Chapter-9 [ Life in the Temperate Grasslands]
1. River Mississippi drains
a) Canada
b) Africa
c) the USA
d) Iraq
Answer. c. The USA
River Mississippi drains the USA and the mouth of the river Mississippi is the Atlantic sea.
2. Drakensberg Mountains bound the
a) Prairies
b) Velds
c) Pampas
d) Savana
Answer. b. Velds.
Drakensberg Mountains bound the Velds. Velds grassland is in the Eastern Part of South Africa.
3. Merino is a species of
a) fish
b) elephant
c) sheep
d) Camel
Answer. c. Sheep.
Merino is a species of sheep and they are famous for fine wool.
4. Kimberley is famous for
a) diamonds
b) silver
c) platinum
d) Gold
Answer. a. Diamonds.
Kimberley is famous for diamond fines and it is in South Africa.
5. Match the following.
i) Cowboys (a) Iron and Steel
ii) Gold (b) Prairies
iii) Kudu (c) Hot wind
iv) Chinook (d) Johannesburg
v) Coal (e) Animal
Answer.
- Large farms are called ranches in prairies and the boy who looks after ranches are called a cowboy.
- Johannesburg is famous for gold mines and it is also called the gold capital of the world.
- Popular animals of Velds are Lions, leopards, Cheetas, and Kudu.
- Chinook is hot winds that blow in winter in prairie grassland in the USA. Chinook winds increase the temperature in prairies melt the snow and enable the grasses to grow in winter.
- Coal is an important raw material for Iron and Steel.
6. Sahara is located in which part of Africa
a) eastern
b) northern
c) western
d) Southern
Answer. b. Northern.
Sahara is located in the northern part of Africa.
7. Sahara is what type of Desert
a) cold
b) hot
c) mild
d) temperate
Answer. b;
Sahara is a hot desert.
8. The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
a) Christians and Muslims
b) Buddhists and Muslims
c) Christians and Buddhists
d) Hindus and Buddhists
Answer. b.
The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by Buddhists and Muslims.
9. Deserts are characterized by
a) scanty vegetation
b) heavy precipitation
c) low evaporation
d) dense vegetation
Answer. a. scanty vegetation.
Deserts are characterized by:
Very low precipitation
High evaporation
Scanty vegetation
10. Hemis in Ladakh is a famous
a) temple
b) church
c) monastery
d) Mosque
Answer. c. Monastery
Lamayuru, Thiksey, Hemis, and Shey in Ladakh are famous for Buddhist monasteries.
11. Egypt is famous for growing
a) wheat
b) maize
c) cotton
d) Sugarcane
Answer. c. Cotton.
Egypt is famous for growing special types of cotton that are famous worldwide.
12. Match the following.
i) Oasis (a) Libya
ii) Bedouins (b) monastery
iii) Oil (c) glacier
iv) Gangri (d) depressions with water
v) Lamayuru d) Sahara
Answer.
Oasis:
- Oasis( Depression with water): When the winds blow away the sand of the desert and there the groundwater reaches the surface, an Oasis is formed. A lot of green vegetation is found in the Oasis.
Bedouins:
- Bedouins and Tuaregs are two major tribes groups in the Sahara Desert.
Oil:
- The oil-rich region in the Sahara desert -Libya, Algeria, Egypt.
Gangri:
- Gangri Glacier is in Ladakh.
Monastery
- Lamayuru, Thiksey, Hemis, and Shey are some important Monasteries in Ladakh.
13. Which of the following correctly describes the definition of the desert?
a) It is an arid region characterized by extremely high temperatures.
b) It is an arid region characterized by extremely low temperatures.
c) It is an arid region characterized by scarce vegetation.
d) It is an arid region characterized by extremely high temperatures or low temperatures and
has scarce vegetation.
Answer. d) It is an arid region characterized by extremely high temperatures or low temperatures and
has scarce vegetation.
14. What is the area of the Sahara desert?
a) 3.21 million square km.
b) 3.54 million square km.
c) 8.54 million square km.
d) 8.55 million square km.
Answer. c) 8.54 million square km.
15. How many African touches the Sahara desert?
a) 10 countries
b) 11 countries
c) 12 countries
d) 14 countries
Answer. b) 11 countries
16. Al Azizia in the Sahara desert recorded the highest temperature of 57.7°C in 1922. Al Azizia is located in which country?
a) Libya
b) Egypt
c) Mali
d) Niger
Answer. a) Libya
17. Which of the following are nomadic tribes of the Sahara desert?
a) Bedouins
b) Tuaregs
c) both a & b
d) None
Answer. c) both a & b
18. Which of the following agricultural good of Egypt is famous worldwide?
a) Wheat
b) Rice
c) Cotton
d) Barley
Answer. c) Cotton
19. Tafilalet Oasis with an area of about 13,000 sq. km of Sahara desert is located in which country?
a) Morocco
b) Egypt
c) Libya
d) Algeria
Answer. a) Morocco
20. Which of the following is not the correct information about Ladakh?
a) Ladakh is a cold desert.
b) Ladakh lies between the Karakoram range and the Zanskar mountains range.
c) Gangri glacier is in Ladakh.
d) The air in Ladakh is so thin that the heat of the sun can not be felt intensely.
Answer. d) The air in Ladakh is so thin that the heat of the sun can not be felt intensely.
21. Drass, one of the coldest inhabited places on earth is located in?
a) Ladakh
b) the Sahara Desert
c) the Antarctic
d) Siberia
Answer. a) Ladakh
22. Which of the following is not a other names of Ladakh?
a) Mountain Country
b) Snow land
c) Chiru
d) None
Answer. c) Chiru is tibetan antelope.
23. Which of the following birds are commonly found in Ladakh?
a) Robins
b) Redstarts
c) Raven and Hoopoe
d) All of the above
Answer.d) All of the above
24. Which of the following mountain pass is located in Ladakh?
a) Zoji La
b) Bara Lacha la
c) Rohtang Pass
d) None
Answer. a) Zoji La is in Ladakh; Bara Lacha la and Rohtang Pass are located in Himachal Pradesh.
25. What is the IUCN status of the Chiru or the Tibetan antelope?
a) Vulnerable
b) Endangered
c) Critically endangered
d) Least concerned
Answer. b) Endangered; shahtoosh wool is made up of the hair of Chiru, which is light in weight and extremely warm.
26. The finest cricket bats are made from the wood of which of the following trees?
a) the willow
b) Deodar
c) Pines
d) Shisham
Answer; a) the willow
27. Which of the following are famous Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh?
a) Hemis
b) Thiksey
c) Shey and Lamayuru
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
28. Which of the following national highways connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the Zoji la Pass?
a) 1A
b) 2A
c) 3 A
d) 4A
Answer. a) 1a
29. Oasis in the desert is a?
a) Mountain
b) Cold desert
c) Depressions with water
d) Monastery
Answer. c) Depressions with water
30. Lamayuru in Ladakh is a
a) Mountain
b) Glacier
c) Depressions with water
d) Monastery
Answer. d) Monastery
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- Chapter-2[Inside our Earth]
- Chapter-3[ Our Changing Earth]
- Chapter-4 [Air]
- Chapter-5 [Water]
- Chapter-6 [ Natural Vegetation and Wild Life]
- Chapter-7 [ Human Settlement -Settlement, Transport, and Communication]
- Chapter-8[ Human-Environment Interactions: The Tropical and subtropical region]
- Chapter-9[ Life in the Deserts]
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