Wed. Dec 25th, 2024

Class IX NCERT MCQs

  1. Which of the following statements about western ghats are correct

    1. The Western Ghats are higher than the Eastern Ghats
    2. The height of the Western Ghats progressively increases from north to south
    Options:
    1. Only 1
    2. Only 2
    3. Both A and B
    4. Neither A nor B

    Option: C

  2. Which of the following statements about western ghats are correct

    1. The Eastern Ghats stretch from the Mahanadi Valley to the Nigiris in the south  
    2. Mahendragiri (1,501 metres) is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats  
    3. The average elevation of the Eastern Ghats is 600m
    Options:
    1. Only 1
    2. Only 2
    3. Only 1 and 2
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  3. The northern part of the western coast of the India is called

    Options:
    1. The Konkan
    2. The Kannad Plain
    3. The Malabar
    4. The Coromandel

    Option: A

  4. The central part of the western coast of the India is known as

    Options:
    1. The Malabar
    2. The Coromandel
    3. The Konkan
    4. The Kannad Plain

    Option: D

  5. The southern part of the western coast of the India is called

    Options:
    1. The Coromandel
    2. The Konkan
    3. The Malabar
    4. The Kannad Plain

    Option: C

  6. The northern part of the eastern coast of the India is called

    Options:
    1. The Malabar
    2. Northern Circar
    3. The Coromandel
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  7. The southern part of the eastern coast of the India is known as

    Options:
    1. Northern Circar
    2. The Coromandel
    3. The Kannad Plain
    4. The Konkan

    Option: B

  8. The_________ Lake is the largest salt water lake in India.

    Options:
    1. Sambhar
    2. Chilika
    3. Musi
    4. Wular

    Option: B

  9. Which of the following islands is lying close to the Malabar coast

    Options:
    1. Maldives
    2. Lakshadweep
    3. Andaman & Nicobar
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  10. Earlier the Lakshadweep Islands group were known as

    Options:
    1. Laccadive
    2. Minicoy
    3. Amindive
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  11. When was Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive named as Lakshadweep

    Options:
    1. 2001
    2. 1966
    3. 1973
    4. 1954

    Option: C

  12. Lakshadweep Islands group is composed of

    Options:
    1. An elevated portion of submarine mountains
    2. Volcanic ash and debris
    3. Coral
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  13. India’s only active volcano is found on

    Options:
    1. Maldives
    2. Pitti island
    3. Lakshadweep Islands
    4. Barren island

    Option: D

  14. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as

    Options:
    1. Coast
    2. Peninsula
    3. Island
    4. None of the above

    Option: B

  15. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called

    Options:
    1. Himachal
    2. Uttarakhand
    3. Purvachal
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  16. The area drained by a single river system is called

    Options:
    1. Watershed
    2. Drainage pattern
    3. Drainage basin
    4. Doab

    Option: C

  17. A mountain or an upland, that separates two drainage basins is called as

    Options:
    1. Drainage pattern
    2. Drainage basin
    3. Water divide
    4. Central highland

    Option: C

  18. The world’s largest drainage basin is of the river

    Options:
    1. Indus
    2. Ganga
    3. Amazon
    4. Nile

    Option: C

  19. Which river has the largest basin in India?

    Options:
    1. Ganga
    2. Indus
    3. Brahmaputra
    4. Yamuna

    Option: A

  20. The rivers that have water throughout the year is known as

    Options:
    1. Seasonal
    2. Perennial
    3. Triennial
    4. None of these

    Option: B