Solutions Chapter 7. Human environment Settlement Transport And Communication - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Solutions Chapter 7. Human environment Settlement Transport And Communication - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Q1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What are the four means of transport?
(ii) What do you understand by the term ‘settlement’?
(iii) Which are the activities practised by the rural people?
(iv) Mention any two merits of railways.
(v) What do you understand by communication?
(vi) What is mass media?

Answer:

(i) (a) Roadways, (b) railways, (c) waterways and (iv) air ways.                    (ii) Settlements are places where people build their homes.                        (iii) Hunting, gathering, shifting cultivation, transhumance.                          (iv) (a) Railways carry people over long distances quikly and cheaply              (b) They also carry heavy goods or raws material in bulk, transported from mines to industrial areas and from there to the market or ports.  .                        (v) Communication is the process of conveying message to other.                (vi)The modes of communicate with a large number of people, like newspaper, radio and televison, are called mass media.            

Q2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Which is NOT a means of communication?
(a) telephone (b) books (c) table
(ii) Which type of road is constructed under the ground?
(a) fly over (b) expressways (c) subways
(iii) Which mode of transport is most suitable to reach an island?
(a) ship (b) train (c) car
(iv) Which vehicle does not pollute the environment
(c) cycle (b) bus (c) aeroplane

Answer:

(i)-(c) (ii)-(c) (iii)-(a) (iv)-(a)
Q3. Match the following.
(i) Internet (a) areas where people are engaged in
manufacturing, trade and services
(ii) Canal route (b) closely built area of houses
(iii) Urban areas (c) houses on stilts
(iv) Compact settlement (d) inland waterway
(e) a means of communication

Answer:

Q4. Give reasons.
(i) Today’s world is shrinking.

Answer:

(i) Because the various modes of communication provide us worldwide information and interaction.
Q5. For fun.
(i) Conduct a survey in your locality and find out how people commute to their
respective workplaces using –
(a) more than two modes of transport
(b) more than three modes of transport
(c) stay within walking distance.
(ii) Mention which mode of communication you will prefer most in the following
situations –
(a) Your grandfather has suddenly fallen ill. How will you inform the doctor?
(b) Your mother wants to sell the old house. How will she spread this news?
(c) You are going to attend the marriage of your cousin for which you will
be absent from the school for the next two days. How will you inform the
teacher?
(d) Your friend has moved out with his/her family to New York. How will
you keep in touch on a daily basis?