Question bank

Chapter-1   The Western Desert
Q-1 Write short answers :
(1) What are the characteristics of a desert?
(2) What is an oasis?
(3) What is the typical vegetation of the desert?
Q-2 Answer the following questions :
(1) What do you know about the climate of a desert?
(2) How has the face of the desert changed?
Q-3 Fill up the blanks with the suitable words given in the brackets:
(1) The Western Desert is called ___________desert. (Sahara, Thar).
(2) This desert lies in the ____________ part of Rajasthan. (northern, western).
(3) The western desert is mostly a _____________ plain. (rocky, sandy).
(4) The region experiences _____________ type of climate. (moderate, extreme).
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The Thar Desert occupies an area of about

(i)

2,00,000 sq. km.

(ii)

2,50,000 sq. km

(iii)

3,00,000 sq. km.

(iv)

1,50,000 sq. km
Q-2 The river that flows through the Thar Desert is the

(i)

Betwa

(ii)

Chambal

(iii)

Son

(iv)

Luni
Q-3 The small hills of sand in a desert are called

(i)

Sand hills

(ii)

Sand dunes

(iii)

Mountains

(iv)

The Thar Desert
Chapter-2   The Plateaus
Q-1 Write short answers :
(1) Name the four major parts of the plateau region.
(2) Which minerals are found in the Chota Nagpur Plateau?
(3) Name the major rivers of the Peninsular Plateau.
Q-2 Answer the following questions :
(1) Describe the extent and shape of the Peninsular Plateau of India.
(2) Describe the Deccan Plateau
Q-3 Fill up the blanks with the suitable words given in the brackets:
(1) The …………..…………..form the southern boundary of the Malwa Plateau. (Vindhyanchal ranges/ Rajmahal hills)
(2) The …………..Plateau is very rich in minerals. (Deccan/ Chota Nagpur)
(3) The ………….. Plateau has black soils. (Malwa/ Deccan)
(4) The ………….. Gap lies between the Nilgiri hills and the Cardamom hills. (Palghat/ Bhor ghat)
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 A table land with a flat top, raised above the surrounding land is called:

(i)

a desert

(ii)

a plateau

(iii)

a plain

(iv)

a mountain
Q-2 The average height of a plateau region varies between

(i)

3000 and 5000 metres

(ii)

5000 and 7000 metres

(iii)

1000 and 3000 metres

(iv)

1000 and 2000 metres
Q-3 The average height of Malwa Plateau is

(i)

1000 metres

(ii)

3000 metres

(iii)

700 metres

(iv)

1300 metres
Chapter-3   The Coastal Plains and the Islands
Q-1 Tick (✓) the correct word :
(1) The coastline of India is ____________ long. (7500 km /5500 km)
(2) ___________is a port located on the Northern Circars Coast. (Paradeep / Chennai)
(3) ______________ is the point where the Eastern and the Western Coastal Plains meet each other.(Kanyakumari / Gulf of Khambat )
(4) Lakshadweep Islands are situated in _____________. (The Indian Ocean /The Arabian Sea)
Q-2 Write short answers :
(1) What is the extent of the Indian coastline?
(2) Name the two rivers which make deltas and two rivers which make estuaries.
Q-3 Write long answers :
(1) How does the Eastern Coastal Plain differ from the Western Coastal Plain?
(2) How are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands different from the Lakshadweep Islands?
Q-4 Write True or False against each statement:
(1) The Konkan Coast is full of backwaters.
(2) The Northern Circars is the southern part of the Eastern Coastal Plain.
(3) The Indira Point is in the Andaman Islands.
(4) Lagoons are also called backwaters.
(5) Malabar is situated on the Western Coastal Plain.
Chapter-4   The Climate of India
Q-1 Fill up the blanks with the suitable words given in the brackets:
(1) Dust storms are common in ___________ season.(winter / summer)
(2) Droughts are caused due to ___________ of rain.(scarcity / abundance)
(3) _____________ blows in the winter season. (Loo / Cold wave)
(4) The nights are _____________ and the days are _________in winter. (shorter / longer)
(5) The rainy season starts in India in the month of __________ . (July / June)
Q-2 Write short answers :
(1) Which place in India receives the highest rainfall?
(2) Which parts of India receive rain in winter?
(3) Which parts of India receive minimum rainfall?
Q-3 Answer the following questions:
(1) Why does our country have different climates? Name the three main seasons in India.
(2) When does India receive most of the rainfall? Which month receives the maximum rainfall in India?
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The rainy season lasts from

(i)

March to June

(ii)

October to December

(iii)

July to September

Q-2 The summer season lasts from

(i)

March to June

(ii)

October to December

(iii)

July to September
Q-3 India can be divided into ________ climatic zones

(i)

four

(ii)

five

(iii)

three
Q-4 The winter season lasts from

(i)

March to June

(ii)

October to December

(iii)

October to February

Chapter-5   Animal Wealth of India
Q-1 Answer the following questions:
(1) What is dairying ?
(2) What is White Revolution ?
Q-2 Fill up the blanks:
(1) Sheep and goats provide milk, wool and ___________ .
(2) Chickens, turkeys and other birds are raised on a farm called __________ .
(3) White Revolution aims at increasing __________ production.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Fish are raised in farms. This is called

(i)

Poultry

(ii)

Dairying

(iii)

Pisciculture

Chapter-6   Human Resources
Q-1 Answer the following questions :
(1) Why are people the best of all resources?
(2) What is the greatest problem of our country?
(3) How has the rapid growth of population affected our life?
(4) What efforts are being made to improve the human resources in India?
Q-2 Fill up the blanks:
(1) The _________ of a country are its greatest resources.
(2) The _________ of people is more important for a country.
(3) India has a large _________ too.
Q-3 Write True or False against each statement:
(1) Agriculture is the main source of livelihood in villages.
(2) Natural resources alone make a country great and prosperous.
(3) India is lucky to have a large population.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The resources which alone cannot make a country great and prosperous.

(i)

Natural resources

(ii)

Human resources

(iii)

Economic resources

(iv)

Healthcare resources
Q-2 India is lucky to have a vast store of natural resource like

(i)

soil

(ii)

water

(iii)

forests

(iv)

All of these

Q-3 Due to increase in population the demand for the following increases

(i)

Food

(ii)

Fruit

(iii)

Education

(iv)

Resources
Chapter-7   Our Agriculture
Q-1 Write short answers :
(1) Name the two major seasons of India for growing crops.
(2) Where is wheat chiefly grown?.
(3) Name the major rice producing states of India.
(4) Where is tea grown in India?
Q-2 Answer the following questions:
(1) Why is India called an agricultural country?
(2) What is meant by cash crops? Name any two of them.
(3) What do you mean by the Green Revolution?
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Tools for primitive subsistence farming are

(i)

hoe

(ii)

dao

(iii)

digging sticks

(iv)

All of these

Q-2 In intensive subsistence farming we use the following:

(i)

hoe

(ii)

tractors

(iii)

insecticides

(iv)

digging sticks
Q-3 For commercial farming we use the following

(i)

hoe

(ii)

tractors

(iii)

high-yielding seeds

(iv)

large area of land
Chapter-8   Industries in India
Q-1 Write short answers :
(1) What is an industry?
(2) Name the three main types of industries in India.
(3) Where is the iron and steel industry located in India?
(4) Which industry is the largest and oldest in India?
(5) Describe the textile industry of India.
Q-2 Answer the following questions :
(1) What are the factors of production?
(2) Differentiate between a large-scale and a small scale industry giving suitable examples.
Q-3 Write short answers :
(1) What is an industry?
(2) Name the three main types of industries in India.
(3) Where is the iron and steel industry located in India?
(4) Which industry is the largest and oldest in India?
(5) Describe the textile industry of India.
Q-4 Answer the following questions :
(1) What are the factors of production?
(2) Differentiate between a large-scale and a small scale industry giving suitable examples.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The key industrial economic sector is

(i)

primary sector

(ii)

small sector

(iii)

private industries

(iv)

large-scale industries
Q-2 The cottage industries include the following

(i)

soap making

(ii)

hosiery goods

(iii)

cement making

(iv)

iron and steel
Q-3 The small scale industries include the following

(i)

TV and radio

(ii)

shoe making

(iii)

cloth-weaving

(iv)

agriculture
Q-4 The large-scale industries include the following:

(i)

ship building

(ii)

hosiery goods

(iii)

candle making

(iv)

cloth weaving
Chapter-9   Means of Communication
Q-1 Answer the following questions:
(1) What do you understand by the means of communication?
(2) What are the different means of mass communication?
(3) What are the most popular means of communication?
(4) How were messages sent and received in ancient times?
(5) Name some modern means of communication that have come up with the revolution of IT.
Q-2 Match the two columns:
Q-3 Fill up the blanks:
(1) We use different means of _________ for different purposes.
(2) The most common and cheapest means of sending and receiving messages is through the __________ .
(3) _________ is the fastest means of sending letters through mail.
(4) __________ is used for sending and receiving letters to and from abroad.
(5) The communication by telephone is called ______________.
Chapter-10   People of the Desert
Q-1 Choose the correct option :
(1) A desert has ______________ vegetation. (sparse / dense)
(2) The __________ canal has changed the face of the desert. (Bhakra / Indira Gandhi)
(3) The desert people are called _______________ . (Banjaras / Rajasthani)
(4) The houses in a desert are made of _____________ . (mud / cement)
Q-2 Answer the following questions:
(1) How do people live in a desert?
(2) How is the camel useful to the people of the desert?
Chapter-11   People of the Plateau Region
Q-1 Tick (✓) the correct option :
(1) Panna is famous for ___________ . (diamonds / gold)
(2) __________ is a famous dance of Karnataka. (Yakshagana / Kuchipudi)
(3) Pongal is a famous festival of ____________ . (Tamil Nadu / Maharashtra)
(4) The Chitrakota waterfall is in_______ . (Chhatisgarh/Jharkhand)
(5) __________ is the capital of Chhattisgarh. (Ranchi/Raipur)
(6) __________ is the largest industrial city of Jharkhand.(Jamshedpur/Ahmedbad)
Q-2 Answer the following questions:
(1) Which major festivals are celebrated in Maharashtra and Karnataka?
(2) What is Bengaluru famous for?
(3) Name the main tribes living in the plateau region.
(4) Name three important dishes of the Tamilian food.
(5) What do you know about Chhattisgarh?
Chapter-12   People of the Eastern Coastal Plains and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q-1 Write short answers :
(1) Name the states included in the eastern coastal plains.
(2) Name the three water bodies that meet at Kanyakumari.
Q-2 Answer the following questions :
(1) What are the important places in Odisha?
(2) What all do you know about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Q-3 Match the following columns:
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The capital of West Bengal is

(i)

Kolkata

(ii)

Behrampur

(iii)

Durgapur

(iv)

Asansol
Q-2 The Jagannath temple is located in

(i)

West Bengal

(ii)

Odisha

(iii)

Assam

(iv)

Bihar
Q-3 The capital of Andhra Pradesh is

(i)

Vijayawada

(ii)

Amaravati

(iii)

Vishakhapatnam

(iv)

Rajahmundri
Q-4 The Cellular Jail is located in

(i)

Kanyakumari

(ii)

Port Blair

(iii)

Rameshwaram

(iv)

Hyderabad
Chapter-13   Art and Architecture
Q-1 Answer the following questions:
(1) Give the examples of three classical dances of India.
(2) Name the earliest known writing system that came to India around 2500 BC.
(3) Give two examples of cave temples.
(4) Name two works of Kalidasa.
(5) Which Indian won t he Nobel Prize for literature?
Q-2 Match the two columns:
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Abhigyan Shakuntalam was written by

(i)

Tulsidas

(ii)

Surdas

(iii)

Premchand

(iv)

Kalidas

Q-2 Rabindranath Tagore was a great

(i)

poet

(ii)

writer.

(iii)

musician

(iv)

artist
Q-3 Pandit Ravi Shankar is a

(i)

sitar player

(ii)

sarod player

(iii)

flute player

(iv)

tabla player
Q-4 Garba is a famous dance of

(i)

Assam

(ii)

Punjab

(iii)

Gujarat

(iv)

Rajasthan
Chapter-14   Our Rights and Duties
Q-1 Answer the following questions:
(1) What type of a republic is our country?
(2) What does a secular government mean?
(3) What are the Fundamental Rights? Make a list of them.
(4) What are the Directive Principles of State Policy in our Constitution?
Q-2 Fill up the blanks:
(1) India is the largest _________ in the world.
(2) __________ and __________ go together.
(3) All citizens are ___________ before the law.
(4) We should use our right to freedom __________.
(5) India is a __________ ______________ __________ ___________ Republic.
(6) We should obey the ____________ of the land.
(7) We must protect our ______________ and __________.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The Constitution of India was adopted on

(i)

26 January

(ii)

15 August

(iii)

2 October

(iv)

none of them
Q-2 The Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee was

(i)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(ii)

Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad

(iii)

Mahatma Gandhi

(iv)

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Q-3 A written document of the sets of rules and regulations as to how a government should function is called

(i)

Fundamental Rights

(ii)

Constitution

(iii)

Preamble

(iv)

Fundamental Duties