SECOND UNIT TEST - DECEMBER 2023

GEOGRAPHY
Class: VII Maximum Marks: 30
Date: 19 /12/2023 Time Allowed: 45 Min
Answers must be written on the answer sheet provided.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
This question paper has 3 pages.
Attempting all the questions from Section A and two from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in the brackets [ ].

SECTION A
(Attempting all the questions from this Section)
Question 1
Multiple choice questions: [2]
1. Which of the following water body is located between Europe and Asia?
a) Mediterranean sea
b) Caspian sea
c) Atlantic ocean
d) Pacific ocean

2. Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

a) water freezing in the rock’s crack
b) tree growing out of a rock
c) rusting
d) all of these

3. The word metamorphosis means

a) melting
b) change of form
c) hard
d) none of the above

4. Which country is home to the Apennine mountain?

a) Italy
b) France
c) Spain
d) Greece

Question 2
Correct the incorrect statement: [3]
1. Danube is the longest river in Europe.
2. Mantle extends up to 4,500 km.
3. Matterhorn is the highest peak in the Alpine mountain range.

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 4. Hydrolysis takes place when minerals in rocks react with the oxygen in the air.
5. Switzerland is bordered by Germany in south and Liechtenstein in north.
6. Intrusive igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidified on the reaching surface.

Question 3
Map pointing: [5]
Political Division of Europe:-
1. Italy
2. Russia
3. Iceland
4. Norway
5. Ukraine
Physical Division of Europe:-
1. Ural mountain
2. River Volga
3. Black sea
4. Bay of Biscay
5. Strait of Gibraltar

SECTION A
(Attempting any two questions from this Section)

Question 1
Read and answer the questions carefully.
Q1. Give short answers: [2]
a) What is erosion?
b) How have the Dutch reclaimed lands?
Q2. Distinguish between Tundra and Taiga. [2]
Q3. Give reason: [3]
a) Much of the earth’s crust is made up of igneous rocks.
b) In Western Europe, agriculture is of the intensive type.
c) Humus makes the soil fertile.
Q4. How is soil formed? Draw a diagram showing the layers of the soil. [3]

Question 2
Read and answer the questions carefully.
Q1. Define: [2]
a) Weathering
b) Market gardening.
Q2. Distinguish between crust and lithosphere. [2]
Q3. Give reason: [3]
a) Petroleum and coal are called fossil fuels.
b) Europe’s rivers are important for transportation.
c) Frost wedging mainly occurs in cold region.
Q4. Explain the Earth’s three concentric layers with diagram. [3]

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Question 3
Read and answer the questions carefully.
Q1. Give any two main types of rocks? How are they formed? [2]
Q2. Give reason: [3]
a) Estonia, Lithuanian and Latvia are called the Baltic States.
b) Metamorphic rocks are usually very hard.
c) Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are called the Low Countries.
Q3. Distinguish between mechanical weathering and Chemical weathering [2]
Q4. Give an account of the important agro-based industries of Europe. [3]

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