Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: Identification and Recognition of Landforms
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. How does a plateau appear on a contour map? [1]
(A) Relatively flat at higher elevation
(B) Steep slopes throughout
(C) A single point
(D) No specific pattern
2. How does a river valley appear? [1]
(A) V-shaped contours pointing upstream
(B) Widely spaced flat contours
(C) A closed loop only
(D) No specific pattern
3. What often runs through a valley's lowest point? [1]
(A) A river symbol
(B) A road symbol only
(C) A building symbol
(D) Nothing specific
4. How does a ridge appear on a contour map? [1]
(A) An elongated pattern, higher in the middle
(B) A single closed loop
(C) Widely spaced flat lines
(D) No specific pattern
5. What is a ridge? [1]
(A) An elongated hill
(B) A flat plain
(C) A river valley
(D) An ocean
6. Why practice landform identification? [1]
(A) To build essential geography and exam skills
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
7. What map feature helps identify a plateau? [1]
(A) Widely spaced contours at height
(B) Closely spaced contours at height
(C) No contours at all
(D) Only colour
8. Why is landform recognition important? [1]
(A) To understand terrain from maps
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. How does a plateau appear on a contour map? [1]
(A) Relatively flat at higher elevation
(B) Steep slopes throughout
(C) A single point
(D) No specific pattern
10. How does a river valley appear? [1]
(A) V-shaped contours pointing upstream
(B) Widely spaced flat contours
(C) A closed loop only
(D) No specific pattern
11. What often runs through a valley's lowest point? [1]
(A) A river symbol
(B) A road symbol only
(C) A building symbol
(D) Nothing specific
12. How does a ridge appear on a contour map? [1]
(A) An elongated pattern, higher in the middle
(B) A single closed loop
(C) Widely spaced flat lines
(D) No specific pattern
13. What is a ridge? [1]
(A) An elongated hill
(B) A flat plain
(C) A river valley
(D) An ocean
14. Why practice landform identification? [1]
(A) To build essential geography and exam skills
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
15. What map feature helps identify a plateau? [1]
(A) Widely spaced contours at height
(B) Closely spaced contours at height
(C) No contours at all
(D) Only colour
16. Why is landform recognition important? [1]
(A) To understand terrain from maps
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests