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Physical Features of India Test - 22

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  • Question 1
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    The wide and level plain lying in the northern part of Bay of Bengal is called the __________.
    Solution
    • The Eastern Coastal Plains refers to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
    •  It is wider and leveled than the western coastal plains and stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to West Bengal in the north through Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
    •  It is locally known as Northern Circars in the northern part between  Mahanadi and Krishna rivers and Coromandel Coast in the southern part between Krishna and Kaveri rivers.
  • Question 2
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    Short-lived microscopic organisms, which live in colonies is known as ______.
    Solution
    Coral polyps are short lived microscopic organisms which lives in colonies. They flourish in shallow, mud free and warm waters. They secrete calcium carbonate
  • Question 3
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    The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as ______
    Solution
    The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as Kumaon Himalayas. The range comprises parts of the Siwalik Range in the south and part of the Great Himalayas in the north. It lies largely within the state of Uttarakhand. 
  • Question 4
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    The largest salt water lake in India is the ___________.
    Solution
    • Chilka lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km2. 
    • It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent.
    • One of India’s largest saltwater lakes, it is 40 miles (65 km) long, 5 to 13 miles (8 to 20 km) wide, and about 6 feet (2 metres) deep. 
  • Question 5
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    The eastward extensions of the Peninsular plateau are locally known as the __________.
    Solution
    • The eastward extensions of Peninsular Plateau are locally known as Bundelkhand and. Baghelkhand.
    •  The Chhota Nagpur Plateau is the eastern extension of the Central Highlands.
    •  The Damodar is an important river that drains this region.
  • Question 6
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    Ooty is also known as __________.
    Solution
    • Udhagamandalam (also Ootacamund ) and abbreviated as Udhagai and Ooty  is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
    •  It is located 80 km north of Coimbatore and is the capital of the Nilgiris district  where the two ghats meet.
    • Udhagamandalam (Ooty ) Popularly referred as the 'Queen of Hill Stations',
    •  Udhagamandalam better known as Ooty is the most popular hill station in the South. Located in the Western ghats at a height of 2240 m.

  • Question 7
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    An arc-shapped ridge, comprising well-sorted sand is called ________.
    Solution
    • A barchan or barkhan dune is a crescent-shaped dune. 
    • These are also called Crescent dunes.
    •  A Barchan dune is an arc-shaped sand ridge, comprising of well-sorted sand grains.
    • Barchans face the wind, appearing convex and are produced by wind action predominately from one direction.
    •  They are a very common landform in sandy deserts all over the world and are arc-shaped, markedly asymmetrical in cross section, with a gentle slope facing toward the wind sand ridge, comprising well-sorted sand.
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    One of the tributary of River Indus is the ________.
    Solution
    • The Indus receives its most-notable tributaries from the eastern Punjab Plain.
    •  These five rivers—the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—give the name Punjab (“Five Rivers”) to the region divided between Pakistan and India. 
    • The Ravi River is a river in Kashmir and Pakistan. 
    •  It is also one of the major five rivers/tributaries of Indus.
  • Question 9
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    Which is the highest peak in the Western Ghats?
    Solution
    Anamudi is a mountain located in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres (8,842 ft).

  • Question 10
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    The physical feature that protects the Indian sucontinent from extremely  cold winds from central Asia is ___________.
    Solution
    The Himalayas are the most significant and dominating geographic feature of India. The Himalayan mountain ranges act as a climatic divide between the Indian sub-continent and the Central Asia.
    The lofty Himalaya Mountains form a barrier which affects the climate of India,
    prevents the cold winds of north Asia from blowing into India, thus protecting it from severely cold winters.
     It also traps the Monsoon winds, forcing them to shed their moisture within the sub-continent.
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