Chapter 5

The Realms of the Earth

1. The student should write the name the place he is staying. Then mention the landform on
which the place is situated.
2. Ram visited Tibet which is called as the Roof of the world.
a) On what kind landform is Tibet situated?
b) Why is it called Roof of the world?
3. I went to Sri Lanka from the southern part of India by means of a small ship. It took me
about three hours to reach and on the way I crossed a Ocean.
a) Name the Ocean I crossed
b) Name the continents it is bounded by.
4. Fill in the blanks
a) The earth can be divided into four realms that is lithosphere, hydrosphere, ________
and biosphere.
b) The average height of ________ of the earth is 700m above the sea level.
c) ________ and _________ are most populous countries of Asia.
d) The ______ _________ in India, Ural mountain in Russia and Appalachians in USA are
examples of old mountains.
e) Most of the __________are the storehouses of minerals
f) It is ________ that dilutes oxygen and prevents the rapid burning at the earth’s surface.
g) Life exists only about _______ above the earth and _______ below the earth.
h) ________ and ________ differ from place to place as they require a certain habitat for
their growth and survival.
5. Multiple choice questions
A. The upper surface of the earth, consisting of thin layer of rock material is called
a) Hydrosphere b) Lithosphere c) Plateau d) Mountain
B. The continent that lies in the southern- most part of the Southern hemisphere
a) Antarctica b) South America c) Australia d) None
C. The continent through which all three that is equator, Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
passes
a) Asia b) Africa c) North America d) Australia
D. The gas that is very minute part of air still very important part of the atmosphere is
a) Oxygen b) carbon dioxide c) hydrogen d) Ozone
E. _____ creates imbalance between the plants and animal.
a) Land form b) Man c) atmosphere d) none
6. Match the following

Column A Column B
Plateau called Roof of world Biosphere
Third largest continent Plains
Young mountains in Europe Tibet
Landform that are densely North America
populated, have fertile soil
Narrow zone on earth that Alps
comprises all forms of organism

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 7. What realms make earth unique?
8. What forms the earth crust?
9. Which is the largest continent and give its extent?
10. Name the hottest continent and state if it is connected to any other continent with the name
of that continent.
11. What is known as the island continent?
12. Why was Africa also known as the dark continent?
13. Differentiate between old and new mountains.
14. How is a plateau different from plains?
15. How many km above and below the earth does life exists?
16. Name the two gases that make 99% of the air.
17. Where does the biosphere exist?
18. How is the rapid increase in human population effecting the human population?
19. What is responsible for different life forms in different part of the earth?
20. What covers the 71% of the earth surface? Name them.
21. Name the following
a) The largest Ocean
b) Ocean that is frozen for major part of the year
c) An old mountain
d) A new mountain
e) Third largest Continent
f) Link between the northern and Southern America
22. Name the seven continents and write two features about each of them.
23. To what extent does the atmosphere extends? How does the density of atmosphere
changes?
24. Which is the largest ocean? Name the continent that surrounds this ocean.
25. On the outline map of the world mark the following
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Asia
d) Australia
e) Europe

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 Chapter 6

India—My Motherland

1. The student should write the name the city and state he lives. Then state the name of the
country of the state.
2. I have a pen friend who stays in London. Name the country and continent I stay in and also
state the country and continent of my friend.
3. Ram was reading a book and he read that there is sub-tropical India. What do you
understand by term subtropical India?
4. Fill in the blanks
a) __________ is the second most populous country in the world after China.
b) India has remarkable cultural _________where people follow different languages,
religion and traditions.
c) India lies to the north of the ___________.
d) India shares its borders with Pakistan and_________ in the north- west.
e) Sri- Lanka is separated from India by __________ and Gulf of Mannar.
f) The northernmost range of the Himalayas is called the __________or __________.
g) The ________ is an arid region with a very high temperature and little annual rainfall.
h) The ________ _______ run along the coast of the Arabian Sea.
5. Multiple choice questions
A. India, being vast country, has been divided into ______ states.
a) 29 b) 26 c) 27 d) 20
B. The ______ is the world’s second highest peak.
a) Mount everest b) K2 peak c) Shivalik d) Himadri
C. The Eastern Ghats runs along the coasts of _________.
a) Arabian Sea b) Indian Ocean c) Bay of Bengal d) Sunderbans
D. The Sangam is situate in
a) Dehradun b) Allahabad c) Purvachachal d) Delhi
E. The southernmost tip of the mainland of India is
a) Kanyakumari b) Indira point c) Sri Lanka
6. Match the following

Column A Column B
The southernmost tip of Deccan plateau
mainland India
Standard Meridian of India Cactus and acacia
Sundarbans Kanya kumara
Vegetation of desert 82030’E
Southern part of plateau Delta
7. Which is the most populous country of the world?
8. Which latitude passes through India?
9. Why do say India lies in Eastern Hemisphere?
10. Which countries lie to west of India?
11. Why is an ocean named as Indian Ocean?
12. Which country is surrounded by India on three sides?
13. Name the 2 group of island that are part of India, State their location.

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 14. Why does India have its own Standard meridian?
15. What is the Time difference between IST and GMT?
16. Why are the northern mountains referred as young mountains?
17. Name the following
a) World’s second highest peak
b) Delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra
c) Largest glacier of India
d) 2 mountain ranges of northern mountais
e) Northern part of great peninsular plateau
f) Island formed by coral polyp
18. ‘The varied landforms of India are complementary to each other’, explain.
19. Which are the rivers of eastern coastal plain that fall into Bay of Bengal?
20. What is the basis on which states have been mainly organised?
21. How are eastern coastal plains different from western coastal plains?
22. What is the great peninsular plateau? State 3 important features of this.
23. Why the northern plains are densely populated?
24. Where do you find the Thar desert and what type of weather and vegetation it has?
25. Write a brief note on Himalayas.
26. On outline map of India mark the following
a) Eastern coastal plains
b) Western coastal plain
c) Deccan Plateau
d) Northern plains

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