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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The wearing away of the land surface is called ______.
2. The point on the surface right above the focus is the ______.
3. The point inside the Earth where an earthquake starts is the ______.
4. Which landforms does wind make in deserts?
5. Which instrument records earthquakes?
6. Land formed by river deposits at its mouth is a ______.
7. A lake formed when a meander is cut off is an ______.
8. A sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface is an ______.
9. Rivers of ice are called ______.
10. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who built Fatehpur Sikri and the Buland Darwaza?
2. Which Mughal emperor wrote his memoirs, the Baburnama?
3. Which sultan controlled market prices in Delhi?
4. Who was the last powerful Mughal emperor?
5. In which year was the first battle of Panipat fought?
6. Which sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
7. Who wrote the Akbarnama?
8. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
9. Who began building the Qutb Minar?
10. A Mughal officer who held a rank was called a ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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