These questions will help you practice as possible mcqs in Geography of class 9th
Multiple choice questions with answers:-
Q.1 Which of the following are considered the most recent landforms in India?
a) The Peninsular Plateau
b) The Northern Plains
c) The Coastal Plains
d) The Indian Desert
Answer: b) The Northern Plains
Q.2 What type of terrain is common in the Himalayan Mountains?
a) Vast stretches of plains
b) Rugged terrain with high peaks and deep valleys
c) Gently rising hills and wide valleys
d) Sandy and dry desert regions
Answer: b) Rugged terrain with high peaks and deep valleys
Q.3 The Peninsular Plateau is primarily composed of which types of rocks?
a) Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
b) Alluvial and sedimentary rocks
c) Igneous and metamorphic rocks
d) Limestone and granite rocks
Answer: c) Igneous and metamorphic rocks
Q.4 Which of the following physical features of India is considered geologically unstable?
a) The Peninsular Plateau
b) The Northern Plains
c) The Himalayan Mountains
d) The Coastal Plains
Answer: c) The Himalayan Mountains
Q.5 How long is the Himalayan mountain range approximately?
a) 1,200 Km
b) 2,400 Km
c) 3,000 Km
d) 4,500 Km
Answer: b) 2,400 Km
Q.6 In which part of the Himalayas are the altitudinal variations greater?
a) The western half
b) The eastern half
c) The central region
d) Both halves have equal altitudinal variations
Answer: b) The eastern half
Q.7 The northernmost range of the Himalayas is known as:
a) The Outer Himalayas
b) The Lesser Himalayas
c) The Great Himalayas or Himadri
d) The Shiwaliks
Answer: c) The Great Himalayas or Himadri
Q.8 What is the core of the Great Himalayas composed of?
a) Sedimentary rocks
b) Igneous rocks
c) Granite
d) Limestone
Answer: c) Granite
Q.9 Which mountain range is the longest and most important in the Himachal or Lesser Himalaya?
a) Dhaula Dhar range
b) Mahabharat range
c) Pir Panjal range
d) Shiwalik range
Answer: c) Pir Panjal range
Q.10 What are the Shiwaliks primarily composed of?
a) Solidified lava
b) Unconsolidated sediments
c) Metamorphic rocks
d) Granite
Answer: b) Unconsolidated sediments
Q.11 What is the altitude range of the Himachal or Lesser Himalaya?
a) 900 to 1100 metres
b) 3700 to 4500 metres
c) 2000 to 3000 metres
d) 6000 to 7000 metres
Answer: b) 3700 to 4500 metres
Q.12 What are the longitudinal valleys lying between the Lesser Himalaya and the Shiwaliks known as?
a) Doabs
b) Duns
c) Bhabar
d) Terai
Answer: b) Duns
Q.13 The Himalayas are divided into which regional divisions from west to east?
a) Punjab Himalaya, Kumaon Himalaya, Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya
b) Himachal Himalaya, Nepal Himalaya, Purvachal Himalaya, Mizo Hills
c) Satluj Himalaya, Kali Himalaya, Teesta Himalaya, Dihang Himalaya
d) Indus Himalaya, Ganga Himalaya, Brahmaputra Himalaya, Purvachal Himalaya
Answer: a) Punjab Himalaya, Kumaon Himalaya, Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya
Q.14 The Purvachal hills and mountains are located in which part of India?
a) Western India
b) Northern India
c) Southern India
d) North-Eastern India
Answer: d) North-Eastern India
Q.15 Which rivers mark the boundary of the Kumaon Himalayas?
a) Indus and Satluj
b) Satluj and Kali
c) Kali and Teesta
d) Teesta and Dihang
Answer: b) Satluj and Kali
Q.16 What is the altitude range of the Shiwalik ranges?
a) 900 to 1100 metres
b) 1500 to 2500 metres
c) 1100 to 1500 metres
d) 3700 to 4500 metres
Answer: a) 900 to 1100 metres
Q.17 The Purvachal hills consist of which of the following hill ranges?
a) Aravalli, Vindhya, and Satpura
b) Patkai, Naga, Manipur, and Mizo hills
c) Shiwalik, Himadri, and Himachal
d) Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo hills
Answer: b) Patkai, Naga, Manipur, and Mizo hills
Q.18 The Himalayas beyond the Dihang gorge are known as what?
a) Assam Himalayas
b) Kumaon Himalayas
c) Nepal Himalayas
d) Purvachal
Answer: d) Purvachal
Q.19 The Northern Plain of India has been formed by the interplay of which three major river systems?
a) Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati
b) Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra
c) Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri
d) Narmada, Tapti, and Mahanadi
Answer: b) Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra
Q.20 What type of soil primarily forms the Northern Plain?
a) Black soil
b) Red soil
c) Laterite soil
d) Alluvial soil
Answer: d) Alluvial soil
Q.21 What is the approximate area covered by the Northern Plain?
a) 5 lakh sq. km
b) 7 lakh sq. km
c) 10 lakh sq. km
d) 12 lakh sq. km
Answer: b) 7 lakh sq. km
Q.22 The term ‘Doab’ is derived from which two words, and what do they mean?
a) ‘Do’ meaning two and ‘ab’ meaning water
b) ‘Do’ meaning land and ‘ab’ meaning water
c) ‘Do’ meaning river and ‘ab’ meaning flow
d) ‘Do’ meaning valley and ‘ab’ meaning water
Answer: a) ‘Do’ meaning two and ‘ab’ meaning water
Q.23 Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of the Indus?
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Teesta
d) Ravi
Answer: c) Teesta
Q.24 Majuli, the largest inhabited riverine island in the world, is located in which river?
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Indus
d) Yamuna
Answer: b) Brahmaputra
Q.25 The Ganga Plain extends between which two rivers?
a) Yamuna and Ghaggar
b) Ghaggar and Teesta
c) Satluj and Beas
d) Jhelum and Chenab
Answer: b) Ghaggar and Teesta
Q.26 The wet, swampy, and marshy region south of the bhabar belt is known as?
a) Bhangar
b) Terai
c) Doab
d) Kankar
Answer: b) Terai
Q.27 Which region of the Northern Plain is formed of older alluvium and lies above the floodplains of the rivers?
a) Bhabar
b) Terai
c) Bhangar
d) Doab
Answer: c) Bhangar
Q.28 The calcareous deposits found in the Bhangar region are locally known as?
a) Kankar
b) Bhabar
c) Terai
d) Doab
Answer: a) Kankar
Q.29 The newer, younger deposits of the floodplains in the Northern Plains are known as:
a) Bhabar
b) Khadar
c) Bhangar
d) Terai
Answer: b) Khadar
Q.30 Why is the Khadar region ideal for intensive agriculture?
a) It has a rocky terrain.
b) It is renewed almost every year with fertile soil.
c) It has dense forests.
d) It is located near the desert.
Answer: b) It is renewed almost every year with fertile soil.
Q.31 The Peninsular Plateau is primarily composed of:
a) Sedimentary rocks
b) Alluvial soil
c) Old crystalline, igneous, and metamorphic rocks
d) Recent volcanic rocks
Answer: c) Old crystalline, igneous, and metamorphic rocks
Q.32 Which river marks the division between the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau?
a) Ganga
b) Narmada
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
Answer: b) Narmada
Q.33 The Central Highlands are a part of which larger geographical feature?
a) Thar Desert
b) Deccan Plateau
c) Malwa Plateau
d) Chotanagpur Plateau
Answer: c) Malwa Plateau
Q.34 What is the slope direction of the rivers in the Central Highlands?
a) Northwest to Southeast
b) Southwest to Northeast
c) Southeast to Northwest
d) Northeast to Southwest
Answer: b) Southwest to Northeast
Q.35 The Deccan Plateau slopes gently towards the:
a) North
b) West
c) East
d) South
Answer: c) East
Q.36 The hill ranges that form the eastern extension of the Deccan Plateau include:
a) Aravalis
b) Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills
c) Satpura Range
d) Shevroy Hills
Answer: b) Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills
Q.37 The Western Ghats cause orographic rain because:
a) They are located near the coast.
b) They face the rain-bearing moist winds.
c) They are continuous and parallel to the coast.
d) They are discontinuous and irregular.
Answer: b) They face the rain-bearing moist winds.
Q.38 Which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats?
a) Anai Mudi
b) Doda Betta
c) Mahendragiri
d) Nilgiri
Answer: c) Mahendragiri
Q.39 The black soil area of the Peninsular Plateau, known as Deccan Trap, is primarily formed due to:
a) Sedimentary rocks
b) Volcanic origin
c) River deposition
d) Glacial activity
Answer: b) Volcanic origin
Q.40 The Aravali Hills, which extend from Gujarat to Delhi, are:
a) New and growing hills
b) Part of the Himalayas
c) Highly eroded and found as broken hills
d) Composed of sedimentary rocks
Answer: c) Highly eroded and found as broken hills
Q.41 Which hill stations are located in the Eastern Ghats?
a) Shimla and Manali
b) Ooty and Kodaikanal
c) Darjeeling and Gangtok
d) Mussoorie and Nainital
Answer: b) Ooty and Kodaikanal
Q.42 The Indian Desert lies towards the western margins of which hills?
a) Western Ghats
b) Eastern Ghats
c) Satpura Hills
d) Aravali Hills
Answer: d) Aravali Hills
Q.43 Which of the following is the only large river in the Indian Desert region?
a) Yamuna
b) Luni
c) Narmada
d) Sabarmati
Answer: b) Luni
Q.44 Barchans are:
a) Sand dunes shaped like crescents
b) Large rivers in the desert
c) Rocky hills in the Aravali range
d) Fertile areas in the desert
Answer: a) Sand dunes shaped like crescents
Q.45 The western coast of India is divided into three sections. The central stretch is known as:
a) Konkan
b) Malabar
c) Kannad Plain
d) Coromandel
Answer: c) Kannad Plain
Q.46 Chilika Lake, the largest saltwater lake in India, is located in which state?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
Answer: c) Odisha
Q.47 Which of the following rivers has formed an extensive delta along the eastern coast of India?
a) Godavari
b) Yamuna
c) Tapti
d) Sabarmati
Answer: a) Godavari
Q.48 Which island group lies close to the Malabar coast of Kerala?
a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
b) Lakshadweep Islands
c) Maldives
d) Pitti Islands
Answer: b) Lakshadweep Islands
Q.49 What was the former name of the Lakshadweep Islands before 1973?
a) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindive
b) Maldives
c) Andaman and Nicobar
d) Minicoy and Kavaratti
Answer: a) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindive
Q.50 What is the administrative headquarters of Lakshadweep?
a) Minicoy
b) Kavaratti
c) Pitti
d) Andaman
Answer: b) Kavaratti
Q.51 Which island in the Lakshadweep group is uninhabited and has a bird sanctuary?
a) Kavaratti
b) Minicoy
c) Pitti
d) Nicobar
Answer: c) Pitti
Q.52 The Andaman and Nicobar islands experience which type of climate?
a) Tropical
b) Equatorial
c) Temperate
d) Desert
Answer: b) Equatorial
Q.53 What are coral polyps?
a) Long-lived large organisms
b) Short-lived microscopic organisms
c) Aquatic plants
d) Fossilized sea creatures
Answer: b) Short-lived microscopic organisms
Q.54 What substance do coral polyps secrete?
a) Sodium chloride
b) Calcium carbonate
c) Silica
d) Magnesium sulfate
Answer: b) Calcium carbonate
Q.55 The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is an example of which type of coral reef?
a) Atoll
b) Barrier reef
c) Fringing reef
d) Continental reef
Answer: b) Barrier reef
Q.56 How are atolls typically shaped?
a) Triangular
b) Square
c) Circular or horseshoe-shaped
d) Rectangular
Answer: c) Circular or horseshoe-shaped