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Name the huge ancient landmass which consisted of India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass.

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. Angara land

  2. Canadian shield

  3. Gondwana land

  4. Tethys sea

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gondwana land:.Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica.

Identify the correct opti

Agents  Landforms 
A. River  I. Hanging Valley 
B. Wind  II. Stalactite 
C. Glaciers  III. Sand dune 
D. Ground water  IV. Canyon 

on from the pairs given below: 

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. $A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV $

  2. $ A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III $

  3. $A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II $

  4. $A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I $

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

River $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Canyon

Wind $\rightarrow$ landform formed is sand dune
Glaciers $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Hanging valley
Groundwater $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Stalactite.

What percentage of land area is covered by the mountains?

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. 17%

  2. 43%

  3. 20%

  4. 32%

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Mountains are the projections from the earth's surface often having a conical peak. Approximately 24% of the land area are covered by mountains in the world. Thus option C ie 20% is the nearest correct option.

Which of the following landforms is not associated with river erosion? 

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. Waterfall

  2. V-shaped valley

  3. Moraines

  4. Ox-bow lake

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Moraines are ridge-like depositional features of glacial tills. They are long but narrow ridge with height more than 30m.