Geography

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) Which winds bring rainfall in India? Why is it so important? (b) Name the different seasons in India. (c) What is natural vegetation? (d) Name the different types of vegetation found in India? (e) What is the difference between evergreen forest and deciduous forest? (f) Why is tropical rainforest also … [Read more...] about Chapter 8 India Climate – Vegetation and Wildlife

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) Name the major physical divisions of India. (b) India shares its land boundaries with seven countries. Name them. (c) Which two major rivers fall into the Arabian Sea? (d) Name the delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. (e) How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common … [Read more...] about Chapter 7 Our Country India

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What are the major landforms? (b) What is the difference between a mountain and a plateau? (c) What are the different types of mountains? (d) How are mountains useful to man? (e) How are plains formed? (f) Why are the river plains thickly populated? (g) Why are mountains thinly populated? Answer  (a) The … [Read more...] about Chapter 6 Major Landforms of the Earth

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What are the four major domains of the earth? (b) Name the major continents of the earth. (c) Name the two continents that lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. (d) Name the different layers of atmosphere. (e) Why is the earth called the ‘blue planet’? (f) Why is the Northern Hemisphere called the Land … [Read more...] about Chapter 5 Major Domains of the Earth

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What are the three components of a map? (b) What are the four cardinal directions? (c) What do you mean by the term ‘the scale of the map’? (d) How are maps more helpful than a globe? (e) Distinguish between a map and a plan. (f) Which map provides detailed information? (g) How do symbols help in reading … [Read more...] about Chapter 4 Maps

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What is the angle of inclination of the earth’s axis with its orbital plane? (b) Define rotation and revolution. (c) What is a leap year? (d) Differentiate between the Summer and Winter Solstice. (e) What is an equinox? (f) Why does the Southern Hemisphere experience Winter and Summer Solstice in different times … [Read more...] about Chapter 3 Motions of the Earth

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What is the true shape of the earth? (b) What is a globe? (c) What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer? (d) What are the three heat zones of the Earth? (e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude? (f) Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat? (g) Why is it 5.30 p.m. in … [Read more...] about Chapter 2 Globe Latitudes and Longitudes

Question 1 Answer the following questions briefly. (a) How does a planet differ from a star? (b) What is meant by the ‘Solar System’? (c) Name all the planets according to their distance from the sun. (d) Why is the Earth called a unique planet? (e) Why do we see only one side of the moon always? (f) What is the Universe ? Answer … [Read more...] about Chapter 1 The Earth in the Solar System