Assignment Sheet
Geography/Chapter-2/The Physical Features of India
SECTION-A
Choose the correct options:
1. Which mountain range forms the northern boundary of India? 1
a) Himalayas b) Western Ghats c) Aravalli Range d) Eastern Ghats
2. The highest peak in India is: 1
a) Mount Everest b) Kangchenjunga c) Nanda Devi d) Kanchenjunga
3. Which river is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar"? 1
a) Ganges b) Yamuna c) Kosi d) Kaveri
4. Which of the following states does not share a border with Nepal? 1
a) Uttarakhand b) Bihar c) Sikkim d) Jharkhand
5. The Great Indian desert is located in which state? 1
a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat c) Punjab d) Haryana
6. What is the composition of the Himalayan mountains? 1
a) Highly compressed rocks b) Highly altered rocks c) Both A and b) None of these
7. The largest delta in India is formed by which river? 1
a) Narmada b) Brahmaputra c) Yamuna d) Godavari
8. ___________ is known as the "Land of Five Rivers" in India. 1
a) Punjab b) Haryana c) Uttar Pradesh d) Bihar
9. The Palk Strait lies between India and: 1
a) Sri Lanka b) Maldives c) Bangladesh d) Myanmar
10. Which physical feature of India is made up of alluvial deposits? 1
a) The Deccan Plateau b) The Islands c) The Northern Plains d)The Coastal Plains
SECTION-B
In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the Statements and Choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
11. Assertion (A): The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats mark the Western and Eastern edges of the 1
Deccan Plateau respectively.
Reason (R): The Western Ghats are higher than the eastern Ghats.
12. Assertion (A): Our Country has practically all major Physical features of the earth i.e., Mountains, 1
Plains, Deserts, Plateaus and Islands.
Reason (R): The land of India displays great Physical variation.
13. Assertion (A): The northern Plains are generally described as flat land with no variations in its relief. 1
Reason (R): According to the Variations in relief features, the Northern Plains can be divided into
four regions.
14. Assertion (A): The Himalayas form an art, which covers a distance of about 2400 km. 1
Reason (R): The width varies from 200 km in Kashmir to 50 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
SECTION-C
15. How is the northern plain divided on the basis of the differences in the relief? Name them. 2
16. What are the two divisions of Peninsular Plateau? 2
SECTION-D
17. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows:
The Northern Plain is broadly divided into three sections. The Western part of the Northern Plain is
referred to as the Punjab Plains. Formed by the Indus and its tributaries, the larger part of this plain lies
in Pakistan. The Indus and its tributaries – the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas and the Satluj
originate in the Himalaya. This section of the plain is dominated by the doabs.
The Ganga plain extends between Ghagara – Teesta rivers. It is spread over the states of North India,
Haryana, Delhi, U.P., Bihar, partly Jharkhand and West Bengal to its East, particularly in Assam lies
the Brahmaputra plain.
The northern plains are generally described as flat land with no variations in its relief. It is not true.
These vast plains also have diverse relief features. According to the variations in relief features, the
Northern plains can be divided into four regions. The rivers, after descending from the mountains
deposit pebbles in a narrow belt of about 8 to 16 km in width lying parallel to the slopes of the
Shiwaliks. It is known as bhabar. All the streams disappear in this bhabar belt. South of this belt, the
streams and rivers re-emerge and create a wet, swampy and marshy region known as terai. This was a
thickly forested region full of wildlife. The forests have been cleared to create agricultural land and to
settle migrants from Pakistan after partition. Locate Dudhwa National Park in this region.
a. The Western part of the Northern plain is referred to as the ___________plains. 1
b. Formed by Indus and its tributaries, the larger part of this plain lies in __________ 1
c. Write about the four divisions of the Northern Plains. 1
SECTION-E
18. Name and explain the three major divisions of Himalayas from the north to south. 3
19. Locate the following on the outline map of India: (½ X 6 = 3) 3
a) The highest peak of Himalayas in India.
b) The highest peak of the Western Ghats.
c) The Highest peak of the Eastern Ghats.
d) Garo Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
e) The Aravalli Hills
f) The Satpura Ranges
20. Differentiate between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats. 3
SECTION-F
21. Give an account of the Deccan Plateau. 5
22. Compare the main features of the Western Coastal Plain and Eastern Coastal Plain. 5