Class 6 Social Science Geography MCQ Major Landforms of the Earth

Question : How plateau is differ from the mountains

(a) It is considerably higher than the surroundings
(b) Plateau is elevated flat land
(c) There are three types of mountains
(d) Its elevation is more than 600 metres

Question : __________ is the continuous wearing down and rebuilding of the land surface

(a) Minor process
(b) External process
(c) Internal process
(d) Major process

Question : Which of the following is not a volcanic mountain

(a) Cotopaxi
(b) Rockies
(c) Fujiyama
(d) Krakatoa

Question : Mountains are very useful. The mountains are a storehouse of

(a) Water
(b) Gas
(c) Rice
(d) Minerals

Question : These are large stretches of flat land

(a) River
(b) Mountain
(c) Plateau
(d) Plain

Question : Wearing away of earth

(a) Erosion
(b) Weather
(c) Climate
(d) Horst

Question :Which are the most useful areas for human habitation?

(a) Plateaus
(b) Mountains
(c) Plains

Question : Which of the following relief feature is known as tablelands

(a) Plateau
(b) Mountains
(c) Hills
(d) Plain

Question : Which one of the following is the youngest folded mountain range in India?

(a) Aravalli Hills
(b) Eastern Ghats
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Himalayas

Question :These are large stretches of flat land

(a) River
(b) Mountain
(c) Plateau
(d) Plain

Question : The Salt range is in

(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India

Question : Which is ideal for cultivation of crops?

(a) River valleys
(b) Flora and fauna
(c) Glaciers

Question : The wearing away of the earth’s surface is called

(a) mountains
(b)plateau
(c)erosioncorrect
(d)deposition

Question : The landforms on earth are formed by

(a) Gradual forces
(b) Tectonic forces
(c) Volcanic forces
(d) Earth forces

Question : Which of the following is not an agent of erosion and deposition

(a) Running water
(b) Glaciers
(c) Earthquake
(d) Wind

Question : Himalayan mountains & the Alps mountains are example of

(a) Fold mountain
(b) Block mountain
(c) Volcanic mountain
(d) None of these

Question : Mt. Kilimanjaro is in

(a) Asia
(b) Africa
(c) South America
(d) North America

Question : Which of the following is not a mountain?

(a) Rockies
(b) Alps
(c) Andes
(d) Prairies

Question : Rivers of ice

(a) Ice sheet
(b) Ice cubes
(c) Ice bergs
(d) Glaciers

Question : __________ forces originate from within the earth and _________ forces originate from outside the earth

(a) Volcanic and Tectonic
(b) Tectonic and Gradational
(c) Gradational and Volcanic
(d) Gradational and Tectonic

Question: Any natural elevation of the earth surface is know as —

(a) Plan
(b) Glaciers
(c) Mountain
(d) Pole

Question : What are two land forming processes

(a) Upper processes and Lower processes
(b) Block processes and Fold processes
(c) Internal processes and External processes
(d) Minor processes and Major processes

Question : Which of the following is the Peninsular plateau?

(a) Deccan
(b) Sahara
(c) Chotanagpur
(d) North

Question : Major Chinese river

(a) Tangtez
(b) Ken-zuan
(c) Yangtze
(d) Fangtze

Question : — plateau is famous for gold & diamond mining.

(a) Africa
(b) American
(c) Indian
(d) All of these

Question : The available land is not only for our use but also for

(a)future generationcorrect
(b)past generation
(c)present generation
(d)none of these

Question : Mountains are very useful. The mountains are a storehouse of

(a) Water
(b) Gas
(c) Rice
(d) Minerals

Question : _______ are lowlands where slope of the land is gradual

(a) Mountains
(b) Rivers
(c) Plains
(d) Plateau

Question : The Volcanic mountain Kilimanjaro in —

(a) Africa
(b) Japan
(c) America
(d) None of these

Question : External process leads to

(a) Sinking of the earth surface
(b) Upliftment of earth’s surface
(c) Continues wearing of the internal surface areas
(d) Continuous wearing down of the land surface

Question : Glaciers are found in:

(a) The mountains
(b) The plains
(c) The plateaus
(d) The hills

Question : The river Yangtze flows in

(a) South America
(b) Australia
(c) China
(d) Asia

Question : African plateau is famous for:

(a) Gold and diamond
(b) Iron mining
(c) Coalmining
(d) none of those

Question : Wearing away of earth

(a) Erosion
(b) Weather
(c) Climate
(d) Horst

Question : In some mountains there are permanently frozen rivers of ice known as

(a) river valley
(b) glaciers
(c) plateaus
(d) none of these

Question : Rivers of ice

(a) Ice sheet
(b) Ice cubes
(c) Ice bergs
(d) Glaciers