📘 Geography Optional – Objective Paper I (Prelims)
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Q1. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which fold mountain category?
A) Old fold mountains
B) Residual mountains
C) Young fold mountains
D) Block mountains
✅ Answer: C) Young fold mountains
Q2. The Purvanchal Hills are an extension of:
A) Aravalli Range
B) Vindhya Range
C) Eastern Himalayas
D) Satpura Range
✅ Answer: C) Eastern Himalayas
Q3. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
A) Narmada
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Mahanadi
✅ Answer: A) Narmada
Q4. The highest peak in Peninsular India is:
A) Anamudi
B) Doddabetta
C) Guru Shikhar
D) Mullayanagiri
✅ Answer: A) Anamudi
Q5. Which plateau is known as the storehouse of minerals in India?
A) Malwa Plateau
B) Chotanagpur Plateau
C) Deccan Plateau
D) Meghalaya Plateau
✅ Answer: B) Chotanagpur Plateau
Q6. Which river forms the world’s largest delta?
A) Nile
B) Amazon
C) Mississippi
D) Ganga–Brahmaputra
✅ Answer: D) Ganga–Brahmaputra
Q7. The Western Ghats are best described as:
A) Fold mountains
B) Block mountains
C) Residual mountains
D) Volcanic cones
✅ Answer: C) Residual mountains
Q8. Which of the following rivers does NOT originate from the Western Ghats?
A) Kaveri
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Chambal
✅ Answer: D) Chambal
Q9. The Indian desert lies mostly in:
A) Gujarat
B) Punjab
C) Rajasthan
D) Haryana
✅ Answer: C) Rajasthan
Q10. The Eastern Coastal Plain is wider than the Western Coastal Plain because:
A) Less erosion
B) Presence of deltas
C) Hard rocks
D) Recent uplift
✅ Answer: B) Presence of deltas
✅ End of Objective Paper–I | Page–4
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