SST ( Geography ) for Class 9 ( Contemporary India – | ) Worksheet

Q.1. What was India’s population on March 2001?(Census 2001)
Q.2. How would you summarize the problems faced by the poor population of India?
Q.3. Describe of distribution of Population in India?
Q.4. What is the density of population in India?(Census 2001)
Q.5. Why the Northern Indian Plain is thickly populated? Mention the two states of Northern Plains with high population density.
Q.6. Should India feel proud of its size and total population? Give reason.
Q.7. Which is least densely populated state of India?
Q.8. Why is the population vital element of study?
Q.9. Why is the rate of population growth in India declining since 1981? Give reasons.
Q.10. What is the density of population of West Bengal?
Q.11. What is human resource? What is its importance?
Q.12. What are the features of population Change?
Q.13. What is percentage of children in Indian population?
Q.14. Uttar Pradesh is most populated state of India. Give reasons.
Q.15. Write a short note on National Population Policy.
Q.16. What is the ratio of females per thousand males in Kerala?
Q.17. What are the factors responsible for the uneven population distribution of India?
Q.18. Write short note on the Adolescent Population of India. What are the problems faced by adolescent population.
Q.19. What is the average life of India according to 2001 census?
Q.20. What is birth rate and death rate?

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Q.1. Which famous animal is found in the tidal forest?
Q.2. Distinguish between reforestation and Afforestation.
Q.3. Describe the factors responsible for the distribution of plants and animals in India.
Q.4. In which regions the mangrove forests found?
Q.5. How far it is correct to say that Rann of kachchh is one of the extraordinary sights of India? Explain.
Q.6. Can you name the forest which is found in the areas of Western Ghats and Island Groups of India? And write their any four features.
Q.7. Which is the Largest Mammal on the land?
Q.8. Write down the features of Tropical Rain forests of India.
Q.9. How many Biosphere reserves have been set up in India?
Q.10. What do you know about migratory birds?
Q.11. Write down the features of the Thorn Forests and Scrubs of India.
Q.12. To which vegetation does rubber belong to?
Q.13. How has the photoperiod influence the vegetation cover of India?
Q.14. ‘India is one of the twelve mega diversity country of the world’. Explain.
Q.15. In which state is the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve located?
Q.16. How has the soil influence the vegetation cover of India?
Q.17. Elephants are found in the hot and wet forests which states?
Q.18. Why do we need to conserve the fauna?
Q.19. Write down the features of mangrove forests.
Q.20. Name three medicinal plants found in India and write one feature of each.

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Q.1. What kind of climate is found in India?
Q.2. Which is the most remarkable feature of the cold weather season over northern plains?
Q.3. What ideas justify that how temperature varies from place to place and season to season in our country?
Q.4. In which state houses are built on stilts?
Q.5. Will you interpret the climatic conditions, as the monsoon retreat?
Q.6. Which parts of India receive heavy rainfall, moderate rainfall, low rainfall and scanty rainfall
Q.7. What is extreme climate?
Q.8. What does the word ‘Monsoon’ imply?
Q.9. How do Jet Streams influence the climate of India?
Q.10. From where the western cyclonic disturbance originate in winter?
Q.11. What are the factors which affect the climate of an area?
Q.12. Evaluate spread of monsoon over the Indian sub-continent from Kerala to Jammu and Kashmir.
Q.13. What is Southern Oscillation?
Q.14. How does the latitude affect the climate of an area?
Q.15. What are the features of hot weather season in India?
Q.16. What is the weather conditions of an area for a long period of time called?
Q.17. India lies in which climatic region? Explain.
Q.18. How far it is correct to say that both the pressure and the wind conditions over India are unique? What information would you use to support your answer?
Q.19. Give two examples of precipitation.
Q.20. “Transition period from hot rainy season to dry winter conditions linked with the occurrence of cyclonic depression over Andaman Sea.” Explain.

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Q1: In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Jammu and Kashmir

Q2: Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Dal
(c) Wular
(d) Gobind Sagar

Q3: Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
 (a) Mahanadi
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Tapi

Q4: What is the meaning of drainage?
(a) The river system of a particular area
(b) The topography of a particular area
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Q5: Which river has the world’s largest drainage basin?
(a) Ganga
(b) Indus
(c) Thomas
(d) Amazon
Q6: How many major Peninsular river systems are there?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 3
Q7: What is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta called?
(a) Sunderban River Delta
(b) Kaveri River Delta
(c) Godavari River Delta
(d) Krishna River Delta

Q8: What is the area drained by a single river system called?
(a) Drainage
(b) Drainage basin
(c) Water divide
(d) None of these
Q9: Which of the following is not a group of Indian rivers?
(a) Himalayan rivers
(b) Peninsular rivers
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Q10: Which river system is known as Dakshin Ganga?
(a) The Narmada Basin
(b) The Mahanadi Basin
(c) The Godavari Basin
(d) The Kaveri Basin
Fill in the Blanks
(i) The area drained by a single river system is called a ___________.
(ii) The world’s largest drainage basin is of the ___________________.
(iii) Most of the Himalayan rivers are ____________________.
(iv) A river along with its tributaries may be called a ________________.
(v) The Brahmaputra rises in _________ east of Mansarowar lake very close to the sources of the Indus and the Satluj.
(vi) The activities of Ganga Action Plan (GAP) phase-I, initiated in ______, were declared closed on 31st March _________.
(vii) Brahmaputra is known as ________________ in Tibet and _____________ in Bangladesh.

Very Short Answer Questions

Q1: Name the biggest waterfall in India.
Q2: Which river of India is known as Meghna?
Q3: Zaskar and Nubra are important tributaries of which river?
Q4: Where did Ganga river named as ‘Meghna’?
Q5: Which is the largest peninsular river in India?
Q6: What does NRCP stand for?
Q7: Which is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta?
Q8: What is the total length of Indus river?
Q9: Which is the largest tributary of river Ganga?
Q10: What is called river system?

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Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as
(a) Himachal
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Purvachal
(d) none of the above

Q2: The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is
(a) Anai Mudi
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) Mahendragiri
(d) Khasi

Q3: A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as
(a) Coast
(b) Island
(c) Peninsula
(d) none of the above

Q4: The northern most range of the Himalayas is known as
(a) Himadri
(b) lesser Himalaya
(c) Shivalik
(d) None of the above.

Q5: Majuli is a riverine island located in the river
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Yamuna
(d) Kaveri

Q6: The soil containing calcareous deposits is locally known as
(a) Bhangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Bhabar
(d) Kankar

Q7: Barchans are found in
(a) desert regions
(b) plains
(c) plateaus
(d) hilly regions

Q8: Lake Chilika lies in the state of
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Telangana
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu

Q9: Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as
(a) Himachal
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Purvachal
(d) none of the above

Q10: The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is
(a) Anai Mudi
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) Mahendragiri
(d) Khasi

Fill in the Blank

Q1: The most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks with an average height of 6,000 metres is known as the ________ .
Q2: The part lying between Teesta and Dihang rivers is the ________ .
Q3: The hills of Purvachal or the Eastern hills are composed of ________ .
Q4: The largest delta in the world is ________ .
Q5: The flow of rivers, the Chambal, the Sindh, the Betwa and the Ken, is from ________ .

Very Short Answer Questions

Q1: What are Duns?
Q2: Why does India have diversity in its relief? State any two reasons for it.
Q3: Which river has the largest inhabited riverine island in the world?
Q4: Write a short note on Aravali hills
Q5: What are the features of Khadar?
Q6: Which is the highest peak in Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats?
Q7: What do you mean by the ‘Theory of Plate Tectonics’?
Q8: What are the two parts of the eastern coastal plains?
Q9: What is the Deccan Trap?
Q10: Which continents of today were part of the Gondwana land?
Q11: Name the three major divisions of the Himalayas from north to south.
Q12: Name the island group of India having coral origin.
Q13: What are tectonic plates?
Q14: What is the bhabar?
Q15: Which plateau lies between the Aravali and the Vindhyan ranges?

Short Answer Questions

Q1: Write a short note on Deccan Plateau.
Q2: Describe the river systems of the Northern Plains.
Q3: Why are the Himalayas called as young mountains?
Q4: Write a short note on ‘coral polyps’.
Q5: What do you mean Great Himalayas? Write its two characteristics.

Long Answer Question

Q1: What is the significance of the Northern Plains?
Q2: How do different physiographic regions of India complement each other?
Q3: Write in detail about the Himalayan mountains.
Q4: What is the significance of Himalayas?
Q5: Which part of the Himalayas is known as Purvachal? Write a short note on the Purvachal Himalayas.

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Q.1. Fill in the blanks.
(i) The ‘Indira Point’ got submerged under the sea water in _____ during the Tsunami.
(ii) __________ is the southern-most latitude of India.
(iii) The main land of India extends between latitudes ______ and ______ and longitudes ______ and ______.
(iv) To the southeast and southwest of the mainland, lie the ______________ and the _______________ __________ in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively.
(v) The ______________________ divides the country into almost two equal parts.

Q.2. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Orissa
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura

(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
(a) 97° 25′ E
(b) 68° 7′ E
(c) 77° 6′ E
(d) 82° 32′ E

(iii) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar

(iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to
(a) Puducherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Diu and Daman
(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal

Q.3. Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
(v) What is the land boundary of India?
(vi) What is the western most longitude of India?
(vii) If you intend to visit Lakshadweep during your winter vacations, which water body would you have to cross?
(viii) Which states do not have an international border or lie on the coast?
(ix) Area-wise which is the smallest and which is the largest state?
(x) What is the length of Indian coastline?

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