Subject: Social Studies Class: 6-O

Chapter # 1
Question /Answers
Question#1: a) Where are most Islamic countries located? Why are they in
this part of the world?
Ans: Most Islamic countries are in the Middle East, Southern Asia, and Northern
Africa. The home of Islam is in Saudi Arabia and it spread outwards from here. Its
progress was halted by the solid barriers of Christianity in Europe and western
Russia; by the virtually empty steppes of central Asia; by the firmly established
society in China; and the deserts of North Africa.
Question#1: b) In which part of the world are there no Islamic countries?
Ans: There are no Islamic countries in the Americas, Europe (apart from the tiny
state of Albania where there are a few million Muslims), and in Australia.
Question # 2: In which parts of Pakistan are the deserts located?
Ans: In Pakistan, deserts (hot) are located in the east and south-east, in the center,
and in the west. Cold deserts are found in the high mountains of the north.
Question # 3: Why do you think, does the Punjab have the highest population
in the country?
Ans: Punjab is the most populous as it is generally the most fertile and has a very
extensive system of canals supplying water for agriculture, which is the main
occupation of the people.
Question # 4: Locate in your atlas the places in the cross sections on pages 5
and make a list of all the mountain ranges of Pakistan and northern India.
Ans: Mountain Ranges of Pakistan:
1. Karakoram, 2. Himalayas, 3. Hindu Kush, 4. Safed Koh, 5. Sulaiman, 6. Salt
Range, 7. Toba Kakar, 8. Makran, 9. Ras Koh, 10. Chagai, 11. Kirthar
Range.
Mountain Ranges of Northern India:
1. Trans-Himalaya, 2. Pir-Punjal Range, 3. Dhauladhar Range, 4. Zaskar Range
5. Ladakh Range, 6. East Karakoram Range, 7. Shivalik Hills

Question # 5: Find all the given geographical features on a map of the

subcontinent in your atlas. On an outline map of the region, mark one
example of each with names.
Ans: Finding these features in the subcontinent on the atlas:
Mountains: In the north and west.
Plateau: The Potwar, and Baluchistan region.
Plains: All of the green coloured areas on the map.
Deserts: Thal and Thar deserts; parts of Balochistan.

Rivers: The lifeblood of Pakistan; rising in the north and merging with the Indus to
flow down to the Arabian Sea.
Lakes: Relatively few natural ones: Saiful Muluk in Kaghan, Manchar in Sindh,
and often artificial where created by dams for hydroelectric power or as reservoirs
(Hab, Rawal, Mangla, and Warsak).
Estuary: No good example in Pakistan.
Delta: Indus, in the south-east.

Regards: Mohammad Imran Haider

Teacher of Geography at FGS.