Indian Mountains and Plateaus MCQs (Set-2)

The Dhauladhar Range is part of which Indian state’s Himalayan landscape?

A Rajasthan
B Himachal Pradesh
C Kerala
D Odisha

The Pir Panjal Range belongs to which broad Himalayan division?

A The Shiwalik foothills
B The Trans-Himalaya
C The Eastern Ghats
D The Lesser Himalaya

Dehradun is an example of which landform between Himalayan ranges?

A A dun valley
B A coastal lagoon
C A volcanic crater
D A river delta

Nathu La is a mountain pass in which Indian state?

A Gujarat
B Maharashtra
C Sikkim
D Tamil Nadu

Zoji La connects the Kashmir Valley with which region?

A The Malwa Plateau
B The Konkan Coast
C The Meghalaya Plateau
D Ladakh

Rohtang Pass lies in which state?

A Assam
B Himachal Pradesh
C Madhya Pradesh
D Andhra Pradesh

Which major peak stands on the border of Sikkim and Nepal?

A Guru Shikhar
B Doddabetta
C Kanchenjunga
D Dhupgarh

The Patkai Hills lie along part of India’s border with which country?

A Myanmar
B Sri Lanka
C Maldives
D Bangladesh’s southern coast

The Naga Hills are mainly associated with which Indian state?

A Punjab
B Nagaland
C Goa
D Haryana

The Lushai Hills are another name for hills in which state?

A Bihar
B Karnataka
C Mizoram
D Rajasthan

Bomdila Pass is located in which northeastern state?

A Sikkim
B Nagaland
C Manipur
D Arunachal Pradesh

Karbi Anglong is a hilly district in which state?

A Assam
B Gujarat
C Tamil Nadu
D Himachal Pradesh

Mahendragiri is a peak in which range in Odisha?

A The Aravalli Range
B The Eastern Ghats
C The Shiwalik Range
D The Western Himalaya

Araku Valley is located among which hill ranges?

A The Eastern Ghats
B The Shiwalik Hills
C The Aravalli Range
D The Karakoram Range

Agasthyamalai Hills are found near which end of the Western Ghats?

A The northern end near Gujarat
B The far eastern end in Assam
C The middle of the Himalayas
D The southern end

The Anaimalai Hills are part of which mountain system?

A The Aravalli Range
B The Eastern Himalaya
C The Western Ghats
D The Vindhya Range

The Cardamom Hills are located mainly in which part of India?

A The northern Aravalli Range
B The Shiwalik foothills
C The southern Western Ghats
D The eastern Himalaya

The Palani Hills are mainly located in which state?

A Punjab
B Tamil Nadu
C Jharkhand
D Sikkim

The Nilgiri Hills spread across which three states?

A Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka
B Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi
C Assam, Tripura, and Manipur
D Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra

Dhupgarh, the highest peak of the Satpura Range, is near which hill station?

A Mount Abu
B Ooty
C Shillong
D Pachmarhi

The Kaimur Hills are commonly treated as an eastern extension of which range?

A The Aravalli Range
B The Karakoram Range
C The Vindhya Range
D The Western Ghats

Mount Abu is located in which mountain range?

A The Aravalli Range
B The Satpura Range
C The Eastern Ghats
D The Shiwalik Range

The Bundelkhand Plateau extends across parts of which two states?

A Kerala and Karnataka
B Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
C Assam and Meghalaya
D Punjab and Himachal Pradesh

The Baghelkhand Plateau lies mainly in which part of Madhya Pradesh?

A The far western coast
B The southern tip
C The northwestern desert
D The northeastern part

The Bastar Plateau is located mainly in which state?

A Haryana
B Chhattisgarh
C Sikkim
D Goa

The Mysore Plateau is another name for a plateau region mainly in which state?

A Uttar Pradesh
B Meghalaya
C Karnataka
D Rajasthan

The Telangana Plateau forms part of which larger plateau?

A The Meghalaya Plateau
B The Malwa Plateau
C The Tibetan Plateau
D The Deccan Plateau

The Ranchi Plateau is part of which larger plateau region?

A The Chota Nagpur Plateau
B The Malwa Plateau
C The Shillong Plateau
D The Bundelkhand Plateau

The Malwa Plateau lies between which mountain systems?

A The Aravalli and Vindhya ranges
B The Shiwalik and Karakoram ranges
C The Nilgiri and Anaimalai hills
D The Khasi and Jaintia hills

The Brahmagiri Hills, near Talakaveri, are in which mountain system?

A The Aravalli Range
B The Western Ghats
C The Shiwalik Range
D The Eastern Ghats