OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI

PT 1 -REINFORCEMENT WORKSHEET
LESSONS: EMERGENCE OF NEW KINGDOMS &
THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
Subject: Social Studies Grade 7
Name of Student: ____________________
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I. Choose answers from the options given below:-

1. One of the first and most prominent invaders in India in the medieval period was _______.

A) Timur
B) Genghis Khan
C) Mahmud Ghazni
D) Alexander the Great

2. Give one word for the following:

Rocks that contain accumulation of minerals in large quantities, which can be extracted economically.

A) Minerals
B) Ores
C) Fossils
D) None of the above

3. Tripartite Struggle is a series of battles fought between __________.

A) Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan

B) The Gurjara-Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas and Palas
C) The Palas, Rashtrakutas and Rajputs
D) None of the above

5. Which of the following statement/statements are INCORRECT about ‘Igneous Rocks’?

I. Formed by the cooling and solidification of magma into lava.

II. These are formed in layers.
III. They are also known as Primary rocks.
IV. Fossils are found in these rocks.

A) I and IV
B) II and IV
C) only I
D) only II
5. In the question given below, two statements are marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Rocks are combinations of minerals and include all the solid materials of the earth’s crust.
Reason (R): The crust is the outermost layer of the earth.

A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is correct but R is wrong.
D) A is wrong but R is correct.

II. Answer the following:-

6. Which rocks are called stratified rocks and why?

7. Why did Mohammad Ghori invade India?
8. How is lava different from magma?
9. How do you think Turko-Afghan invasions influenced the Indian society?
10. What are minerals?
11. Why were The Gurjara-Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas and Palas struggling to gain supremacy over
Kanauj?
12. Why do igneous and sedimentary rocks sometimes get changed? What are the new rocks called?

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