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Himalayas

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which range of Himalaya remain covered with snow throughout the year?

a)

Shiwalik

b)

Himadri

c)

Himachal

2.

Slow moving rivers of ice are called

a)

ice bergs

b)

glaciers

c)

blizzards

3.

____________ is Himalayan river.

a)

Nile

b)

Ganga

c)

Pamba

d)

Kaveri

4.

The Himalayas are _____.

a)

Dome mountains

b)

Fault block mountains

c)

Fold mountains

5.

This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Himalayas

d)

Eastern and Western Ghats

6.
Which river flows through Pakistan?
a)
Brahmaputra
b)
Indus
c)
Ganges
d)
Nile
7.
Mt. Everest is a part of which of the following mountain ranges? 
a)
Hindu Kush
b)
Himalayas
c)
Appalachian
d)
Eastern ghats
8.

Wide differences of ________________ in the Himalayas create

the many climates found there.

a)

plateau

b)

peak

c)

survey

d)

altitude

9.

What word means the process of wearing away or breaking down land?

a)

plateau

b)

erosion

c)

altitude

d)

peak

10.
The Himalayas run in west to east direction from _________ to __________
a)
Dehra Dun and Patli Dun 
b)
Himalaya and Shiwaliks 
c)
 Indus to Brahmaputra 
d)
Himadri and Himachal
11.
Which one of the following is the highest peak of the Himalayas?
a)
Purvachal 
b)
Kanchenjunga 
c)
Mizo
d)
Patkai
12.
Which is the most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks with an average height of 6,000 metres ?
a)
Dehradun
b)
Himadri or Greater Himalayas
c)
Central Himalayas
d)
Outer Himalayas
13.

The part of Himalayas lying between Indus and Sutlej has been traditionally known as___________________

a)

Punjab Himalayas

b)

Kashmir Himalayas

14.
The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.
a)
Pantry
b)
Pangaea
c)
Wegenerland
d)
Eurasia
15.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, ________.
a)
the asthenosphere is divided into plates
b)
the lithosphere is divided into plates