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WorksheetsVital Villages and Thriving Towns and Major landforms
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The use of iron began in the subcontinent around .
(a) 2000 years ago
(b) 3000 years ago
(c) 9000 years ago
(d) 5000 years ago
In Tamil region, ordinary ploughmen were known as:
(a) Vellalar
(b) Adimai
(c) Uzhavar
(d) Karmakara
Ring wells were used as :
(a) Toilets
(b) Drains
(c) garbage
(d) All of these
Northern Black Polished ware is a type of :
(a) Pottery
(b) Stamp
(c) Footwear
(d) Cloth
Dyeing vats were used to dye :
(a) Paper
(b) Candles
(c) Cloth
(d) None of these
Many of the cities that developed from about 2500
years ago were capitals of the (a) -
The earliest coins which were in use for about (a)
were punch marked coins.
(a) has been an important settlement for more
than 2500 years.
Arretine Ware was named after a city in Canada.
True
False
Extremely fine pottery was found in the southern
part of the sub-continent.
True
False
The ploughshare was used to increase agricultural production.
True
False
Arikamedu was a ________ settlement.
Small
Coastal
City
Hilly
Shrenis were associations of:
Herders
Rulers
farmers
Craftspersons
The village headman was known as the gramabhojka.
True
False
The Kushanas made Mathura their second capital.
True
False
Name the type of mountain that is formed by the process shown in the picture.
Volcanic Mountains
Block Mountains
Fold Mountains
Residual Mountains
How is the mountain in the picture formed?
accumulation of magma, ash and cinder
formation of cracks and fissures
when land between two fault lines subsides
wrapping of Earth's crust
____ are suitable for agriculture, settlement and transportation.
Plains
Plateaus
Rivers
Mountains
Example of an erosional plain is ________.
Northern Plains of India
Russian Platform
West Siberian
Yangtze Basin
Which of the following is not an agent of erosion and deposition?
Earthquake
Glaciers
Running water
Wind
The mountains differ from the hills in terms of ___________.
Elevation
Slope
Aspect
None of the above
Glaciers are found in:
The mountains
The plains
The plateaus
The hills
The River Yangzte flows in:
Australia
Japan
Brazil
China
Which of the following are examples of Young Fold Mountains?
The Aravalli's
The Himalayas
The Alps
Both b and c
Mt. Kilimanjaro of Africa and Mt. Fujiyama of Japan are examples of:
Young Fold Mountains
Old Fold Mountains
Block Mountains
Volcanic Mountains
Plateaus are useful because they are rich in mineral deposits.
True
False
The oldest plateau in India is:
Malwa Plateau
Chotanagpur Plateau
Deccan Plateau
Mewar Plateau
The highest Plateau in the world is:
East African Plateau
Tibetan Plateau
Western Plateau of Australia
Deccan Plateau
Hundru falls is in:
Chotanagpur Plateau
Deccan Plateau
Mewar Plateau
Malwa Plateau
The highest waterfall of India is:
Shimsha falls
Hogenakkal Falls
Coutallam Falls
Jog Falls
Most of the plains are formed by rivers and their tributaries.
True
False
Plains are not more than 200 meters above mean sea level.
False
True
In some mountains there are permanently frozen rivers of ice known as
graben
horsts
glaciers
none of these
The highest mountain of the world is
Mount Everest
K2
Mount Fuji
Mount Vesuvius
The Himalayas are
Fold Mountains
Block Mountains
Volcanic mountains
The lower blocks in Block Mountains are
graben
horsts
glaciers
none of these
Which landform is storehouse of water ?
Plains
Plateaus
Mountains
Deserts
Human habitation is mostly found in ?
mountain
Plateaus
plains
None of above
Life is difficult in ?
plain areas
plateau area
mountainous areas
Hydro-electricity generated by
sun
water
air
wind
Which is the oldest plateaus in the world
African plateau
Lava plateau
Deccan plateau
Tibet plateau
