(Refer to pages 7 11 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Answer the following:

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(a) Who promulgated the theory of continental drift?

(b) At what height from the sea level is the ozone layer located?

(c) Which is the active volcano in Ecuador?

(d) How much time does Saturn takes to revolve around the sun?

(e) When was a new planet called Sedna discovered?

(f) During a solar eclipse, which celestial body casts a shadow on the earth?

(g) How much time does the moon take to revolve around the earth?

(h) If Saturn is put in water, it will float. What causes it to float

(i) How many moons does Jupiter have?

(j) What is the surface temperature of the sun?

(k) What is the surface temperature of Mars?

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2. Write down the names of the rivers on the banks of which these Indian cities are located:

3. Name the capitals of the following states in India:

(a) Guwahati:

(b) Vijayawada:

(c) Madurai:

(d) Leh:

(e) Nanded:

(a) the state which has summer and winter capitals:

(b) the state in which the river Ganga has its source:

(c) the state through which the river Tungabhadra flows:

(d) the state in which Doda Betta is located:

(e) the state in which the Mizo Hills are located:

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(Refer to pages 1218 and 2022 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Name the state in India in which the following features can be found:

2. Refer to the maps of India on pages 2022 and name the following:

(a) the Pir Panjal and Banihal Passes:

(b) the Rann of Kachchh:

(c) the Sambar Salt Lake:

(d) Rameswaramthe birth place of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam:

(e) the confluence of the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra:

(f) the Krishnarajasagara Reservoir:

(g) the 2695 mhigh Anaimudi Peak in the Anaimalai Hills:

(h) the Ladakh Range:

(i) Kanniyakumari, where the Arabian Sea joins the Bay of Bengal:

(j) Allahabad at the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, where

a Mahakumbh is held once in every 12 years:

(a) a border town in Jammu and Kashmir where a major earthquake occurred in 2005 resulting

in the death of 20,000 people (approx.):

(b) a state on the Malabar coast with a tropical wet climate:

(c) a hilly state in the north which receives an annual rainfall of

less than 20 cm:

(d) two states, one in the south and the other in the northeast which receive annual rainfalls of

over 400 cm : and

e) the states in the Western Ghats which experience annual temperature between 16.0 and

20 celsius:

(f) two states in South India in which coastal areas experience annual temperatures of over

27.5 celsius: and

(g) the direction of winds over the Arabian Sea in July:

(h) a state with the maximum rainfall in the month of January:

(i) a state with the maximum temperature in the month of January:

(j) two places, one in Himachal Pradesh and the other in Uttarakhand which experience their

coolest temperatures in April: and

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WORKSHEET II

(Refer to pages 19, 2325, 2729 and 3233 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Tick the correct answer:

2. Name the state which is the leading producer of the following crops:

3. Answer the following questions in your notebook:

If you took a train from New Delhi to Chennai

If you drove along the National Highway from Mumbai to Kozhikode....

(a) the second largest river basin area is the Godavari/Indus

(b) the largest forest area is Madhya Pradesh/Arunachal Pradesh

(c) the Gandhi Sagar Dam is on the river Banas/Chambal

(d) the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is on the river Krishna/Tungabhadra

(e) the nuclear power station in Karnataka is in Kaiga/Kalinadi

(f) the hydel power station in Odisha is Talcher/Hirakud

(a) rice: (d) maize:

(b) jowar: (e) cotton:

(c) ragi:

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(i) how many railway zones would you cross? Name them.

(ii) which states would you go through? Name their capital cities.

(iii) which town would you find to be midway between New Delhi and Chennai?

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(i) which states would you drive through?

(ii) which town would you find to be almost midway between Mumbai and Kozhikode

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WORKSHEET III

4. Name the minerals found in the following places:

5. Name the following places:

(a) Sindhudurg in Maharashtra:

(b) Rakha in Jharkhand:

(c) Sundargarh in Odisha:

(d) Kottagudem in Telangana:

(e) Neyveli in Tamil Nadu:

(a) the cities in India where ships are built:

(b) the town near Chennai in Tamil Nadu which is famous for silk weaving:

(c) the town in Gujarat which is famous for dairy products:

(d) the place in Punjab where coaches are manufactured:

(e) the place near Adilabad in Telangana where paper is made:

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((Refer to pages 36 and 37 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Mark the location and the name of the places on the map given below using the following

clues:

(a) the place where cultural heritage Taj Mahal is situated:

(b) the wildlife sanctuary in Odisha famous for its white tiger:

(c) the Gateway of India in Maharashtra is at:

(d) the Sun Temple near Puri in is at:

(e) the richest of the Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Venkateswara in A.P.:

(f) the monolithic statue of Jain Saint Gomateswara near Mysuru in Karnataka:

(g) the queen of hill stations in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu:

(h) the place in Uttarakhand where the river Yamuna has its source:

Odisha

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WORKSHEET IV

(Refer to pages 3839 and inside front cover of The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Answer the questions below:

(a) What is the decadal growth in per cent of population between 2001 and 2011?

(b) What is the density of population in 2011 (persons per sq. km.)?

(c) What is the total geographical area?

(d) What is the total population?

(e) Name the state having the highest density of population?

(f) What is the total number of literates?

(g) What is the sex ratio (females per 1000 males)?

(h) Which state has the lowest level of literacy in India?

(i) How many scheduled languages are there in India?

(j) What is the percentage of circulation of dailies in Hindi?

(k) How many states are there in India?

(l) Name the national capital territory of India.

(m) Which script was used during 500 ?

(n) How many scripts do you find on a latest currency note?

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WORKSHEET V

(o) Which language is spoken by the majority of the people in Mizoram?

(p) Which is the national language that is spoken in most of the states of India?

(a) Bhakra highest dam Assam

(b) Indira point southernmost point Punjab

(c) Jog falls highest waterfalls Rajasthan

(d) Majuli worlds largest riverine island Karnataka

(e) Alwar hottest place Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(a) the longest river:

(b) the largest plateau:

(c) the largest ocean island:

(d) the largest state:

(e) the most populous state:

2. Match the following geographic extremes in column A with their states in column B:

A B

3. Name the following in India:

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(Refer to pages 4042 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Answer the following questions in your notebook:

(a) Along which river did the Indus Valley Civilisation flourish?

(b) In which civilisation do you find the Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa settlements?

(c) Which kingdoms existed during the sixth century ?

(d) Where can Asokas famous Stupas be found in India?

(e) Which was the capital town of the Kushan empire?

(f) Which well-known king marched towards south India during Guptas rule ?

(g) To which university did Emperor Harsha give grants for its development?

(h) Look at the map of India during the ninth century. Now, name the kingdoms which ruled the

area

(i) for which Tanjavur was the capital

(ii) of coastal Kerala

(i) Who built the Qutub Minar?

(j) Which ruler shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and back to Delhi?

(k) Name the different provinces during Akbars reign.

(l) Which parts of India were occupied by the British and other foreigners during 1772 ?

Name the towns falling under these occupations.

(m)Name the centres of revolt during the British rule in 1857?

(n) Which was the capital town of British India during the early twentieth century?

(o) When did Bangladesh become an independent nation?

(p) When was Goa made a state and Pondicherry a UT? Who possessed them during

19131947?

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(q) What are the capitals of the new states created in 2000? Which rule were these states

under during

2. Collect pictures/photographs of the following and paste them into the boxes below:

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(a) Sanchi Stupa (b) remains of Nalanda (c) Buland Darwaza

(d) Lord Mountbatten(f) Sardar Vallabhai Patel(e) Swami Vivekananda

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(Refer to pages 4455 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Name the straits between:

2. Fill in the blanks:

3. Refer to the thematic maps and answer the following questions:

4. Unscramble the words in capital letters below and write them down in the spaces provided:

5. Match the physical features in column A with their respective countries listed in column B.

A B

(a) Flores Island and Sumba Island:

(b) Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido Island:

(c) Iran and Oman:

(d) Taiwan and Luzon Island:

(e) India and Sri Lanka:

(a) country that is totally situated in Borneo Island.

(b) New Guinea belongs to and continents.

(c) Timor island belongs to and nations.

(d) Seven countries in west Asia make up Peninsula.

(a) What is the annual rainfall in most of the areas in Saudi Arabia?

(b) What is the type of vegetation that covers most of Japan?

(d) What is the major economic activity of Kazakhstan?

(a) EYRBHK pass is located south of Peshawar:

(b) the city of NKGBKOA is on the banks of the River Chao Phraya:

(c) HONPM ENPH is the capital of Cambodia:

(d) ATVINEIEN is the capital of Laos:

(e) the river NAHCG IAJGN flows into the East China Sea:

(a) Sulaiman Range Oman

(b) Zagros Mountains Malaysia

(c) Deccan Philippines

(d) Tamabo Range Iran

(e) Akhdar Mountains North Korea

(f) Isthmus of Kra Pakistan

(g) Central Mountains India

(h) Hamgyong-sanmaek Thailand

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WORKSHEET VII

6. Make a word chain with the names of the capital cities of some Asian countries. The last letter

of the first name will be the first letter of the next name:

(a) Cambodia (c) Pakistan (e) United Arab Emirates

(b) Vietnam (d) Bangladesh

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(Refer to pages 5661 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Identify which of the following are mountains and which are peaks:

2. Name the following water bodies:

3. Match the countries in column A with the corresponding features in column B.

A B

(a) Apennines: (d) Sudety:

b) Mulhacen: (e) Puy de Sancy:

(c) Pyrenees:

(a) the sea between Russia and Ukraine:

(b) the channel between France and the United Kingdom:

(c) the strait between Albania and Italy:

(d) the sea between Greece and Turkey:

(e) the gulf between Sweden and Finland:

(f) the bay between France and Spain:

(g) the strait between Denmark and Norway:

(h) the Channel between Ireland and the United Kingdom:

(a) Russia Lake Inari

(b) Norway Balkan Mountains

(c) Denmark Hungarian Plain

(d) Finland Swabian Jura

(e) Poland Island Vesteralen

(f) Bulgaria Moravian Heights

(g) Hungary Ionian Islands

(h) Czech Republic Island Bornholm

(i) Greece Lake Ladoga

(j) Germany Vistula River

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WORKSHEET VIII

4. Name the following:

(a) a mountain range in England where Ouse River originates:

(b) the river on the bank of which Paris is located:

(c) the river on the banks of which London is situated:

(d) a mountain range in eastern Ireland:

(e) the provinces of Scotland, England and Wales together make:

(f) a sea between Ireland and the United Kingdom:

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Refer to pages 6269 in The Orient Blackswan School Atlas)

1. Answer the following questions:

2. Loop the capitals of the countries given in the word grid below:

(a) the name of the country where the coast is known as the Gold Coast:

(b) a small peninsula of Africa that connects Africa and Asia:

(c) the name of the depression in Egypt:

(d) Ahaggar Mountains are found in:

(e) a country that is completely landlocked by South Africa:

(f) the worlds biggest Coral Reef in Coral Sea:

(g) a strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea:

(h) the country to which Bismarck Archipelago belongs:

(i) the alphanumeric and latitude and longitude reference of Cairo:

(a) Libya (b) Uganda (c) Eritrea

(d) Somalia (e) Zimbabwe (f) South Africa

(g) Fiji (h) Australia (i) New Zealand

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((Refer to pages 7075 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Answer the following:

2. Name the water body into which the following rivers drain:

(a) a channel between Cuba and Mexico

(b) one of the biggest cities in Canada that is located on the west coast

(c) the mountain range that stretches from Canada to the U.S.A.

(d) the river on the banks on which New York is situated

(e) the island state in the Pacific Ocean that belongs to the U.S.A.

(f) the highest point in Canada

(g) the country in which the Yellowstone River is found

(h) the name of the coast that is the longest coast in central America

(i) the biggest island that belongs to Canada

(j) The Grand Canyon belongs to this state in the U.S.A.

(a) Columbia: (b) Savannah:

(c) Rio Grande: (d) Coco:

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WORKSHEET X

3. Match the countries in column A with the towns in column B.

A B

(a) Mexico Santo Domingo

(b) Jamaica Montreal

(c) Cuba Kingston

(d) Costa Rica Detroit

(e) Panama San Jose

(f) Canada Tegucigalpa

(g) Honduras Panama City

(h) Dominican Rep. Monterrey

(i) U.S.A. Managua

(j) Nicaragua Havana

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(Refer to pages 7680 in The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas)

1. Match the tributaries in column B with their rivers in column A.:

A B

2. Name the following :

3. Name the following water bodies:

(a) Orinoco Negro

(b) Amazon Pilcomayo

(c) Tocantins Guaviare

(d) Parana Araguaia

(a) Which country in South America does the Tropic of Capricorn divide almost equally into

two?

(b) Which one of the biggest mountain ranges stretches from Venezuela to Chile?

(c) Which two countries share the waters of Lake Titicaca?

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(d) Which countries in South America does the Equator pass through?

(e) Which two countries share the island Tierra del Fuego?

and

(f) Which is the only country in South America that is surrounded by the waters of the Pacific

and the Atlantic Oceans?

(g) In which country livestock ranching is the major economic activity?

(h) Which is the fifth largest continent that is also known as White Continent?

(a) Which are the two rivers that flow into the Rio de la Plata?

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(b) Which river forms the boundary of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil?

(c) Which is Venezuelas main river?

(d) Which is the highest waterfall in the world?

(e) Which is the largest lake in South America?

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