VOLUME 3 LESSON 1 THE GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA

During the invasion of Alexander the Great in 332 BCE the Greeks named the region Indus.

• True

• False

WHICH OF THESE IS NOT ONE OF THE MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF ?

• PLAINS

• DESERT

• 2 MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE

• COASTLINES

THE INDUS RIVER FLOW FROM

• IT FLOWS FROM JAMMU & KASHMIR THROUGH GUJRAT AND ENDS IN KARNATAKA

• IT FLOWS FROM INDIAN HIMALYAS THROUGH KASHMIR AND ENDS IN PUNJAB

The chain of mountains in the north does not include which of the following?

• Karakoram

• Aravalli

• Himalaya moutains

• Hindu Kush

THE KHYBER AND GOMAL PASSES IN THE __________________.

• SOUTH - WEST

• SOUTH - EAST

• NORTH - WEST

• NORTH - EAST

SOME OF THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS AND CITIES WERE ESTABLISHED ALONG THE PLAINS OF THE RIVERS IN THE _________________________________.

• GANGES RIVER

• VINDHYA MOUNTAINS

• INDUS VALLEY

• HIMALYA MOUTAINS