Class 7 Social Science Geography MCQ Water

Question : Tsunami is a

(a) French word
(b) Indian word
(c) Chinese word
(d) Japanese word

Question : Which of the following does not show water shortage?

(a) Taps running dry
(b) Long queue for getting water
(c) Marches and protests for demand of water
(d) A family gets three buckets of water per person per day

Question : What Percentage Of The Earth’s Surface Is Covered With Water?

(a) About 51 percent
(b) About 21 percent
(c) About 71 percent
(d) About 81 percent

Question : How much percentage of saline water is available on earth surface

(a) 97.5
(b) 98.2
(c) 95.2
(d) 93.5

Question : The major sources of freshwater are as follows except

(a) Ocean
(b) Rivers
(c) Ponds
(d) glaciers

Question : Salinity is the amount of salt in grams present in ___ grams of water.

(a) 0.1
(b) 10000
(c) 100
(d) 1000

Question : Why do swimmers float in Dead Sea?

(a) Salt makes it dense
(b) It is lighter in weight
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Question : What do you mean by terrarium?

(a) Artificial plant
(b) Artificial climate
(c) Artificial enclosure
(d) None of these

Question :Which is the process through which water continuously changes its form?

(a) Water cycle
(b) Food cycle
(c) Rain
(d) All of these

Question : Which water is salty?

(a) River water
(b) Pond water
(c) Rain water
(d) Sea water

Question : On Which Of The Following Day Is “World Water Day” Observed?

(a) 22 March
(b) 14 November
(c) 2 October
(d) 21 December

Question : What do you mean by tides?

(a) Rhythmic rise of temperature
(b) Rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water
(c) Rhythmic rise of rainfall
(d) None of these

Question : Following are the movements that occur in oceans except

(a) Tides
(b) Waves
(c) Currents
(d) Wind

Question : The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is known as

(a) tidecorrect
(b) wave
(c) ocean current
(d) none of these

Question : When the moon is in its first and last quarter, the ocean waters get drawn in diagonally opposite directions by the gravitational pull of sun and earth resulting in low tides. These tides are called

(a) Spring tides
(b) Small tides
(c) Neap tides
(d) Long tides

Question : The ____ originate near the equator and move towards the pole

(a) Cold ocean currents
(b) Warm ocean currents
(c) High tides
(d) Low tides

Question : The Water Bearing Layer Of The Earth Is Called:

(a) Conifer
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Aquifer
(d) Water table

Question : What Role You Can Play To Minimize Wastage Of Water:

(a) Get the leaking taps repaired immediately because these taps waste a lot of water.
(b) Take bath by filling water in a bucket and not directly under the flowing tap.
(c) Use the water from washing rice, vegetables or fruits for watering the plants at home.
(d) All the above

Question : Which one of the following is an artificial enclosure for keeping small house plants?

(a) Terrariumcorrect
(b) Thermosphere
(c) Climate
(d) Evaporation

Question : Water Cycle Does Not Involve Which Of The Following?

(a) Evaporation
(b) Condensation
(c) Formation of clouds
(d) Rainwater harvesting

Question : The water below the ground is known as

(a) groundwater
(b) pure water
(c) polluted water
(d) none of these

Question : ___ are formed when winds scrape across the ocean surface.

(a) Currents
(b) Waves
(c) Air
(d) Tides

Question : Ground water constitutes the portion of the world’s distribution:

(a) 1%
(b) 1.5%
(c) 0.68%

Question : Which is the Japanese word which means ‘Harbour Waves’?

(a) Tsunamicorrect
(b) Sea wave
(c) Ocean wave
(d) None of these