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Mountain Ranges and Hills of South and Central India MCQs (Set-8)

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Mountain Ranges and Hills of South and Central India MCQs

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1. Which of the following mountain ranges is known as the “Blue Mountains” of India?

(A) Western Ghats
(B) Eastern Ghats
(C) Nilgiri Hills
(D) Aravalli Hills

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Answer: (C) Nilgiri Hills

2. In which mountain range are Ajanta and Ellora caves situated?

(A) Satpura Range
(B) Sahyadri Hills
(C) Nallamala Hills
(D) Vindhya Range

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Answer: (B) Sahyadri Hills

3. What is the approximate age of the Aravalli Range?
(A) 250 million years
(B) 360 million years
(C) 570 million years
(D) 650 million years

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Answer:   (C) 570 million years

4. Satpura Range located in_____

(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Both of them
(D) None of them

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Answer: (C) Both of them

5. Which of the following is the ‘Residual Mountain’ example?
(A) Himalaya

(B) Kilimanjaro
(C) Satpura

(D) Aravalli

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Answer:   (D) Aravalli

6. Which hill range separates the Narmada and Tapti rivers?               

(A) Vindhya Range
(B) Aravalli Range
(C) Satpura Range
(D) Eastern Ghats

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Answer: (C) Satpura Range

7. The highest peak of South India is _____ 

(A) Anaimudi

(B) Dodabetta

(C) Ootakamund

(D)  Mahabaleshwar

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Answer:   (A) Anaimudi

8. What is the main characteristic of the Eastern Ghats compared to the Western Ghats?

(A) Eastern Ghats are taller than Western Ghats
(B) Eastern Ghats are more continuous than Western Ghats
(C) Eastern Ghats are older and more eroded than Western Ghats
(D) Eastern Ghats receive more rainfall than Western Ghats

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Answer: (C) Eastern Ghats are older and more eroded than Western Ghats

9. The oldest mountain range in India is____
(A) Himalaya
(B) Aravalli
(C) Vindhya
(D) Satpura

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Answer:   (B) Aravalli

10. Which of the following is the highest peak in the Indian Peninsula?
(A) Amarkantak
(B) Anaimudi
(C) Dodabetta
(D) Mahendragiri

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Answer:   (B) Anaimudi

11. In which of the following states are the Aravalli Ranges located?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Maharastra
(C) Odisha
(D) Andhra Pradesh

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Answer:   (A) Rajasthan

12. Which famous hill station is located in the Nilgiri Hills?

(A) Munnar
(B) Ooty
(C) Kodaikanal
(D) Mahabaleshwar

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Answer: (B) Ooty

13. The Narmada and Tapti rivers flank_____
(A) Vindhyan Mountains
(B) Satpura Ranges
(C) Shevaroy Hills
(D) Aravalli Hills

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Answer:   (B) Satpura Ranges

14. The Palani Hills are an extension of _____

(A) Eastern Ghats
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Satpura Range
(D) Vindhya Range

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Answer: (B) Western Ghats

15. The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at_____
(A) Anaimalai Hills
(B) Cardamom Hills
(C) Nilgiri Hills
(D)  Rajmahal Hills

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Answer:   (C) Nilgiri Hills

16. The Vindhya Range primarily separates _______

(A) North India and South India
(B) Eastern India and Western India
(C) Deccan Plateau and Chota Nagpur Plateau
(D) Himalayan Region and Indo-Gangetic Plains

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Answer: (A) North India and South India

17. The highest peak of the Eastern Ghats is______

(A) Nallamala Hills
(B) Mahendragiri
(C) Deomali
(D) Arma Konda

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Answer: (B) Mahendragiri

18. What is the height of Parasnath Hill?
(A) 1600 metre
(B) 1565 metre
(C) 1365 metre
(D) 1465 metre

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Answer:   (C) 1365 metre

19. The hills of Ramgiri are part of this mountain range___
(A) Vindhyachal
(B) Maikal
(C) Sahyadri
(D) None of these

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Answer:   (B) Maikal

20. The highest peak of the Satpura Range is____

(A) Guru Shikhar
(B) Doddabetta
(C) Dhupgarh
(D) Mullayanagiri

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Answer: (C) Dhupgarh

21. The Western Ghats are also known as______

(A) Sahyadri Hills
(B) Purvanchal Hills
(C) Karbi Hills
(D) Jaintia Hills

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Answer: (A) Sahyadri Hills

22. Mahadeo mountains are part of____
(A) Satpura
(B) Vindhya
(C) Kaimur
(D) Maikal

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Answer:   (A) Satpura

23. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Garhjat Hills – Orissa
(B) Mandav Hills – Maharashtra
(C) Nallamalai Hills – Andhra Pradesh
(D) Shevaroy Hills – Tamil Nadu

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Answer:   (B) Mandav Hills – Maharashtra

24. The Dhupgarh peak is situated in____
(A) Satpura Range
(B) Maikal Range
(C) Vindhya Range
(D) None of the above

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Answer:   (A) Satpura Range

25. Which one of the following lies at the junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states?
(A) Anaimalai Hills
(B) Palani Hills
(C) Nandi Hills
(D) Nilgiri Hills

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Answer:   (D) Nilgiri Hills

26. Which hill range is famous for the coffee plantations in Karnataka?

(A) Nallamala Hills
(B) Cardamom Hills
(C) Baba Budan Hills
(D) Palani Hills

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Answer: (C) Baba Budan Hills

27. Nilgiri Mountain Range lies in___
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Orissa
(D) Uttarakhand

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Answer:   (A) Tamil Nadu

28. Indian oceanographers discovered a towering mountain, rising to 1505 meters, at the bottom of the Arabian Sea, approximately 455 km west-southwest of Bombay. This mountain is known as ____.
(A) Kailash II
(B) Raman Sagar mountain
(C) Kanya Sagar Parvat
(D) Bombay Parvat

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Answer:   (B) Raman Sagar mountain

29. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(A) The Western Ghats are relatively high in their Northern region
(B) The Anamudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats
(C) Tapti River lies to the South of Satpura
(D) The Narmada and the Tapti river valleys are said to be old rift valleys

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Answer:   (A) The Western Ghats are relatively high in their Northern region

30. The Mahadeo Hills are a part of ______

(A) Aravalli Range
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Satpura Range
(D) Vindhya Range

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Answer: (C) Satpura Range

31. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?
(A) Aravalli
(B) Satpura
(C) Ajanta
(D) Sahyadri

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Answer:   (C) Ajanta

32. Western Ghats in Maharashtra and Karnataka is known as___
(A) Nilgiri mountain
(B) Sahyadri
(C) Deccan plateau
(D) None of the above

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Answer:   (B) Sahyadri

33. Which one of the following does not lie in Maharashtra?
(A) Balaghat Range
(B) Harishchandra Range
(C) Mandav Hills
(D) Satmala Hills

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Answer:   (C) Mandav Hills

34. Cardamom Hills lie along the border of the states of
(A) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka and Kerala
(C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(D) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

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Answer:   (C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

35. Where are Shevaroy Hill located?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu

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Answer:   (D) Tamil Nadu

36. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the North and going towards the South?
(A) Nallamalai Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Javadi Hills – Anaimalai Hills
(B) Anaimalai Hills – Javadi Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Nallamalai Hills
(C) Nallamalai Hills – Javadi Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Anaimalai Hills
(D) Anaimalai Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Javadi Hills – Nallamalai Hills

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Answer:   (C) Nallamalai Hills – Javadi Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Anaimalai Hills

37. Consider the following relief features.
1. Mahadev Range
2. Maikal Range
3. Chhotanagpur Plateau
4. Khasi Hills
The correct West to Eastward sequence of the above relief features is ___
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 2, 3, 4, 1
(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

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Answer:   (A) 1, 2, 3, 4

38. Select from the code given below the correct locational sequence of the following hills proceeding from South to North.
1. Satmala Hills
2. Kaimur Hills
3. Pir Panjal Range
4. Naga Hills
Code
(A) 2, 3, 1, 4
(B) 1, 2, 4, 3
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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Answer:   (B) 1, 2, 4, 3

39. Consider the following pairs.

Hills    Region
1. Cardamom – Coromandel Hills Coast
2. Kaimur Hills – Konkan Coast
3. Mahadeo – Central India Hills
4. Mikir Hills – North-East India
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 4

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Answer:   (C) 3 and 4


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