Class: 7

Social Science

Date:

Time: 30 minutes

Name:______R. No._____

Note: All the answers should be done on the question paper itself.

HISTORY

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Choose the correct option:

1. Who built Brihadeshwara temple?
2. Cholas b. Gurjara – pratihara c. Pallavas d. Rashtrakutas

1. Which is the most sacred part of a mosque?
2. backyard b. platform c. entrance d. mihrab

1. What did the medieval rulers and nobles build to celebrate their victories?
2. fountains b. palaces c. forts d. tall towers and massive gates

1. Who built Moti Masjid in Agra?
2. Shahjahan b. Aurangzeb c. Jahangir d. Akbar

1. Indo - Islamic architecture avoided the use of
2. calligraphy b. floral geometric patterns c. human forms

1. Where were Muslim rulers and noble men, and their family members buried?
2. mosques b. mausoleums c. forts d. palaces

1. What was the hall of private audience called during Shah Jahan's reign?
2. diwan – I – aam d. hamams

1. When did Aurangzeb die?
2. 1658 b. AD 1206 c. 1707 d. 1530

1. For whom did Shah Jahan build Taj Mahal?
2. for his mother b. for his son c. for his daughter d. for his wife

1. When did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India for the first time?
2. 1922 b. AD 1000 c. 1451 d. 1555

1. Second battle of Tarain
2. AD 1196 d. AD 1526

1. Akbar ascends throne, Hemu defeated at Panipat
2. 1497 b. 1556 c. 1605 d. 1545

GEOGRAPHY

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1. What is the area in which trees are dominant vegetation called?
2. tundra b. desert c. forest d. grass land

1. What are the plants that grow naturally in an area, without human interference called?
2. trees b. natural vegetation c. grasslands d. forests

1. What are the forests in which most trees shed all their leaves during the dry season called?
2. Evergreen forests b. deciduous forest c. coniferous d. mediterranean

1. Where is taiga found?
2. Egypt b. Russia c. Brazil d. Canada

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1. What is Sahara?
2. rainforest d. a tropical grassland

1. What are rhea, ostrich and emu?
2. snakes d. monkeys

1. What is the area that supports only sparse vegetation due to extreme dryness or extreme cold called?
2. mountain b. desert d. grasslands

1. Name the life supporting unit in nature in which living things are dependent on each other and the environment.
2. ecosystem b. tundra c. natural vegetation d. subtropical region

1. Which forests are also known as monsoon forests?
2. tropical forests b. deciduous forests c. tropical deciduous d. temperate deciduous

1. Which of the following animals is a resident of the deserts and the high plateaus of China and Tibet?
2. Llams b. Reindeers d. Polar bears

CIVICS

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1. Name the scheme which has been launched to make education available to all children, especially girls from the weaker section of the society.
2. mid – day meal b. the sarva shiksha abhiyan
3. self – government bodies d. engineering department

1. What is organized in states to vaccinate people against diseases?
2. film shows c. lectures d. panchayat

1. Which Central American country abolished the army camp in 1948?
2. Chicago b. Costa Rica c. New York d. Brazil

1. In which year, education was made subject of the concurrent list?
2. 2012 b. 1976 c. 1948 d. 2001

1. In which system there is government at more than one level?
2. democracy b. federal c. dictatorship d. monarchy

1. Whose duty is to provide water for use in homes and industries and for the purpose of sanitation?
2. central government b. citizens c. state government d. panchayat

1. Who supervises the health centres in villages?
2. patwari b. primary health centres c. doctors d. central government

1. From where does a state government get money for promoting education in the state?
2. other states b. central government
3. public works department d. state revenue department

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