ST.

MICHAEL’S CONVENT SCHOOL, KARACHI

Social Studies Worksheet
Name: _____________________________________________ Class IV Sec: _________
Date: ______________________________________________ Roll No: ____________

Q1. Match the following words with its definitions:

a. Ways of keeping in touch with someone else

Transport

b. Knowledge about an issue, problem, event, process, or

Communication
subject

c. The most fertile soil near rivers

Information

d. When the water carries away good soil

Alluvial soil

e. To move goods from one place to another Erosion

Q2. Fill in the blanks by using the words from the word bank.

Makran coastal highway - Tablets - Email - cellphones - transport - railway engines

a. Small computers that fit in your hand are called ___________________.

b. The _______________________ connects Karachi to Gwadar.

c. ______________ enables a person to send text, picture, audio and video messages.

d. _____________________ is the quickest means of communication these days.

e. Roads, Railways, Airways and Shipping are the major forms of ___________________.

f. The early _______________ were built in the 19th century.

Q3. Circle the correct answer.

a. The mountains are easy/difficult to climb.

b. The topsoil is very fertile/unfertile soil.

c. We should plant more/less trees on the banks of rivers and on mountains.

d. The Juniper trees in Ziarat are over 5000/3000 years old.

e. Green plants are important for all living things as they give out oxygen/nitrogen gas.
 ST. MICHAEL’S CONVENT SCHOOL, KARACHI
Social Studies Worksheet
Name: _____________________________________________ Class IV Sec: _________
Date: ______________________________________________ Roll No: ____________

Q1. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct words from the bracket:

a. In Pakistan, there are over _________________ kilometres of roads. (263,775 / 363,775)

b. _____________ is the system of sending messages by electronic means. (Mail / Email)

c. In earlier times, travel by ____________ was quite common. (air / sea)

d. Pakistan has twelve _____________ airports. (domestic/ international)

e. __________________ delivers documents and parcels. (Money order / Courier service)

Q2. Write names of the correct types of forests from the given word bank.

Alpine forests Dry forests Plantations Riverine forests

Mangroves

a. Found close to the rivers: _________________________________________

b. Man-made forests: ______________________________________________

c. Found along the coast: ____________________________________________

d. Found in snowy conditions similar to Alps: ____________________________

e. Found in Potohar Plateau region: ______________________________________

Q3. Circle the cash crops in the box given below:

maize sugarcane cotton gram

rice wheat sugar beet millets tobacco

Q4. State whether the given statements are True or false. Provide reasons for false
statements.

a. Acacia is a strong hardwood used mostly for furniture.

Reason:

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b. Birch tree is a thirsty tree used to drain swamps.

Reason:

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c. Gwadar port is the new port developed on the Balochistan coast.

Reason:

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d. Forests are cut down or reduced because of grazing animals.

Reason:

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e. The motorway network in the north links all major cities with

Islamabad.

Reason:

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Q5. Answer the following questions

a. Write the names of the major ports in Pakistan.

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b. Write the names of the types of trains in Pakistan.

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c. What is the importance of poultry farming?

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d. What are the major forms of Communication?

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e. Where are thorn forests found in Pakistan?

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f. In which parts of Pakistan it is difficult to grow crops?

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g. Write any two advantages of Radio?

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