CLASS 7 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 1
Clear, original answers to the nine end-of-chapter questions and activities about India’s varied landforms, rivers and regional life.
9 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages 27–28
Question 1
Name two features and explain how each affects water, climate, farming, settlement or movement.
Example: the Himalayas influence climate and rivers; the northern plains support farming and settlements.
Question 2
Imagine changes to the northern boundary, weather, rivers, habitats and routes.
Answers will vary; give a clear, geography-based explanation or drawing.
Question 3
List India’s varied landforms and explain that they create different climates and ways of life.
India has continent-like diversity within one country.
Question 4
Choose a river, trace its route, then list uses such as farming, treated household water, fishing and transport.
Use examples from along the river and mention protecting its water.
Question 5
It is raised plateau land projecting into the sea, with water on three sides.
It is both a plateau and a peninsula.
Question 6
Name a chapter site and explain one feature that interests you.
Answers vary; support your choice with a reason.
Question 7
Locate your State on the political map, then use the physical map to name the landform region.
Example: Jaipur is in Rajasthan near the Aravalli hills and the edge of the Thar Desert.
Question 8
Collect local examples such as drying, pickling, fermenting, salting or safe dry storage.
Add the food, method and why it suits that place or season.
Question 9
Explain how rivers, routes, trade and cultural exchange connect different regions.
Geography creates variety and also links people through movement and exchange.