Social Studies/SocialScience

Directions—Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. What is the Dead Sea ?

2. Anjali desires to emphasize on cultural/ regional diversity in food habits, while teaching the topic on ‘Food’ to Class III students. Which one of the following learning experiences given to students can bring about the desired result ?

3. Preeti wants to lay greater emphasis on ‘Pollution’ while teaching environmental concerns to Class V students. Which one of the following activities is likely to be most effective in achieving the desired objective ?

4. Neha uses the following assessment techniques in the subject of EVS for Class V—

I. Hands-on activities assessment
II. Home assignment assessment
III. Project work assessment
IV. Oral testing
Which one of the following pairs of techniques is likely to be more objective assessment ?

5. A good home assignment in EVS should primarily focus on—

6. Shalini has planned a field trip for Class IV students to the Science Centre. Which one of the following general instructions given to the students is irrelevant for the trip ?

7. Good EVS curriculum at primary stage should—

8. Poems and stories have been included in EVS textbooks for primary stage in order to—

9. Four perspective teachers were asked to make a presentation on the theme ‘Travel’ to Class V students. Each of them mainly focussed on one of the following strategies—

10. ‘Think and Discuss’ section in one chapter of EVS textbook in Class V includes the following statement :

“What would happen if you don’t get petrol or diesel for a week in your village or town ?”
The statement primarily aims at—

11. The technique of ‘Classroom questioning’ in teaching of EVS can be used best for—

12. One of the major objectives of teaching of EVS at primary stage is to—

13. Which one of the following is not a suitable activity at primary stage to sensitize students to the concept of conservation of trees ?

14. While teaching the topic on ‘Water’ in her EVS classroom, Anjali organizes role-play on different sources of water and individual actions to conserve water. The activity is primarily aimed at—

15. EVS curriculum at primary stage has been developed to include pure Science as well as Social Science concepts. This has been done primarily to—

16. Which one of the following will be more effective learning experience to emphasize more on social inequalities in an EVS class ?

17. While discussing liking and disliking a student says, “I and my mother both love to eat snakes. Whenever we feel like eating snakes, we go to a nearby hotel and eat Ling-hu-fen.” This student must belong to—

18. Study the following statements about Braille script :
1. Braille is written on a thick paper by making dots (raised points).
2. This script is based on eight points.
3. Rows of dots are made with a pointed tool.
4. It is read by running the fingers on the raised dot.
The correct statements are—

19. Select the correct statements from the following—
1. Animals that have outside ears and hair on their body give birth to the young ones.
2. Animals that do not have outside ears and hair on their body lay eggs.
3. Animals that do not have outside ears and hair on their body give birth to the young ones.
4. Animals that have outside ears and hair on their body lay eggs.

20. Select the correct statement about beekeeping—

1. January to March is the best time to start beekeeping.
2. Honeybees are attracted to the Lichi flowers.
3. Boxes are needed for keeping bees and storing honey produced by them.
4. Sugar is purchased to make syrup for honeybees.

21. A student noted down the following information in her diary about her journey from Ahmedabad to Nagarcoil—



From the above information, the following conclusions were drawn—
1. The distance between Ahmedabad and Nagarcoil is 2348 km.
2. The train covers this distance in 40 hours 55 minutes.
3. The train covers this distance in 28 hours 55 minutes.
4. The average speed of the train is about 80 km per hour.
The correct conclusions are—

22. Which of the following information may be obtained from a reserved rail ticket ?

1. Date and time of booking, date and time of start of journey.
2. Coach number, berth number and fare.
3. Name, age and sex of the passengers.
4. Train number with name, boarding station and last station.
5. Date and time of arrival at the destination.

23. Select the true statements from the following—

1. Elephant love to play with muddy water as it keeps their skin cool.
2. Most elephants like to take rest and sleep nearly 10 hours a day.
3. A three-month-old elephant weighs about 200 kg.
4. Most adult elephants eat about 100 kg of leaves/twigs in one day.

24. Select the correct statements about Madhubani paintings—

1. To make these paintings, indigo, turmeric, colours from flowers and trees etc., are used.
2. The paintings show human beings, animals, trees, flowers, birds, fish, etc.
3. It is a very old form of folk art and is named after the place Madhubani.
4. Madhubani is a well-known district of Rajasthan.

25. A bird makes its nest high up on a tree. This bird could be—

26. Pochampally is a village which is famous for the special cloth which is also called Pochampally. This village is a part of—

27. Select the correct statements about ‘Desert Oak’—

1. It is a tree found in Australia.
2. This is a special kind of tree which has its roots growing from its branches.
3. The roots of this tree go deep into the ground till they reach water.
4. This tree stores water in its trunk. Local people use thin pipe to drink this water.

28. Select the correct statements about Abu Dhabi—

1. It is located in desert area.
2. Water is costlier than petrol in Abu Dhabi.
3. Arabic is the local language here.
4. Money used in Abu Dhabi is called Dinar.

29. There are animals that awake at night. These animals can see things only in—

30. Here in Fig. I, a 24-hour clock is shown and in Fig. II and Fig. III, sleeping times of two animals X and Y are shown by shaded portions. Select the correct statement about the sleeping times of X and Y—