Chapter-8[ Human-Environment Interactions: The Tropical and subtropical region]
1. Toucans are a type of
a) birds
b) animals
c) crops
d) fish
Answer. a. Birds.
Toucans are types of birds ( brilliantly colored plumage) in the tropical rainforest of Brazil.
2. Manioc is the staple food of
a) Ganga Basin
b) Africa
c) Amazon
d) Ladakh
Answer. c. Amazon.
Manioc is also known as cassava and it grows underground like potatoes.
3. Kolkata is located on the river
a) Orange
b) Hooghly
c) Bhagirath
d) Brahmaputra
Answer. b, Hooghly.
Kolkata is located on the river.
4. Deodars and fir are a type of
a) Coniferous trees
b) Deciduous trees
c) shrubs
d) tropical rainforest
Answer. a. Coniferous trees
Deodars and firs are softwood trees and they are kinds of coniferous trees.
5. Bengal tiger is found in
a) mountains
b) delta area
c) Amazon
d) Himalayan region
Answer. b. Delta area
The Bengal tiger is found in delta areas.
6. Match the following.
i) Cotton textile (a) Assam
ii) Maloca (b) Sericulture
iii) Piranha (c) Slanting roof
iv) Silk worm (d) Ganga plain
v) Kaziranga (e) Fish
(f) Varanasi
Answer.
- Cotton textile- Varanasi
- Maloca is a type of house structure with a Slanting roof and it is most prominent in the rainforest region.
- Piranha is a type of fish found in the Amazon river.
- Silk worm-Sericulture
- Kaziranga-Assam
7. What are the latitudinal values of the equatorial region or tropical region?
a) 5°N and 5°S
b) 10°N and 10°S
c) 15°N and 15°S
d) 20°N and 20°S
Answer. b) 10°N and 10°S
8. Which of the following country is part of the Amazon basin system?
a) Chile
b) Bolivia
c) Argentina
d) Uruguay
Answer. b) Bolivia
9. Which of the following is the largest river basin in the world?
a) Nile
b) Amazon
c) Ganga
d) Indus
Answer. b) Amazon
10. Which of the following country is a landlocked country in South America?
a) Colombia
b) Bolivia
c) Uruguay
d) Argentina
Answer. b) Bolivia
11. Which of the following country is a landlocked country in South America?
a) Colombia
b) Bolivia
c) Uruguay
d) Argentina
Answer. b) Bolivia
12. Which of the following country is a landlocked country in South America?
a) Colombia
b) Paraguay
c) Uruguay
d) Argentina
Answer. b) Paraguay
12. the Equator does not pass through which of the following South American countries?
a) Ecuador
b) Colombia
c) Brazil
d) Venezuela
Answer. d) Venezuela
13. the tropic of Capricorn does not pass through which of the following South American countries?
a) Chine
b) Bolivia
c) Paraguay
d) Brazil
Answer. b) Bolivia
14. Which of the following are plant parasites in the amazon basin?
a) Orchids
b) Bromeliads
c) Both a & b
d) None
Answer. c) Both a & b
15. Which of the following birds are commonly found in the Amazon basin?
a) Toucans
b) Hummingbirds
c) Bird of paradise
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
16. Which of the following is flesh-eating Piranha fish?
a) Piranha
b) Rohu
c) Catla
d) Hilsa
Answer. a) Piranha
17. Staple food of the Amazon basin is called?
a) Rice-fish
b) Sweet-potato
c) Manioc
d) Queen ants
Answer. c) Manioc is also known as cassava.
18. Which of the following is not a major cash crop in the Amazon basin?
a) Cotton
b) Coffee
c) Maize
d) Cocoa
Answer. a) Cotton
19. Large apartment-like houses with steeply slanting roofs in the Amazon basin are known as?
a) Maloca
b) Manioc
c) cassava.
d) Amazon hut
Answer. a) Maloca
20. Amazon basin lies in which region?
a) Tropical region
b) Sub-tropical region
c) Temperate region
d) Taiga region
Answer. a) Tropical region
21. Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies in which region?
a) Tropical region
b) Sub-tropical region
c) Temperate region
d) Taiga region
Answer. b) Sub-tropical region[ 10°N to 30°N]
22. Which of the following is not a major cash crop in the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin?
a) Sugarcane
b) Tea
c) Jute
d) Coffee
Answer. d) Coffee
23. Which of the following state has the highest population density in India?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) West Bengal
d) Goa
Answer. b) Bihar(1102), West Bengal(1029), Goa(394)
24. Which of the following tree is not a coniferous tree?
a) Pine
b) Deodar
c) Fir
d) Neem
Answer. d) Neem is a tropical deciduous tree. Pine, deodar, and fir are coniferous trees.
25. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on which date?
a) 2nd October 2014
b) 2nd October 2015
c) 2nd October 2016
d) 2nd October 2019
Answer. a) 2nd October 2014
26. Which of the following city is not on the bank of the Ganga river?
a) Kanpur
b) Varanasi
c) Lucknow
d) Agra
Answer. d) Agra
Agra is on the bank of the Yamuna river.
27. Bara imambara is located in ?
a) Kanpur
b) Varanasi
c) Lucknow
d) Agra
Answer. c) Lucknow
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