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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

CLASS: VII
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY
Chapter - 1
Question 1) Topographical maps are also known as _________ maps.
(a) Political (b) Topo (c) Physical
Question 2) The topographical maps in India are prepared by the _________.
(a) Survey of India (b) Survey of China (c) Survey of Punjab
Question 3) Hydrography features means –
(a) man made (b) land form (c) water bodies
Question 4) The first map was made more ________ ago.
(a) 100 years (b) 4000 years (c) 5000 years
Question 5) Mountains, valleys, contours, and cliff etc. are called __________
(a) water bodies (b) Relief features (c) man made features
Question 6) __________ use different colours to depict different features on a map.
(a) cartographers (b) doctors (c) Teachers
Question 7) Which colour is chosen for fresh water or oceans.
(a) Yellow (b) Red (c) Blue
Question 8) Which colour is chosen for showing cities?
(a) Red (b) Black (c) Blue
Question 9) Roads and railways are shown with _________ colours.
(a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Black
Question 10) Which colour is chosen for showing desert or historical sites?
(a) Brown (b) White (c) Black
Question 11) There are _________ways of representing a scale.
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four
Question 12) A verbal statement gives a _________ description of the scale.
(a) written (b) oral (c) graphical
Question 13) Representative fraction is a ________ description of the ratio of the map distance to the ground distance.
(a) Graphical (b) Verbal (c) numerical
Question 14) 1 : 10000 means that 1 cm on the map is equal to ten thousand centimeters on the _________
(a) water (b) ground (c) sky
Question 15) Vineyard is a __________ feature.
(a) hydrographic (b) vegetation (c) cultural
Question 16) The first was made in _________.
(a) Egypt (b) Mesopotamia (c) Babylonia
Question 17) A network of lines representing meridians and parallels with a coordinate grid is called _________
(a) Vegetation (b) Geographic graticule (c) hydrography
Question 18) 1 : 100000 scale map is considered _________ scale then a 1: 250000 scale map.
(a) larger (b) smaller (c) equal
Question 19) Which colour is used to show ice-caps?
(a) black (b) blue (c) white
Question 20) Ratio scale means –
(a) Map distance + scale (b) Map distance × scale (c) Map distance - scale
Question 21) On a map, distance can be measured in _________ ways
(a) four (b) two (c) five
Question 22) Which colour is used to represent low- lying land.
(a) Dark green (b) White (c) Brown
Question 23) Which colour is used for representing the deepest water?
(a) Light blue (b) dark blue (c) green
Question 24) Topographic maps are used to represent __________ phenomena.
(a) natural (b) natural & man made (c) man- made only
Question 25) Forest and orchards are represented in __________ colours.
(a) brown (b) black (c) green

Chapter – 2

Question 1) The blanket of atmosphere is __________ km thick.

(a) 500 km (b) 700 km (c) 700 m
Question 2) Colour less, odourless and tasteless blanket of gases is known as the _________.
(a) Troposphere (b) Exosphere (c) Atmosphere
Question 3) How many layers are there in atmosphere –
(a) Three (b) Five (c) Six
Question 4) The lowest layer of the atmosphere is _________.
(a) Troposphere (b) Exosphere (c) Mesosphere
Question 5) The gravitational pull of Exosphere is _________.
(a) Very strong (b) Very weak (c) Zero
Question 6) The word troposphere is derived from __________ term .
(a) Italian (b) Roman (c) Greek
Question 7) The temperature decreases by 10C for every _________ meters in Troposphere –
(a) 175 m (b) 165 m (c) 200 m
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Question 8) The Earth obsorbes the _________ heat.
(a) Moon (b) Sun (c) Stars
Question 9) Which layer stretches to 50 km above the Earth’s surface?
(a) Stratosphere (b) Exosphere (c) Mesosphere
Question 10) Which is the safest zone for flying jet aircrafts.
(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere
Question 11) Mesosphere stretches between __________ km above the Earth’s surface.
(a) 20 – 30 km (b) 40 – 50 km (c) 50 – 80 km
Question 12) Atmosphere has __________ percent oxygen.
(a) 78 (b) 21 (c) 0.9
Question 13) Which is the outermost layer of the Earth?
(a) Exosphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Mesosphere
Question 14) __________ is the biggest threat to the environment.
(a) cyclone (b) global warming (c) flood
Question 15) Ozone is a highly reactive gas containing _________ atoms of oxygen.
(a) Four (b) Three (c) Two
Question 16) __________ involves digging of the Earth’s surface
(a) Agriculture (b) Mining (c) air-pollution
Question 17) Plants use _________ for photosynthesis.
(a) oxygen (b) nitrogen (c) carbon dioxide
Question 18) Which gas is produced when bacteria break down the organic substances?
(a) oxygen (b) methane (c) nitrogen
Question 19) Tropopause is the thin layer between the troposphere and _________.
(a) Exosphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Thermosphere
Question 20) Which layer protects us from the harmful ultra-violet rays of the sun?
(a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere (c) Mesosphere
Question 21) The ozone in the atmosphere protects the _________ from the ultraviolet rays of the sun
(a) Moon (b) Earth (c) Oceans
Question 22) The quantity of argon in atmosphere is –
(a) 0.9% (b) 21% (c) 78%
Question 23) We can say that atmosphere stretches to about _________ km above the surface of the Earth.
(a) 2000 km (b) 1000 km (c) 50 km
Question 24) The temperature in thermosphere rises to around _________.
(a) 15000C (b) 20000C (c) 5000C
Question 25) The ecological balance of our planet is disturbed due to _________
(a) water (b) human activities (c) air

Chapter – 3

Question 1) The Earth rotates on its axis moving _________.

(a) east to west (b) west to east (c) north to south
Question 2) The Earth’s atmosphere presses with a force of about _________ kg per sq.cm at sea level.
(a) 1.03 kg (b) 10.30 kg (c) 100.3 kg
Question 3) Air pressure is measured in units called ________
(a) millimeters (b) millibars (c) milligrams
Question 4) The air closest to the _________ is denser.
(a) sun (b) moon (c) ground
Question 5) At high altitudes the air pressure is much _________.
(a) lower (b) warmer (c) slower
Question 6) When air cools down, it contracts and becomes _________.
(a) heavier (b) cooler (c) denser
Question 7) Which region of the earth gets direct rays of the sun?
(a) North Pole (b) South Pole (c) Equatorial
Question 8) Sub Tropical high pressure belt stretches between –
(a) 600 to 650N (b) 600 to 650S (c) 300 to 350N
Question 9) Earth spins fastest at the _________ .
(a) North Pole (b) equator (c) south pole
Question 10) Air pressure is measured by _________
(a) thermometer (b) barometer (c) hydrometer
Question 11) Westerlies are active with in 300 to 650 ________ of the Equator –
(a) South to west (b) North and south (c) East and west
Question 12) Permanent winds are of _________ types.
(a) Two (b) Four (c) Three
Question 13) Wind speed is measured with an instrument called the _________.
(a) anemometer (b) wind vane (c) Barometer
Question 14) Doldrums are equatorial low pressure belts between _________.
(a) 200N and 200S (b) 50N and 50S (c)200 Nand 200S
Question 15) Katabatic winds blow from __________ altitude area.
(a) high (b) low (c) equal
Question 16) Cyclonic rainfall occurs due to the meeting of warm and cold _________ masses.
(a) air (b) water (c) vapour
Question 17) _________ is the most prevalent form of precipitation.
(a) snow fall (b) rain (c) hail
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Question 18) Which are the highest clouds in the sky?
(a) cirrus (b) altostratus (c) cumulus
Question 19) The process of change from a liquid to a gaseous state is called _________.
(a) Precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation
Question 20) Water vapour is a form in a _________ state.
(a) solid (b) gaseous (c) liquid
Question 21) Anti- cyclones are generally ________ in shape.
(a) square (b) circular (c) rectangle
Question 22) Absolute humidity means amount of water present in _________.
(a) air (b) ocean (c) sky
Question 23) Breeze is a wind which blows at ________ speed.
(a) high (b) very high (c) low
Question 24) The higher the temperature the ________ is the pressure.
(a) higher (b) lower (c) equal
Question 25) A wind vane is used to measure wind ________.
(a) direction (b) speed (c) pressure

Chapter – 4

Question 1) Weather conditions are __________.

(a) permanent (b) temporary (c) fixed
Question 2) To learn about climate of a place, we have to take the __________ weather conditions.
(a) maximum (b) average (c) minimum
Question 3) Weather is the day to day _________ condition of a particular place.
(a) atmospheric (b) climatic (c) average
Question 4) Weather is determined for a _________ area.
(a) bigger (b) small (c) global
Question 5) Climate is the average atmospheric condition over a longer period of time –
(a) 5-10 years (b) 20 years (c) 30 – 35 years
Question 6) Weather forecast is based on the readings made by the _________ department.
(a) irrigation (b) metrological (c) communication
Question 7) At weather stations the variations in weather conditions are ________ recorded.
(a) continuously (b) rarely (c) often
Question 8) Many lives have been _________ because of weather forewarning.
(a) endangered (b) finished (c) saved
Question 9) Thermometer is a narrow glass tube filled with _________ and alcohol.
(a) water (b) mercury (c) acid
Question 10) There are _________ types of thermometer.
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four
Question 11) _________ and Fahrenheit are the two most common scales.
(a) Gram (b) Celsius (c) meter
Question 12) The minimum thermometer measures the _________ temperature.
(a) maximum (b) normal (c) lowest
Question 13) In a Celsius thermometer, the freezing point is _________.
(a) 100C (b) 00C (c) 1000C
Question 14) In a Fahrenheit thermometer, the boiling point is _________.
(a) 2120F (b) 1000C (c) 320F
Question 15) In a Fahrenheit thermometer, the Freezing point is ________.
(a) 00C (b) 320F (c) 2120F
Question 16) In the maximum thermometer, the mercury contracts when _________.
(a) heated (b) cooled (c) rises
Question 17) The mean monthly temperature is calculated by _________ the average temperature and by dividing by
total days.
(a) subtracting (b) adding (c) multiplying
Question 18) The _________ amount of water vapour present is called absolute humidity.
(a) minimum (b) maximum (c) actual
Question 19) _________ air sinks and gets compressed.
(a) hot (b) cold (c) normal
Question 20) When hot air rises, It forms a region of __________ pressure.
(a) high (b) low (c) nominal
Question 21) The ________ of wind is observed with the help of wind vane.
(a) speed (b) humidity (c) direction
Question 22) _________ is used to check the wind speed.
(a) Thermometer (b) anemometer (c) wind vane
Question 23) Isohyet is a line on a map that connects places having the same amount of _________.
(a) temperature (b) rainfall (c) humidity
Question 24) Humidity is the amount of _________ present in the air.
(a) water vapour (b) heat (c) dust
Question 25) Rainfall is measured by a _________.
(a) hygrometer (b) barometer (c) rain gauge
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Chapter – 5

Question 1) __________ is never free from earth quakes.

(a) Sun (b) Moon (c) Earth
Question 2) The Earth experiences almost ________ earthquakes every year
(a) 5000 (b) 50000 (c) 500
Question 3) Mount Vesuvius is _________ CE buried the city of Pompeii
(a) 79 CE (b) 89 CE (c) 69 CE
Question 4) The process, whereby the Earth’s face is modified and levelled is called ________.
(a) aggradation (b) denudation (c) gradation
Question 5) The estimated age of the oldest rocks is around _________ years.
(a) 4.9 billon (b) 3.9 billion (c) 3.0 billon
Question 6) About 90% of the Earth’s crust is made up of _________ rocks.
(a) igneous (b) sedimentary (c) metamorphic
Question 7) There are ________ types of rocks.
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four
Question 8) Igneous rocks are known as ________ rocks.
(a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Stratified
Question 9) Igneous rocks are formed by _______ and solidification of molten matter.
(a) heating (b) melting (c) cooling
Question 10) Early humans discovered ________ by striking two stones together.
(a) fire (b) water (c) Gas
Question 11) Fossil fuels are stored in ________.
(a) water (b) rocks (c) coal
Question 12) Geologists study samples of rocks to analyse the age of the ________.
(a) Moon (b) Sun (c) Earth
Question 13) The term metamorphosis means _________.
(a) change (b) remove (c) transfer
Question 14) H or O – horizon is the ________ layer of rotting organic matter that covers soil.
(a) Thick (b) Thin (c) Solid
Question 15) Planting of trees is called ________.
(a) deforestation (b) afforestation (c) terrace farming
Question 16) Thermal weathering is weathering due to change in _________.
(a) humidity (b) temperature (c) climate
Question 17) Parent bedrock is part of ________.
(a) C – Horizon (b) B – Horizon (c) D – Horizon
Question 18_ Terrace farming ________ the use of available fertile land.
(a) minimises (b) maximises (c) reduces
Question 19) Contour farming is practiced in areas with _________ rainfall.
(a) high (b) moderate (c) low
Question 20) ________ is one of the most important natural resources.
(a) Building (b) soil (c) roads
Question 21) There are _________ types of weathering
(a) Two (b) Three (c) many
Question 22) Chemical weathering takes place for more easily in a __________ climate.
(a) cold (b) warm & humid (c) arid
Question 23) Soil is formed in _________ layers.
(a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) upper
Question 24) Crystal growth weathering occurs in _________ ways.
(a) Three (b) Two (c) Four
Question 25) _________ weathering is also known as onion peeling.
(a) sheeting (b) granular disintegration (c) exfoliation