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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The ozone layer protects us from ______ rays.
2. Rain, snow, sleet and hail are forms of ______.
3. Name two permanent winds.
4. The rise and fall of sea water twice a day are called ______.
5. What mainly causes tides?
6. Which layer contains the ozone layer?
7. Which instrument measures air pressure?
8. In which layer of the atmosphere does weather happen?
9. The amount of water vapour in the air is called ______.
10. Huge sea waves caused by undersea earthquakes are ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who built the Taj Mahal?
2. Who was the first and only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
3. Who began building the Qutb Minar?
4. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
5. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
6. Who wrote the Akbarnama?
7. Who was the last powerful Mughal emperor?
8. Which Mughal emperor wrote his memoirs, the Baburnama?
9. Which sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
10. In which year was the first battle of Panipat fought?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. What does the mid-day meal scheme give children?
2. Name two kinds of media.
3. Who heads the state government?
4. Every adult having the right to vote is called ______.
5. A government health centre in a village is called a ______.
6. A member elected to the state Legislative Assembly is an ______.
7. Who makes laws for a state?
8. What does “equality” in a democracy mean?
9. A market held on a fixed day of the week is a ______.
10. What is a public service?