WorksheetsGRADE 8 GEOG REVISION
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Explain why many would have an increased difficulty in collecting water during a water shortage.
It was difficult because people have to queue up to to collect water during the water rationing exercise.
Crop yield decreases with decreased water supply. It became difficult to produce enough food to feed the people.
It became difficult because water became very scarce and people had to travel long distances in search of water to obtain them.
Prices of water will increase with water becoming scarce. Production costs will increase and costs of goods will increase too.
Gases like CH4, CO2, CO, CFCs are known as green house gases because
It helps the plants to grow
It is green in colour
It heats up the atmosphere
It is beneficial for humans
Erratic rainfall, floods and droughts are the result of
Monsoon Season
Desertification
Difference in atmospheric pressure
Climate change
What may happen to the use of coal in the future?
It may be the most important source of energy
It may have limited use
It may almost be exhausted therefore may not be in use
It will be used along with the renewable sources of energy.
Polluting rivers may cause shortage of water.
True
False
Which of these causes for water shortage may lead to political tension and wars in the future.
Many of the rivers in the world flow in more than one nation. Example river Euphrates flows from Turkey to Iraq.
Polluted water in cities can cause diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery.
In 2000 UN said 2 billion people across the world were short of clean, reliable water.
Rivers may become more polluted an people, crops and animals may die.
What is food insecurity?
Availability of unhealthy food
limited or unreliable access to foods that are safe and nutritionally adequate
reliable accessibility to food but no means to purchase it
insufficient intake of food
People are said to have a satisfactory diet when
They consume a large burger
They have access to food resources
They eat one small meal a day
They consume 1500 calories per day containing all the nutrients
Corruption may lead to unequal distribution of food
True
False
Mostly people in the developed country suffer from Malnutrition
True
False
Himalayas, Gangetic plains, Deccan Plateau, Sundarban Delta, etc are the
Physical features of India
Political features of India
Mountains of India
India is the seventh largest country of the world holding second largest population.
True
False
India has ______________ climate.
Tropical Climate
Monsoon Climate
Tropical Desert Climate
Tropical Monsoon Climate
The part of India that gets winter rainfall.
North West
South East
South West
North
Himalayan region has frequent earthquakes because
Indian plate is still moving towards Eurasian Plate
Eurasian plate is pushing back the Indian plate
There are landslides on the mountains
Movement of glaciers cause earthquakes
Name the wind shown in the image.
North East Monsoon Winds
South West Monsoon Winds
Eastern Monsoon Winds
Western Monsoon Winds
Rainfall in the Western Ghats and the Himalayas is called
Convectional Rainfall
Cyclonic Rainfall
Relief Rainfall
Frontal Rainfall
Advantage of monsoon rains is that it bring in excessive water in some places causing floods
True
False
Population density in India is high in
Gangetic Plains
Deccan Plateau
Western Ghats
East Indai
What does population pyramid of India Indicate
Population will decrease in Future
Population will remain the same in the future
Population will Increase in the future
None of the above
The population pyramid indicates that
Birth rate is higher than death rate
Death rate is higher than birth rate
birth and death rate are the same
The population pyramid of a __________ country would look like this.
DEVELOPED COUNTRY
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
What is the future prediction of population in the country with this population pyramid?
It will increase
It will decrease
It will remain the same
What does the population pyramid indicate ?
Higher dependent female population
Higher dependent male population
Lower dependent population
Higher working population
Identify the type of map given in the image.
Physical Map
Choropleth map
Political Map
Resource Map
Life Expectancy can be defined as
The average number of years a person is expected to be young dependents
The average number of years a person is expected to be independent and working.
The average number of years a person is expected to live
The average number of years a person is expected to live as Old dependent.
Forest and Hills are two natural features found on the map.
True
False
Buildings with four or five storeys that has up to 20 tenements with two room each.
Chawl
Shanty Settlement
Huts
Slums
Mumbai is one of the richest city in the world and offers good standard of living to all the people.
True
False
The most common occupation of people in Villages in India is
Industrial Workers
Business Men
Agricultural Workers
Medical Workers
