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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The grasslands of North America are called ______.
2. Coniferous forests are also called ______.
3. The grasslands of Central Asia are called ______.
4. The Gir forest is the home of the ______.
5. The grasslands of Africa are called ______.
6. Forests that grow in salty coastal water are ______ forests.
7. Which plants grow in the cold tundra?
8. Which famous animal lives in the Sundarbans?
9. Forests near the Equator with heavy rain all year are ______ forests.
10. Areas set aside to protect wild animals are ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Who was the last powerful Mughal emperor?
2. Who built Fatehpur Sikri and the Buland Darwaza?
3. A Mughal officer who held a rank was called a ______.
4. Which Mughal emperor wrote his memoirs, the Baburnama?
5. Who built the Taj Mahal?
6. Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
7. Which sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
8. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
9. Akbar’s idea of peace among all religions was called ______.
10. Who was the first and only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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