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Landforms and Life — Practice

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Q1. Into which three major categories are landforms broadly divided in this chapter?
- A. Mountains, plateaus and plains
- B. Rivers, lakes and oceans
- C. Forests, deserts and grasslands
- D. Hills, valleys and caves
Q2. By which set of features can a mountain be recognised?
- A. A flat top and gentle slopes
- B. Deep valleys with no slopes
- C. A wide flat surface below 300 metres
- D. A broad base, steep slopes and a narrow summit
Q3. What does the term 'altitude' mean?
- A. The height of an object above sea level
- B. The width of a river
- C. The age of a mountain
- D. The amount of rainfall
Q4. Highlands with a lower height, less steep slopes and rounded tops are called
- A. Plateaus
- B. Plains
- C. Hills
- D. Summits
Q5. Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga are the two highest peaks of which mountain range?
- A. The Andes
- B. The Alps
- C. The Himalayas
- D. The Aravalli Range
Q6. Anamudi, also known as 'Anai Peak', is the highest mountain in which region?
- A. South India (Kerala)
- B. Western Europe
- C. Eastern Africa
- D. South America
Q7. The forest found on mountain slopes, where conifer trees like pine, fir and deodar grow, is called
- A. Mangrove forest
- B. Deciduous forest
- C. Thorn forest
- D. Montane forest
Q8. Cutting steps into a mountain slope to grow crops is called
- A. Shifting cultivation
- B. Plantation farming
- C. Terrace farming
- D. Floodplain farming
Q9. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 1984?
- A. Bachendri Pal
- B. Arunima Sinha
- C. Junko Tabei
- D. Premlata Agarwal
Q10. Which statement best describes a plateau?
- A. A flat lowland below 300 metres
- B. A landform that rises from surrounding land with a more or less flat surface
- C. A narrow peak covered in snow
- D. A deep valley between two hills
Q11. Which plateau, with an average altitude of about 4,500 m, is nicknamed the 'Roof of the World'?
- A. The Deccan Plateau
- B. The Chhota Nagpur Plateau
- C. The East African Plateau
- D. The Tibetan Plateau
Q12. The Nohkalikai Falls, which drop down 340 metres, fall from which plateau?
- A. The Cherrapunji Plateau in Meghalaya
- B. The Chhota Nagpur Plateau
- C. The Deccan Plateau
- D. The East African Plateau
Q13. Plains are generally not more than how many metres above sea level?
- A. 100 metres
- B. 1,000 metres
- C. 300 metres
- D. 4,500 metres
Q14. About how many people, more than one-fourth of India's population, live in India's Ganga plain?
- A. About 4 crore
- B. About 400 crore
- C. About 4 lakh
- D. About 40 crore
Q15. Which of these is a hot desert mentioned in the chapter?
- A. The Gobi Desert
- B. The Thar Desert
- C. The Antarctica continent
- D. The Tibetan Plateau

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