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The document discusses India's physical features, including mountain ranges like the Himalayas, coastal plains, rivers and plateaus. It provides information on the locations and names of key geographical areas and features of India through multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, and short and long answer questions.

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The document discusses India's physical features, including mountain ranges like the Himalayas, coastal plains, rivers and plateaus. It provides information on the locations and names of key geographical areas and features of India through multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, and short and long answer questions.

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Ls 8: India - Physical Feature:


I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Due to its great height Pamir Knot is known as the _______________
a) Karakoram b) roof of the world c) white continent
2. Himalaya means ____________________
a) Lesser Himalayas b) greater Himalayas c) abode of snow
3. The fertile silt is called as __________________
a) Desert b) plain c) alluvium
4. The great Indian Desert is also known as ________________
a) Western plains b) Rajasthan plains c) Inland plains
5. Where does the Brahmaputra River originate?
a) Assam b) Jammu & Kashmir c) Tibet
6. The ganga and Brahmaputra rivers join together and form the largest delta in the world
known as _______________
a) Western ghats b) Sundarbans c) coastal plains
7. The coastal plain backwaters are locally called as ________________
a) Kayals b) Minicoy c) Kerala backwaters
8. Which of the following peaks is not in India?
a) Kanchenjunga b) Nanga Parbat c) Mt. Everest
9. The Great Indian Desert is located in which state?
a) Rajasthan b) Bihar c) West Bengal
10. Which of the following state is not a part of the Ganga Basin?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Bihar c) Punjab
11. Which of the following rivers is the longest river of the Peninsular India
a) Godavari b) Narmada c) Kaveri
12. The southern part of the western coastal plain is called ________________ coast.
a) Konkan b) Malabar c) coromandel
13. The Deccan Plateau is bounded by the ____________ and ________________
a) Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
b) Western coastal Plain and Eastern coastal Plain
c) Himadri and Himachal
14. The Western Ghats are also known as ______________
a) Subcontinent b) sahyadri c) Rann of Kachchh
15. _________________ is the highest peak of Deccan Plateau
a) Sahyadri b) Cardamon c) Anai Mudi
II. Fill in the Blanks:
1. Himadri, Himachal and Shiwalik are the three parallel ranges in the Himalayas.
2. The Himadri is also known as Greater Himalayas.
3. Mt Everest is the highest peak in the world.
4. Kanchenjunga is the highest peak in the Indian Himalayas.
5. The Himachal is also known as the Lesser Himalayas.
6. The Karakoram Mountains lie between the Pamir Knot and Indus River.
7. One of the popular hill station in Himachal is Shimla.
8. The Shiwalik is known as the Outer Himalayas.
9. The Northern part of the Eastern coastal plain is called as Northern Circars and
the Southern part is called as the Coromandel Coast.
10. From Assam the Brahmaputra River enters Bangladesh, where it is known as
Jamuna.
III. Short Answers:
1. Write a note on Himachal
2. Write about the islands of India
3. Name two hill stations in the Lesser Himalayas.
IV. Long Answers:
1. Distinguish between western coastal plain and the eastern coastal plain
2. Why is the Ganga- Brahmaputra plain the most fertile region of India?
The End

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