1. Winds are named on the direction ________ .

2. The word 'monsoon' is derived from the ______ word 'mausam', literally                                  meaning season.

3. As distance from the sea increases, a __________type of climate is experienced.

4.   Which of the following places receive the highest rainfall in the world?

5. By the first week of June, Monsoon arrives at the _______.

6. The Tamil Nadu coast is also known as __________.

7.  Which of the following does not affect the climate of a place?

8. Name the process by which Laterite Soil is formed.

9.  Which soil forms the second largest soil group in India?

10.  Identify the soil suitable for building purposes.

11.  Residual soils formed by weathering of lava rocks.

12. identify the transported soil among the following:

13. Which soil is suitable for cultivation of cashew nuts?

14. Name the forests where the annual rainfall is more than 200 cm.

15. Which natural vegetation is found in the island groups of Lakshadweep and, the Andaman and Nicobar?

16.  Which one is NOT a characteristic feature of the Tropical Evergreen Trees?

17. What is the reason that the Rain forests havenot been fully exploited?

18.Plants of which of the following forests develop long roots that go deep into     the Earth in search of water?

19. Choose the correctpairs from the following:

A. Acacia             : TropicalDesert

B. Keora              : Mountainf Forests

C.  Tendu             :Tropical Evergreen

D. Rosewood : TropicalDeciduous

20. Which among the following methods has helped in stabilization of sand dunes in western India?

21. Red soil is ideal for dry farming because-

22. Which of the following soils commonly known as 'self- mulching' soil?

23. Causes of Soil erosion in  India are -

24. Bamboos are an important raw material for making -

25. Acacia, Khair, Khejri and Kanju are tress found in-

26. Amount of rainfall needed for moist deciduous forest is-

27. Which is the economically most exploited forest?

28. Sunderbans are named so because - 

29. Forests perpetuate the cycles of oxygen and carbon dioxide biosphere. Which function are they fulfilling?

30. Irrigation is important in India because -

31. Tank irrigation is popular in South India because -

32. The modern means of irrigation is gaining popularity in India because -

33. Indo- Gangetic plains of India are usually rich in groundwater due to -

34. An advantage of well irrigation is-

35. What is humus?

36. The wind which is responsible for winter rainfall is north-west India.

37. Which of the following factors affected the Climate of India?

38. _____ may cause drought like situation in the Indian subcontinent.

39. Soils which are found at the place of their formation.

40. Another term associated with leaching _________.