Indian Geography | Plateaus

Indian Geography | Plateaus

1. Additional peninsular mountains of India were formed during

Eozoic Era
Palaeozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era

2. Why is Dhanbad and densely inhabited district of Chhotanagpur plateau?

Fertile soil and irrigational facilities by canals from the Damodar
Availability of coal, iron ore, mica, copper etc.
Development of mining industries and industrialization
All of the above

3. Basaltic Lava rocks over Indian Deccan Plateau were formed in which of the following period?

Cretaceous period
Pleistocene period
Carboniferous period
Miocene period

4. Meghalaya plateau is the part of

Himalayan Range
Peninsular Plateau
Mountains of Eastern Ghats
Satpura Range

5. Chhotanagpur Plateau

is a front sloping
is a pitfall
is a foothill
is a plain subland

6. In which part of India, Dandakaranya is situated?

Northern
Eastern
Central
Western

7. Which plateau lies between the Aravalli and the Vindhya ranges?

Malwa Plateau
Chhotanagpur Plateau
Deccan Plateau
Peninsular Plateau

8. Dandakaranya lies in

Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh and Orissa
Jharkhand and Orissa
Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand