Which major mountain system forms much of India’s northern boundary?
A The Aravalli Range
B The Satpura Range
C The Himalayas
D The Western Ghats
The Himalayas form the high mountain barrier along India’s northern side.
The Himalayas are mainly which type of mountains?
A Young fold mountains
B Volcanic mountains
C Block mountains
D Residual hills
The Himalayas are geologically young fold mountains formed by crustal compression.
What is the southernmost of the three main Himalayan ranges?
A The Himadri
B The Karakoram Range
C The Pir Panjal Range
D The Shiwalik Range
The Shiwalik is the outermost and southernmost main Himalayan range.
What is the northernmost main range of the Himalayas called?
A The Shiwalik
B The Himadri
C The Aravalli
D The Vindhya
The Himadri, also called the Great Himalaya, is the northernmost main Himalayan range.
A broad, elevated area with a fairly level surface is called what?
A A delta
B A plateau
C A gorge
D A coastal plain
A plateau is an elevated area with a broad, relatively level surface.
Which plateau is the largest part of the Peninsular Plateau?
A The Meghalaya Plateau
B The Malwa Plateau
C The Deccan Plateau
D The Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Deccan Plateau forms the largest part of the Peninsular Plateau.
The Western Ghats run along which side of the Deccan Plateau?
A The western side
B The eastern side
C The northern side
D The northeastern side
The Western Ghats form a high edge along the western side of the Deccan Plateau.
The Eastern Ghats lie along which side of peninsular India?
A The western side
B The northwestern side
C The far northern side
D The eastern side
The Eastern Ghats run roughly parallel to India’s east coast.
Sahyadri is another name for which mountain range?
A The Eastern Ghats
B The Aravalli Range
C The Western Ghats
D The Shiwalik Range
Sahyadri is the common Indian name for the Western Ghats.
Which hills lie where the Eastern and Western Ghats meet?
A The Khasi Hills
B The Nilgiri Hills
C The Naga Hills
D The Aravalli Hills
The Nilgiri Hills are at the meeting region of the Eastern and Western Ghats.
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is located mainly in which state?
A Punjab
B Kerala
C Rajasthan
D Jharkhand
Most of the Chota Nagpur Plateau lies in Jharkhand.
The Malwa Plateau lies mainly in which state?
A Madhya Pradesh
B Assam
C Tamil Nadu
D Himachal Pradesh
The Malwa Plateau covers much of western Madhya Pradesh and nearby areas.
Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia are hill groups of which plateau region?
A The Malwa Plateau
B The Meghalaya Plateau
C The Deccan Plateau
D The Bundelkhand Plateau
The Meghalaya Plateau includes the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills.
Which river flows through a valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
A The Ganga
B The Kaveri
C The Narmada
D The Brahmaputra
The Narmada flows west through a rift valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges.
The Satpura Range lies mainly on which side of the Narmada River?
A South
B North
C East
D West
The Satpura Range lies south of the Narmada valley.
Which mountain range is strongly associated with Rajasthan?
A The Nilgiri Hills
B The Khasi Hills
C The Naga Hills
D The Aravalli Range
The Aravalli Range runs across Rajasthan and nearby parts of northwestern India.
The Himalayan mountain arc stretches broadly between which two rivers?
A The Ganga and the Godavari
B The Indus and the Brahmaputra
C The Narmada and the Tapi
D The Krishna and the Kaveri
The Himalayas extend in an arc from the Indus in the west toward the Brahmaputra in the east.
Which main Himalayan range contains the loftiest peaks?
A The Shiwalik
B The Eastern Ghats
C The Himadri
D The Aravalli
The Himadri is the highest and most continuous of the three main Himalayan ranges.
Which mountain range helps force moisture-laden southwest monsoon winds to rise over India’s west coast?
A The Aravalli Range
B The Vindhya Range
C The Shiwalik Range
D The Western Ghats
Moist monsoon winds rise over the Western Ghats, bringing heavy rainfall to the west-facing slopes.
The Palghat Gap is a major opening between which two hill groups?
A The Nilgiri and Anaimalai hills
B The Khasi and Jaintia hills
C The Aravalli and Vindhya ranges
D The Garo and Naga hills
The Palghat Gap lies between the Nilgiri Hills to the north and the Anaimalai Hills to the south.
Which of the two coastal Ghats is generally more continuous?
A The Eastern Ghats
B Both are equally continuous
C The Western Ghats
D Neither forms a range
The Western Ghats are more continuous, while the Eastern Ghats are broken by river valleys.
Why are the Eastern Ghats discontinuous in many places?
A They are covered by glaciers
B Large rivers cut across them
C They are made only of sand dunes
D They lie under the sea
Rivers such as the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri cut through the Eastern Ghats.
What is the highest peak of the Western Ghats?
A Guru Shikhar
B Doddabetta
C Mahendragiri
D Anamudi
Anamudi in Kerala is the highest peak of the Western Ghats.
Doddabetta is a well-known peak in which hills?
A The Nilgiri Hills
B The Aravalli Hills
C The Khasi Hills
D The Shiwalik Hills
Doddabetta is the highest peak of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu.
Guru Shikhar is the highest peak of which range?
A The Satpura Range
B The Aravalli Range
C The Nilgiri Hills
D The Shiwalik Range
Guru Shikhar, near Mount Abu, is the highest peak of the Aravalli Range.
The Deccan Trap region is mainly made of which rock?
A Basalt
B Marble
C Limestone
D Sandstone
The Deccan Traps formed from extensive basaltic lava flows.
What is the broad shape of the Deccan Plateau often described as?
A Perfectly circular
B A narrow straight strip
C Roughly triangular
D A crescent only
The Deccan Plateau is commonly described as a roughly triangular tableland.
Compared with the Northern Plains, the Peninsular Plateau is generally considered what?
A Much younger
B Recently formed by river deposits
C A coral island
D Much older
The Peninsular Plateau is an ancient landmass, unlike the younger Northern Plains.
Which plateau region is especially known for rich mineral deposits?
A The Malwa Plateau
B The Chota Nagpur Plateau
C The Meghalaya Plateau
D The Deccan Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is an important mineral-rich region of eastern India.
Which mountain range is often described as one of India’s oldest fold mountain systems?
A The Himalayas
B The Shiwalik Range
C The Patkai Hills
D The Aravalli Range
The Aravalli is a very old fold mountain system, much older than the Himalayas.