Social science (SST) worksheets for Class 7 — with answers

Answer the questions.

1. The core is made mainly of nickel and ______.
2. In which type of rocks are fossils usually found?
3. Which is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
4. The process of one type of rock changing into another is the ______.
5. A naturally occurring substance with a definite chemical make-up is a ______.
6. Limestone changes into ______.
7. Name the three layers of the Earth.
8. Rocks changed by great heat and pressure are ______ rocks.
9. Basalt is an example of ______ igneous rock.
10. Clay changes into ______ under heat and pressure.

Answer the questions.

1. The point inside the Earth where an earthquake starts is the ______.
2. A sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface is an ______.
3. The wearing away of the land surface is called ______.
4. Steep rocky coasts carved by sea waves are called ______.
5. A large bend in a river is a ______.
6. Rivers of ice are called ______.
7. Land formed by river deposits at its mouth is a ______.
8. An opening in the crust through which molten material comes out is a ______.
9. Which landforms does wind make in deserts?
10. A lake formed when a meander is cut off is an ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which instrument measures rainfall?
2. Name two permanent winds.
3. What mainly causes tides?
4. Which gas in the air do plants need for photosynthesis?
5. Streams of water that flow on the ocean surface in set directions are ______.
6. In which layer of the atmosphere does weather happen?
7. Rain, snow, sleet and hail are forms of ______.
8. The amount of water vapour in the air is called ______.
9. Huge sea waves caused by undersea earthquakes are ______.
10. The rise and fall of sea water twice a day are called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. The grasslands of Africa are called ______.
2. Name an animal of the tundra.
3. The grasslands of Central Asia are called ______.
4. Which plants grow in the cold tundra?
5. Coniferous forests are also called ______.
6. Forests whose trees shed their leaves in one season are ______ forests.
7. Forests that grow in salty coastal water are ______ forests.
8. Forests near the Equator with heavy rain all year are ______ forests.
9. Name a plant that grows in hot deserts.
10. Areas set aside to protect wild animals are ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Who was the first and only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
2. Who was the last powerful Mughal emperor?
3. In which year was the first battle of Panipat fought?
4. Who wrote the Akbarnama?
5. Which sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
6. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
7. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
8. Who built the Taj Mahal?
9. Akbar’s idea of peace among all religions was called ______.
10. Which Mughal emperor wrote his memoirs, the Baburnama?

Answer the questions.

1. Kabir was a famous saint of the ______ movement.
2. Who founded Sikhism?
3. Who fought Akbar’s army at Haldighati in 1576?
4. Mirabai was a devotee of ______.
5. Who was the most famous ruler of Vijayanagara?
6. The dargah of the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya is in ______.
7. Who founded the Maratha kingdom?
8. Prithviraj Chauhan fought Muhammad Ghori at ______.
9. Which Chola king built the Brihadeshvara temple at Thanjavur?
10. What was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire?

Answer the questions.

1. The chain of markets connects the producer to the ______.
2. What does “equality” in a democracy mean?
3. A member elected to the state Legislative Assembly is an ______.
4. What is a public service?
5. A government health centre in a village is called a ______.
6. Who makes laws for a state?
7. Who heads the state government?
8. What does the mid-day meal scheme give children?
9. What is the main aim of an advertisement?
10. Who appoints the Chief Minister?