MCQ On Mountain Ranges and Hills India

Question 1. The approximate age of the Aravalli Range is___________.

(A) 670 million years

(B) 570 million years

(C) 470 million years

(D) 370 million years

Question 2. Which of the following is the example of ‘Residual Mountain’?

(A) Aravalli

(B) Etna

(C) Kilimanjaro

(D) Himalaya

Question 3. Which of the following is the highest peak in South India?

(A) Mahendragiri

(B) Amarkantak

(C) Dodabetta

(D) Anaimudi

Question 4. The highest peak of Indian Peninsula is___________.

(A) Mahabaleshwar

(B) Dodabetta

(C) Anaimudi

(D) Ootakamund

Question 5. Which of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?

(A) Satpura

(B) Vindhya

(C) Aravalli

(D) Himalaya

Question 6. In which of the following states are the Aravalli Ranges located?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Odisha

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Rajasthan

Question 7. The Narmada and Tapti rivers flank.

(A) Aravalli Hills

(B) Rajmahal Hills

(C) Satpura Ranges

(D) Vindhyan Mountains

Question 8. Which of the following hills are found where the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet?

(A) Shevaroy Hills

(B) Nilgiri Hills

(C) Cardamom Hills

(D) Anaimalai Hills

Question 9. At which of the following hills the Eastern Ghats join the Western Ghats?

(A) Shevaroy Hills

(B) Nilgiri Hills

(C) Anamudi Hills

(D) Palani Hills

Question 10. What is the height of Parasnath Hill?

(A) 1260 metre

(B) 1365 metre

(C) 1565 metre

(D) 1600 metre

Question 11. The hills of Ramgiri are part of this  mountain range___________.

(A) Vindhyachal

(B) Sahyadri

(C) Maikal

(D) None of these

Question 12. The Dhupgarh peak is situated in__________.

(A) Satpura Range

(B) Vindhya Range

(C) Maikal Range

(D) None of the above

Question 13. Mahadeo mountains are part of____________.

(A) Satpura

(B) Kaimur

(C) Vindhya

(D) None of these

Question 14. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Shevaroy Hills – Tamil Nadu

(B) Nallamalai Hills – Andhra Pradesh

(C) Mandav Hills – Maharashtra

(D) Garhjat Hills – Orissa

Question 15. Which one of the following lies at the junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states?

(A) Nilgiri Hills

(B) Nandi Hills

(C) Palani Hills

(D) Anaimalai Hills

Question 16. Nilgiri Mountain Range lies in____________.

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Orissa

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Tamil Nadu

Question 17. Indian Oceanists discovered a high mountain with a height of 1505 meter at the bottom of Arabian sea about 455 km West-South-West from Bombay, the mountain is called ____________.

(A) Bombay Parvat

(B) Kanya Sagar Parvat

(C) Raman Sagar mountain

(D) Kailash II

Question 18. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(A) The Narmada and the Tapti river valleys are said to be old rift valleys

(B) Tapti river lies to the South of Satpura

(C) The Anamudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats

(D) The Western Ghats are relatively high in their Northern region

Question 19. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

(A) Sahyadri

(B) Ajanta

(C) Satpura

(D) Aravalli

Question 20. Western Ghats in Maharashtra and Karnataka is known as…..

(A) Nilgiri mountain

(B) Deccan plateau

(C) Sahyadri

(D) None of the above

Question 21. Which one of the following does not lie in Maharashtra?

(A) Satmala Hills

(B) Mandav Hills

(C) Harishchandra Range

(D) Balaghat Range

Question 22. Cardamom Hills lie along the border of the states of___________.

(A) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

(B) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

(C) Karnataka and Kerala

(D) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Question 23. Where are Shevaroy Hill located?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Kerala

(C) Karnataka

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Question 24. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the North and going towards the South?

(A) Anaimalai Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Javadi Hills – Nallamalai Hills

(B) Nallamalai Hills – Javadi Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Anaimalai Hills

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

(D) Nallamalai Hills – Nilgiri Hills – Javadi Hills – Anaimalai Hills

Question 25. 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, 3, 2, 4

(B) 2, 3, 4, 1

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

Question 26. 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) 4, 3, 2, 1

(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

(C) 1, 2, 4, 3

(D) 2, 3, 1, 4

Question 27. 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) 2 and 4

(B) 3 and 4

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2