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Mountains and Plateaus
Mountains influence human activity by affecting:
A. Transport, climate, water resources and settlement
B. Only longitude
C. Only ocean salinity
D. Nothing measurable
Correct Answer: A
Relief strongly shapes accessibility, precipitation, rivers, hazards and land use.
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Plateau edges may form steep:
A. Escarpments
B. Deltas
C. Atolls
D. Meanders
Correct Answer: A
Differential erosion and faulting can produce prominent plateau scarps.
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The Colorado Plateau is famous for:
A. Deep river incision including the Grand Canyon region
B. Active continental collision like Himalaya
C. Permanent ice sheet
D. Coral reef uplift only
Correct Answer: A
The Colorado River and tributaries have deeply dissected the uplifted plateau.
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The world's highest and largest plateau by elevation/area combination is commonly called the:
A. Tibetan Plateau
B. Deccan Plateau
C. Colorado Plateau
D. Potwar Plateau
Correct Answer: A
The Tibetan Plateau is often called the 'Roof of the World'.
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K2 is the world's:
A. Second-highest mountain above sea level
B. Highest volcano
C. Longest plateau
D. Deepest trench
Correct Answer: A
K2's elevation is second only to Everest.
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The highest mountain above sea level is:
A. Mount Everest
B. K2
C. Kangchenjunga
D. Nanga Parbat
Correct Answer: A
Everest has the greatest elevation above mean sea level.
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The Balochistan Plateau is characterized by:
A. Intermontane basins and mountain ranges
B. A single flat coastal plain only
C. Dense equatorial forest
D. Large ice sheet
Correct Answer: A
Western Pakistan contains uplands, ranges and enclosed basins.
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The Potwar (Pothohar) Plateau lies mainly between the:
A. Indus and Jhelum rivers
B. Ravi and Sutlej only
C. Chenab and Ravi only
D. Kabul and Swat only
Correct Answer: A
The Potwar Plateau occupies northern Punjab between the Indus and Jhelum.
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The Salt Range is located in:
A. Punjab, Pakistan
B. Sindh delta
C. Balochistan coast
D. Gilgit only
Correct Answer: A
The Salt Range lies in northern Punjab between the Potwar Plateau and Punjab plains.
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The Sulaiman Range is mainly in:
A. Western Pakistan
B. Bangladesh
C. Sri Lanka
D. Nepal only
Correct Answer: A
The Sulaiman Mountains form a major western highland belt of Pakistan.
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The Hindu Kush extends through:
A. Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan
B. Brazil and Peru
C. Japan and Korea
D. Spain and France
Correct Answer: A
The Hindu Kush is a major Central/South Asian mountain system.
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Nanga Parbat belongs to the western:
A. Himalayan system
B. Andes
C. Alps
D. Rockies
Correct Answer: A
Nanga Parbat forms a prominent western Himalayan massif in Pakistan.
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K2 is part of the:
A. Karakoram Range
B. Hindu Kush only
C. Salt Range
D. Sulaiman Range
Correct Answer: A
K2 lies in the Karakoram and is the world's second-highest mountain.
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The Karakoram Range is located mainly in:
A. Northern Pakistan and adjoining regions
B. Southern Africa
C. Western Europe
D. Australia
Correct Answer: A
The Karakoram is a major high mountain range spanning northern Pakistan, India and China.
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A horn is:
A. A sharp pyramidal peak shaped by cirque erosion
B. A river terrace
C. A plateau plain
D. A sea cliff only
Correct Answer: A
Multiple cirques eroding a mountain can produce a pointed horn.
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An arête is:
A. A sharp ridge between glacial valleys/cirques
B. A flat river floodplain
C. A volcanic crater lake
D. A sand bar
Correct Answer: A
Back-to-back glacial erosion leaves narrow knife-edged ridges.
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A cirque is:
A. An amphitheatre-like glacial hollow near a mountain head
B. A river delta
C. A lava plateau
D. A fault scarp only
Correct Answer: A
Glacial erosion excavates bowl-shaped cirques.
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Glaciers in mountains can carve:
A. U-shaped valleys
B. Only V-shaped river valleys
C. Sand dunes
D. Coral atolls
Correct Answer: A
Valley glaciers broaden and deepen valleys into U-shaped troughs.
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Environmental lapse rate refers to average change of air temperature with:
A. Altitude
B. Longitude
C. River discharge
D. Rock age
Correct Answer: A
In the troposphere, air temperature generally decreases upward.
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Altitudinal zonation means:
A. Environmental conditions change systematically with elevation
B. All elevations have identical climate
C. Only latitude matters
D. Mountains have no ecosystems
Correct Answer: A
Temperature, moisture, vegetation and land use often vary with height.