MCQ on Plateaus of India: Indian Geography

Question 1. Additional peninsular mountains of India were formed during __________.

(A) Cenozoic Era

(B) Mesozoic Era

(C) Palaeozoic Era

(D) Eozoic Era

Question 2. Why is Dhanbad and densely inhabited district of Chhotanagpur plateau? 

(A) Fertile soil and irrigational facilities by canals from the Damodar

(B) Development of mining industries and industrialization

(C) Availability of coal, iron ore, mica, copper etc.

(D) All of the above

Question 3. Basaltic Lava rocks over Indian Deccan Plateau were formed in which of the following period?

(A) Miocene period

(B) Carboniferous period

(C) Pleistocene period

(D) Cretaceous period

Question 4. Meghalaya plateau is the part of____________.

(A) Satpura Range

(B) Mountains of Eastern Ghats

(C) Peninsular Plateau

(D) Himalayan Range

Question 5. Chhotanagpur Plateau___________.

(A) is a plain subland

(B) is a foothill

(C) is a pitfall

(D) is a front sloping

Question 6. In which part of India, Dandakaranya is situated?

(A) Western

(B) Central

(C) Eastern

(D) Northern

Question 7. Which plateau lies between the Aravalli and the Vindhya ranges?

(A) Peninsular Plateau

(B) Deccan Plateau

(C) Chhotanagpur Plateau

(D) Malwa Plateau

Question 8. Dandakaranya lies in____________.

(A) Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand

(B) Jharkhand and Orissa

(C) Chhattisgarh and Orissa

(D) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh