South Breeze School

Final Examination (2016-2017)

Name: ……………………….. Class: II Section: ………………
Subject: Geography Subject Teacher: Shuvra S. Roy
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Total Marks: 60 Invigilator’s Signature: -…………..

A. Write the names of the land forms: (1x6=6)

B. Fill in the blanks. (0.5x20 =10)

1) In some places, the land is hard and high. Such high lands are called ____________ or
_________________.
2) _________________ ________________ in the Himalayas is the highest mountain on
Earth.
3) The tip of a mountain is called ______________.
4) The low land lying between two mountains or hills is called a ___________.
5) Strong winds cause __________________ called blizzards.
6) The lower regions of high mountains and most hills may have forests of pine, ________
and other ________________.
7) Mountain ___________ and sheep have sharp, hard ___________ to help them climb
steep mountains.
8) __________________ are areas of flat or rolling land at a high height about _________
feet or more above sea level.
9) Most of the ___________________ of the world are grown in plains.

10) The plateau of ________________ in the continent of Asia is an example of a plateau.

C. Answer the following questions briefly: (2x8=16)

1) What is a mountain range?

2) What are river valleys?
3) Why are the valleys not as cold as mountains?
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4) Name the trees that can be found in the lower regions of high mountains.
5) How is river formed?
6) Mention two uses of rivers.
7) What is an oasis?
8) How is bay formed?

D. Answer any six questions: (4x6= 24)

1) Name the four important mountain ranges of the world.

2) Describe the climate in the hills.
3) What would you find in the lower regions of high mountains? Why?
4) What is the difference between plateau and plains? How are they similar?
5) What is mouth of a river and estuary?
6) What is silt and how is delta formed?
7) Desert.
8) Describe the following:
i) Headland ii) Erosion

E. Draw a river valley and a mountain. Colour and label the diagrams. (4)

____________________________ ____________________________

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