Question 1.
What are the common needs of all the people?
(a) Food
(b) Toys
(c) Camera
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Food
Question 2.
The place where a river flows into another water body is called
(a) river’s mouth
(b) river’s nose
(c) river’s leg
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (a) river’s mouth
Question 3.
How is the climate of Amazon basin characterized?
(a) By cold and wet
(b) By hot and wet
(c) By dry or wet
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) By hot and wet
Question 4.
At night the temperature goes down in the Amazon basin but the humidity
(a) remains same
(b) remains low
(c) remains high
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (c) remains high
Question 5.
The forests are in fact so thick that the dense ‘roof is created by
(a) cement
(b) concrete
(c) leaves
(d) stones
Answer
Answer: (c) leaves
Question 6.
Toucans are the type of
(a) animals
(b) crops
(c) birds
(d) reptiles
Answer
Answer: (c) birds
Question 7.
Manioc food belongs to the area of
(a) South America
(b) South Africa
(c) Amazon area
(d) Ganga basin
Answer
Answer: (c) Amazon area
Question 8.
Where is one horned rhinoceros found?
(a) Brahmaputra plain
(b) Amazon basin
(c) Ghaghra plain
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Brahmaputra plain
Question 9.
What is the main occupation of the people living in Ganga-Brahmaputra basin?
(a) Fishing
(b) Lumbering
(c) Mining
(d) Agriculture
Answer
Answer: (d) Agriculture
Question 10.
Where is Bengal Tiger found?
(a) Mountain area
(b) Amazon basin
(c) Sundarbans delta
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Sundarbans delta
Question 11.
On which river bank are Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, located?
(a) River Ganga
(b) River Brahmaputra
(c) River Hooghly
(d) River Yamuna
Answer
Answer: (a) River Ganga
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Susu | (a) Variety of snakes |
| 2. Kolkata | (b) Important port |
| 3. Cassava | (c) Stored water in leaves |
| 4. Bromeliads | (d) Blind dolphin |
| 5. Anaconda and boa | (e) Underground root |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Susu | (d) Blind dolphin |
| 2. Kolkata | (b) Important port |
| 3. Cassava | (e) Underground root |
| 4. Bromeliads | (c) Stored water in leaves |
| 5. Anaconda and boa | (a) Variety of snakes |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. Women of warrior tribe in Roman empire were called ……………
Answer
Answer: Amazons
2. Small rivers that join a main river are called …………..
Answer
Answer: tributaries
3. Large houses called …………. have steep slanting roof.
Answer
Answer: maloca
4. West Bengal and Assam are known for ………… plantations.
Answer
Answer: tea
5. People in …………… eat queen ants and their eggs.
Answer
Answer: Amazon basin
State whether the given statements are true or false.
1. Spanish explorers discovered the Amazon river.
Answer
Answer: True
2. It rains only for two months in the Amazon basin.
Answer
Answer: False
3. The flesh eating piranha fish is found in Amazon river.
Answer
Answer: True
4. In the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta area, Bengal tiger, crocodiles and alligators are found.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Agra is on the confluence of river Ganga and Yamuna.
Answer
Answer: False