Q1.
Choose the best answer:
1. Brazil is much (larger, smaller) than Pakistan.
2. The climate in tropical rain forest is (hot and wet, cold and wet)
3. Soil less cultivation is done in (Malaysia, Singapore)
4. Sri Lanka is famous for (rubber, tea) plantation.
5. The capital city of Bangladesh is (Dacca, Calcutta)
6. The soilless methods need (computers, )
Q2.
Fill in the blanks:
i. Hardwood is found in ______________ forest.
ii. The process through which moisture evaporates out of leaves into the air as water vapour is
called ______________.
iii. Mangrove forests along the coast of Sindh are ______________ meter tall.
iv. A tree which grows taller than the Canopy is called ______________.
v. Pine and spruce trees are found in a ______________ forest.
vi.
The Masai live in the parts of _________________ and East Africa.
vii. The rubber tree produces a thick, sticky liquid called _________________.
viii.
Singapore is an _________________.
ix.
Oil palm _________________ grow in large, heavy bunches.
x.
The Yanomami may grow _________________ different types of crops.
xi.
In Pakistan ______________ million families are involved in agriculture.
xii. A substance added to the soil to make it fertile is ______________.
xiii.
Rice is grown for ______________ months in the flooded fields.
xiv.
A person takes the land on rent is called a ______________.
xv.
Nazeer belongs to the ______________ tribe and lives in the ______________ district in
Sindh.
Q3.
Label the following diagram.
Q4.
Match column “A” with column “B”
Column “A”
Column “B”
1
Evergreen vegetation
Coniferous forest
2
Hot desert vegetation
Plants grown close together
3
Scrub vegetation
Plants grown remain green
4
Cultivated vegetation
Plants grown naturally
5
Natural vegetation
Hot area with less vegetation
6
Dense vegetation
Natural vegetation of mosses
7
Grassland vegetation
Plants grown by people
8
Tundra vegetation
Semi desert vegetation
9
Types of cactus
Natural vegetation of grasses
10 Soft wood
Saguaro, prickly pear
Q5.
Give reasons:
1. There is no natural vegetation in most of the Indus plains.
2. Some trees have buttress roots.
3. Some plants store moisture.
4. Much of Balochistan has scrub vegetation.
5. The Yanomami spread the ashes over the soil.
6. Pakistan does not produce palm oil, tea and rubber.
7. When the rubber trees are 40 years old they are cut down.
Q6.
What do the following words tell us about the Balochi tribe?
i. Jama
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ii. Pushk
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iii. Gadans
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iv. Sajji
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Q7.
Describe the two methods of soilless cultivation.
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Q8.
State whether true or false:
a) Much of Balochistan has poor, stony soil.
__________
b) The Masai are skilled horsemen.
__________
c) The Ibans live in the Amazon Forest.
__________
d) Singapore has a population of 15 million people.
__________
e) 33% of the farms in Pakistan are smaller than 5 acres.
_________
f) Rice ripes in the month of January.
_________
g) When the seedlings of rice are 20 cm tall they are ready for transplanting.
_________
h) There is a very rare type of bamboo which flowers only once every 50 years.
_________
Q9.
What is irrigation and also write different means of irrigation.
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Q10. On the following map:
i. Draw the boundary of Brazil in red.
ii. Draw the river Amazon in blue.
iii. Shade the area of rainforest in green.
iv. Label the equator.
Q11a. Name the steps involved in growing the rice crop.
i. ______________
ii. ______________
iii. ______________
iv. ______________
Q11b. Define any two of the above steps
/4 marks
i. ____________________________________________________________________________
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ii. ____________________________________________________________________________
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Q12. Differentiate between:
/6 marks
I
Kharif Crop
Rabi Crop
Ii
Cash Crop
Subsistence farming
Iii
Goth
Village