Class 9 Geography Chapter 1 Map Based Question Answers - Contemporary India - I

INDIA: Physical Features
This is a physical map of India showing all the physio graphic regions of the nation. In terms of physiography, the nation can be split into the following areas:

• The Islands
• Coastal plains
• The Peninsular plateau
• The Great Indian Desert
• Northern plains
• The Himalayan mountains

Q1: Features are marked by numbers in the given political map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map.
1. The highest mountain peak of Himalaya in India
2. A mountain pass in Sikkim
3. A mountain pass in Arunachal Pradesh

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Q2: Locate and label the following items on the given map
1.Naga hills
2. Mizo hills
3. Nanda Devi peak
4. Anai Mudi
5. Aravali range
or
A mountain range in Rajasthan
or
The hill range forming the Western boundary of the Malwa plateau
6. Chhotanagpur plateau
or
An important plateau

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Q3: Locate and label the following items on the given map with appropriate symbols.
1. Garo and Khasi hills
2. Western Longitude
3. Kanchenjunga peak
4. Eastern ghats
5. Kaveri river

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Q4: Features are marked by numbers in the given political map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map.
1. River of Peninsular India that forms an estuary
2. A mountain range
3. A South India hill range
4. A South Indian hill range
5. Western Coastal strip in the North

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1. Naramada river
2. Goa
3. Karakoram range
4. Cardamon hills
5. Konkan