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Class 4 Social Science The Northern Mountains MCQ
Class 4 Social Science: The Northern Mountains MCQ offers interactive multiple-choice questions.
Which mountain ranges are included in the northern mountains of India?
- a) Himalayan range
- b) Karakoram range
- c) Purvanchal range
- d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
What does the word “Himalaya” mean?
- a) Highest mountain range
- b) Abode of snow
- c) Young fold mountains
- d) Northern mountains
Answer: b) Abode of snow
Which range is the highest mountain range in the world?
- a) Himalayan range
- b) Karakoram range
- c) Purvanchal range
- d) Ladakh range
Answer: a) Himalayan range
What is the approximate west-east extent of the Himalayan range?
- a) 500 km
- b) 1000 km
- c) 2000 km
- d) 2500 km
Answer: d) 2500 km
Which state in India is the westernmost point of the Himalayan range?
- a) Jammu and Kashmir
- b) Ladakh
- c) Himachal Pradesh
- d) Uttarakhand
Answer: a) Jammu and Kashmir
Which range is the northernmost range of the Himalayas?
- a) Greater Himalayas
- b) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas
- c) Shivalik hills
- d) None of the above
Answer: a) Greater Himalayas
Which is the highest peak in the world located in Nepal?
- a) Mount Everest
- b) Mount Kanchenjunga
- c) Mount Nanda Devi
- d) Mount Annapurna
Answer: a) Mount Everest
Where is Mount Kanchenjunga, the highest peak in India, located?
- a) Himachal Pradesh
- b) Uttarakhand
- c) Sikkim
- d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: c) Sikkim
Which range is known as the outer Himalayas?
- a) Greater Himalayas
- b) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas
- c) Shivalik hills
- d) None of the above
Answer: c) Shivalik hills
Which range remains covered with snow throughout the year?
- a) Greater Himalayas
- b) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas
- c) Shivalik hills
- d) None of the above
Answer: a) Greater Himalayas
Which two glaciers are mentioned as originating from this range?
- a) Gangotri and Badrinath
- b) Yamunotri and Kedarnath
- c) Gangotri and Yamunotri
- d) Badrinath and Kedarnath
Answer: c) Gangotri and Yamunotri
Which rivers originate from the Gangotri and Yamunotri glaciers, respectively?
- a) Ganga and Brahmaputra
- b) Yamuna and Godavari
- c) Ganga and Yamuna
- d) Indus and Chenab
Answer: c) Ganga and Yamuna
Which range is located to the south of the Greater Himalayas?
- a) Greater Himalayas
- b) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas
- c) Shivalik hills
- d) None of the above
Answer: b) Himachal or Lesser Himalayas
What is the terrain like in the foothills of the Shivalik Range?
- a) Plains
- b) Plateaus
- c) Terrari region
- d) Desert
Answer: c) Terrari region
What is the primary characteristic of the forests in the Shivalik Hills?
- a) Dense vegetation
- b) Sparse vegetation
- c) Desert-like vegetation
- d) Tropical rainforest vegetation
Answer: a) Dense vegetation
What is the role of the Himalayas as a natural boundary?
- a) They act as a barrier against enemy attacks.
- b) They prevent rainfall in the Northern Plains.
- c) They regulate the monsoon winds.
- d) They protect the country from desertification.
Answer: a) They act as a barrier against enemy attacks.
How do the Himalayas affect the climate of India?
- a) They cause heavy rainfall in the entire country.
- b) They block cold winds from Central Asia.
- c) They create desert-like conditions in some regions.
- d) They have no impact on the climate of India.
Answer: b) They block cold winds from Central Asia.
Which rivers originate from the glaciers of the Himalayas?
- a) Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
- b) Coc, Gandhak, Ghagra
- c) Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra
- d) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus
Answer: a) Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
What is one of the purposes of constructing dams on Himalayan rivers?
- a) To prevent flooding in the Northern Plains.
- b) To provide water for irrigation.
- c) To create natural boundaries.
- d) To encourage desertification.
Answer: b) To provide water for irrigation.
How do the Himalayas contribute to India’s water resources?
- a) By storing excess rainfall in their valleys.
- b) By melting glaciers and feeding rivers.
- c) By diverting monsoon winds towards India.
- d) By preventing rainfall in the Northern Plains.
Answer: b) By melting glaciers and feeding rivers.
What valuable resources do the forests of the Himalayas provide?
- a) Water and minerals
- b) Fertile soil and agricultural crops
- c) Wood, timber, and medicinal herbs
- d) Precious gemstones and minerals
Answer: c) Wood, timber, and medicinal herbs
Which mountain range is located in Ladakh?
- a) Himalayan range
- b) Karakoram range
- c) Purvanchal range
- d) Shivalik hills
Answer: b) Karakoram range
What is the highest peak in the Karakoram range?
- a) K2 or Mount Godwin Austin
- b) Mount Everest
- c) Mount Kanchenjunga
- d) Nanda Devi
Answer: a) K2 or Mount Godwin Austin
What are the common occupations in the northern mountain region?
- a) Farming and tourism
- b) Mining and manufacturing
- c) Fishing and transportation
- d) Banking and finance
Answer: a) Farming and tourism
Which region is famous for its apple orchids and saffron cultivation?
- a) Ladakh
- b) Himachal Pradesh
- c) Uttarakhand
- d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: d) Jammu and Kashmir
What are the names of the two famous lakes in Jammu and Kashmir?
- a) Dal lake and Wular Lake
- b) Nainital lake and Pangong Tso
- c) Vembanad lake and Chilika lake
- d) Rann of Kutch and Sambhar lake
Answer: a) Dal lake and Wular Lake
What is the traditional wooden boat called in Jammu and Kashmir?
- a) Gondola
- b) Sampan
- c) Shikara
- d) Kayak
Answer: c) Shikara
Which rivers flow through Jammu and Kashmir?
- a) Chenab and Jhelum
- b) Ganges and Yamuna
- c) Brahmaputra and Teesta
- d) Krishna and Godavari
Answer: a) Chenab and Jhelum
Which river flows through Ladakh?
- a) Ganga
- b) Yamuna
- c) Indus
- d) Brahmaputra
Answer: c) Indus