📘 Class 7 Social Science (Geography) – Chapter 1: Environment
🌿 MCQ Questions with Answers (Full 50 Questions in English)
This set covers all important concepts — components of the environment, ecosystem, human-environment interaction, and more.
🧠 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers
1️⃣ What is the natural environment?
(a) Man-made things
(b) Things created by humans
(c) Things that occur naturally on Earth
(d) Machines
👉 Answer: (c) Things that occur naturally on Earth
2️⃣ Which of the following is a component of the natural environment?
(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Air
(d) All of these
👉 Answer: (d) All of these
3️⃣ Which of the following is a biotic component?
(a) Rocks
(b) Water
(c) Plants and animals
(d) Mountains
👉 Answer: (c) Plants and animals
4️⃣ Which of the following is an abiotic component?
(a) Humans
(b) Air
(c) Animals
(d) Plants
👉 Answer: (b) Air
5️⃣ Which of these is part of the human environment?
(a) Buildings and roads
(b) Cars and industries
(c) Cities and villages
(d) All of these
👉 Answer: (d) All of these
6️⃣ The lithosphere consists of —
(a) Water
(b) Land
(c) Air
(d) Animals
👉 Answer: (b) Land
7️⃣ The hydrosphere consists of —
(a) Water bodies
(b) Rocks
(c) Plants
(d) Air
👉 Answer: (a) Water bodies
8️⃣ The atmosphere is —
(a) The layer of air around the Earth
(b) A water body
(c) Solid crust
(d) Human-made structure
👉 Answer: (a) The layer of air around the Earth
9️⃣ The biosphere includes —
(a) Only plants
(b) Only animals
(c) Both living and non-living things
(d) Only air
👉 Answer: (c) Both living and non-living things
10️⃣ Which one of the following is not a domain of the natural environment?
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Atmosphere
(c) Technology
(d) Hydrosphere
👉 Answer: (c) Technology
11️⃣ The word ‘environment’ is derived from —
(a) Greek
(b) French
(c) Latin
(d) German
👉 Answer: (b) French
12️⃣ The term ‘environment’ means —
(a) The place, people, things and nature surrounding living organisms
(b) Only plants and animals
(c) Only human-made things
(d) Air and water only
👉 Answer: (a) The place, people, things and nature surrounding living organisms
13️⃣ Which one of the following is a natural ecosystem?
(a) Aquarium
(b) Forest
(c) Zoo
(d) Crop field
👉 Answer: (b) Forest
14️⃣ Which one is a human-made ecosystem?
(a) Pond
(b) Ocean
(c) Aquarium
(d) Desert
👉 Answer: (c) Aquarium
15️⃣ Which of the following is a biotic component of the ecosystem?
(a) Soil
(b) Rocks
(c) Plants
(d) Water
👉 Answer: (c) Plants
16️⃣ Which one of the following is not a component of the environment?
(a) Biological
(b) Physical
(c) Psychological
(d) Social
👉 Answer: (c) Psychological
17️⃣ The solid crust or hard top layer of the Earth is called —
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Atmosphere
(c) Biosphere
(d) Hydrosphere
👉 Answer: (a) Lithosphere
18️⃣ The narrow zone of Earth where land, water and air interact to support life is —
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Atmosphere
(d) Biosphere
👉 Answer: (d) Biosphere
19️⃣ Which of the following is an example of a natural ecosystem?
(a) Aquarium
(b) Crop field
(c) Forest
(d) Garden
👉 Answer: (c) Forest
20️⃣ Humans modify the natural environment by —
(a) Cutting trees
(b) Building houses
(c) Constructing roads
(d) All of these
👉 Answer: (d) All of these
21️⃣ Which of the following is an example of a human-made environment?
(a) River
(b) Mountain
(c) Park
(d) Ocean
👉 Answer: (c) Park
22️⃣ Which of the following is the part of the biotic environment?
(a) Plants and animals
(b) Air
(c) Water
(d) Soil
👉 Answer: (a) Plants and animals
23️⃣ An ecosystem is —
(a) The interaction between living and non-living things
(b) A part of the atmosphere
(c) Only a group of animals
(d) None of these
👉 Answer: (a) The interaction between living and non-living things
24️⃣ Which of the following is a human activity that affects the environment?
(a) Afforestation
(b) Pollution
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None
👉 Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
25️⃣ The major domains of the Earth are —
(a) Land, water, air, living things
(b) Water, forest, air, soil
(c) Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere
(d) None of these
👉 Answer: (c) Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere
26️⃣ Which one of the following is not a natural resource?
(a) Air
(b) Water
(c) Road
(d) Soil
👉 Answer: (c) Road
27️⃣ Which element of the environment provides oxygen?
(a) Hydrosphere
(b) Atmosphere
(c) Lithosphere
(d) Biosphere
👉 Answer: (b) Atmosphere
28️⃣ Which one provides minerals to plants?
(a) Hydrosphere
(b) Lithosphere
(c) Atmosphere
(d) Biosphere
👉 Answer: (b) Lithosphere
29️⃣ The environment provides —
(a) Food
(b) Air
(c) Water
(d) All of these
👉 Answer: (d) All of these
30️⃣ Which of the following maintains balance in nature?
(a) Ecosystem
(b) Machines
(c) Buildings
(d) Cars
👉 Answer: (a) Ecosystem
31️⃣ Which gas is most essential for living beings?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen
👉 Answer: (b) Oxygen
32️⃣ Which human activity causes pollution?
(a) Deforestation
(b) Industrialization
(c) Use of plastic
(d) All of these
👉 Answer: (d) All of these
33️⃣ Which is the most important component of the environment?
(a) Air
(b) Land
(c) Water
(d) Humans
👉 Answer: (d) Humans
34️⃣ The study of the relationship between living beings and their surroundings is called —
(a) Ecology
(b) Biology
(c) Geography
(d) Geology
👉 Answer: (a) Ecology
35️⃣ The word “eco” comes from the Greek word “oikos” meaning —
(a) Earth
(b) Home
(c) Life
(d) Environment
👉 Answer: (b) Home
36️⃣ Plants prepare their food using —
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Respiration
(c) Digestion
(d) Transpiration
👉 Answer: (a) Photosynthesis
37️⃣ The balance in the environment is maintained by —
(a) Natural processes
(b) Artificial systems
(c) Human interference
(d) Machines
👉 Answer: (a) Natural processes
38️⃣ Which of these is not a part of the biosphere?
(a) Air
(b) Plants
(c) Mountains
(d) Rocks
👉 Answer: (d) Rocks
39️⃣ The main source of energy for the environment is —
(a) Moon
(b) Sun
(c) Fire
(d) Wind
👉 Answer: (b) Sun
40️⃣ Human beings interact with the environment and modify it according to their —
(a) Needs
(b) Wishes
(c) Knowledge
(d) Both (a) and (c)
👉 Answer: (d) Both (a) and (c)
41️⃣ Which of the following is a renewable resource?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Sunlight
(d) Iron
👉 Answer: (c) Sunlight
42️⃣ Which is not a renewable resource?
(a) Wind
(b) Water
(c) Minerals
(d) Sunlight
👉 Answer: (c) Minerals
43️⃣ The ecosystem in a pond is an example of —
(a) Natural ecosystem
(b) Artificial ecosystem
(c) Urban system
(d) None
👉 Answer: (a) Natural ecosystem
44️⃣ Which one of these is not a human-made environment?
(a) Village
(b) House
(c) Road
(d) Mountain
👉 Answer: (d) Mountain
45️⃣ Pollution means —
(a) Making air, water, or soil dirty
(b) Planting trees
(c) Purifying water
(d) Cleaning roads
👉 Answer: (a) Making air, water, or soil dirty
46️⃣ Plants and animals depend on each other for —
(a) Food and oxygen
(b) Shelter
(c) Shade
(d) None
👉 Answer: (a) Food and oxygen
47️⃣ Which of the following is part of the atmosphere?
(a) Air
(b) Rocks
(c) Soil
(d) Trees
👉 Answer: (a) Air
48️⃣ The relationship between biotic and abiotic components is known as —
(a) Ecosystem
(b) Habitat
(c) Community
(d) Ecology
👉 Answer: (a) Ecosystem
49️⃣ The human environment includes —
(a) Social and economic conditions
(b) Political conditions
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None
👉 Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
50️⃣ All living organisms on Earth together form the —
(a) Biosphere
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Atmosphere
(d) Lithosphere
👉 Answer: (a) Biosphere
🌿 Summary (Quick Revision Notes):
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🌎 Environment: Everything that surrounds us.
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🪴 Components: Natural, human, and human-made.
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🌋 Natural: Land, water, air, plants, animals.
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🏙 Human-made: Buildings, roads, industries.
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👩👩👧 Human environment: Individuals, families, communities, politics, culture.
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🌞 Sun: Main source of energy.
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🌳 Ecosystem: Interaction between biotic and abiotic components.
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⚖️ Balance in nature = necessary for survival.