Landforms MCQ with Answers

Question. Elevated table land
(a) Plateau
(b) Plain
(c) Mountains
(d) Rivers

Answer: A

Question. Elevated table land
(a) Plateau
(b) Plain
(c) Mountains
(d) Rivers

Answer: A

Question. Plains formed by Aeolian deposits are called
(a) Loess plains
(b) Till plains
(c) Sandy plains
(d) Flood plains

Answer: A

Question. The river which runs across the Yarlung Zangbao Grand Canyon plateau is
(a) Pinatubo river
(b) Yarlung Zangbao river
(c) Erebus grand river
(d) Kilimanjaro river

Answer: B

Question. The factors that contributes into the formation of hills includes
(a) solidifying magma
(b) mountain erosions
(c) deposition from glacier
(d) all of above

Answer: D

Question. The rock which is lower in elevation and is less steep than mountain is called
(a) plain
(b) valley
(c) hill
(d) plateau

Answer: C

Question. A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is know as
(a) Pediment
(b) Bajada
(c) Playa
(d) Peneplain

Answer: A

Question. Flood plains are called so, mainly because
(a) They are formed during floods
(b) They are liable to submergence during floods
(c) They prevent floods from spreading
(d) They cause floods

Answer: B

Question. Which one of the following types of spurs is typically associated with valley glaciers
(a) Interlocking
(b) Juxtaposed
(c) Overlapping
(d) Truncated

Answer: D

Question. What causes overland flow?
(a) sheet erosion
(b) hill formation
(c) sheet deposition
(d) none of these

Answer: C

Question. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is _____
(a) valley
(b) pond
(c) peninsula
(d) island

Answer: C

Question. It is easy to build houses on ____.
(a) hills
(b) plain
(c) plateau
(d) desert

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following produced by glaciers
(a) Roches Mountains and Outwash Plains
(b) Outwash Plains and Eskers
(c) Eskers and U-shaped valleys
(d) U-shaped valleys and Eskers

Answer: B

Question. Sedimentary rocks are also called as
(a) Intrusive
(b) Extrusive
(c) Plutonic
(d) Dyke rocks

Answer: B

Question. Define Intermotane plateau
(a) They are the outcome of volcanic activity
(b) Outcome of diastrophic activity
(c) They are the remains of certain mountains
(d) They are elevated segment of the earth crust

Answer: D

Question. ____ is the continuous wearing down and rebuilding of the land surface
(a) Minor process
(b) External process
(c) Internal process
(d) Major process

Answer: B

Question. _____ are suitable for agriculture, settlement and transportation
(a) Plains
(b) Plateau
(c) Rivers
(d) Mountains

Answer: A

Question. The depositional feature, formed due to the coalescence of several alluvial cones in an arid region is called
(a) Pediment
(b) Bolson
(c) Deflation basin
(d) Bajada

Answer: D

Question. The long depression which is surrounded by the high grounds is classified as
(a) plain
(b) valley
(c) hill
(d) plateau

Answer: B

Question. What are two land forming processes
(a) Upper processes and Lower processes
(b) Block processes and Fold processes
(c) Internal processes and External processes
(d) Minor processes and Major processes

Answer: C

Question. Decomposition of rocks by chemical process is known as
(a) chemical weathering
(b) physical weathering
(c) biological weathering
(d) none of these

Answer: A

Question. _____ are formed when snow from the mountain’s melts.
(a) Ponds
(b) Valleys
(c) Rivers
(d) Seas

Answer: C

Question. Considering the plain, the world’s most populated region is
(a) North American plain
(b) Australian plain
(c) Eurasia Plain
(d) Indo-Gangetic Plain

Answer: D

Question. Boulder clay is a feature associated with which one following
(a) Mechanical weathering
(b) Mass movement
(c) River deposition
(d) Glacial depositioin

Answer: D

Question. Which one of the following sets of types actions occur in arid topography
(a) Defaltion, Attrition, Corrosion
(b) Attrition, Corrosion, Abrasion
(c) Deflation, Abrasion
(d) Deflation, Attrition

Answer: B

Question. External process leads to
(a) Sinking of the earth surface
(b) Upliftment of earth’s surface
(c) Continues wearing of the internal surface areas
(d) Continuous wearing down of the land surface

Answer: D

Question. The volcanic mountains are formed over the years due to the
(a) piles of drift plate
(b) piles of magma
(c) piles of plates
(d) piles of crust plates

Answer: B

Question. The water body on the earth is _______.
(a) sea
(b))hill
(c) forest
(d) plateau

Answer: A

Question. Thrust fault is caused by
(a) Downwards movement
(b) Upwards movements
(c) Upheaval
(d) Cyclonic folding

Answer: B

Question. What are Gosynclines
(a) Arched upfolds in the strata of the earths crust
(b) Major structural down folds in the earths crust
(c) Large scale rises in the earths crust
(d) Sliding of plate margins inside the earths crust

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following relief feature is known as tablelands
(a) Plateau
(b) Mountains
(c) Hills
(d) Plain

Answer: A

Question. Ice cap is applied to
(a) It is applied to an ice plate limited to high mountain and plateaus
(b) It is applied to an ice plate confined to hills
(c) It is applied to an ice place to the mountain of mediun height
(d) None of these

Answer: A

Question. Mountains are very useful. The mountains are a storehouse of
(a) Water
(b) Gas
(c) Rice
(d) Minerals

Answer: B

Question. The two-third area of the land of Australia is covered with
(a) western plateau
(b) eastern plateau
(c) northern plateau
(d) southern plateau

Answer: A

Question. _____ is an important animal in desert
(a) Yak
(b) Camel
(c) Goat
(d) Elephant

Answer: B

Question. The number of mountains in Tibetan Plateau whose height are more than 8,000 meters are
(a) 20
(b) 18
(c) 14
(d) 16

Answer: C

Question. Mountains are very useful. The mountains are a storehouse of
(a) Water
(b) Gas
(c) Rice
(d) Minerals

Answer: A

Question. The name of the deepest canyon in the world is
(a) Yarlung Zangbao Grand Canyon
(b) Erebus Grand Canyon
(c) Kilimanjaro Grand Canyon
(d) Pinatubo Grand Canyon

Answer: A

Question. It is a land surface higher than the local area
(a) Plateau
(b) Mountain
(c) Plain
(d) Hill

Answer: D

True or False.

Question. Water falling from a great height’s forms waterfall.
Answer: True

Question. The tip of the mountain is called peak
Answer: True

Question. The sun moves around the earth.
Answer: False

Question. Forests are surrounded by water on all sides.
Answer: False

Question. The earth is square shape.
Answer: False

Fill in the blanks.

Question. A small model of the earth is called a …….. .
Answer: globe

Question. Cactus stores water in its……..
Answer: stem

Question. The layer of air surrounding the earth is called ………
Answer: atmosphere

Question. The ……. of mountains are usually covered with snow.
Answer: peaks

Question. Earth is made up of…… and …. .
Answer: land ,water