Human Environment: Settlement,

Transport and Communication Class 7

MCQs Questions with Answers
December 15, 2020 by Kishen

Question 1.
Where did early man live?
(a) On trees and in caves
(b) In kuchcha houses
(c) In pucca houses
(d) In huts

Answer

Answer: (a) On trees and in caves

Question 2.
Which type of settlement is occupied for a short time?
(a) Permanent settlements
(b) Temporary settlements
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Temporary settlements

Question 3.
The natural conditions for selection of an ideal site are
(a) favourite climate
(b) availability of water
(c) suitable land
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 4.
In which environment do people build slanting roofs of their houses?
(a) Heavy rainfall
(b) Bright sun light
(c) Heavy cold
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Heavy rainfall

Question 5.
In which of the following settlements are the people engaged in activities like
fishing, agriculture, craftswork etc.?
(a) Rural settlements
(b) Urban settlements
(c) Forestry settlements
(d) None of these

Answer
Answer: (a) Rural settlements

Question 6.
Why do people move from one place to other?
(a) For jobs
(b) For better education
(c) For medical facilities
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 7.
Roads built underground are called
(a) subways
(b) expressways
(c) airways
(d) flyovers

Answer

Answer: (a) subways

Question 8.
Which country has the largest railway network in Asia?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Japan

Answer

Answer: (b) India

Question 9.
Name the mode of transport used to reach an island.
(a) Train
(b) Ship
(c) Car
(d) Bus

Answer

Answer: (b) Ship

Question 10.
Which is the best means to transport to reach inaccessible areas?
(a) Airways
(b) Waterways
(c) Railways
(d) Roadways

Answer

Answer: (a) Airways

Question 11.
Which one of the following is NOT a means of communication?
(a) Table
(b) Mobile phone
(c) Newspaper
(d) Magazine

Answer

Answer: (a) Table

Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:

Column A Column B

(a) Manufacturing, trading,

1. Manali-Leh
services

2. Waterways (b) Highest rail route

(c) Agriculture, fishing,

3. Xining to Lhasa
forestry

4. Urban areas (d) Highest roadways

 (e) Cheapest mode of
5. Rural areas
transport

Answer
Answer:

Column A Column B

1. Manali-Leh (d) Highest roadways

(e) Cheapest mode of

2. Waterways
transport

3. Xining to Lhasa (b) Highest rail route

(a) Manufacturing, trading,

4. Urban areas
services

(c) Agriculture, fishing,

5. Rural areas
forestry

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. People of deserts or deep forests live in ………… settlements.

Answer

Answer: temporary
2. In regions of heavy rainfall houses have …………. roofs.

Answer

Answer: slanting

3. …………. are built over raised structures.

Answer

Answer: Flyovers

4. The Trans Siberian railways connect ………….. to …………….

Answer

Answer: St. Petersburg, Vladivastok

5. The place where building or a settlement develops is called ……………

Answer

Answer: site
State whether the given statements are true or false.

1. Settlements occupied for a shorter period of time are called temporary

settlements.

Answer

Answer: True

2. In areas of hot climate houses have slanting roofs.

Answer

Answer: False

3. In Tibet llamas are used as mode of transport.

Answer

Answer: False

4. Airways are the fastest and costliest means of transport.

Answer
Answer: True

5. Newspapers have made communication even faster.

Answer

Answer: False

Human Environment Interactions: The

Tropical and the Subtropical Region Class 7
MCQs Questions with Answers
December 15, 2020 by Kishen

Question 1.
What are the common needs of all the people?
(a) Food
(b) Toys
(c) Camera
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Food

Question 2.
The place where a river flows into another water body is called
(a) river’s mouth
(b) river’s nose
(c) river’s leg
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (a) river’s mouth

Question 3.
How is the climate of Amazon basin characterized?
(a) By cold and wet
(b) By hot and wet
(c) By dry or wet
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) By hot and wet

Question 4.
At night the temperature goes down in the Amazon basin but the humidity
(a) remains same
(b) remains low
(c) remains high
(d) none of these

Answer
Answer: (c) remains high

Question 5.
The forests are in fact so thick that the dense ‘roof is created by
(a) cement
(b) concrete
(c) leaves
(d) stones

Answer

Answer: (c) leaves

Question 6.
Toucans are the type of
(a) animals
(b) crops
(c) birds
(d) reptiles

Answer

Answer: (c) birds

Question 7.
Manioc food belongs to the area of
(a) South America
(b) South Africa
(c) Amazon area
(d) Ganga basin

Answer

Answer: (c) Amazon area

Question 8.
Where is one horned rhinoceros found?
(a) Brahmaputra plain
(b) Amazon basin
(c) Ghaghra plain
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Brahmaputra plain

Question 9.
What is the main occupation of the people living in Ganga-Brahmaputra basin?
(a) Fishing
(b) Lumbering
(c) Mining
(d) Agriculture

Answer

Answer: (d) Agriculture

Question 10.
Where is Bengal Tiger found?
(a) Mountain area
(b) Amazon basin
(c) Sundarbans delta
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Sundarbans delta

Question 11.
On which river bank are Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, located?
(a) River Ganga
(b) River Brahmaputra
(c) River Hooghly
(d) River Yamuna

Answer

Answer: (a) River Ganga

Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:

Column A Column B
 1. Susu (a) Variety of snakes

2. Kolkata (b) Important port

3. Cassava (c) Stored water in leaves

4. Bromeliads (d) Blind dolphin

5. Anaconda and boa (e) Underground root

Answer
Answer:

Column A Column B

1. Susu (d) Blind dolphin

2. Kolkata (b) Important port

3. Cassava (e) Underground root

4. Bromeliads (c) Stored water in leaves

5. Anaconda and boa (a) Variety of snakes

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. Women of warrior tribe in Roman empire were called ……………

Answer

Answer: Amazons

2. Small rivers that join a main river are called …………..

Answer

Answer: tributaries

3. Large houses called …………. have steep slanting roof.

Answer

Answer: maloca

4. West Bengal and Assam are known for ………… plantations.

Answer

Answer: tea
5. People in …………… eat queen ants and their eggs.

Answer

Answer: Amazon basin

State whether the given statements are true or false.

1. Spanish explorers discovered the Amazon river.

Answer

Answer: True

2. It rains only for two months in the Amazon basin.

Answer

Answer: False

3. The flesh eating piranha fish is found in Amazon river.

Answer

Answer: True
4. In the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta area, Bengal tiger, crocodiles and alligators
are found.

Answer

Answer: True

5. Agra is on the confluence of river Ganga and Yamuna.

Answer

Answer: False

Life in the Deserts Class 7 MCQs Questions

with Answers
December 15, 2020 by Kishen

Question 1.
Which region is characterised by extremely high or low temperature and has
scarce vegetation?
(a) Desert
(b) Fertile land
(c) Grassland
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Desert

Question 2.
How many countries touch Sahara desert?
(a) Eleven
(b) Thirteen
(c) Sixteen
(d) Twenty

Answer

Answer: (a) Eleven

Question 3.
What was the maximum temperature recorded at Al-Azizia in south of Tripoli in
Sahara desert in 1922?
(a) 48°C
(b) 48.7°C
(c) 57.7°C
(d) 39.7°C

Answer

Answer: (c) 57.7°C

Question 4.
The maximum temperature of Sahara during day time is about 50°C and at nights
it is
(a) 0°C
(b) 10°C
(c) 30°C
(d) 40°C

Answer

Answer: (a) 0°C

Question 5.
Which of these trees is not found in Sahara desert?
(a) Mango
(b) Date palm
(c) Acacia
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Mango

Question 6.
What is the energy product in great demand throughout the world?
(a) Uranium
(b) Fats
(c) Manganese
(d) Oil

Answer

Answer: (d) Oil

Question 7.
Which crop is famous in Egypt?
(a) Maize
(b) Wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Cotton

Question 8.
What are two words by which Ladakh is made of?
(a) La and Dak
(b) Lad and hakh
(c) Lad and akh
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) La and Dak

Question 9.
What is the capital of Ladakh?
(a) Jammu
(b) Srinagar
(c) New Delhi
(d) Leh

Answer
Answer: (d) Leh

Question 10.
What is the other name of Ladakh?
(a) Indus
(b) Kargil
(c) Khapa-chan
(d) Karakoram

Answer

Answer: (c) Khapa-chan

Question 11.
Which of the following birds are sighted in Ladakh?
(a) Robin
(b) Redstarts
(c) Raven
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 12.
Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) monastery
(b) church
(c) temple
(d) mosque

Answer

Answer: (a) monastery

Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:

Column A Column B

1. Chiru (a) Buddhist religion

(b) Depression with water

2. Willow tree
in deserts

3. Drass (c) Coldest place

4. Gangri (d) Shahtoosh

5. Gompas (e) Cricket bat

6. Oasis (f) Glacier

Answer
Answer:
 Column A Column B

1. Chiru (d) Shahtoosh

2. Willow tree (e) Cricket bat

3. Drass (c) Coldest place

4. Gangri (f) Glacier

5. Gompas (a) Buddhist religion

(b) Depression with water

6. Oasis
in deserts

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. Sahara desert touches the boundaries of …………… countries.

Answer

Answer: eleven
2. The People of Sahara wear heavy robes as a protection against …………… and
…………….

Answer

Answer: dust storms, hot winds

3. ………….. is enclosed by the Karakoram range in the north.

Answer

Answer: Ladakh

4. Yak’s milk is used to make ………….. and …………..

Answer

Answer: butter, cheese

5. Leh is connected to Kashmir through …………….. Pass.

Answer

Answer: Zoji la
6. ………….. is the most important river of Ladakh.

Answer

Answer: Indus

State whether the given statements are true or false:

1. Vegetation of Sahara includes cactus, date palms.

Answer

Answer: True

2. Area around oasis is infertile.

Answer

Answer: False

3. Hair of sheep and goats are used to make woollens.

Answer

Answer: True
4. Baralacha La is the name of pass between Manali and Leh.

Answer

Answer: True

5. Skeletons of fish have been found in Sahara desert.

Answer

Answer: True

6. Desert is a wet region with extreme high or low temperatures.

Answer

Answer: False