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Questions Related to movement of the earth's plates

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: 

  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 $


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?

  1. 17%

  2. 43%

  3. 20%

  4. 32%


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? 

  1. Waterfall

  2. V-shaped valley

  3. Moraines

  4. Ox-bow lake


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
A rich variety of flora and fauna is found in the mountains.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True,

It has about 15,000 flowering plants and ferns. India is blessed with different types of soils, climatic conditions and physical features and thus, it is suitable for supporting different species of flora and fauna making it a biodiversity hot spot.

Tick the correct answer.
The Deccan plateau is located in ______________.

  1. Kenya

  2. Australia

  3. India

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Deccan plateau is located in India.
Deccan refers to the entire southern peninsula of India south of the Narmada River, marked centrally by a high triangular tableland. The name derives from the Sanskrit Dakshina (“south”). The plateau is bounded on the east and west by the Ghats, escarpments that meet at the plateau's southern tip.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Plains are very useful because they are rich in mineral deposits.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True,

Plains are very useful because they are rich in mineral deposits.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
It is difficult to carry on construction work in plains.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False,

it is easy to carry on construction work in plains.

Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of ______.

  1. Alluvial soil

  2. Coral reef

  3. Basalt rock

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The Maharashtra Plateau is mostly made up of basalt rocks of igneous origin. 
  • The Basalt layers are almost horizontal and this gives an appearance of a step like structure to the entire landscape.

The greatest deposits of loess plains are found in______.

  1. New Zealand

  2. Central Europe

  3. China

  4. Argentina


Correct Option: C

Tick the correct answer.
The river Yangtze flows in ______________.

  1. South America

  2. Australia

  3. China

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

China,

Rising in Tanggula Mountain, it flows eastwards and pours itself into the East China Sea. Measuring about 6,380 km (3,964 miles), it mainly runs across Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai from west to east. Yangtze River Basin is a big granary of China.