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SAI International School
Grade-IX- Home Assignment

Geography Ch2- Physical Features of India
(Sub Topic 4)- The Peninsular Plateau

Objective Questions
1. The Peninsular Plateau of India is a part of which of the following landmass?
(a) Angara land (b) Tethys
(c) Gondwanaland (d) Central Highland
2. Which continents of today were parts of the Gondwanaland?
(a) Asia and Africa (b) Europe and Asia
(c) Europe and Africa (d) Australia and South America
3. Which of the following Physiographic divisions have rising hills and wide valleys?
(a) The Himalayan Mountains (b) The Northern Plains
(c) The Peninsular Plateau (d) The Coastal Plains
4. Arrange the following hill ranges from north to south in the correct sequence :
(i) Mahadeo range (ii) Vindhya range
(iii) Aravali hills (iv) Sapura Range

Options:
(a) i—iv—iii—ii (b) iii—iv—i—ii
(c) iv—i—ii—iii (d) iii—ii—iv—i

5. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) The Central Highlands slope towards north
(b) The Deccan Plateau slopes towards south
(c) The Central Highlands slope towards east
(d) The Deccan Plateau slopes towards west

6. Dodabetta is located in the
(a) Western Ghats. (b) Chhotanagpur Plateau.
(c) Central Highlands. (d) Nilgiris.

7. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is
(a) Anai mudi (c) Mahendragiri
(b) Kanchenjunga (d) Khasi
8. Which of the followings are the two broad divisions of peninsular plateau with their
location?
(a)Malwa Plateau and Chhotanagpur Plateau
(b) Central Highland and Bundelkhand
(c) Central Highland and Deccan Plateau
(d) Deccan Pateau and Malwa Plateau
9. Which river separates Central Highlands from Deccan Plateau?
(a)The River Mahanadi (b) The River Narmada