a) 1 only/     15.

Chennai hills and sivan hills are

b) 2 only/  the ranges in
c) 3 only/     a) Erode b) Namakkal
d) None /  c) Vellore d) Salem
8. Which of the following is the        
south central portion of the     
palani hills a) i only/ 
a) Vandaravu b) ii only/ a)  b) 
b) Vembadi Sholai c) iii only/ c)  d) 
c) Kodaikanal d) None / 16. Arpaleeswarar temple is an Im-
d) Pagasura 12. Consider the following statement portant Pilgrim centre located on
  about physiography of Tamilnadu a) Pachaimalai b) Kollimalai
   and choose the correct one c) Kalvarayan d) Javadhu
 i) The varusanadu hills spread    
a)  across parts of Vellore and   
b)  Tiruvannamalai district 
c)  ii) Melapattu is the second high- a)  b) 
d)  est peak in Javadhu hills c)  d) 
9. Srivilliputhur Grizzled squirrel
iii) The vaigai river and its tribu- 17. Consider the following statement
wild life Sanctuary is located in
taries orginate in Varusanadu about physiography of Tamilnadu
which hills
region and choose the correct one
a) Varusanadu hills
   i) The plateaus of Tamilnadu is
b) Pothigai hills
  roughly covers an area about
c) Cardamom hills
d) palani hills  1,32,000 sq.km
     ii) Coimbatore Plateau lies be-
      tween coimbatore and nilgiris
  iii) The Sand dunes formed along
a)    the coast of tirunelveli and
b)   thoothukudi districts are
c)       called Teri
d)       
10. What are the different names of     
Pothigai hills  
i) Agasthiar hills a) i only/   
ii) Hanuman Jyothi Parvath b) ii only/ 
iii) Southern Kailash c) iii only/    
iv) Siva jothi hills d) None /   
   13. Match the following 
 A) Urgamalai 1. 1486 m   
  B) Muganur 2. 1034 m 
  C) Mazhamalai 3. 1279 m   
  D) Valsamalai 4. 1500 m 
   a) i only/
a) i & ii b) i & iii A)  1. 1486  b) ii only /
c) ii & iii d) i & iv B)  2. 1034  c) iii only /
11. Consider the following statement C)  3. 1279  d) None /
about physiography of Tamilnadu D)  4. 1500  18. The cauvery serves as the bound-
and choose the correct one A B C D ary between Karnataka and
i) The height of the western a) 1 3 4 2 tamilnadu for a distance of
ghats ranges from 2000 to b) 1 2 3 4   
3000 m c) 3 2 4 1   
ii) The range of Eastern ghats d) 2 3 4 1 
are 1000 m to 1500 m 14. The average height of the Periya a) 64 km b) 56 km
iii) The average height of Kalvarayan is c) 48 km d) 55 km
Mahendragiri hills is 1563 m  19. ‘Kiliyur’ water falls located at
   a) 1300 m b) 1200 m a) Virudhunagar b) Namakkal
  c) Salem d) Madurai
c) 1320 m d) 1220 m

Thoothukudi 99445 11344 Tirunelveli 98942 41422 Ramanathapuram 75503 52916 Madurai 98431 10566 2