The Natural Realms of the Earth AP 9th Class Social Bits 2nd Lesson

The Natural Realms of the Earth

AP 9th Class Social Bits 2nd Lesson

Choose the correct answer.

Question 1.
The solid crust or the hard top part of the Earth is called
A) Biosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Lithosphere
D) Hydrosphere
Answer:
C) Lithosphere

Question 2.
The realm of is called the biosphere.
A) air
B) life
C) rocks
D) water
Answer:
B) life

Question 3.
Oceans and continents are
A) second order landforms
B) third order landforms
C) first order landforms
D) fourth order landforms
Answer:
C) first order landforms

Question 4.
Mountains, plains and plateaus are called
A) the first order landforms
B) second order landforms
C) the fourth order landforms
D) third order landforms
Answer:
B) second order landforms

Question 5.
……………. mountains were formed by the process of the Indian plate pushing into the Eurasian plate.
A) The Rockie mountains
B) The Andese range
C) The Himalaya
D) The Aravali hills
Answer:
C) The Himalaya

Question 6.
High number of earthquakes and volcanic activity occur generally around the ………..
A) the Indian ocean basin
B) the Atlantic ocean basin
C) the Pacific ocean basin
D) the Arctic ocean basin
Answer:
C) the Pacific ocean basin

Question 7.
The Mount Vesuvius is in
A) Japan
B) Italy
C) Philippines
D) Tanzania
Answer:
B) Italy

Question 8.
The highest waterfall in India
A) Victoria falls
B) Angel falls
C) Jog falls
D) Tugela falls
Answer:
C) Jog falls

Question 9.
Gorges are formed by the work of ………..
A) glaciers
B) winds
C) rivers
D) waves
Answer:
C) rivers

Question 10.
V – shaped valleys are formed by
A) rivers
B) glaciers
C) winds
D) waves
Answer:
A) rivers

Question 11.
Sand dunes are formed by the action of
A) glaciers
B) winds
C) waves
D) rivers
Answer:
B) winds

Question 12.
Which of the following activities is not the part of denudation?
A) Weathering
B) Erosion
C) Plucking
D) Deposition
Answer:
C) Plucking

Question 13.
The largest delta in the world is
A) the Krishna delta
B) the Godavari delta
C) the Indus delta
D) the Sunderbans
Answer:
D) the Sunderbans

Question 14.
U – shaped valleys are formed by
A) glaciers
B) rivers
C) winds
D) waves
Answer:
A) glaciers

Question 15.
Mushroom rock is the erosional form of rock caused by
A) winds
B) waves
C) rivers
D) glaciers
Answer:
A) winds

Question 16.
Loess are ………… in colour.
A) black
B) red
C) yellow
D) pink
Answer:
C) yellow

Question 17.
………… is the realm of water.
A) Biosphere
B) Hydrosphere
C) Lithosphere
D) Atmosphere
Answer:
B) Hydrosphere

Question 18.
Division of earth’s crust into oceans and continents is ………… order landform.
A) 2nd order
B) 3rd order
C) 1st order
D) 4th order
Answer:
C) 1st order

Question 19.
Plates float on the
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Core
D) Earth
Answer:
A) Mantle

Question 20.
…………. are the most earthquake prone areas.
A) Plates
B) Valley
C) Plate boundaries
D) Plains
Answer:
C) Plate boundaries

Question 21.
The molten material inside the eath is known as
A) Lava
B) Magma
C) Volcano
D) Plates
Answer:
B) Magma

Question 22.
The landforms formed due to wind and water are called ……………. landforms.
A) 1st order
B) 2nd order
C) 3rd order
D) 4th order
Answer:
C) 3rd order

Question 23.
The Grand Canyon is on river.
A) Ganga
B) Colarado
C) Amazon
D) Nile
Answer:
B) Colarado

Question 24.
The meander loop cuts off from the river and forms
A) Ox-bow lake
B) V-shapped valley
C) U-shapped valley
D) Delta
Answer:
A) Ox-bow lake

Question 25.
The highest waterfall in the world is
A) The Angel fall
B) The Nayagara
C) The Jog water fall
D) The Elephanta
Answer:
A) The Angel fall

Question 26.
The second highest waterfall is
A) The Jog fall
B) The Tugela fall
C) The Angel fall
D) The Nayagara
Answer:
B) The Tugela fall

Question 27.
The highest waterfall in India is
A) The Jog fall
B) The Tugela fall
C) The Angel fall
D) The Nayagara fall
Answer:
A) The Jog fall

Question 28.
…………. is the largest delta in the world.
A) The Cauvery delta
B) The Sunderban delta
C) The Krishna delta
D) The Godavari delta
Answer:
B) The Sunderban delta

Question 29.
Slow maving of mass of ice is called as
A) The glacier
B) The river
C) The waterfall
D) The meander
Answer:
A) The glacier

Question 30.
The gentle turns of the river are called as
A) The glaciers
B) The meanders
C) The waterfalls
D) Lake
Answer:
B) The meanders

Question 31.
The unstable hills of sand are called
A) The sand dunes
B) Loess
C) Inselberg
D) Mushroom rocks
Answer:
A) The sand dunes

Question 32.
The hard top of the earth is
A) Lithosphere
B) Biosphere
C) Hydrosphere
D) Atmosphere
Answer:
A) Lithosphere

Question 33.
Identify the odd one
A) Sea cliff
B) Stack
C) Inselberg
D) Sea Arch
Answer:
B) Stack

Question 34.
Identify the odd one
A) Moraines
B) U – shaped valleys
C) V – shaped valleys
D) Glaciers
Answer:
C) V – shaped valleys

Question 35.
Identify the odd one
A) Plunge pool
B) Canyon
C) Gorge
D) U – shaped valley
Answer:
D) U – shaped valley

Question 36.
Identify the odd one
A) Stack
B) Mushroom rock
C) Inselberg
D) Loess plain
Answer:
A) Stack

Question 37.
A head land cutting out into the sea is
A) Bay
B) Cape
C) Sea Arch
D) Sea Cliff
Answer:
B) Cape

Question 38.
A wide mouthed recess in the line of the coast is
A) Sea Arch
B) Sea Cliff
C) Bay
D) Cape
Answer:
C) Bay

Question 39.
………… are suitable for construction of dams.
A) Canyons
B) Waterfalls
C) Gorges
D) Plunge pools
Answer:
C) Gorges

Question 40.
A glacier erodes through a process called
A) Erosion
B) Abrasion
C) Weathering
D) Plucking
Answer:
B) Abrasion

Question 41.
About of the world’s land is made up of deserts.
A) 1/5th
B) 1/4th
C) 1/6th
D) 1/10th
Answer:
A) 1/5th

In some cases where the rocks are very hard, the river cuts a very narrow valley, the sides are so steep that ‘Gorges’ a re formed. The By son gorge in A.P. on the Godavari, Indus Gorge in Kashmir are examples of this. Another important erosion form is Canyon. A Canyon is characterized by steep like side slopes and may be as deep as a gorge. A gorge is almost equal in width at its top as well as its bottom. In contrast a canyon is wider at its top than at the bottom.
Read the para and answer the questions 42 – 44.

Question 42.
Indus Gorge is in
A) Himachal
B) Punjab
C) Kashmir
D) Delhi
Answer:
C) Kashmir

Question 43.
Byson Gorge is located on
A) Krishna River
B) Godavari River
C) Cauvery River
D) Penna River
Answer:
B) Godavari River

Question 44.
The Biggest Canyon in the world
A) Colarado
B) Zambezi
C) Amazon
D) None
Answer:
A) Colarado

Question 45.
1. Highest waterfall in the world is Angel falls – height is 979 mts, on river Churun, in Venezuela.
2. Second highest waterfall in the world is Tugela falls – height is 947 mts-on river Tugela, in South Africa.
3. Highest waterfall in India is Jog fall (or) Jerosoppa – height is 253 mts – on river Sharavathi, in Karnataka.

Read the data given and answer the questions that follow.
i) Highest waterfall in the world
A) Niagara
B) Katiki
C) Angel
D) Jog
Answer:
C) Angel

  1. ii) The second highest waterfall in the world
    A) Angel
    B) Tugela
    C) Jog
    D) None
    Answer:
    B) Tugela

iii) The Highest waterfall in India
A) Jog
B) Angel
C) Tugela
D) Niagara
Answer:
A) Jog

  1. iv) Jog waterfall is situated on ………… River.
    A) Krishna
    B) Sharavathi
    C) Godavari
    D) Narmada
    Answer:
    B) Sharavathi
  2. v) The height of Tugela waterfall is
    A) 900 mts
    B) 1000 mts
    C) 979 mts
    D) 947 mts
    Answer:
    D) 947 mts
  3. vi) What is the other name of Jog waterfall?
    A) Jerosoppa
    B) Jasmine
    C) Churun
    D) None
    Answer:
    A) Jerosoppa

vii) The height of Jog waterfall is
A) 1000 mts
B) 253 mts
C) 500 mts
D) 426 mts
Answer:
B) 253 mts

viii) What is the height of world’s heighest waterfall?
A) 979 mts
B) 947 mts
C) 253 mts
D) 500 mts
Answer:
A) 979 mts

Question 46.
When did earthquake occur in Nepal recently?
A) 21st August 2017
B) 20th April 2017
C) 19th April 2015
D) 15th April 2015
Answer:
A) 21st August 2017

Observe the given picture and answer the questions.

Question 47.
Nazca plate is located in
A) Atlantic ocean
B) Pacific ocean
C) Indian ocean
D) Southern ocean
Answer:
B) Pacific ocean

Match the following:

Question 48.
Eurasian plate is comes under
A) Europe & Asia
B) Europe & Africa
C) North America
D) South America
Answer:
A) Europe & Asia

Question 49.
Which is the smallest plate?
A) Eurasian
B) Pacific
C) Arabian
D) Indo-Australian
Answer:
C) Arabian

Question 50.
One example of fold mountains
A) Cacasus
B) Ural
C) Himalayas
D) None
Answer:
C) Himalayas

Question 51.
The following is not the benefit of volcanic eruption
A) fertile soil
B) most populous area
C) valuable minerals
D) large rivers
Answer:
D) large rivers

Question 52.
Group – A                                  Group – B
1) U-shaped valley         ( )        A) Winds
2) V-shaped valley         ( )        B) Waves
3) Mushroom rock         ( )        C) River
4) Sea arches                 ( )        D) Plants
5) Cracks or holes          ( )        E) Glacier
Answer:
1) E
2) C
3) A
4) B
5) D

Question 53.
Group – A                                 Group – B
1) Meanders               ( )          A) Rivers
2) Moraines                ( )          B) Delta
3) Inselberg                ( )          C) Turns like a snake
4) Δ                             ( )          D) Wind
5) Ox-bow lakes          ( )          E) Glacier
Answer:
1) C
2) E
3) D
4) B
5) A

Question 54.
Group – A                                 Group – B
1) Sunderbans           ( )           A) Sharavathi
2) Grand Canyon       ( )           B) Highest waterfall
3) Byson Gorge         ( )           C) Largest delta in the world
4) Jog falls                 ( )           D) Godavari
5) Angel waterfall      ( )           E) Colorado
Answer:
1) C
2) E
3) D
4) A
5) B

Question 55.
Group – A                                    Group – B
1) Mt. Vesuvius             ( )           A) Equador
2) Fujiyama                   ( )           B) Tanzania
3) Cotopaxi                   ( )           C) India
4) Narcondam              ( )           D) Japan
5) Kilimanjaro               ( )           E) Italy
Answer:
1) E
2) D
3) A
4) C
5) B

Question 56.
Example for second order land forms is
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Asia Continent
C) Himalayan mountains
D) Byson Gorge
Answer:
C) Himalayan mountains

Question 57.
Find out the odd one from the given below.
A) Fujiyama – Japan
B) Mount Vesuvius – Italy
C) Cotopaxi – Equador
D) Narcondem – Tanzania
Answer:
D) Narcondem – Tanzania

Question 58.
One of the land forms given below is formed by river flow
A) ‘V’ Shaped valleys
B) Delta
C) Both A & B
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 59.
Oceans and continents come under which order of land from
A) First
B) Fourth
C) Second
D) Third
Answer:
A) First

Question 60.
One of the land forms given below is formed by river flow
A) ‘V’ shaped valleys
B) Sand dunes
C) Moraines
D) None of the above
Answer:
A) ‘V’ shaped valleys

Question 61.
Match the following.
1) Land forms by water. A) Loess plains
2) Land forms by wind B) Delta
3) Land forms by Waves C) Sea arches
A) 1 – B, 2 – A, 3 – C
B) 1 – A, 2 – C, 3 – B
C) 1 – C, 2 – B, 3 – A
D) 1 – B, 2 – C, 3 – A
Answer:
A) 1 – B, 2 – A, 3 – C

Question 62.
Which of the following is the second order land form?
A) Continents
B) Seas
C) Mountains
D) Sand dunes
Answer:
C) Mountains

Question 63.
Fujiyama Volcanic mountain located in this country
A) France
B) Italy
C) Japan
D) India
Answer:
C) Japan

Question 64.
Indus gorge located in this state
A) West Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer:
D) Jammu and Kashmir

Question 65.
Continental shelf a relatively flat part of the continent that is covered by seawater. It lies between the coast and the continental slope. In the figure below identify the number that indicates continental shelf.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer:
A) 1

Question 66.
Where are active volcanoes most likely to be found?
A) an area where a large river enters the ocean
B) At tectonic plate boundaries
C) Neat an area where an ocean touches the land
D) Near a low-lying area between mountain ranges and other higher lands.
Answer:
B) At tectonic plate boundaries

Question 67.
The formation of Himalayan mountain range is the result of collision of which of these two continental plates?
B) Indo – African Plates
C) Indo – Arabian Plates
D) Indo – Eurasian Plates
Answer:
D) Indo – Eurasian Plates

Question 68.
Andhra Pradesh lies in the Deccan Plateau. Which of the following was the cause of formation of the Deccan plateau?
A) Weathering of rock by the river
B) Sand deposits by the wind
C) Lava spills from volcanic eruptions
D) Landslides caused by earthquakes
Answer:
C) Lava spills from volcanic eruptions

Question 69.
Mushroom rocks are found in

A) Desert
B) Sea
C) Glaciers
D) River Valleys
Answer:
A) Desert

Question 70.
The shaping of landforms by wind and water is called ‘Third order Landforms’ by geographers.
Which of the following pairs contain only third order landforms?
A) Continents, Oceans
B) Continents, Mountains
C) Plateaus, Waterfall
D) Delta, Loessplain
Answer:
D) Delta, Loessplain

Observe the Map and answer the Q.No. 71-72

Question 71.
Which of the following continent is NOT connected with ‘The Pacific Ring of Fire’
A) South America
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) Australia
Answer:
C) Africa

Question 72.
Most of the active volcanoes are found in ‘Pacific Rim’ because it is in
A) Rivers basin
B) Tectonic plate boundaries
C) Deepest Oceans
D) Meeting point of Land and water
Answer:
B) Tectonic plate boundaries

Question 73.
Find out the wrong statement regarding the power of flowing water:
A) It can slowly wear away the rocks.
B) It can erode a mountain vertically
C) All are correct. There is no wrong statement.
D) It can erode the land
Answer:
C) All are correct. There is no wrong statement.

Question 74.
Observe the figure given below:

The ‘V’ – Shape landform shown in the figure forms due to the:
A) Work of wind
B) Work of rocks
C) Work of human beings
D) Work of water
Answer:
D) Work of water

Question 75.
Find out the correct order:
A) Formation of Rift Valley, Continental cracks, Formation of Ocean
B) Continental cracks, Formation of rift Valley, Formation of Ocean
C) Formation of Ocean, Formation of Rift Valley, Continental cracks
D) Continental cracks, Formation of Ocean, Formation of Rift valley
Answer:
B) Continental cracks, Formation of rift Valley, Formation of Ocean

Question 76.
Which among the following contains the newest Crust formed on the planet?
A) The Mid ocean ridges
B) Highest mountain surfaces
C) Deltas
D) Ocean floor
Answer:
A) The Mid ocean ridges

Question 77.
Geologists have found fossils of sea animals on the Himalayas. These fossils are there on the Himalayas because :
A) Himalayas are formed from sea.
B) Some of such fossils are worshipped in homes as ‘Salagramas’.
C) Himalayas are the highest Mountains.
D) They are formed on the Himalayas.
Answer:
A) Himalayas are formed from sea.

Question 78.
The plates are constantly being pushed. The formation of the mountains is the result of such movements only. Due to which one of the following movements were the Himalaya Mountains formed?
A) Because the Arabian plate pushed the Eurasian plate.
B) Because the Eurasian plate pushed the Indian plate.
C) Because the Arabian plate pushed the Indian plate.
D) Because Eurasian plate pushed the Arabian plate.
Answer:
B) Because the Eurasian plate pushed the Indian plate.

Question 79.
About three quarters of all active Volcanoes in the World, lie within the Pacific Rim because:
A) igneous rocks are found all the way around the Pacific basin.
B) plate boundaries are found all the way around the Pacific basin.
C) earthquakes occur all the way around the Pacific basin.
D) the Pacific Rim is called the pacific ring of fire.
Answer:
B) plate boundaries are found all the way around the Pacific basin.

Question 80.
Match the following in the context of the formation of third Order Landforms :
1. Valley a. Weathering
2. Carved Mountains b. Deposition
3. Delta c. Transportation
4. Sand dunes d. Erosion
A) 1 – b; 2 – c; 3 – d; 4 – a
B) 1 – d; 2 – a; 3 – b; 4 – c
C) 1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – d; 4 – c
D) 1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – c; 4 – d
Answer:
B) 1 – d; 2 – a; 3 – b; 4 – c

Question 81.
Which of the following statements best describes the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s surface?
A) They have been moving for million of years but have come to a stop.
B) They remained static for millions of years but have started moving now.
C) They have continuously been moving for millions of years now.
D) These plates are static which do not move.
Answer:
C) They have continuously been moving for millions of years now.

Question 82.
Which landforms were most likely created by the eruption of volcanoes?
A) Plains
B) Mountains
C) Canyons
D) Deltas
Answer:
B) Mountains

Question 83.
Food mountains are formed due to
A) Collision of two continental plates
B) Convergence of two oceanic plates
C) Divergence or pulling away of two continental plates
D) Volcanic eruptions at the oceanic plate boundaries
Answer:
B) Convergence of two oceanic plates

 

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