CBSE Questions for Class 9 Geography Physical Features Of India Quiz 4 - MCQExams.com

1. Tirupati is located at 13.65°N 79.42°E in the Chittoor District of South Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. It lies at the foot of Seshachalam Hills of Eastern Ghats which were formed during Precambrian era.
2. Tirupati is surrounded by Srikalahasti towards the east, Puttur towards the south,  Poothalapattu towards the west and the Seshachalam hills towards the north.

The Lakshadweep Archipelago forms a terrestrial ecoregion together with the Maldives and the Chagos. It has over 600 species of marine fishes, 78 species of corals, 82 species of seaweed, 52 species of crabs, 2 species of lobsters, 48 species of gastropods, 12 species of bivalves, 101 species of birds. It is one of the four coral reef regions in India. The corals are a major attraction for the tourist. Pitti Island, is an important breeding place for sea turtles and for a number of pelagic birds such as the brown noddy  lesser crested tern  and greater crested tern . The island has been declared a bird sanctuary.

• The crust beneath the Himalaya, the most towering mountain range on Earth, is still the process of being compressed.
  
• Examples of fold mountains include the Himalayan mountains in Asia, the Alps in Europe. the Andes in South America, the Rockies in North America, the Urals in Russia.
  
• Fold mountains are formed when sedimentary rock strata in geosynclines are subjected to compressive forces.
  

• The Purvanchal Mountains cover the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
• The range is an eastern extension of the Himalayan Range System, in north eastern India. It bends sharply to the south beyond the Dihang River gorge and spreads along the eastern boundary of India with Myanmar.

• Parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and leeward side of the Western Ghats are drought-prone.
  
• Owing to the nature of monsoons, the annual rainfall is highly variable from year to year.
  
• Variability is high in the regions of low rainfall in places such as Rajasthan , ladakh and leeward side of the Western Ghats.
  
• As such areas of high rainfall are likely to be affected by floods.the areas of low rainfall are likely to be drought prone.
  

• Bugyals are vast natural pastures on the high mountains, above 12,000 feet. They are under snow in the winter and come to life after April. 
  
• At this time the entire mountainside is covered  with variety of grasses,roots and herbs.
  

• There are 8,400 Maldharis living in Gir Forest National Park who are mainly Rabari,Bharwad and Charan, and their villages are known as ness. The Maldharis of northern Gujarat are known by different names in different parts.
  
•  In the semi-desert Kachchh region of Gujarat, the Muslim Maldharis are the most significant of the pastoralist communities.
  
• The women of the Maldhari communities play a more significant role compared to the men in the economic and cultural lives of the region.
  
•  A typical Maldhari woman is both a production in-charge and an entrepreneur.

• There are many pastoral communities in India such as the Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, the Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh, etc. 
  
• The Gujjar Bakarwals live in mountains .
  
•  Gaddisheperds of Himachal Pradesh spend their winter in the low hills of Siwalik range, grazing their flocks in scrub forest.
  

• Bhotiyas, Sherpas and Kinnauris are some other pastoral communities of the Himalayas which also follow the cyclical movement between and summer  and winter pastures.
  
• Pastoral nomads in India are distinguished from other nomads in India in that they breed animals and this distinguishes them from other groups that which make a living by combining with other itinerant professions such as blacksmithing.
  
• Types of livestock kept in mobile pastoral systems include buffaloes, sheep, goats, camels, cattle, donkeys.
  

• Northern Plains area is roughly 7 lakh sq. km. in size. 
  
• It is 2400 km long and 240 to 320 km broad.
  
• The Northern Plains spreading from Assam to Punjab has a length of around 2400 km and the width ranges between 150 km to 300 km, varying in different regions. It can be found in Bihar, Punjab, Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Delhi and Haryana. 

•  Northern Plain's Area is roughly 7 lakh sq. km. in size. 
  
• It is 2400 Km long and 240 to 320 Km broad.
  
•  The Northern Plains spreading from Assam to Punjab has a length of around 2400 km and the width ranges between 150 km to 300 km, varying in different regions. It can be found in Bihar, Punjab, Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Delhi and Haryana. 
  

Ganga Plains:

• This plain extends between Ghaggar and Tista rivers.
• The northern states, Haryana, Delhi, UP, Bihar, part of Jharkhand and West Bengal in the east lie in the Ganga plains.

• Lakshadweep Islands, also known as the Laccadives islands, formerly is the smallest Union Territory of the Indian government. 
  
• Lakshadweep formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, amindivi  is a group of islands 
  
• The capital of this Union Territory is Kavaratti. 
  
• The Union territory is majorly ruled by Islamic principles followed up by many other religions as well.
  
•  After India got her independence, in 1956, Lakshadweep was marked as a separate Union territory in India. 
  
• There are around 36 islands that together make the Lakshadweep islands. 

• The longitudinal valley is longitudinal valleys between the lesser himalayas and shiwaliks are known as 'duns' in the west and 'duars' in the east.
  
• Unlike typical river valleys, duns have a structural origin and are covered with boulders and gravel originating from the erosion of the Himalayas and the Shiwalik uplands.
  
•  Major duns found in the region are Dehra, Kothri, Chaukham, Patli and Kota.
  

• The Sivalik Hills is a mountain range of the outer Himalayas identified as Manak Parbat in some Sanskrit texts.
  
•  Shivalik literally means 'tresses of Shiva'.
  
•  It extends west-northwestward for more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the Tista riverin Sikkim state, northeasternIndia, through Nepal, across northwestern India, and into northernPakistan.
  

• The Purvanchal Mountains, or Eastern Mountains, consist of the area of the Himalayas bending  sharply to the south and spreading along the eastern boundary of India beyond the Dihang gorge.
  
•  The Purvanchal Mountains cover the states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
  
•  Purvanchal hill range include the Patkai, Naga, Barail range, Manipur and Mizo hills.
  

• The Purvanchal Mountains, or Eastern Mountains, are a sub-mountain range of the Himalayas in northeast India.
• The Purvanchal range includes the hill ranges of the Patkai, Barail range, Manipur, Mizo, and Naga Hills.

• The Dhauladhar range is one of the branch of the main Outer Himalayan chain of mountains in Himachal Pradesh.
  
• Dhauladhar (which means the 'The White Peak') has a mean elevation of nearly 4,550 metres. It has a rapid rise of 3,600 m above the Kangra valley. The largest of the lesser Himalayan ranges, the Pir Panjal, branches off from the Greater Himalayan range near the bank of the Sutlej.
  

• The Vindhya Range is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India. 
  
• A northern chain of the Vindhyas continues eastwards as Bhander Plateau and as the traditional boundary between Hindustan proper (North India) and Deccan (South India).
  

• K2 is in Pakistan occupied Kashmir .
  
• Nanga Parbat forms the western anchor of the Himalayan Range and is the westernmost eight-thousander. It lies just south of the Indus River in the Diamer District of Gilgit–Baltistan in Pakistan occupied kashmir.