Important Questions for Class 7

Social Science
Chapter 8 – Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and
the Subtropical Region

Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

1. Fill in the blanks:
i. The Amazon Basin is located in the continent of South___.
Ans: The Amazon Basin is located in the continent of South America.
ii. In the Amazon basin crops like _____, _____, _____ are produced.
Ans: In the Amazon basin crops like coffee, cocoa, maize is produced.
iii. Varanasi is located on the bank of river ____.
Ans: Varanasi is located on the bank of river Ganga.
iv. The one-horned rhinoceros is found in ___.
Ans: The one-horned rhinoceros is found in Assam.

2. State true and false:

i. Assam plain is also called Brahmaputra Plain.
Ans: True
ii. Kolkata and Lucknow are prominent Indian cities situated on the River
Ganga.
Ans: True
iii. Birds of Paradise, toucans, and humming birds are found in the
rainforests of the Amazon.
Ans: True
iv. Crops that are grown by people of the Amazon Basin are tapioca, sweet
potato, and pineapple.

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 1

Ans: True

3. Match the following:

i. Cotton textile A type of fish
ii. Kaziranga National Park
iii. Piranha Slating roof
iv. Maloca Varanasi

Ans:
i. Cotton textile Varanasi
ii. Kaziranga National Park
iii. Piranha A type of fish
iv. Maloca Slating roof

4. Choose the correct option:

i. Toucans are ____.
(a) Birds
(b) Animals
(c) Reptiles
(d) None of the above
Ans: a) Birds
ii. Bengal Tiger is found in______.
(a) Delta area
(b) Amazon
(c) Mountains
(d) None of the above
Ans: a) Delta area

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 2

5. Define the following:
i. Sericulture
Ans: The rearing of silkworms to produce silk is called Sericulture.
ii. Collage
Ans: A collage is a piece of art made by pasting various materials such as
photographs and pieces of paper on a chart or fabric.

Short Answer Questions: 2 Marks

6. What types of trees are Deodars and firs?
Ans: Deodars and firs are the types of coniferous trees. These are cone-bearing
seed plants.

7. Where is Kolkata situated?

Ans: Kolkata is an Indian metropolitan city of the Ganga-Brahmaputra plain. It
is located on the banks of the River Hooghly which is a subsidiary of River
Ganga.

8. Where are Toucans found?

Ans: Toucans are a type of bird found in the rainforests of the Amazon.

9. Where is Piranha found?

Ans: Piranha is a freshwater fish that is found in South American rivers, lakes,
and floodplains.

10.What is sericulture?
Ans: The rearing of silkworms to produce silk is called sericulture.

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 3

Short Answer Questions: 3 Marks
11.What is Kaziranga? Where is it situated?
Ans: Kaziranga can be defined as follows—
• It is a national park in India.
• It is world-famous for one-horned rhinoceros.
• It is also one of the UNESCO world heritage sites.
• This national park is situated in the Indian state of Assam.

12.Discuss briefly about the Amazon Basin.

Ans: The Amazon Basin can be briefed as follows—
• The Amazon Basin is a region in the continent of South America
• It is formed by the drainage of the Amazon River and its tributaries.
• It is characterized by thick forests and sunlight is rarely able to penetrate
the ground.
• The Amazon basin experiences hot and wet weather throughout the year.
Both day and night experience a hot and humid atmosphere. Rainfall can
take place anytime in the Amazon basin. In the daytime, the temperature
rises, and at night the temperature falls rapidly.
• This region is also highly enriched with wildlife. Birds like macaws,
toucans, humming birds, animals like monkeys, sloths, snakes, and
reptiles like anacondas, pythons, crocodiles, and fish species like the
Piranha are common here.

13.How do the basins of Ganga and Brahmaputra affect the distribution of

the population?
Ans: It is the varied topography of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin area which
affects the distribution of population. The following points briefs how the
population distribution is affected uneven in the concerned area—

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 4

 • The mountain areas of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin have less population
in comparison to the plain areas. The mountain areas are less habitable
due to steep slopes which make the terrain inhospitable.
• On the other hand, the topography of the plain areas of the basin provides
most suitable conditions for the human to survive. The plains are
hospitable for human habitation and are also agriculturally productive.
Hence, these have a high human population.

14.What do the people of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin mainly do?

Ans: The people of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin are mainly engaged in the
following things—
• People in the Ganga and Brahmaputra basin mainly do agriculture. The
crops produced in this basin are paddy, wheat, gram, millets, and maize.
Cash crops like jute, sugarcane are also produced. In hilly areas, crops are
grown on terraces.
• Sericulture (rearing of silkworms) and production of silk is also done by
many people in this basin.
• The towns and cities have industries where people are engaged in
different works.
• The tourism sector is also very active here and has employed a lot of
people.

15.Why do people grow paddy on the basin of Ganga and Brahmaputra

plains?
Ans: Paddy is immensely grown by people on the basin of Ganga and
Brahmaputra plains because of the following—
• High rainfall
• Ample amount of water supply
• Fertile alluvial soils

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 5

Long Answer Questions: 5 Marks
16.What is a collage? Explain.
Ans: A collage can be defined as follows—
• A collage is a piece of art which is by pasting various materials such as
photographs and pieces of paper on a chart or a similar backing.
• In other words, it is a form of art that involves beautifully gathering
pictures and words.
• For example, by collecting different images of the mountain landscape, a
collage can be created beautifully. The photographs or images can be
placed in geometric shapes or even in a random way.
• (Students can attempt this question by finding pictures of different
landscapes like beaches, mountains, historical places, wildlife sanctuaries,
etc., and pasting them to create a collage).

17.How will you observe that the destruction of trees affects the soil?
Ans: The effects of the destruction of trees on soil can be observed by the
following method—
• Firstly, the required materials need to be collected: three small food cans,
one big can with holes made in the bottom, twelve coins, and soil. These
things can easily be arranged at home or school with the help of a parent
or teacher.
• In the next step, the three small cans need to be filled with soil to the top.
• Then four coins need to be kept on the soil of every can.
• After filling the cans having holes with water, water is to be sprinkled on
the three cans.
• The sprinkling of water is to be done at different rates for different cans –
slow for the first can, moderate for the second can, and heavy for the third
can.
• These are all the steps that we need to carry out to conclude this
experiment, the water sprinkled represents rainfall while the coins
represent tree covers. As a result of sprinkling water, the unprotected soil
splashes out and this occurrence is maximum in the can experiencing
heavy water sprinkling or the ‘regions experiencing high rainfall’.

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 6

 • It is also observed that the tree covers or the ‘coins’ in this case try to
prevent the splashing out of the soil. Lands that are devoid of vegetation
or tree covers will have their soil disappear quickly.
Hence, by this simple experiment, anyone can observe how the destruction of
trees affects the soil. This activity will help the students in learning that
deforestation or the destruction of forests is not good as it will result in the
depletion of the soil.

18.Why are the rainforests depleting?

Ans: The rainforests are depleting because of the underlying issues—
• In the rainforests, developmental activities are going at a fast speed, and
the indigenous population is being pushed out, therefore resulting in its
depletion.
• The deforestation or destruction of the rainforests has adverse impacts on
a very large scale. Two of such impacts are the washing away of the
topsoil turning the landscape barren.

19.How is tourism an important activity in the Ganga Brahmaputra plain?

Ans: Tourism is an important activity in the Ganga Brahmaputra plain due to the
• The Ganga-Brahmaputra plain is rich in natural resources. This region has
seen the evolution of humans and from past to present major cities have
developed in these basins. Due to the development of major cities, there
are many such sites which have become famous for some reasons and are
now famous tourist attractions. Some of such places include —
• Historical and ancient sites like the Taj Mahal of Agra, Buddhist’s stupas
in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Imambara in Lucknow, etc.
• There are hilly areas of the Ganga Brahmaputra basin rich with scenic
places. Mountains and waterfalls are the most scenic places to visit in
these areas. For example, many tourists visit the hilly tracts of Arunachal
Pradesh to witness its rich tribal culture.
• There are many forested areas rich in wildlife. For example, the Manas
and Kaziranga wildlife sanctuaries of Assam.

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 7

 • There are many holy and cultural sites here where people visit. Example –
Varanasi.
• These famous tourist destinations have made tourism an important activity
in the Ganga Brahmaputra plain.

20.Discuss about the people living in the rainforests.

Ans: The life of people living in rainforests can be elaborated as follows—
• The people living in the rainforest live a very miserable life as compared
to the people living in other places.
• People grow their crops in very small areas by clearing the trees of the
rainforest.
• The women practice ‘slash and burn agriculture’ agriculture to grow crops
like pineapple, sweet potato, tapioca, and cash crops such as maize,
coffee, cocoa.
• The men are mainly engaged in hunting.
• The staple food of these people is manioc which is a potato-like crop that
grows inside the earth.
• Queen ants and their eggs are also eaten by them.
• Some people live in thatched houses while some people reside in large
houses called ‘maloca’.
• With the increasing accessibility of the rainforests by outside people, the
lives of these indigenous people have become more difficult. They are
pushed out from their native areas and have migrated to new surrounding
areas.

Class VII Social Science www.vedantu.com 8