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History and Geography MCQs for Class Eight

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Cambridge Secondary School Quarry Road Quetta

Class Eight QNO 1: Choose the correct answers

1: In which year was Queen Victoria’s Proclamation issued?

a) 1757 b) ✔ 1858 c) 1855 d) 1955

2: Besides Lord Macaulay, who else presented a bill on educational reforms?

a) Lord Dalhousie b) Lord Bentinck c) ✔ Sir Charles Wood d) Queen Victoria

3: How far was the Grand Trunk Road was extended?

a) ✔ Peshawar b) Swat c) Kabul d) Calcutta

4: On the basis of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation, under whose control was India brought?

a) ✔ British Raj b) Congress c) Mughal governance d) East India company

5: In which year were the Morley-Minto Reforms presented?

a) 1890 b) 1905 c) ✔ 1909 d) 1990

6: When was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan born?

a) ✔ 1817 b) 1818 c) 1871 d) 1898

7: Who was the Author of “The Indian Mussalman”?

a) Lord Ripon b) ✔ William Wilson Huntor c) Lord Canning d) Thomas Munroe

8: The magazine that Sir Syed established was called________?

a) Wafadar Mussalman b) ✔ Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaque c) Asrar-ul-Sanadeed d)

Farameen…

9: Who was the first principal of M.A.O College?

a) ✔ H.I Siddons b) Sultan Jahan Begum c) Theodore Beck d) Auckland Colvin

10: Who was the founder of Sindh Madress-tul-Islam?

a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan b) ✔ Hassan Ali Effendi c) Sir Abdullah Haroon d) Lord

Dufferin

11: When was the Indian National Congress established?

a) ✔ 1885 b) 1861 c) 1892 d) 1900

12: Who played a critical role in the establishment of the Congress?

a) Gandhi b) ✔ A.O Hume c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale d) Motilal Nehru



13: During which viceroy’s rule did the partition of Bengal take place?

a) Lord Minto b) ✔ Lord Curzon c) Lord Macaulay d) Lord Chlemsford

14: Who was the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity?

a) Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan b) Sir Syed c) ✔ Quaid-e-Azam d) Allama

Iqbal

15: When was the partition of Bengal revoked?

a) 1906 b) 1908 c) 1910 d) ✔ 1911

16: Where did the March 1927 Muslim conference take place?

a) ✔ Delhi b) Lahore c) Mumbai d) Calcutta

17: Who chaired the March 1927 Muslim Conference?

a) Liaqat Ali Khan b) Allama Iqbal c) ✔ Quaid-e-Azam d) Agha Khan III

18: Who established the Simon Commission?

a) ✔ Sir John Simon b) Lord Birkenhead c) Viceroy Harding d) Lord Irwin

19: Who announced the Communal Award in 1932?

a) Sir John Simon b) Gandhi c) Quaid-e-Azam d) ✔ Ramsay Mc Donald

20: Quaid-e-Azam presented his 14 points in the response to the

a) Simon Commission Report b) ✔ Nehru Report c) Pirpur Report d) Wardha Scheme

21: When did the Gandhi-Jinnah talks take place in Bombay?

a) 1939 b) 1941 c) 1942 d) ✔ 1944

22: The purpose of the Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 was for India to _____?

a) Be divided b) ✔ Stay united c) be given Independence d) retain its current

status

23: In 1946 after the failure of the establishment of an interim government Quaid-e-Azam

announced the

a) ✔ Direct action day b) Day of Independence c) Day of Deliverance d) Day of

Constitutional development

24: The boundaries for partition of India were laid down by:

a) ✔ Lord Mountbatten b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe c) Sir Stafford Cripps d) Sir Winston

Churchill

25: The war of Independence was fought in the rule of:

a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Minto c) ✔ Lord Charles Canning d) Lord Macaulay

26: “Muslim Aligarh University” was upgraded in:

a) ✔ 1920 b) 1921 c) 1922 d) 1923

27: Aligarh Movement was started by ________



a) ✔ Sir Syed b) Agha Khan c) M.Ali Johar d) Liaqat Ali Khan

28: The first Muslim president of Indian National Congress was:

a) Kalam Azad b) ✔ Rehmat Siani c) Agha Khan d) Altaf Hussein Hali

29: Who led Muslims to Simla Deputation of 1906?

a) Allama Iqbal b) Quaid-e-Azam c) ✔ Agha Khan d) Saleem Ullah Khan

30: Who was the first president of Muslim League?

a) Shaukat Ali b) ✔ Agha Khan c) Salimullah Khan d) Liaqat Ali Khan

31: Who was the founder of Muslim League in India?

a) Agha Khan b) ✔ Salim Ullah Khan of Dacca c) Shaukat Ali d) Rehmat Ali

32: In how many parts Luck now pact was divided?

a) ✔ 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

33: Non-Cooperation Movement started in:

a) 1919 b) ✔ 1920 c) 1921 d) 1922

34: Responding to the unjust “Nehru Report” the Quaid-e-Azam announced his 14 points:

a) 1926 b) 1929 c) 1927 d) ✔ 1928

35: The Quit India Movement started in:

a) 1941 b) ✔ 1942 c) 1943 d) 1944

36: When was the Lahore Resolution Presented?

a) 1931 b) 1929 c) 1942 d) ✔ 1940

37: Who presented the Lahore Resolution?

a) M.Ali Johar b) ✔ M.Fazal-ul-Haq c) Quaid-e-Azam d) Allama Iqbal

38: “Simla Conference” was presented by:

a) Lord Minto b) Lord Curzon c) ✔ Lord Wavell d) Lord Linlithgow

39: The Cabinet Mission Plan was published on:

a) ✔ March,1946 b) March,1945 c) March,1944 d) March,1947

40: Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?

a) Chaudri Rehmat Ali b) ✔ Allama Iqbal c) Agha Khan d) Liaqat Ali Khan

41: When did Sir Syed die?

a) 1895 b) ✔ 1898 c) 1897 d) 1899

42: When did Sindh Madressa-tul-Islam established?

a) ✔ 1885 b) 1887 c) 1888 d) 1889

43: Who was the founder of Sindh Madressa-tul-Islam?



a) ✔ Hassan Ali Effendi b) Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar c) Lord Sami d) Lord Syed

44: When did Muhammadan Educational Conference establish?

a) ✔ 1886 b) 1885 c) 1887 d) 1888

45: When did Khilafat Movement start?

a) 1918 b) ✔ 1919 c) 1920 d) 1921

46: Who founded the Faizi Movement?

a) Maulvi Zafarullah Khan b) Sir Syed c) Shah Waliullah d) ✔ H.Sheriat ullah

47: In which year was the Simla Deputation started?

a) ✔ 1906 b) 1907 c) 1909 d) 1910

48: When did Hijrat Movement start?

a) 1919 b) ✔ 1920 c) 1921 d) 1922

49: Who was the founder of Reshmi Romaal Tehreek?

a) Sir Syed b) ✔ M.Al Hassan c) M.Ali Johar d) H.Sheriat Ullah

50: In which reforms was Diarchy system presented?

a) 1909 Reforms b) ✔ 1919 Reforms c) Simon Reforms 1927 d) Indian Act

Reforms !935

51: When was the Lucknow Pact held?

a) 1914 b) 1915 c) ✔ 1916 d) 1918

52: When was Delhi Resolution presented?

a) ✔ 1927 b) 1926 c) 1928 d) 1929

53: When was Simon Commission established?

a) ✔ 1927 b) 1928 c) 1929 d) 1930

54: In which year did All Parties Conference held?

a) 1925 b) 1927 c) ✔ 1928 d) 1929

55: Who presented All Parties Conference?

a) Gandhi b) ✔ Motilal Nehru c) Patel d) Jawaharlal Nehru

56: Where was All India Muslim League Conference held in?

a) Bombay b) Delhi c) ✔ Calcutta d) Dacca

57: When was Allahabad Address presented?

a) 1929 b) ✔ 1930 c) 1931 d) 1932

58: When Sindh was separated from Bombay?

a) ✔ 1935 b) 1934 c) 1930 d) 1937



59: When the partition of Bengal was down?

a) December, 1910 b) ✔ December, 1911 c) December, 1913 d) December, 1914

60: When Hindi-Urdu Controversy was started?

a) 1865 b) ✔ 1867 c) 1860 d) 1868

61: When Minto-Morley reforms were introduced for India?

a) 1907 b) 1908 c) ✔ 1909 d) 1910

62: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi on?

a) 18 Sept, 1819 b) ✔ 17 Oct, 1817 c) 15 Oct, 1820 d) 16 Nov, 1821

63: Scientific Society was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in:

a) ✔ 1864 b) 1866 c) 1865 d) 1869

64: Sir Syed opposed the Congress demand of British style Democracy in India because of :

a) ✔ Two nation theory b) Fear of British dominance c) Lack of education in

Muslims d) Fear of India dominance

65: Partition of Bengal was announced in:

a) 1909 b) ✔ 1905 c) 1910 d) 1912

66: The All India Muslim League was formed in Dacca on:

a) 1st June, 1906 b) ✔ 30th December, 1906 c) 20th August, 1905 d) 14th August, 1904

67: Simla Deputation was led by:

a) Quaid-e-Azam b) ✔ Sir Agha Khan c) M.Azad d) Nawabzadas Liaqat

68: The most important characteristics of Minto-Morley reforms were:

a) ✔ Separate Electorates b) Seats for the Muslims c) Special status for Hindus d)

Safeguard of Minorities

69: The All Muslim League was divided in two groups on the arrival of Simon Commission

and one group was led by:

a) Sir Agha Khan b) Sir M.Iqbal c) ✔ Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi d) H. Ajmal Khan

70: Who addressed the Allahabad Address?

a) Liaqat Ali Khan b) Quaid-e-Azam c) ✔ Allama Iqbal d) Samiullah Khan

71: First Round table conference:

a) ✔1930 b) 1931 c) 1932 d) 1933

72: When was second round table conference held?

a) 1930 b) ✔1931 c) 1932 d) 1933

73: When was Communal Award announced?

a) 1931 b) ✔1932 c) 1933 d) 1934



74: Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of Communal Award?

a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Minto c) ✔Ramsay Mc Donald d) Lord Mountbatten

75: Where was the third round table held in?

a) Luck now b) Delhi c) ✔London d) New York

76: How many seats did Congress won in 1937 elections?

a) 710 b) ✔711 c) 712 d) 713

77: After the war of Independence India was divided into ______ provinces:

a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) ✔8

78: First Indian council’s Act:

a) 1891 b) 1892 c) ✔1861 d) 1862

79: Second Indian Council’s Act:

a) 1891 b) ✔1892 c) 1861 d) 1862

80: East India Company was established in which year?

a) 1500 b) ✔1600 c) 1700 d) 1800

81: Who wrote “Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind”?

a) Maulvi Abdul Haq b) ✔Sir Syed c) Allama Iqbla d) Quaid-e-Azam

82: When Aligarh Muslim University made in?

a) 1875 b) 1877 c) 1886 d) ✔1920

83: Darul-Uloom Deoband was founded in:

a) 1860 b) ✔1866 c) 1894 d) 1910

84: When the agreement of Lucknow Pact assigned in?

a) 1910 b) 1914 c) ✔1916 d) 1927

85: Caliphate Movement was established in:

a) 1910 b) ✔1919 c) 1920 d) 1921

86: Quaid-e-Azam presented his 14 points in response to Nehru report in:

a) 1927 b) 1928 c) ✔1929 d) 1930

87: Who submitted Allahabad Address?

a) ✔Allama Iqbal b) Quaid-e-Azam c) Nehru d) Liaqat Ali Khan

88: Who submitted the Lahore Resolution?

a) Sir Syed b) Quaid-e-Azam c) ✔Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq d) Maulana Abdul Kaleem

89: In 1945-46 Elections Muslim League won seats in the Central Assembly:

a) ✔25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 37



90: Swadeshi Movement:

a) ✔1905-1911 b) 1907-1910 c) 1906-1910 d) 1911-1913

91: Partition of Bengal:

a) 1906 b) 1907 c) ✔1905 d) 1909

92: Who divided Bengal?

a) Lord Minto b) ✔Lord Curzon c) Lord Stafford d) Lord Morley

93: Indian National Congress was established in:

a) 1884 b) ✔1885 c) 1886 d) 1887

94: Lahore College was established in:

a) 1891 b) ✔1892 c) 1893 d) 1894

95: Islamia College University was established in:

a) 1911 b) 1912 c) ✔1913 d) 1914

96: Nadva-tul-Ulema were established in:

a) 1895 b) 1896 c) 1897 d) ✔1898

97: Lord Macaulay’s Minute on education:

a) 1853 b) 1854 c) 1892 d) ✔1835

98: Sir Charles Wood’s Dispatch on education:

a) ✔1854 b) 1853 c) 1855 d) 1892

99: Montague-Chelmsford Reforms:

a) 1918 b) ✔1919 c) 1920 d) 1924

100: Sharif Report:

a) 1938 b) ✔1939 c) 1940 d) 1942



Mohammad Ali Jinnah Allama Iqbal Liaqat Ali Khan M.Fazal-ul-Haq

Lord Mountbatten Gandhi

Cambridge Secondary School Quarry Road Quetta

Class Eight choose the correct answers

1: The diagram which is used to show numerical or quantity information:

a) Scale b) Bar Graph c) ✔Map d) Compass

2: The diagram in which horizontal and vertical axis is used:

a) Pie Graph b) ✔Line Graph c) Dot map d) Scale

3: Helps in understanding the physical features given on maps:

a) Scale b) ✔Key c) Graph d) Compass

4: A diagram which is used to compare different quantities:

a) ✔Bar graph b) Dot map c) Scale d) Compass



5: This is used to determine distances on land in the map:

a) ✔Scale b) Key c) Compass d) Graph

6: The stage where the river falls into sea or lake is the:

a) Plain b) Flood c) ✔Final stage d) Gorge

7: The glacier which is located in the Karakoram mountain range in the north of Pakistan is:

a) Kala Bagh b) Quetta c) ✔Siachen d) Kargil

8: The landforms that are made by the wind in desert regions are:

a) Point Bar b) ✔Yardangs c) Moraine d) Ox-bow lake

9: Sea stacks are formed by erosion carried out by:

a) Wind b) ✔Waves c) Sunshine d) Gravel

10: A landform which is made by the action of glacier is:

a) ✔Hanging Valley b) Waterfall c) Cliff d) Sand dunes

11: A thick layer of minute particles spread by wind is:

a) Coast b) ✔Loess c) Moraine d) Transverse dune

12: A vast desert area of Pakistan is:

a) ✔Thar b) Sahara c) Kalahari d) Thal

13: The world’s largest ocean is the:

a) Indian ocean b) ✔Pacific ocean c) Antarctic ocean d) Atlantic ocean

14: A passage of water connecting two large bodies of water is:

a) ✔A strait b) Gulf c) Bay d) Isthumus

15: How much the Earth is covered by water:

a) 80% b) 75% c) ✔71% d) 65%

16: The depth of an ocean is measured in:

a) ✔Fathoms b) Miles c) Kilometers d) Feet

17: What is the total area of Pacific Ocean?

a) 10,911 sq Km b) 150 million sq Km c) ✔165.25 million sq Km d) 106.4 sq Km

18: Where in the world can the driest areas be found?

a) ✔Northern Hemisphere b) Southern Hemisphere c) North Polar region d) South

19: A narrow stretch of land between two large bodies of water is:

a) A strait b) Island c) A lake d) ✔An Isthmus

20: The smallest ocean of the world is the:

a) Indian ocean b) ✔Arctic Ocean c) Antarctic Ocean d) Atlantic Ocean



21: What are the effects of the nearness of the moon to the Erath?

a) ✔Spring tide b) Neap tide c) Equinox d) Lunar eclipse

22: Forest fire takes place most frequently in this country:

a) Canada b) ✔Australia c) Japan d) Afghanistan

23: The instrument for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is:

a) ✔Seismograph b) Thermometer c) fault d) Fahrenheit

24: This activity takes place when an earthquake occurs under the sea:

a) Floods b) ✔Tsunami c) decrease in water level d) Rock slide

25: Volcanic eruption is called:

a) ✔Earthquake b) Volcanic action c) Global warming d) Land pollution

26: Pakistan does not have this natural disaster:

a) Earthquake b) Floods c) ✔Volcanic eruption d) Land slides

27: The scientific study of earthquakes is called:

a) ✔Seismology b) Geography c) Volcanic activity d) Geology

28: The date of the worst Earthquake in Pakistan is:

a) ✔8 Oct, 2005 b) 9 Nov, 2007 c) 12 Nov, 2017 d) None of them

29: Chlorofluorocarbons are discharged by:

a) Fuel b) Solid waste c) ✔Aerosols sprays d) Aluminum

30: The lowest part of the atmosphere is the:

a) Atmosphere b) Ozone layer c) Stratosphere d) ✔Troposphere

31: Industrial noise, every day in America, results in:

a) Joblessness b) Loss of speech c) Mental problem d) ✔Loss of hearing

32: The mixture of Industrial gases and fog is:

a) Smoke b) ✔Smog c) gas cloud d) Mist

33: The gas which absorbs ultraviolet rays is:

a) Nitrogen b) Oxygen c) ✔Ozone(O3) d) Hydrogen

34: Agriculture, water reservoirs, and animals can be harmed by:

a) ✔Acid rain b) Ozone c) Sunshine d) Gale

35: The direct effect of the use of fossil fuel is:

a) Waste of fuel b) ✔Air pollution c) Land pollution d) Water pollution

36: A significant cause of the cholera and dysentery is:

a) Smog b) Land pollution c) Noise d) ✔Water pollution



37: In which country does Gobi Desert exist?

a) China b) ✔Mongolia c) Turkey d) Afghanistan

38: In which region is rice cultivated?

a) Rain forest b) ✔Monsoon c) The Mediterranean d) Steppe

39: In which region were large deposits of oil and gas discovered?

a) Tundra b) ✔Desert c) The Mediterranean d) Steppe

40: The grassland in cold regions is called:

a) Steppe b) ✔Taiga c) Cactus d) Oasis

41: Where in the world does it rain the most?

a) Turkey b) ✔Assam c) Singapore d) Chitral

42: The first one to divide the Earth into regions on the basis of temperature was:

a) Egyptians b) British c) ✔Greeks d) Iranians

43: In which continent can we find the desert of Kalahari and Namib?

a) South America b) ✔Africa c) North America d) Asia

44: With what did the Inuits of North America build their homes?

a) Wood b) Animal Skin c) Rocks d) ✔Blocks of ice

45: In winter and summer the weather in the coastal area of Pakistan remains:

a) Dry b) ✔Mild c) Severe d) Humid

46: In which region are all the four seasons found?

a) Polar b) On the equator c) Only in the Southern Hemisphere d) ✔ Tropical and

Mild

47: How many times in a year do day and night have equal durations?

a) 3 b) ✔2 c) 1 d) Never

48: On which fields is the effect of climate the greatest?

a) ✔Human life b) Industries c) Vegetation d) Agriculture

49: Where in Pakistan does it rain the most?

a) Quetta b) ✔Murree c) Karachi d) Peshawar

50: What is the average temperature in the farthest Northern Mountains of Pakistan?

a) 10 centigrade b) 12 centigrade c) ✔0 centigrade d) -20 centigrade

51: The change of the seasons on Earth is caused by:

a) Gravity b) ✔Revolution of the Earth round the sun c) Impact of the ocean

52: Pakistan’s rank in the world, with regard to pollution is:

a) 5th b) ✔6th c) 7th d) 8th



53: The leader of the Communist party and China’s head of state in 1949 was:

a) Ho Chi Min b) ✔Mao Zedong c) Zhou Enlai d) Deng Xia Ping

54: The economy of South Asia is dependent on which field?

a) ✔Agriculture b) Industrial c) Tourism d) Trade

55: The Eighth member country of SAARC is:

a) Iran b) ✔Afghanistan c) Myanmar d) Thailand

56: Which country in the world cultivates the most Jute?

a) ✔Bangladesh b) India c) Srilanka d) Myanmar

57: The economy of Middle East is based on:

a) Tourism b) ✔Production of oil c) Industry d) Trade

58: Central Asia’s largest country with regard to area is:

a) ✔Kazakhstan b) Turkmenistan c) Uzbekistan d) Kyrgyzstan

59: Among the neighboring countries of Pakistan the biggest country in population and area

is:

a) Iran b) Afghanistan c) ✔ China d) India

60: Which country ruled over the countries of Central Asia till 1991?

a) China b) Germany c) America d) ✔Russia

61: The American President who visited with the help of Pakistan was:

a) John Kennedy b) George Bush c) ✔Richard Nixon d) Lyndon Johnson

62: The percentage of people below the poverty line in Mali, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India and

Pakistan is:

a) 50% b) 45% c) ✔75% d) 85%

63: Conflicts and civil wars give rise to:

a) Famine b) Environmental Pollution c) ✔Underdevelopment d) Illness

64: Poor Quality food and famine are found mostly in:

a) South America b) ✔Africa c) South Asia d) Central Asia

65: The basic reason for underdevelopment is:

a) Famine b) Illiteracy c) ✔Over-sized population d) Health problems

66: Which country’s civil war has affected Pakistan?

a) Sudan b) Nepal c) Srilanka d) ✔Afghanistan

67: The most developed country in Asia is:

a) China b) Indonesia c) Malaysia d) ✔Japan

68: Which country is going to have the largest population by 2050?



a) Indonesia b) China c) ✔India d) Brazil

69: In which region are the developed countries mostly located?

a) South America b) South Asia c) ✔Europe d) Africa

70: Geographers use this to directly collect facts and figures about the Earth:

a) Atlas b) Course book c) Encyclopedia d) ✔Modern technology

71: On which technology is the geographical information system based?

a) Television b) Computer c) Telephone d) ✔Remote sensing

72: Geographical information system (GIS) is very useful for:

a) ✔Collecting facts and figures b) Taking Photographers c) Collecting particulars

about population d) For Communication

73: The light that makes it possible for an object to be seen in the dark is:

a) Ultraviolet rays b) Camera flash c) ✔Infrared rays d) Visible rays

74: In which year did GIS start working?

a) ✔1960 b) 1990 c) 2000 d) 1980

75: For what kind of work do geographers use GPS technology?

a) ✔Spatial Analysis of geographical problems b) Weather forecasting c) Collecting

facts and figures d) Management of Wild animals

76: To how many artificial satellites is the NAVSTAR system connected?

a) 15 b) 20 c) ✔24 d) 30

77: The type of map in which ________ information is displayed:

a) Boundary b) Kilometers c) ✔Quantity d) Facts

78: The method of shading in maps is called_______?

a) Distribution map b) Diagram c) Dot map d) ✔Choropleth maps



79: The map in which facts and figures is shown with the help of graphs is called:

a) Dot map b) Distribution map c) Choropleth maps d) ✔Diagram

80: The map which is mostly used to express quantity of population, students etc in a

province:

a) Line graph b) Pie graph c) ✔Bar graph d) Choropleth map

81: The map in which circle is divided into two parts to show different quantities:

a) Line graph b) Bar graph c) ✔Pie graph d) Diagram

82: Map and diagram are used to show:

a) Facts b) Figures c) None of them d) ✔A and B

83: The diarchy of features present on Earth is called:

a) ✔Map b) Satellite c) Camera d) None of them

84: A dot map is a way of showing facts and figures using:

a) ✔Dots b) Circle c) Shading d) All of them

85: Some channels eventually merge to form a large channel is called:

a) Sea b) Ocean c) ✔River d) Lake

86: Choropleth maps highlight the distribution of facts and figures by:

a) ✔Shading b) Making dots c) Lining d) All of them

87: The rivers flow through valleys and fall into:

a) River b) Mountains c) Grounds d) ✔Lakes

88: The stage in which the fast flow of river erodes the land into deep narrow V-Shaped

valley is called:

a) River stage b) ✔Mountain stage c) U-Shaped d) None of them

89: The stage in which a river’s speed decreases and starts widening is called:

a) ✔Plain stage b) Mountain stage c) Valley stage d) None of them

90: The journey of all rivers starts from:

a) Plains b) ✔Mountains c) Plateaus d) Cities

91: The stage in which the speed of river is slow due to low slopes is called:

a) River stage b) ✔Old stage c) New stage d) Plain stage

92: River Indus Delta is the sign of which stage?

a) Mountain stage b) Indus stage c) ✔Old stage d) None of them

93: Rivers play an important role in creating________?

a) ✔Landforms b) Facts c) Maps d) All of them

94: Which one is the largest river of the world?



a) Indus b) Ganges c) ✔Nile d) A and B

95: The Rivers are very important agents which cause:

a) Earthquake b) ✔Erosions c) Volcanic eruptions d) None of them

96: The action of water by which it produces the force to break cliffs and sediments:

a) Action of erosion b) ✔Water movement c) All of them d) None of them

97: Rivers have the ability to erode and create new:

a) Mountains b) ✔Landforms c) Machines d) None of the above

98: The dissolving of soil matter in water:

a) Water movement b) ✔Action of solubility c) Action of erosion d) None of

them

99: What are formed when water falls from a height at a speed?

a) U-Shaped valley b) V-Shaped valley c) ✔Hanging valley d) All of them

100: The curved shaped are called:

a) Hanging valley b) ✔Meanders c) All of them d) None of them

101: Floods plains generally found at the point where the river enters the plain to the______

of river:

a) Plain b) Plateaus c) Mountain d) ✔Delta

102: There are _______ types of glaciers:

a) ✔2 b) 3 c) 7 d) 9

103: Glaciers in the polar region are called:

a) Alphine Glacier b) ✔Continental glaciers c) All of them d) Cam glaciers

104: What is the total area f Arctic Ocean?

a) 20.32 million sq Km b) 14.05 million sq Km c) 20 million d) None of them

105: The part of the sea almost surrounded by land is called:

a) Bay b) Gulf c) Bight d) Strait

106: A broad and inward-Curving of the sea which is enclosed by land is called:

a) Strait b) Bight c) Bay d) Gulf

107: A narrow water way which joins two larger bodies of water is called:

a) Strait b) Bight c) Bay d) Gulf

108: The word peninsula refers to an area of land which is surrounded by three sides by:

a) Water b) Land c) Sand d) Isthmus

109: A narrow piece of land separating two bodies of water and connecting two larger bodies

of land is:

a) Isthmus b) Water c) Peninsula d) None of them



110: Mountain glacier is called:

a) ✔Alphine glaciers b) Erosion c) Continental glaciers d) All of them

111: The glaciers of Himalayas, Karakoram are the examples of:

a) ✔Alphine glaciers b) Continental glaciers c) All of them d) None of them

112: There are large glaciers in the mountainous regions of Pakistan:

a) ✔Northern b) Western c) Eastern d) Southern

113: Siachen glacier is located in:

a) Himalayas b) ✔Karakoram c) India d) None of them

114: U-Shaped valley is made by the erosion of:

a) Mountainous b) ✔Glaciers c) River d) None of them

115: When the snow melts, the bowl shaped depression is called:

a) Glacier b) ✔Cirque c) Hanging valley d) Alphine glaciers

116: A pointed peak which is the result of erosion by ice:

a) Hanging valley b) Cirque c) Horne d) Arete

117: A thin, sharp edge of a mountain which is formed by glacier erosion on both sides of the

ridge:

a) Cirque b) Horne c) Hanging valley d) Arete

118: A small valley formed as the result of erosion of glacier:

a) Horne b) Arete c) Cirque d) ✔Hanging valley

119: Glacier transport large masses of rocks and stones which are called:

a) Cirque b) Arete c) ✔Till d) Horne

120: _____ compresses of mud, soil, sand and rocks which come down with the movement of

glacier:

a) Esker b) Kettle c) Arete d) ✔Moraine

121: The landforms which are the result of windblown gravel and pebbles are called:

a) ✔Yardangs b) Hills c) All of them d) None of them

122: In the wind, when particles collide against each other, they break up as result which is

called:

a) Loess b) ✔Attrition c) Sand dunes d) None of them

123: When wind blows on sand then what landforms are made?

a) Loess b) Horne c) ✔Sand dunes d) None of them

124: Long and straight dunes are called:

a) ✔Tranverse dunes b) Barchan dunes c) None of them d) All of them



125: Crescent shaped dunes are called:

a) Transverse dunes b) ✔Barchan dunes c) All of them d) None of them

126: Which dunes are called “Saif” in Arabic?

a) Barchan b) Strait c) Parabolic d) ✔Longitudinal dunes

127: The vertical coastal slope created by the erosive power of waves and is called:

a) Headland b) ✔Sea cliffs c) Wave-cut platform d) All of them

128: The erosion of coastal land features by the ways:

a) ✔Headland b) Wave-cut platform c) Sea cliff d) None of them

129: When the waves erode the headland from behind:

a) Headland b) Sea cliff c) Wave-cut platform d) ✔Sea stacks

130: The erosion of cliffs by wind:

a) Glaciers b) Barchans c) ✔Yardangs d) None of them

131: The ________ Ocean is the second largest ocean of the world:

a) Indian b) Pacific c) ✔Atlantic d) Arctic

132: The ______ Ocean is the 3rd largest ocean in the world:

a) ✔Indian b) Pacific c) Arctic d) None of them

133: Which ocean makes up 20% of the Earth total water surface?

a) ✔Indian ocean b) Pacific Ocean c) Atlantic ocean d) Arctic Ocean

134: Which ocean is located in southern Hemisphere?

a) ✔Indian b) Pacific c) Atlantic d) Antarctic

135: Huge ________ are formed as a result of snowfall all the year:

a) ✔Glacier b) Sand dunes c) None of them d) All of them

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