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1.What do you understand by the term 'settlement'?
9.What is/are the characteristic(s) of houses in places of heavy rainfall and where water
accumulates in rainy season?
(A) Houses have slanting roofs. (B) Houses are constructed on a raised platform
or stilts.
(C) Both 'a' and 'b' (D) None of them
11.Which kind of engine has been replaced by Diesel and Electric engines?
(A) Steam engines (B) Petrol engines (C) CNG engines (D)
None of them
16.Inthe Andes Mountains of South America, ________ are used as a mode of transport
(A) Yaks (B) Llamas (C) Camels (D) Mules
25.Which is the longest railway system connecting St. Petersburg in Western Russia to
Vladivostok on the Pacific coast?
(A) Xining to Lhasa Railway (B) Trans - Siberian Railway
(C) India - Pakistan Railway (D) None of them
27.The Ganga - Brahmaputra river system, the Great Lakes in North America and the river Nile
in Africa are the important ______________
(A) Inland Waterways (B) Sea Routes (C) Under - Sea Railway Routes (D)
None of them
28.For what are the sea routes and oceanic routes mostly used?
(A) Transporting gases from one country to other.
(B) Transporting merchandise and goods from one country to another.
(C) Transporting people from one place to another.
(D) All of them
(B) It is the only mode of transport to reach the most remote and distant areas especially where
there are no roads and railways.
(C) It is useful in time of calamities for rescuing people and distributing food, water, clothes and
medicines.
(D) All of them
46.What are the different means of mass communication? Explain the relative importance of
them.