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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.
Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - 2- LAND, SOIL, WATER, NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Multiple Choice Questions
(NOTE: - Choose the correct option and put a tick mark.)
1) Trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water are called:
a) Gullies
b) Contour Barriers
c) Rock Dam
d) Pavements
2) Different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil
from rain wash are called:
a) Ploughing
b) Terracing
c) Mulching
d) Intercropping
3) Rowsof trees are planted to check the wind movement to protect soil cover are called:
a) Shelter belts
b) contour ploughing
c) flat steps
d) fencing
4) Shelter belts are found in which regions?:
a) Desert
b) coastal and dry
c) cold
d) Tundra
5) The bare ground between plants is coveredwith a layer of organic matter like straw is which
method of soil conservation?
a) Rock dams
b) shelter belts
c) Mulching
d) Intercropping
6) Ploughing parallel to thecontours of a hill slope to form a natural barrierfor water to flow down
the slope is called:
a) Contour ploughing
b) harvesting
