Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · Geography (भूगोल)
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: Land Use
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is agricultural land use? [1]
(A) Land for growing crops and raising livestock
(B) Land only for housing
(C) Land only for forests
(D) Land only for industry
2. What does forest land use provide? [1]
(A) Timber, biodiversity, oxygen
(B) Only housing
(C) Only crops
(D) Nothing useful
3. What is settlement land use? [1]
(A) Land developed for housing and urban infrastructure
(B) Only agricultural land
(C) Only forest land
(D) Only industrial land
4. Why does settlement land use expand? [1]
(A) As populations grow
(B) As populations shrink
(C) It never changes
(D) Randomly, with no cause
5. Why is balancing land use important? [1]
(A) For sustainable development
(B) It's not important
(C) No reason
(D) Only for decoration
6. What does sustainable development ensure? [1]
(A) Enough land for food, housing, and environment
(B) Only more housing
(C) Only more farms
(D) Nothing specific
7. What is often the largest land use category? [1]
(A) Agricultural land use
(B) Only settlement
(C) Only forest
(D) Only industrial
8. Why learn about land use? [1]
(A) To understand how land meets human and environmental needs
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is agricultural land use? [1]
(A) Land for growing crops and raising livestock
(B) Land only for housing
(C) Land only for forests
(D) Land only for industry
10. What does forest land use provide? [1]
(A) Timber, biodiversity, oxygen
(B) Only housing
(C) Only crops
(D) Nothing useful
11. What is settlement land use? [1]
(A) Land developed for housing and urban infrastructure
(B) Only agricultural land
(C) Only forest land
(D) Only industrial land
12. Why does settlement land use expand? [1]
(A) As populations grow
(B) As populations shrink
(C) It never changes
(D) Randomly, with no cause
13. Why is balancing land use important? [1]
(A) For sustainable development
(B) It's not important
(C) No reason
(D) Only for decoration
14. What does sustainable development ensure? [1]
(A) Enough land for food, housing, and environment
(B) Only more housing
(C) Only more farms
(D) Nothing specific
15. What is often the largest land use category? [1]
(A) Agricultural land use
(B) Only settlement
(C) Only forest
(D) Only industrial
16. Why learn about land use? [1]
(A) To understand how land meets human and environmental needs
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests