Class :7

Date : SOCIAL STUDIES Time : 45 Mins.

Note: All the questions are to be done on the answer sheet.

HISTORY
I. Answer the following in 20-30 words. (1x2=2)
1. How do we get information about medieval towns?
2. What is bidri? Which place is it named after?
II. Answer in 2 words. (½x6=3)
1. Name two cities that developed on important trade routes.
2. Name two items that medieval Indian Traders imported.
3. Name two centres of textile production during medieval period.
III. Answer the following briefly. (1½x2=3)
1. Why was there rapid urban growth around temples?
2. Who were Banjaras? What economic role did they play?

CIVICS
I. Answer the following in 20-30 words. (1x2=2)
1. Mention two things in which Indian women face discrimination?
2. In India, why are posts reserved for women in some government bodies?
II. Answer the following briefly. (1½x2=3)
1. Men are indirectly harmed if women are not given proper healthcare.
Justify this statement.
2. Why is women's education considered unimportant in some societies?

GEOGRAPHY

I. Answer the following in 20-30 words. (1x2=2)

1. Why are the soils of Amazon basin mostly infertile?
2. What are the Sundarbans? Why are they so called?
II. Answer in 2 words. (½x4=2)
1. Name two commercial crops of Ganga - Brahmaputra Basin.
2. Name two important cities of the Amazon Basin?
III. Answer the following briefly. (1½x2=3)
1. Give a brief account of the agricultural practices of the tribes living in the Amazon Basin.
2. Briefly describe the climate of the Amazon Basin?

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