Fill in the blanks (1*10)

1. India is part of ____asia______ continent

2. India is the ___7th____largest country in the world.
3. The world's largest country is __Russia______.
4. India is the__2nd__most populous country in the
World.
5. The highest mountain peaks of the world lie in the
_____Mount Everest________.
6. Mount Everest is in ____Nepal_____.
7. Mount K2/ Godwin Austen is in _____POK________.
8. The northern plains lie to the __south____ of the
northern mountains.
9. They extend from Punjab in the west to
____Assam___ in the east.
10. The rivers of Northern plains are Indus,
__Ganga____ and ____Bramhaputra___.

Tick the correct and incorrect statements(1*10)

1. The northern plain is in the north of the Himalayas.F

2. Satluj basin is part of Ganga basin.F
3. Son is the tributary of Yamuna.F
4. The alluvial soil of Ganga basin is fertile.T
5. Population density is high in the plains.T
6. Himalaya is the lowest range of the world.F
 7. Trans Himalayas is older than Himalayas.T
8. The Himalayas are spread into 3 countries only.F
9. Shivalik ranges are always covered with snow.T
10. Mount Everest is the world's highest peak.T

Answer the following questions (3*10)

1. Why is the Himalayas known as an abode of snow?

Because it is covered by snow all year.
2. Why is it so cold in the Himalayas?
Because it is covered by snow all year.
3. How do the glaciers melt and flow as rivers?
Because of high temperature of the atmosphere.
4. Write the names of all neighbouring countries of India
along with their directions.
India has seven borders: Afghanistan and Pakistan to the
north-west,
China, Bhutan, and Nepal to the north,
Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east.
Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the south-west

5. What are the different physical divisions of India?

Write all of them.
There are six main physical divisions in India - The
Himalayas, the Northern plains, the Great Indian desert,
the Peninsular Plateau, the Coastal Plains, and the
Islands.
 6. How many Union territories are there? Write names of
all.

There are currently eight union territories in India,

namely Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi,
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and
Puducherry.

7. What is a Mountain?
Mountains are the highest natural formations made of
rock.

8.What are the highest natural formations made of

rocks called?
The highest natural formations made of rocks called
Mountains.

9.What do all mountains have?

All mountains have slope.

10.Where is the Mussoorie hill station?

Mussoorie hill station is in Uttarakhand.