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Landforms and Life — Quiz

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Q1. Why does the snow on some high mountains never melt, leaving them permanently snow-capped?
- A. Because at high altitudes it stays cold enough that snow never melts
- B. Because the base of the mountain is very broad
- C. Because rivers carry snow up to the summit
- D. Because conifer trees trap the snow
Q2. Snow and hailstones are best described as
- A. Precipitation of water in a solid state
- B. Water vapour rising from the ground
- C. Rivers that have frozen at the source
- D. Dust carried by mountain winds
Q3. How is Mount Kilimanjaro different from peaks like Everest or Mont Blanc?
- A. It is the highest mountain in the world
- B. It has rounded tops from erosion
- C. It lies in South America
- D. It is an isolated mountain not part of any range
Q4. Compared to the Himalayas, why does the Aravalli Range have rounded tops?
- A. It is much higher than the Himalayas
- B. It is younger and recently formed
- C. It is much older and has been rounded by erosion
- D. It is permanently covered with snow
Q5. At very high altitudes on mountains, what replaces the tall conifer trees?
- A. Mangroves and palms
- B. Grasses, mosses and lichen
- C. Dense tropical rainforest
- D. Cactus and thorn bushes
Q6. Which pair of rivers, both originating in the Himalayas, are tributaries of the Ganga?
- A. Yamuna and Ghaghara
- B. Son and Subarnarekha
- C. Sharavati and Zambezi
- D. Mississippi and Yangtze
Q7. Why can an excessive inflow of tourists be a problem in the mountains?
- A. It makes the mountains grow taller
- B. It stops snow from melting in summer
- C. It puts the fragile mountain environment under pressure
- D. It turns plateaus into plains
Q8. A sudden fall of snow, ice or rocks from a mountainside, often when snow starts melting, is called
- A. A flash flood
- B. A landslide
- C. A cloudburst
- D. An avalanche
Q9. The names 'Chomolungma' and 'Sagarmatha' both refer to which mountain?
- A. Mount Kailash
- B. Mount Everest
- C. Mount Aconcagua
- D. Mount Anamudi
Q10. Why are plateaus often called 'storehouses of minerals'?
- A. Because they are rich in mineral deposits, making mining a major activity
- B. Because they are the highest landforms
- C. Because they always have black fertile soil
- D. Because rivers cannot flow over them
Q11. In India, huge reserves of iron, coal and manganese are found in which plateau?
- A. The Chhota Nagpur Plateau
- B. The Tibetan Plateau
- C. The East African Plateau
- D. The Cherrapunji Plateau
Q12. Why are floodplains ideal for growing crops of all kinds?
- A. Because they are more than 1,000 metres high
- B. Because they are permanently snow-capped
- C. Because they have rocky, mineral-rich soil
- D. Because rivers deposit fertile sediments there
Q13. While irrigation has raised crop production in the Ganga plains, what problem has it contributed to?
- A. Depletion of groundwater
- B. A fall in the height of the Himalayas
- C. Loss of mineral deposits
- D. Increase in mountain avalanches
Q14. What does the term 'confluence' of rivers mean?
- A. The place where a river begins
- B. The meeting point of two or more rivers
- C. The mouth where a river enters the sea
- D. A dam built across a river
Q15. In the Tamil tinais, which landscape is matched with 'farming' as its main occupation?
- A. Kurinji — mountainous regions
- B. Neydal — coastal regions
- C. Marudam — fertile agricultural plains
- D. Palai — arid, desert-like regions

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