Indian Geography | Mountain Ranges and Hills of South and Central India

Indian Geography | Mountain Ranges and Hills of South and Central India

1. The approximate age of the Aravalli Range is

370 million years
470 million years
570 million years
670 million years

2. Which of the following is the example of 'Residual Mountain'?

Himalaya
Kilimanjaro
Etna
Aravalli

3. Which of the following is the highest peak in South India?

Anaimudi
Dodabetta
Amarkantak
Mahendragiri

4. The highest peak of Indian Peninsula is

Ootakamund
Anaimudi
Dodabetta
Mahabaleshwar

5. Which of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?

Himalaya
Aravalli
Vindhya
Satpura

6. In which of the following states are the Aravalli Ranges located?

Rajasthan
Himachal Pradesh
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh

7. The Narmada and Tapti rivers flank

Vindhyan Mountains
Satpura Ranges
Rajmahal Hills
Aravalli Hills

8. Which of the following hills are found where the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet?

Anaimalai Hills
Cardamom Hills
Nilgiri Hills
Shevaroy Hills

9. At which of the following hills the Eastern Ghats join the Western Ghats?

Palani Hills
Anamudi Hills
Nilgiri Hills
Shevaroy Hills

10. What is the height of Parasnath Hill?

1600 metre
1565 metre
1365 metre
1260 metre

11. The hills of Ramgiri are part of this mountain range

Vindhyachal
Maikal
Sahyadri
None of these

12. The Dhupgarh peak is situated in

Satpura Range
Maikal Range
Vindhya Range
None of the above

13. Mahadeo mountains are part of

Satpura
Vindhya
Kaimur
None of these

14. Which one of the following lies at the junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states?

Anaimalai Hills
Palani Hills
Nandi Hills
Nilgiri Hills

15. Nilgiri Mountain Range lies in

Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Orissa
Uttarakhand

16. Indian Oceanists discovered a high mountain with a height of 1505 metre at the bottom of Arabian sea about 455 km West-South-West from Bombay, the mountain is called

Kailash II
Raman Sagar mountain
Kanya Sagar Parvat
Bombay Parvat

17. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

Aravalli
Satpura
Ajanta
Sahyadri

18. Western Ghats in Maharashtra and Karnataka is known as

Nilgiri mountain
Sahyadri
Deccan plateau
None of the above

19. Which one of the following does not lie in Maharashtra?

Balaghat Range
Harishchandra Range
Mandav Hills
Satmala Hills

20. Cardamom Hills lie along the border of the states of

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Karnataka and Kerala
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

21. Where are Shevaroy Hill located?

Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu

22. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the North and going towards the South?

Nallamalai Hills, Nilgiri Hills, Javadi Hills, Anaimalai Hills
Anaimalai Hills, Javadi Hills, Nilgiri Hills, Nallamalai Hills
Nallamalai Hills, Javadi Hills, Nilgiri Hills, Anaimalai Hills
Anaimalai Hills, Nilgiri Hills, Javadi Hills, Nallamalai Hills