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Half-yearly Examination

(Chapters 1-10)
Total Marks : 80

A. Answer the following questions in one word/phrase : 10
1. What are the large land areas on the earth called?
2. What is the art of making maps called?
3. What are the hills made of sand called?
4. In which countries are the prairies located?
5. What is the writing called which uses signs and symbols?

B. Answer the following questions briefly : 15
1. How is the Himalayan range useful to India?
2. How can melting ice of the polar regions be dangerous for the world?
3. How is the camel the ship of the desert?
4. What has caused destruction of wildlife in the prairies?
5. How is a kuchcha road different from a pucca road?
C. Tick the right options : 15
1. The sun never goes to the __________ direction.

(a) east (b) south (c) north
2. Congo is also called __________ .
(a) Congo-Brazzaville (b) Congo-Kinshasa (c) Congo-Matadi
3. The nomads in Saudi Arabia are called __________ .
(a) Arabian (b) Bedouins (c) Congolese
4. In a highway, __________ lanes are used for the speedy traffic.

(a) right (b) middle (c) left
5. The telephone was invented by __________ .
(a) Marconi (b) John Logie Baird (c) Alexander Graham Bell
D. Fill in the blanks : 10
1. The imaginary vertical lines drawn on the globe are called __________ .
2. The __________ Zone is the coldest.
3. Congo is located in the continent of __________ .
4. Grasslands are found in the __________ Zone.

5. The __________ is the worldwide network of computers.
E. Identify the following pictures : 15

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

F. In the outline map of India, name any five cities located on the national highways. 15

Date : ___________ Teacher’s Initials : ___________
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