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Class 11 Structure and Physiography worksheet
CBSE Social Science. The geological divisions, the Himalayas, the northern plains, the Peninsular plateau, the desert, coastal plains and islands. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The Peninsular Block is made mainly of very ancient:
- alluvium and clay
- basalts and corals
- sandstones and shales
- gneisses and granites
Answer
(d) gneisses and granites
- 2.
Which describes the northern plain?
- alluvial plains of the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra
- the Andaman and Nicobar groups and Lakshadweep
- a narrow submerged west coast and a broad emergent east coast
- dunes and barchans with under 150 mm of rain
Answer
(a) alluvial plains of the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra
- 3.
Which describes the Peninsular Block?
- coral islands far out at sea
- a flat ice-covered plateau
- young, weak and flexible, still being uplifted
- ancient gneisses and granites, rigid since the Cambrian
Answer
(d) ancient gneisses and granites, rigid since the Cambrian
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Name India’s three geological divisions.
Answer
The Peninsular Block, the Himalayas and other Peninsular mountains, and the Indo-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain.
- 5.
Describe each physiographic division: (a) the coastal plains (b) the islands
Answer
(a) a narrow submerged west coast and a broad emergent east coast (b) the Andaman and Nicobar groups and Lakshadweep
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Compare the island groups of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
Answer
The Bay of Bengal has about 572 islands, raised submarine mountains with some volcanic ones (Barren Island); Lakshadweep has about 36 coral islands, 11 inhabited, 220–440 km off Kerala.
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