Peninsular Plateau

Question 1

Peninsular plateau ?
Part of

Answer 1

Tableland composed of
*old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Oldest landmass Gondwana

Question 2

Peninsular plateau divisions

Answer 2

2 broad divisions
Central highlands and,
Deccan plateau

Question 3

Central highlands location

Answer 3

Lies to the north of river narmada covering major part of malwa plateau

Question 4

Deccan plateau?
Location

Answer 4

Triangular land mass that protudes in the indian ocean
Lies to the south of river narmada

Question 5

Vindhya range is bounded by

Answer 5

Central Highlands in the south and aravali on the northwest

Question 6

Rivers draining Central highlands
Flow/ slope

Answer 6

Chambal, Betwa, sind, Ken
Rivers flows from southwest to north east thus indicating the slope

Question 7

Central highlands width variation

Answer 7

Wider in west and narrower in east

Question 8

Eastward extension of central highlands

Answer 8

Bundelkhand, Baghelkhnad and chotanagpur plateau ( drained by damodar)

Question 9

Deccan plateau extensions

Answer 9

Satpura is in the north
Mahadev hills, kaimur hills and maikal range form its eastward extension

Question 10

Deccan plateau slope

Answer 10

Higher in west and slopes gently eastward

Question 11

North east extension of deccan plateau
Prominent hill ranges

Answer 11

meghalaya, karbi-anglong plateau and north cachar hills
Garo, khasi and jaintia from west to east

Question 12

Western and eastern edges of deccan plateau

Answer 12

Western and Eastern ghats

Question 13

Western ghats structure
Ghats
Eastern ghats structure

Answer 13

Continous and can be crossed through passes only
Thal, bhor and pal ghats
Eastern ghats are discontinuous and irregular and dissected by rivers draining into bay of Bengal

Question 14

Western vs eastern ghats
Altitude

Answer 14

Western ghats are higher than E.G.

W.G. avg.elevation is 900-1600 ms
E.G. avg. Elevation is 600 ms

Question 15

Eastern ghats extend from ?
Western ghats cause rain type?

Answer 15

Mahanadi valley to Nilgiris in the south
Orographic rain

Question 16

Western ghats altitude variation ?
Highest peaks?

Answer 16

Altitude increase from north to south
1.Anai mudi 2695 ms
2.Doda beta 2637 ms

Question 17

Eastern ghats
Highest peak
Southeast hill

Answer 17

Mahendragiri 1501 ms
Shevroy hills and javadi hills

Question 18

Distinguishing feature of peninsular plateau

Answer 18

Deccan trap - black soil area
It is of volcanic origin hence the rocks are igneous