This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The three tectonic plate boundaries are A) Tranfer, Convergent, Divergent. B) Transform, Conform, Divergent. C) Transform, Convergent, Divergent. D) Transfer, Conform, Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform, Convergent, Divergent. 2. The distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees. A) Prime meridian. B) Longitude. C) Equator. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. 3. In India, the Chota Nagpur plateau has vast reserves of A) Box fight. B) Bauxite. C) Box tight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bauxite. 4. The study of Earth's landscapes, people, places & environment A) Topography. B) Geography. C) Longitude. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography. 5. Humans have organized the planet into a grid system called ..... A) Compass rose. B) Longitude and latitude. C) Equator. D) North, South, East and West. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude and latitude. 6. A large, flat area of land at the mouth of a river formed by the deposition of sediments. A) Canyon. B) Erosion. C) Landslide. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delta. 7. A/an ..... is a low area of land formed between hills or mountains. A) Canyon. B) Hill. C) Valley. D) Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valley. 8. Which of the following is NOT a social impact? A) Loss of lives. B) Damage to homes forcing people to evacuate. C) Loss of crops leading to food scarcity. D) $ 5 000 000 000 lost by Toyota due to an interruption to the manufacturing industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 5 000 000 000 lost by Toyota due to an interruption to the manufacturing industry. 9. What is the primary branch of the East African Rift System that extends from present-day Jordan in the north, through the Dead Sea and the Red Sea and along the length of East Africa to the mouth of the Zambezi River? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Appalachian Mountains. C) Great Rift Valley. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Rift Valley. 10. A rocky hill that is flat, tall, and steep is called a/an ..... A) Canyon. B) Butte. C) Desert. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butte. 11. A piece of land that rises gradually (Looks like a bump) A) Hill. B) Mountain. C) Valley. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hill. 12. A large area of land that gets little to no rain and can be hot or cold is called a/an ..... A) Valley. B) Canyon. C) Mountain. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 13. A long, man-made strip of water used for irrigation or boat access through a larger body of water. A) Wetland. B) Bay. C) Peninsula. D) Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canal. 14. A landform found in a coastal area A) Estuary. B) Lake. C) Lagoon. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lagoon. 15. What is a watery land formed at the mouth of a river, triangle shaped? A) Delta. B) Canyon. C) Tributary. D) Swamp/Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delta. 16. What is the primary reason many early American cities were founded along rivers? A) Aesthetic beauty. B) Source of water and transportation of goods. C) Proximity to mountains. D) Availability of flat landTagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Source of water and transportation of goods. 17. These are large stretches of flat land known as? A) River. B) Plateau. C) Mountain. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain. 18. How do tectonic plates contribute to the formation of mountains? A) Tectonic plates contribute to mountain formation through convergence and collision, leading to uplift and folding of the Earth's crust. B) Tectonic plates contribute to mountain formation by cooling and solidifying magma. C) Mountains are formed by tectonic plates through erosion and sediment deposition. D) Tectonic plates create mountains by spreading apart and forming valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountains are formed by tectonic plates through erosion and sediment deposition. 19. Molten rock flowing from a volcano A) Landform. B) Magma. C) Lava. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 20. The difference between a canyon and a basin is that a basin is the bottom of mountains and contains water and a canyon does not always contain water. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Sand dunes are large piles of sand that can be found in the desert. What causes these sand dunes to form? A) Water. B) Ice. C) Volcanoes. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 22. Water that is surrounded by land. A) Island. B) Ocean. C) Lake. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake. 23. Which of the following landforms in Florida is most affected by rising sea levels? A) Glaciers. B) Mountains. C) Rivers. D) Coastlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coastlines. 24. What can fish swim in? A) Water. B) Field. C) Mountain. D) Cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 25. Henry and Zoe are studying the process of economic growth and improvement in living standards. What is the term for this process? A) Development. B) Erosion. C) Migration. D) ConservationTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development. 26. This is the low area of land between mountains or hills. There's usually a river. A) Plains. B) Desert. C) Valley. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valley. 27. What is the third biggest city listed? A) Memphis, Tennessee. B) Fresno, California. C) Lincoln, Nebraska. D) St. Paul, Minnesota. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St. Paul, Minnesota. 28. What makes forest fires worse? A) Wind. B) Rain. C) Snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 29. Which plateau is nicknamed the 'Roof of the World'? A) Deccan Plateau. B) East African Plateau. C) Chhota Nagpur Plateau. D) Tibetan Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibetan Plateau. 30. The position of a place in relation to another place A) Relative location. B) Weathering. C) Cardinal directions. D) Absolute location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative location. 31. The continental DIVIDE is the high point in a landmass that determines the direction that ..... flow. A) Rivers. B) Mountains. C) Sands. D) Soup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers. 32. Where are the Pyramids of Giza? A) Mexico. B) Morocco. C) Libya. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 33. Long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean; causes massive flooding, a change in landscape, and a decrease in population A) Tsunami. B) Earthquake. C) Volcanic Eruption. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 34. Relative location is described by landmarks, time, directions, or distance from one place to the other. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Which of the following is usually seen in most valleys? A) An ocean. B) A volcano. C) A beach ball. D) A river or stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A river or stream. 36. Watery land located at the mouth of a river A) Delta. B) Alluvial fan. C) Mountain. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delta. 37. The exact location of a place (using longitude and latitude) A) Absolute location. B) Geography. C) Cardinal directions. D) Relative location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute location. 38. What is the process called when magma deep within the Earth erupts onto the surface as lava, and then cools and solidifies? A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Sedimentation. D) Volcanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanism. 39. What creates the four kinds of landforms? A) Human processes. B) Natural processes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural processes. 40. Land that is surrounded by water on three sides A) Bay. B) Strait. C) Lake. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peninsula. 41. How do Florida's dunes differ from the dunes found in desert regions like the Sahara? A) Florida's dunes are made of rock, while desert dunes are made of sand. B) Florida's dunes are shaped by water, while desert dunes are shaped by wind. C) Florida's dunes are smaller and located near coastlines, while desert dunes are larger and inland. D) Florida's dunes are only found in forests, while desert dunes are only found in deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florida's dunes are smaller and located near coastlines, while desert dunes are larger and inland. 42. What is the capital of California? A) San Diego. B) Sacramento. C) Los Angeles. D) San Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacramento. 43. A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it. A) Plateau. B) Mountain. C) Hill. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plateau. 44. What is a glacier? A) Body of water that flows towards an ocean. B) Mass of ice that is constantly moving in water. C) Body of water that is surrounded by land. D) Large area covered by ice, like at the north and south poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass of ice that is constantly moving in water. 45. Land which rises high above the ground is classified as which type of landform? A) Mountain. B) Hill. C) Plateau. D) Skyscraper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain. 46. The nature features of the Earth A) Landforms. B) Plains. C) Plateau. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landforms. 47. What is the largest Desert? A) Antarctica. B) Arabian Desert. C) Sahara Desert. D) Gobi Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctica. 48. A large stream of water that flows across the land A) River. B) Lake. C) Ocean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) River. 49. Steep cone-shaped volcanoes A) Shield. B) Stratovolcano. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratovolcano. 50. Large flowing natural body of water A) Lake. B) Ditch. C) River. D) Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 51. What is the difference between a river's source and its mouth? A) The source is where the river ends, and the mouth is where it begins. B) The source is where the river begins, and the mouth is where it ends. C) The source is the widest part, and the mouth is the narrowest part. D) The source is the deepest part, and the mouth is the shallowest part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The source is where the river begins, and the mouth is where it ends. 52. What are the 4 Cardinal Directions? A) North EastSouth EastNorth WestSouth West. B) NorthNorth EastSouthSouth East. C) WestNorth WestEastSouth East. D) NorthSouthEastWest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NorthSouthEastWest. 53. Ring shaped island formation built of coral on the rim of an undersea volcano A) Fjord. B) Atoll. C) Tributary. D) Cape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoll. 54. Large group or chain of islands A) Key. B) Archipelago. C) Atollatoll. D) Fjord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archipelago. 55. Which of the following is a characteristic of a delta? A) Isolated and smaller than a plateau. B) Formed at the mouth of a river. C) Surrounded by water on three sides. D) A large, flat area elevated above the surrounding landTagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formed at the mouth of a river. 56. What is a primary source? A) A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event. B) A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event. 57. What is frozen water called? A) River. B) Field. C) Snow. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snow. 58. What is Mount Everest? A) A river. B) The tallest mountain. C) A lake. D) An island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tallest mountain. 59. Which of the following is not a region in Georgia A) Valley and Ridge. B) Blue Ridge. C) Coastal Plains. D) Rocky Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocky Region. 60. Which best describes the surface of the earth over billions of years? A) High mountains gradually wear down until most of the earth is at sea level. B) High mountains stay side by side for billions of years with little change. C) Flat surface is gradually pushed up into higher and higher mountains until the earth is covered with mountains. D) High mountains gradually wear down as new mountains are continuously being formed, over and over again. 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