ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Explain why the Pamir Knot is called so. Write briefly about the mountain ranges that radiate from the Pamir Knot.

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Write briefly about the Arabian Plateau and the Deccan Plateau.

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Describe the river valleys of Asia.

What are perennial rivers?

Name the five physical regions of Asia

Which mountain range has some of the world’s highest peaks?

Name the plateaux (plural of the plateau) of the Southern Plateaux of Asia.

Name the rivers that have built the Great River Valleys of Asia.

Which is the highest and the second-highest peak in the world and where are they situated?

Why did the Arabian Plateau become important to the rest of the world?

Why are the fertile river valleys and plains of Asia and such as the Mesopotamian Plains, the Indo-Gangetic Plains, and the Great Plains of China called the cradles of civilization?

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The Himalayas emerge from the ______________ in south-east direction.

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___________, the world’s highest peak lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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The ___________ Plateau is a dry plateau as it is in the region of low rainfall and no rivers.

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____________  is also called as the land of five rivers.

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The _____________ is Asia’s longest river.

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The zone from where the mountain ranges appear to radiate outwards in different directions in the Central Fold mountains in Asia is called __________.

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About ___________ of the land area of Asia is covered with forest.

Picture study

1. Identify the animal seen in the photograph
2. In which climatic region of Asia can you find this animal?

Why is Siberia so sparsely populated?