Test: Major Landforms Of The Earth - UPSC MCQ

• The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in western and southern India.
• It rises to 100 metres (330 ft) in the north, and to more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in the south, forming a raised triangle within the South-pointing triangle of the Indian subcontinent's coastline.
• It extends over eight Indian states and encompasses a wide range of habitats, covering most of central and southern India.
• The Deccan Plateau is a triangular landmass that lies to the south of the river Narmada.

Jog Falls, also called Gersoppa Falls, cataract of the Sharavati River, western Karnataka state, southwestern India.The Jog Falls are located 18 miles (29 km) upstream from Honavar at the river's mouth on the Arabian Sea.

• Two great rivers run through China Proper:
  1) The Yellow River in the north, and the
  2) Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south.
• In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers. Both originate to the far west in the Tibetan Plateau. The much smaller Xi River cuts through southern China.

• Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano comprised of three cones - Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira.
• The summit is on the Kibo cone, and is named Uhuru, which means freedom in Swahili.
• The mountain is 750,000 years old.The last major eruption was 350,000 years ago.

• In Pakistan, agriculture occupies about 60 percent of the labor force and its products account for 25 percent of the GDP. 
• Cotton is the main product of the country. Other crops are wheat, rice, or sugarcane, and some farmers are beginning to look to more profitable crops, like fruit or vegetables. 
• The country has limited reserves of oil and natural gas. 
• Pakistan’s major chemical industry is built on deposits of gypsum, rock salt, and soda ash. 
• Fishing is also important on the coast but is not as well organized.
• This country have a bulk salt range.

A hill is a land surface that rises higher than the surrounding area. Generally, a steep hill with an elevation of more than 600 metres is termed as a mountain.

A horst is an elevated part of the earth's crust that rises between two faults. A horst is higher than the land around it.

The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India. The northern end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges into Haryana state, ending in Delhi.

• A hill is a land surface that rises higher than the surrounding area.
• Hills are easier to climb than mountains as these are not high as mountains.
• They are less steep and not as high. But, like a mountain, a hill will usually have an obvious summit, which is its highest point.

• A glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
• The term “glacier” comes from the French word glace (glah-SAY), which means ice. Glaciers are often called “rivers of ice.”
• Glaciers fall into two groups:
  i) Alpine glaciers and
  ii) Ice sheets.