Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: Major Landforms of the Earth
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What causes mountains to form? [1]
(A) Movement of tectonic plates
(B) Only rainfall
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
2. What is a plateau? [1]
(A) A flat, raised area of land
(B) A low valley
(C) A river
(D) An ocean
3. What can form a plateau? [1]
(A) Volcanic activity or uplift
(B) Only rainfall
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
4. What is a plain? [1]
(A) A large, flat area of land
(B) A tall mountain
(C) A deep ocean
(D) A raised plateau
5. What forms a plain? [1]
(A) Rivers depositing soil
(B) Only wind erosion
(C) Only volcanic activity
(D) Nothing specific
6. Why are plains good for farming? [1]
(A) They are flat with fertile deposited soil
(B) They are too high for farming
(C) They have no soil
(D) They are always dry
7. What is a valley? [1]
(A) A low area between hills or mountains
(B) A tall mountain
(C) A flat plateau
(D) An ocean
8. What forms valleys? [1]
(A) Rivers or glaciers eroding land
(B) Only volcanic activity
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing forms them
9. What causes mountains to form? [1]
(A) Movement of tectonic plates
(B) Only rainfall
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
10. What is a plateau? [1]
(A) A flat, raised area of land
(B) A low valley
(C) A river
(D) An ocean
11. What can form a plateau? [1]
(A) Volcanic activity or uplift
(B) Only rainfall
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing specific
12. What is a plain? [1]
(A) A large, flat area of land
(B) A tall mountain
(C) A deep ocean
(D) A raised plateau
13. What forms a plain? [1]
(A) Rivers depositing soil
(B) Only wind erosion
(C) Only volcanic activity
(D) Nothing specific
14. Why are plains good for farming? [1]
(A) They are flat with fertile deposited soil
(B) They are too high for farming
(C) They have no soil
(D) They are always dry
15. What is a valley? [1]
(A) A low area between hills or mountains
(B) A tall mountain
(C) A flat plateau
(D) An ocean
16. What forms valleys? [1]
(A) Rivers or glaciers eroding land
(B) Only volcanic activity
(C) Only wind
(D) Nothing forms them