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Q.1. What are the three main types of landforms?
Q.2. What are the different types of mountains?
Q.3. In which types of mountains middle part is lower and the parts on both the sides are higher?
Q.4. the middle part of block mountains is known as?
Q.5. Black forest (Germany), Vindhyanchal and Satpura (India), Salt range (Pakistan) are examples of which type of mountains?
Q.6. Which mountains are formed as a result of weathering?
Q.7. Nilgiri, Parasnath, hills of Rajmahal (India) , Siera Spain are examples of which type of mountains?
Q.8. Which mountains are formed due to accumulation of sand, soil, rocks, lava etc on earth's crust?
Q.9. Sand dunes are example of which type of mountains?
Q.10. Which mountains are formed because of the folds in the rocks due to internal motions of the earth?
Q.11. Which mountains are wave like and have numerous peaks and lows?
Q.12. Himalayas, Ural, Alps, Rockies, Andes are examples of which type of mountains?
Q.13. Extensive upland areas characterised by flat and rough top surface and steep walls which rise above the neighbouring ground surface at least for 300 meter are known as?
Q.14. Plateaus formed between mountains are known as?
Q.15. The flat region between a plain and the base of a mountain are known as?
Q.16. Which plateaus are formed when the lacolith inside the earth comes to the surface due to weathering?
Q.17. A mas of igneous rock, typically lens-shaped, that has been intruded between rock strata causing uplift in the shape of a dome is known as?
Q.18. Southern plateau is an example of?
Q.19. Plateaus on the banks of the oceans are known as?
Q.20. Which is the highest plateau in the world?
Q.21. Flat areas with low height (generally below 500 ft.) are known as?
Q.22. The plains formed due to weathering by rivers, glaciers, winds etc are known as?
Q.23. The plains formed by the soil and sands brought by winds are known as?
Q.24. The plains formed due to weathering of limestone are known as?
Q.25. Plains near the river banks , formed by river erosion are known as?
Q.26. Marshy plains formed due to the deposition of ice are known as?
Q.27. Which plains are formed as a result of the flow of rivers formed due to rain?
Q.28. Large plains formed due the silt brought along by the rivers are known as?
Q.29. Plains of Ganga, Sutlej, Mississipi, Hwang ho are examples of?
Q.30. What are the different types of forest?
Q.31. Which forests are found in the equatorial and the tropical regions with more than 200 cms annual rainfall?
Q.32. In which forests leaves of trees are very wide?
Q.33. Which tropical forests receive rainfall less than 150 cms?
Q.34. Saagwan, saal, bamboo are found in which forests?
Q.35. Which forests are mixture of trees and shurbs?
Q.36. Corks, oak are found in which forests?
Q.37. In which evergreen forests the trees have straight trunk, conical shape with relatively short branches and small needle like leaves?
Q.38. Which forests are covered with snow and only mosses, a few shorubs and lichens grow there in summers?
Q.39. Which forests have conical trees with broad leaves?
Q.40. What are the types of pastures (grassland)?
Q.41. Savanna in Africa and Australia, Campos in Brazil, Lanos in Venezuela and Colombia are examples of ?
Q.42. Praries in USA and Canada, Pampas in Argentina, Veld in South Africa, Downs in Australia and Newzealand, Steppes in Asia are examples of?
Q.43. Which land form is created by downcutting of river bed by river water and flowing rocks?
Q.44. V-Shaped valleys are found in which regions?
Q.45. A deep and narrow valley with steep sides is known as?
Q.46. The gorges of river Ulhas and Narmada are situated at?
Q.47. Landform where river falls with a great speed from a cliff-like part of hard rock is known as?
Q.48. Which landform is formed due to whirling impact of river water?
Q.49. Meanders are formed due to ?
Q.50. Which landform is formed due to separation of water from main course of the river?
Q.51. Which landform is formed near the source of a river when the tributaries joining the main river deposit materials carried by them on the banks of the main river?
Q.52. Which plains are formed due to silt deposited on land by the river during floods?
Q.53. Gangetic plain is an example of?
Q.54. Which landform is formed by deposition of pebbles and stones carried by river on its bank?
Q.55. A triangular tract of land formed by the accumulation of silt at river's mouth near the sea is known as?
Q.56. The sub channels of river formed due to deposition of silt are known as?
Q.57. Which landforms are formed due to erosion by river water?
Q.58. Which landforms are formed due to erosion and deposition by river water?
Q.59. Which landforms are formed due to deposition by river water?
Q.60. A mass of ice sliding down the slope from a snow clad region is known as?
Q.61. what are the types of glaciers?
Q.62. An extensive sheet of ice spread across a vast region is known as?
Q.63. Continental glaciers are found in?
Q.64. The mass of ice sliding down from the mountains is known as?
Q.65. A block of ice floating in the sea is known as?
Q.66. ?An?amphitheatre-like?valley?formed by?glacial?erosion is known as?
Q.67. When glacier melts water is accumulated in lake known as?
Q.68. A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley is known as?
Q.69. Erosion of valley by flowing glacier leads to formation of?
Q.70. A?tributary?valley that is higher than the main valley is known as?
Q.71. The material transported and deposited by a glacier is known as?
Q.72. What are the types of Moraines?
Q.73. Oval shaped hills of lesser height formed due to deposition by glacier are known as?
Q.74. Zig-zag hills, with many steep slopes, made up of long stretches of sand and gravel formed due to deposition by glacier are known as?
Q.75. Which landform is formed when lower portion of rock is eroded more than the upper portion due to action of wind?
Q.76. Which landform is formed by deposition of sand due to wind?
Q.77. Which side of sand dunes have gentle slope?
Q.78. Which side of sand dunes have steep slope?
Q.79. Crescent shaped dunes are known as?
Q.80. Loess is silt finer than?
Q.81. Plains formed by loess are known as?
Q.82. Water accumulated under the ground surface is known as?
Q.83. Ground water gushes out in the form of?
Q.84. Which landform is created over a period of time by dissloving of limestone as water seeps through it?
Q.85. Which landform is formed by erosion of soft rocks?
Q.86. Column growing from the roof of cave towards the floor due to deposition of cacium carbonate as water seeps is known as?
Q.87. Column growing from the floor of cave towards the roof due to deposition of cacium carbonate as water drips from roof is known as?
Q.88. Which landform is created as the base of the rocks on the coast get eroded because of impact of the ocean waves leading to development of notches which results in the falling of rocks crest?
Q.89. Which landform is created as a result of widening of cracks in rocks due to impact of sea waves?
Q.90. Which landform is formed by deposition of sand by sea waves?
Q.91. A deposition of sand which results in a long, narrow embankment in the sea near the coast is known as?
Q.92. A shallow lake formed between the sand bar and the sea coast is known as?
Q.93. Lagoons in Kerala are know as?
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