Hydroelectric Project is proposed to be built near the Silent Valley National Park
III. The Kunthi river originates in Silent Valley’s rainforests.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) I and III
b) Only II
c) II and III
d) I, II and III

Answer : c

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Question 45 : The Bum-La Pass is located in

a) Sikkim
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand

Answer : b

Question 46 : Which of the following passes lead to Leh? 

a) Zoji la
b) Shipki La
c) Chumbi Valley
d) Banihal

Answer : a

Question 47 : Nathu La Pass is situated in which state? 

a) Arunachal
b) Assam
c) Meghalaya
d) Sikkim

Answer : d

Question 48 : The pass, which is situated at the highest elevation, is

a) Zoji La
b) Rohtang
c) Nathu La
d) Khyber

Answer : c

Question 49 : What are Kingri-Wingri Neeti-Mana?

a) Passes
b) Rivers
c) Mountains
d) Religious places

Answer : a

Question 50 : Lipulekh Pass is situated in

a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Uttaranchal
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer : c

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