2Aug, 2025
Worksheet -8 Landform and Life Exploring Society India and Beyond PP Publication

🟢 A. Tick the correct option:

  1. The capacity to meet challenges and difficulties, adapt to them or overcome them is called:
    (a) Adaptation
    (b) Adoption
    ✅ (c) Resilience
    (d) Resistance
  2. Which of the following places does not have snowfall?
    (a) Kashmir
    ✅ (b) Karnataka
    (c) Ladakh
    (d) Sikkim
  3. The meeting point of two or more rivers is called:
    ✅ (a) Confluence
    (b) Estuary
    (c) Tributary
    (d) Meander
  4. The mountain between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim:
    (a) Mount Everest
    (b) Mt. Kilimanjaro
    (c) Mt. Aconcagua
    ✅ (d) Kanchenjunga
  5. Trees that grow tall and cone-shaped, with thin pointed leaves:
    (a) Moss
    (b) Lichen
    ✅ (c) Conifer
    (d) Deodar

🟡 B. State whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F):

  1. Plains do not have any large hills or deep valleys. – ✅ True
  2. Floodplains originate in mountain ranges. – ✅ True
  3. Thousands of years ago, the first civilisation developed on the mountains. – ❌ False
  4. All landforms have similar physical characteristics. – ❌ False
  5. High population and pollution are affecting the Ganga plains. – ✅ True

🔵 C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

  1. Farming is a major economic occupation in plains.
  2. The Hundru Falls on the Subarnarekha River in the Chhota Nagpur Plateau is spectacular.
  3. On plateaus, mining is a major activity.
  4. Bon is an ancient Tibetan religion.
  5. Terrace farming is practised on mountain slopes.

🟣 D. Match the items in Column A with those in Column B:

Column AColumn B
1. The meeting point of two or more rivers(d) Confluence
2. One type of plains formed by rivers from mountains(e) Floodplains
3. Sediments(a) Silt and sand
4. Mountains and plateaus(b) Mineral deposits
5. Goddess of the Sky(c) Sagarmatha

🟤 E. Very Short Answer Questions:

  1. Where did the first civilisations develop thousands of years ago?
    → In the river plains.
  2. What is the major occupation of people living in river plains?
    → Agriculture.
  3. What is traditional agriculture?
    → It is the practice of farming using natural rainfall (rainfed farming) and traditional tools or methods.
  4. How did people travel in earlier times before modern transportation?
    → People used boats, horses, camels, and bullock carts.
  5. Name the desert of India.
    → Thar Desert

🟠 F. Short Answer Questions:

  1. How does a gentle slope of plains support economic activities?
    → Gentle slopes make plains ideal for farming, building roads, transportation, and settlement.
  2. Rivers around the world have carried immense cultural value. How?
    → Rivers are considered sacred, and people conduct ceremonies and rituals at their source and confluence.
  3. Name some popular tourist destinations in India and tell which landform they belong to:
    • Manali – Mountains (Himachal Pradesh)
    • Cherrapunji – Plateau (Meghalaya)
    • Varanasi – Plains (Uttar Pradesh)
  4. Name two hot deserts and two cold deserts:
    • Hot: Sahara Desert (Africa), Thar Desert (India)
    • Cold: Gobi Desert (Asia), Antarctica
  5. How can you say that humans have adapted to most deserts? Give one example.
    → People living in the Thar Desert have developed unique cultural practices like folk music, camel transport, and water conservation to survive.

🔴 G. Long Answer Questions:

  1. Why do people prefer to live in plains rather than higher lands?
    → Plains have fertile soil, gentle slopes, easy access to water, and are suitable for farming, transport, and dense settlement.
  2. What are deserts? How are they different from other landforms?
    → Deserts are dry areas with low rainfall and sparse vegetation. They differ by having extreme temperatures, less water, and unique adaptations in people, plants, and animals.
  3. How can you say that each landform offers different challenges as well as opportunities?
    →
    • Mountains: Cold climate, tourism, difficult transport.
    • Plateaus: Mining-rich, less fertile soil.
    • Plains: Fertile soil but face pollution and overpopulation.
      → Every landform has its own strengths and difficulties.
  4. What are floodplains? How are they formed?
    → Floodplains are flat lands formed by rivers depositing sediments over time.
    → Rivers from mountains carry silt and sand, which get deposited in the plains, making the soil fertile.

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H. Below is given a satellite view of the Ganga Plain. Observe and describe the image as per the following points:

  1. Location of the Ganga Plain and its expansion.
    → The Ganga Plain is located in northern India, spreading across the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It extends from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
  2. What does the white expanse represent?
    → The white expanse represents the Himalayan snow-covered mountains and clouds visible from space.
  3. Type of soil.
    → The soil of the Ganga Plain is alluvial soil, which is very fertile and ideal for agriculture.
  4. Major occupation of the people living in the Ganga Plain.
    → The major occupation is agriculture, with crops like rice, wheat, sugarcane, and pulses commonly grown.
  5. Cultural value of the Ganga and its rivers along with the confluence.
    → The Ganga River is considered sacred in Indian culture. Many religious ceremonies, rituals, and festivals are conducted at its source and confluence with other rivers (e.g., at Prayagraj where the Ganga meets the Yamuna and Saraswati). The river holds immense spiritual and cultural importance for millions of people.