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1st Terminal Examination-2017

Class- VIIIB
GEOGRAPHY
Time: - 2 hr 15 min
F.M: 70

A. Multiple Choice Questions :

20X1=20
1. The exogenic process are
a) Sudden b) Medium fast c) Slow d)
Very Slow
2. The process of lowering of the height of the landforms is
a) Degradationb)Aggradation c)Gradation d) None of
these
3. An agent of Exogenic process is
a) Earthquake b) Volcanism c) Earth Movement d)river
4. Wearing down of rock materials by collision against each
other is known as
a) Attrition b) Solution c) Transportation d)Saltation
5. Small rivers joining the main river are called
a) Tributaries b) Distributaries c)source
d)mouth
6. Horn is created by
a) One Cirque b) two Cirque c) cols d) Aretes
7. Hanging valleys are formed by the
a)Mountain glaciers b) Continental glaciers d)
piedmont glaciers
d) Coastal glaciers
8. Glacial Valley is
a) I shaped b) U Shaped c) V- shaped d) Y shaped
9. Loess Is commonly formed by deposition of
a) Silt by wind b)sand by wind c) silt by river d)dust by
volcanoes
10. Yardang is formed by
a) Glacial deposition b) marine deposition c)wind erosion
d) Sea erosion
11. The lower layer Ionosphere is called
a)troposphere b) Stratosphere c) Ozonosphere
d)Thermosphere
12. Most of the weather phenomena takes place in the
a) Stratosphere b) Ionosphere c) troposphere
d)mesosphere
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13. The instrument used for measuring the atmospheric
pressure is called
a) Barometer b) Hygrometer c) Altimeter d)
Thermometer
14. Horse latitudes are found between the latitudes
a) 50 N to 50 S b)250 - 300 in both the hemisphere
c)300 - 450 in both hemisphere d) none of these
15. The actual mass of water vapour per unit volume of air is
known as
a)relative humidity b) absolute humidity c) specific humidity
d) Degree of saturation
16. The method of using a liquid to remove wastes is called
a) Composting b) Scrubbing c) Dumping d)Land filling
17. Fungus can be used as
a) Control of Pests b) weedicide
c) Elements of improving land fertility d) None of these
18. DDT, chemical fertilizers, fungicides weedicides etc. are
examples of
a) Biological wastes b) Industrial wastes c) Chemical wastes
d) Municipal wastes
19. The permissible limit of pH in drinking water is
a) 6.5 8.5 b) 3.5 - 5.5 c)4.5 - 6.5 d) 7.5 - 8.5
20. Food wastes, fruits and vegetables peels, garden trimmings
etc are
a) Industrial wastes b) inorganic wastes c)Bio-
medical wastes
d) Organic wastes

B. Write the following answers in short : ( any 10 )

10 X 2 = 20
1. What is sand dune?
2. What is a Lateral moraine?
3. Which is the largest delta of the world?
4. Which mineral sand is composed of?
5. What do you mean by desertification?
6. Name the different layers of the Atmosphere?
7. What is Tropopause?
8. What is meant by Insolation?
9. What are planetary winds?
10. What is a local wind?
11. What is Dew Point
12. What is global warming?
13. What are Organic wastes?
14. What is re-cycling?
15. Write the main objectives of Ganga Action Plan?

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C. Write the following answers :- ( any 6 )
6 X 5 = 30
1. Describe the landforms formed by glacial erosion with
suitable diagrams.
2. Describe the landforms formed by wind erosion with suitable
diagrams.
3. Discuss the causes of variations of air temperature
4. Describe the various types of Rainfall.
5. Discuss the effects of Global warming.
6. Explain the Vertical Structure of the atmosphere with
diagram.
7. What is waste management? What are the methods of waste
management explain?