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  • Question 1
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    A hill station on the Western Ghats is _______.
    Solution
    • Matheran is a hill station and a municipal council in the Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
    •  It is a hill station in Karjat Tahsil and is also the smallest hill station in India.
    •  It is located on the Western Ghats range at an elevation of around 800 m.
  • Question 2
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    Longitudinal valleys found between the Siwalik and Himachal ranges are called ____.
    Solution
    • The longitudinal valleys lying between the Himachal and Shiwaliks are called 'Dun'. These are s filled with alluvial deposits.
    • Major duns found in the region are Dehra, Kothri, Chaukham, Patli and Kota.
  • Question 3
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    Which of the following is not a peak of the Himalayas?
    Solution
    • Mahendragiri is a mountain peak at in the Parlakimidi subdivision of the Gajapati district in Odisha.
    • It is situated amongst the Eastern Ghats at an elevation of 1,501 metres (4,925 ft).
  • Question 4
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    A group of islands is collectively called ________.
    Solution
    A group of islands is collectively called Archipelago. An island is a piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water. Most archipelagoes are made of oceanic islands. So the islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from the ocean. The islands are considered part of a larger land mass. Places such as Hawaii and the Virgin Islands are considered to be archipelagos.
  • Question 5
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    The soil in the delta region is ___________.
    Solution

    • Delta region is formed by deposition of sediments carried by rivers. In such regions alluvial soil is mostly formed.
    • Alluvium is a loose soil or sediments which are formed by erosion by rainwater. It is typically made of small particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel.

  • Question 6
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    In India the plateau region possesses rich reserves of fossil fuels, and ________.
    Solution
    In India the plateau region possesses rich reserves of fossil fuels, and Minerals.
    Minerals are unevenly distributed on the earth’s surface.
    All minerals are exhaustible in nature, i.e., will exhaust after a certain time.
    However, these minerals take long time to form, but they cannot be replenished immediately at the time of need.
    More than 97% of coal reserves occur in the valleys of Damodar, Sone, Mahanadi, and Godavari rivers.
    Petroleum reserves in India are located in the sedimentary basins of Assam, Gujarat, and Mumbai High (i.e. off-shore region in the Arabian Sea – shown in the map given below).
    Some new petroleum reserves are also found in the Krishna-Godavari and Kaveri basins (shown in the image given above).
  • Question 7
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    Which of the following rocks is not a part of peninsular plateau?
  • Question 8
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    Where was the 13th major sea port established in India?
    Solution
    The 13th major seaport is established in India at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Port Blair is the 13th and youngest major port of India declared so in 2010. The port is of strategic importance to India and is close to two international shipping lines viz. Saudi Arabia - Singapore and US- Singapore. Port Blair (Andaman) is situated at the Juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. This island port is connected to Indian mainland through flight and ship. This port is the principal hub for shipping in the Andaman Islands. It is known for its scuba diving, water sports, and virgin beaches.
  • Question 9
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    The Western part of Rajasthan is a desert because _____________.
    Solution
    The Western part of Rajasthan is a desert because the temperature remains very high in summer and the Aravallis lie parallel to the path of the Arabian Sea Branch of the southwest monsoons , there by causing no orographic rainfall. When there is an excess moisture in cloud that cannot hold it further and sudden upliftment of cloud with same moisture. As cloud moves suddenly upwards it looses it moisture holding capacity. This happens in windward side of mountain. These Aravalli range are not blocking winds which carry moisture. They are parallel to the direction of cloud movement, so there is no upliftment of clouds carring moisture, so there are very little rains in Rajasthan. Thus the deserts are formed.
  • Question 10
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    Which of the following is called as the 'ecological hot spot' of India?
    Solution

    • Biodiversity hot spot can be defines as a region with significant levels of biodiversity that has been preserved because of human threat to the ecology.
    • Globally there are about 34 biodiversity hotspots. India is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of biodiversity. India hosts 3 of them which includes Western Ghats, Himalayas and Indo-Burma region.

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