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CTET EVS (Environmental Studies) MCQ with Answers, Paper 1
312 practice questions on Environmental Studies Pedagogy (Paper I) for CTET Paper I, with answers; most also have an explanation or a worked solution. Try each one before you open its answer.
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Q.201
A class V chapter tells of seven-year-old Bhim, who saw a barber cutting the hair of a rich farmer's buffalo but was refused a haircut himself, because the barber said both he and his razor would become dirty. This boy later became known as:
- A Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, under whose leadership the Constitution was prepared
- B Jyotiba Phule, who opened the first schools for girls in Pune
- C Mahadev Desai, who lived in Gandhiji's ashram and was his secretary
- D Bhimsen Joshi, the classical singer
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Correct answer: (A) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, under whose leadership the Constitution was prepared
'Who will do this Work?' tells this childhood incident from Goregaon in Maharashtra; the boy grew up to be Babasaheb Ambedkar, who fought for justice for people like him, and after independence the Constitution was prepared under his leadership.
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Q.202
In the NCERT EVS textbooks for classes III to V, concerns such as gender, disability, health and conservation of resources are:
- A Taught as separate chapters at the end of each book
- B Woven into the themes and stories across many chapters
- C Left out, as they belong to classes VI to VIII
- D Covered only during the moral education period
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Correct answer: (B) Woven into the themes and stories across many chapters
Integrated EVS weaves such cross-cutting concerns into the themes and narratives of many chapters instead of isolating them, so children meet them in familiar contexts.
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Q.203
For two weeks, a class V child notes the shape of the moon each night, draws it in a table against the date and tells the class what pattern she found. Which EVS indicator of learning does this mainly reflect?
- A Concern for justice and equality
- B Observation and reporting
- C Cooperation
- D Classification
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Correct answer: (B) Observation and reporting
NCERT's EVS assessment indicators describe observation and reporting as reporting, narrating and drawing, picture-reading, and making pictures, tables and maps (the English Looking Around books print it as 'Observation and Recording'). This child observes carefully, records the moon's shapes in a table and reports the pattern.
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Q.204
A child sees a 'shooting star' streak across the night sky. According to NCERT's note in the class V chapter 'Sunita in Space', a shooting star is actually:
- A A real star that has broken off and is falling down to the earth
- B A satellite that has stopped working and is drifting away
- C A very bright planet seen low in the eastern sky just before sunrise
- D A piece of rock from space that burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere
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Correct answer: (D) A piece of rock from space that burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere
A shooting star is a meteor: the streak of light made when a small piece of rock or dust from space burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere. (A piece that survives and lands on the ground is called a meteorite.) NCERT's note adds that children need help to tell a star, a shooting star and a satellite apart; it is the stars that twinkle.
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Q.205
In kabaddi (hu tu tu), what must a raider do after entering the other team's half?
- A Keep saying 'kabaddi' in one breath, try to touch opponents and get back
- B Stay in the other half for as long as possible without being touched by any opponent
- C Throw a ball at the players of the other team and run back before they catch it
- D Hold his breath silently and stand still
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Correct answer: (A) Keep saying 'kabaddi' in one breath, try to touch opponents and get back
The raider must keep chanting in a single breath, try to touch opponents and return to his own half before the breath runs out. No ball is used in kabaddi.
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Q.206
In the class IV chapter 'Eating Together', on Uruka, the first day of Magh Bihu in Assam, people build a temporary shed of grass and bamboo where the community feast is held. It is called:
- A Mezi
- B Namghar
- C Rebo
- D Bhela Ghar
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Correct answer: (D) Bhela Ghar
NCERT's note says Magh Bihu is celebrated on 14 and 15 January; on the first day, Uruka, people build the Bhela Ghar and have a community feast, and the next morning they light the mezi. Bora, a sticky rice of Assam, is cooked for the feast.
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Q.207
Consider the following statements about NEP 2020: 1. Experiential learning, including hands-on learning, arts-integrated education and story-telling-based pedagogy, is to be standard pedagogy in all stages. 2. Assessment is to shift from summative, rote-based testing towards regular, formative, competency-based assessment. Which is/are correct?
- A Only 2
- B Only 1
- C Neither 1 nor 2
- D Both 1 and 2
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Correct answer: (D) Both 1 and 2
Both are NEP 2020 positions: experiential learning is to be the standard pedagogy in every stage, and assessment is to become more regular, formative and competency-based, testing higher-order skills rather than memorisation.
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Q.208
To build sensitivity towards people with different abilities, how does NCERT's EVS syllabus first approach the topic in class III?
- A Children notice how elderly family members may have difficulty hearing or seeing, and discuss how people cope
- B Children memorise the names and medical causes of different disabilities from a chart prepared by the teacher
- C Children visit a hospital ward for people with disabilities
- D Children learn the laws on the rights of persons with disabilities passed by Parliament
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Correct answer: (A) Children notice how elderly family members may have difficulty hearing or seeing, and discuss how people cope
The syllabus uses the closeness of the family: in the class III unit on bodies old and young, children see that some older relatives may have difficulty hearing or seeing, and then discuss how they or their friends may cope with such challenges. Starting from familiar people builds empathy better than memorising facts.
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Q.209
Which of the following vegetables that grows underground is a modified stem and NOT a root?
- A Potato
- B Carrot
- C Radish
- D Beetroot
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Correct answer: (A) Potato
Potato is a stem tuber, which is why it has 'eyes' (buds) that sprout. Carrot, radish and beetroot are edible roots.
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Q.210
Which of the following is NOT one of the indicators of learning that NCERT suggests for assessing children in EVS?
- A Memorising definitions
- B Observation and reporting
- C Experimentation
- D Concern for justice and equality
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Correct answer: (A) Memorising definitions
NCERT's EVS indicators are observation and reporting (printed as 'observation and recording' in the English Looking Around books), discussion, expression, explanation, classification, questioning, analysis, experimentation, concern for justice and equality, and cooperation. Memorising definitions is not one of them.
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Q.211
In a class IV activity, Meena cannot group seeds by the way they are dispersed on her own, but manages it when a classmate asks her guiding questions. According to Vygotsky, this task lies in Meena's:
- A Sensorimotor stage
- B Stage of formal operations
- C Zone of proximal development
- D Latency period
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Correct answer: (C) Zone of proximal development
A task a child cannot do alone but can do with help from a more capable peer or adult lies in the zone of proximal development. This is why Vygotsky's view supports mixed peer groups in EVS activities.
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Q.212
If a piece of roti is chewed slowly for a long time, it starts to taste sweet. This happens because:
- A The roti absorbs sugar left on the teeth from earlier meals
- B The tongue becomes tired and starts sensing every taste as sweet
- C Saliva changes some of the starch in the roti into sugar
- D Chewing for a long time heats the roti and makes it slightly sweet
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Correct answer: (C) Saliva changes some of the starch in the roti into sugar
Saliva begins digestion in the mouth by changing starch into sugar, so a well-chewed roti tastes sweet. This is one reason we are told to chew food well.
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Q.213
According to the class IV EVS chapter 'Ear to Ear', animals whose ears are visible outside the body and which have hair on the body generally:
- A Lay eggs
- B Live only in water
- C Give birth to young ones
- D Cannot hear any sound at all
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Correct answer: (C) Give birth to young ones
The chapter observes that animals with external ears and body hair, such as cows, cats and elephants, give birth to young ones, while animals like lizards and birds, whose ears are not visible outside, lay eggs.
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Q.214
Consider these statements about NCERT's EVS syllabus for classes III to V: 1. It consciously includes key questions on social discrimination, physically challenged people and working children, so that children can reflect on such lived experiences. 2. It advises teachers to keep such issues out of the classroom so that young children are not upset. Which is/are correct?
- A Only 2
- B Both 1 and 2
- C Neither 1 nor 2
- D Only 1
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Correct answer: (D) Only 1
The syllabus says it has consciously included key questions that openly address inequality, such as discrimination in school or in getting water, physically challenged people and working children, and that schools should not promote a culture of evasion or silence. Statement 2 contradicts this.
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Q.215
The class V EVS chapter 'A Snake Charmer's Story' mentions four poisonous snakes found in India. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
- A Cobra
- B Rat snake (dhaman)
- C Common krait (karait)
- D Russell's viper (daboia)
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Correct answer: (B) Rat snake (dhaman)
The four poisonous snakes named are cobra, common krait, Russell's viper and saw-scaled viper; the rat snake is non-poisonous. The chapter also notes that medicine for snake bite is made from snake venom itself.
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Q.216
During a class IV project on 'birds around our school', the teacher's most appropriate role is to:
- A Complete the difficult parts herself so that the project looks good
- B Give children a ready-made list of local birds and their features to copy into their project files
- C Stay away completely, so that children learn on their own, and only grade the final report
- D Guide planning, suggest sources and help when children are stuck, while they do the work
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Correct answer: (D) Guide planning, suggest sources and help when children are stuck, while they do the work
In project work the teacher is a facilitator who supports planning, resources and problem-solving while children carry out the investigation themselves. Doing it for them or leaving them entirely alone both reduce learning.
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Q.217
In the class III chapter 'A House Like This', houses built on bamboo stilts, raised above the ground with sloping roofs, are shown from which region?
- A Rajasthan
- B Manali
- C Assam
- D Delhi
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Correct answer: (C) Assam
Assam receives heavy rain and floods, so houses are built on stilts of bamboo with sloping roofs; Rajasthan has thick mud walls, Manali has wooden houses with sloping roofs, and Delhi has flats.
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Q.218
Anita Khushwaha, whose true story is told in class IV EVS, took up bee-keeping in her village Bochaha, where many litchi trees attract honeybees. In which state is her village?
- A Uttar Pradesh
- B Bihar
- C West Bengal
- D Jharkhand
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Correct answer: (B) Bihar
The chapter says Bochaha village is in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar. Anita paid for her studies by teaching younger children, trained in a government bee-keeping course and kept her bee boxes near the litchi orchards, which flower in February.
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Q.219
In a group talk on festivals, a child listens carefully to others, shares her own opinion and asks classmates how their families celebrate. According to NCERT's EVS indicators, this mainly shows:
- A Classification
- B Experimentation
- C Analysis
- D Discussion
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Correct answer: (D) Discussion
NCERT describes the indicator 'discussion' as listening, talking, expressing opinions and finding out from others, which is exactly what this child does.
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Q.220
Which of the following is NOT one of the six themes of the NCF 2005 EVS syllabus for classes III to V?
- A Energy
- B Shelter
- C Travel
- D Things We Make and Do
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Correct answer: (A) Energy
The six themes are Family and Friends, Food, Shelter, Water, Travel, and Things We Make and Do. Energy is not a separate theme; related ideas are woven into other themes.
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Q.221
In the class V chapter 'A Shelter so High!', Gaurav Jani travels by motorcycle from Mumbai to Ladakh and stays with the Changpa people, who live in tents called:
- A Igloo
- B Bungalow
- C Jhuggi
- D Rebo
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Correct answer: (D) Rebo
The Changpa, who rear sheep and goats on the cold Changthang plateau of Ladakh, live in rebo, tents made of yak hair wool that are warm and can be moved with the herds.
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Q.222
Ants moving in a line, one behind the other, are able to follow the path because:
- A They can see the ant in front of them clearly with their large eyes
- B They are tied to each other by a fine thread of silk that they spin
- C They hear the footsteps of the ants ahead
- D They follow the smell left on the ground by the ants ahead
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Correct answer: (D) They follow the smell left on the ground by the ants ahead
As explained in the class V chapter Super Senses, ants leave a smell on the ground that the ants behind follow; this is why they move in a line.
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Q.223
According to the class V chapter 'Super Senses', which animal sleeps for almost 17 hours a day hanging upside down from a tree branch and comes down only about once a week to relieve itself?
- A Sloth
- B Bat
- C Owl
- D Langur
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Correct answer: (A) Sloth
The chapter describes the sloth, which looks like a bear but is not one: it sleeps almost 17 hours a day hanging upside down, eats the leaves of the tree it lives on and comes down about once a week. Bats also hang upside down, but they are not the animal described. (The long sleep figures come from sloths in zoos; studies of wild sloths found about 10 hours of sleep a day.)
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Q.224
To begin the theme 'Water', a teacher asks children to call out every use of water they can think of, writes all answers on the board without judging any of them, and only then groups them. This technique is:
- A Brainstorming
- B Drill and practice
- C Dictation
- D Recitation
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Correct answer: (A) Brainstorming
Brainstorming collects many ideas quickly without criticism. It brings out children's prior knowledge and encourages every child to contribute before the ideas are organised.
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Q.225
After clay pots are shaped on the potter's wheel and dried, they are baked in a fire (kiln). This is done mainly to:
- A Give them a shiny colour that does not wash off when they hold water
- B Make them lighter so that they are easy to carry to the market
- C Make the clay soft again so that it can be shaped more finely
- D Make them hard so they can hold water without softening
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Correct answer: (D) Make them hard so they can hold water without softening
Firing turns dried clay into hard, strong pottery that does not soften in water. Unbaked clay turns soft and crumbles when it gets wet.
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Q.226
Which of the following is NOT a function of the roots of a plant?
- A Holding the plant firmly in the soil
- B Absorbing water from the soil
- C Making food for the plant using sunlight
- D Storing food in plants such as carrot and radish
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Correct answer: (C) Making food for the plant using sunlight
Green leaves make food using sunlight; roots, which usually grow underground, do not. Roots anchor the plant, absorb water and, in some plants, store food.
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Q.227
Reena lives in one house with her parents, grandparents, uncle, aunt and cousins, and they all share one kitchen. Reena's family is best described as a:
- A Nuclear family
- B Joint family
- C Single-parent family
- D Nomadic family
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Correct answer: (B) Joint family
When grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts and their children live together and share a kitchen, it is a joint family. A nuclear family has only parents and their children.
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Q.228
On a nature walk, a teacher wants children's observation of leaves to be purposeful, as the NCERT EVS syllabus advises. Which instruction does this best?
- A Look around the garden and tell me anything at all that you see, hear or smell around you.
- B Copy the names of ten trees from the board.
- C Collect as many leaves as you can in five minutes and put them all in a bag to show me later.
- D Look closely at the edges and the lines on these two leaves. How are they different?
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Correct answer: (D) Look closely at the edges and the lines on these two leaves. How are they different?
The syllabus says observation in EVS is not meant to collect random similarities or differences but to seek information from the object, for example the shapes, edges and pattern of lines in leaves, so activities need a specific purpose. The other instructions are aimless or not observation at all.
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Q.229
NCERT's note in the class IV chapter 'Abdul in the Garden' says that the idea that roots absorb water is difficult for children of this age. What does it ask the teacher to do?
- A Give children chances to think and room for their ideas, as they may be at different levels
- B Leave out roots altogether until class VI, when the absorption of water by roots is taught formally
- C Make children learn the definition of absorption by heart, since understanding will come later anyway
- D Show a diagram of root hairs once and move on to the next chapter
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Correct answer: (A) Give children chances to think and room for their ideas, as they may be at different levels
The note says the concept is difficult but it is important to give children opportunities to think about it; different children may be at different levels of thinking, and their ideas need space. Postponing it or reducing it to a memorised definition goes against this.
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Q.230
Which statement about the khejadi tree is NOT given in the class IV chapter 'The Story of Amrita'?
- A Its bark is used for making medicines
- B Its fruits (beans) are cooked and eaten
- C Its wood is not affected by insects
- D It needs a lot of water and grows only near rivers
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Correct answer: (D) It needs a lot of water and grows only near rivers
The chapter says the khejadi grows mainly in desert areas and does not need much water; its bark is used for medicines, its beans are cooked and eaten, its wood is not affected by insects and animals eat its leaves. So 'needs a lot of water' is the false statement.
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Q.231
'Jhoom' cultivation, described in the class V chapter 'Whose Forests?' as practised in Mizoram, is a form of:
- A Terrace farming in which steps are cut into the hill slopes to grow rice on the same fields every year
- B Shifting cultivation: a forest patch is cleared, farmed for a few years, then left to regrow
- C Irrigated wheat farming on river plains using canals and tube wells every season
- D Growing crops in greenhouses
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Correct answer: (B) Shifting cultivation: a forest patch is cleared, farmed for a few years, then left to regrow
Jhoom is shifting cultivation: forest land is cleared and burnt, crops are grown for a few seasons, and the farmers move to another patch while the old one recovers.
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Q.232
A farmer plants pieces of sugarcane stem in his field, and a gardener grows a new rose plant from a cut stem. What do these examples show?
- A Sugarcane and rose do not produce any seeds
- B Some plants can grow into new plants from parts other than seeds
- C A plant can grow only if some roots are still attached to the piece that is planted
- D New plants grow only from leaves
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Correct answer: (B) Some plants can grow into new plants from parts other than seeds
Pieces of sugarcane stem and rose cuttings grow into new plants, showing that new plants can come from stems and other parts, not only from seeds. The pieces have no roots when planted; roots grow later.
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Q.233
An EVS chapter describes how people in a desert region store every drop of rainwater, but the class is in a riverside village that floods almost every year. The best way for the teacher to handle the chapter is to:
- A Skip the chapter, since children cannot relate to a desert
- B Teach it exactly as written and ask children to memorise all the ways of storing rainwater for the test
- C Start from children's experience of floods, then compare with the desert and discuss why they differ
- D Tell children that people in the desert manage water far better than their village does, and that the village should copy them
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Correct answer: (C) Start from children's experience of floods, then compare with the desert and discuss why they differ
Starting from the local situation and then comparing it with a different context lets children understand the chapter through their own experience. Skipping it or teaching it as remote facts loses both the link and the comparison.
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Q.234
A new teacher finds that in her school only children from one community are made to sweep the classroom and clean the toilets. What should she do?
- A End the practice, make cleaning a shared duty of all children by turns, and discuss the dignity of work
- B Let it continue, as those children are used to such work
- C Ask those children to do the cleaning only after school hours, so that their own studies are not affected
- D Mention it at the next parent-teacher meeting but change nothing in the school's practice until then
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Correct answer: (A) End the practice, make cleaning a shared duty of all children by turns, and discuss the dignity of work
'Who will do this Work?' in class V shows Hetal and Meena of class III, who are made to clean the school toilets because of their community. Such discrimination must end at once; sharing the work among all children also teaches that no work is lowly.
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Q.235
Which method of food preservation is used when mango slices are dried in the sun to make aam papad or when raw mangoes are kept in salt and oil as pickle?
- A Refrigeration and canning in airtight tins so that air cannot enter
- B Adding artificial colour and flavour to make the food look fresh
- C Boiling the food every day so that the germs in it are killed by the heat
- D Removing moisture and using salt and oil so microbes cannot grow
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Correct answer: (D) Removing moisture and using salt and oil so microbes cannot grow
The class V chapter Mangoes Round the Year explains that food spoils because of microbes, which need moisture; drying, salting and oil are traditional ways of keeping food for long.
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Q.236
A child answers that 'plants grow because we water them'. The teacher responds, 'Why do you think so? Do all plants need the same amount of water?' This questioning technique is called:
- A Probing
- B Closed questioning
- C Rhetorical questioning
- D Drilling
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Correct answer: (A) Probing
Probing questions follow up a child's response to make the child think deeper, justify and refine the idea; they are a key tool of inquiry-based EVS teaching.
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Q.237
Which instrument does a doctor use to listen to the beating of the heart?
- A Thermometer
- B Microscope
- C Stethoscope
- D Telescope
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Correct answer: (C) Stethoscope
A stethoscope carries the sound of the heartbeat to the doctor's ears; a simple one can be made with a funnel and a rubber tube. A thermometer measures body temperature.
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Q.238
In an activity on what dissolves in water, a few spoons of cooking oil are added to a glass of water and stirred. After a while, the oil:
- A Dissolves completely in the water like salt or sugar
- B Sinks to the bottom of the glass because it is heavier
- C Collects as a separate layer on top of the water
- D Turns the water into a thick, sticky paste
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Correct answer: (C) Collects as a separate layer on top of the water
Oil does not dissolve in water and is lighter than it, so it separates and floats as a layer on top. Sugar and salt, unlike oil, dissolve in water.
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Q.239
In class V EVS, Satti, whose leg was affected by polio when she was a baby, worries that her own children may also get polio. What understanding does the chapter build?
- A Polio is caused by a virus and is not inherited from a parent
- B Polio passes from parent to child, so she should not have children
- C Polio is caused by lack of exercise in childhood
- D Polio spreads only through mosquito bites
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Correct answer: (A) Polio is caused by a virus and is not inherited from a parent
In 'Like Father, Like Daughter' Satti is told that a parent having polio does not mean the child will get it, and NCERT's note says polio is caused by a virus and is not inherited. The note also asks teachers to clear similar misconceptions about diseases such as leprosy.
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Q.240
Class V EVS recalls that in 1930 Gandhiji and many others walked from Ahmedabad to the seashore at Dandi in Gujarat. What were they protesting against?
- A A law that banned the spinning and weaving of khadi cloth at home by villagers
- B The building of a large dam on the Sabarmati river that would drown villages near Ahmedabad
- C A new British tax on drawing water from village wells
- D A British law that stopped people making salt and put a heavy tax on it
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Correct answer: (D) A British law that stopped people making salt and put a heavy tax on it
'Experiments with Water' explains that the British law did not allow people to make salt even for use at home and put a heavy tax on it. The chapter links this to how salt is made by letting sea water dry in shallow beds, and NCERT's note uses it to talk about the freedom struggle.
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Q.241
In class IV EVS, people at a gurudwara cook together, sit in rows to eat together, and those who served eat at the end. What is this cooking and eating together in a gurudwara called?
- A Ardaas
- B Langar
- C Kadhah prasad
- D Mid-day meal
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Correct answer: (B) Langar
'Food and Fun' says the cooking and eating together in a gurudwara is called langar, and that everyone contributes in some way. Ardaas is the prayer after which kadhah prasad, a kind of halwa, is distributed.
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Q.242
A class V group has completed a project on the trees in their school campus. To assess it in the spirit of CCE, the teacher should:
- A Give the same marks to every member of the group, based only on how neat and attractive the final chart looks
- B Assess the process (planning, data collection, teamwork) and the product, noting each child's part
- C Assess only the neatness, handwriting and colours of the presentation chart made by the group
- D Give marks to the group leader alone
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Correct answer: (B) Assess the process (planning, data collection, teamwork) and the product, noting each child's part
Project assessment under CCE values the process as much as the product and notes what each child contributed, so that skills like observing, recording and cooperating are also recognised.
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Q.243
The Changpa, a nomadic community of Ladakh described in class V, rear goats in the cold, high mountains. The soft wool of these goats is used to make:
- A Khadi cloth
- B Jute sacks and bags
- C Silk saris
- D Pashmina shawls
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Correct answer: (D) Pashmina shawls
The Changpa keep pashmina goats, whose fine, warm wool is used to make the well-known pashmina shawls. Silk comes from silkworms and jute from a plant.
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Q.244
Birds such as the Siberian crane migrate to India in winter mainly because:
- A Their home regions get very cold and food is scarce
- B They want to lay eggs and breed only in Indian wetlands
- C India has no predators
- D They are attracted by the bright sunlight and street lights of Indian cities
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Correct answer: (A) Their home regions get very cold and food is scarce
Migratory birds leave regions where winter freezes water bodies and reduces food, travelling long distances to warmer places like Bharatpur, and return when conditions improve.
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Q.245
Clove, a common spice used in Indian kitchens, is which part of the plant?
- A Dried bark of the stem
- B Root
- C Dried seed of the fruit
- D Dried flower bud
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Correct answer: (D) Dried flower bud
Clove is the dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; cinnamon is bark, turmeric is an underground stem, and black pepper is a fruit.
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Q.246
A class V teacher is planning the theme 'Water' in an integrated way. Which plan best reflects integrated EVS?
- A Monday: states of water from the science book; Thursday: dams from the social studies book
- B Children copy the definitions of evaporation and condensation and learn the names of rivers
- C The teacher explains the water cycle with a chart and gives a test the next day
- D Children find out who fetches water at home, test what dissolves in it and discuss saving water locally
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Correct answer: (D) Children find out who fetches water at home, test what dissolves in it and discuss saving water locally
Integrated EVS links the scientific (dissolving), social (who fetches water) and environmental (saving water) aspects of one theme through the child's own life. Splitting it into separate science and social studies periods defeats integration.
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Q.247
An NCERT EVS chapter shows a father cooking food and a mother going to office. The main purpose of including such pictures is to:
- A Show that cooking is an easy job that takes little time or skill
- B Challenge gender stereotypes about roles at home and at work
- C Teach children the step-by-step process of cooking a simple meal
- D Make the chapter more colourful
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Correct answer: (B) Challenge gender stereotypes about roles at home and at work
Looking Around deliberately presents non-stereotypical roles so that children question fixed ideas about what men and women do, reflecting the value of gender sensitivity in EVS.
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Q.248
Consider these statements about seed dispersal: 1. The pods of some plants, such as balsam, burst open when ripe and throw their seeds away. 2. When ripe, soyabean pods also burst and throw out their seeds. Which of these is/are correct?
- A Only 1
- B Only 2
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Balsam pods burst when ripe and fling the seeds away, and class V EVS notes that ripe soyabean pods also burst and throw out their seeds, so both statements are correct. Bursting pods are one way of spreading seeds, besides wind, water and animals.
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Q.249
The class IV EVS chapter 'Chuskit Goes to School' tells the story of a girl from Ladakh who cannot walk. Including this chapter in the textbook is primarily meant to:
- A Describe the geography, cold climate and mountain villages of Ladakh to children of other regions
- B Explain the medical causes of disability and how doctors treat children who cannot walk
- C Sensitise children to inclusion and the right of disabled children to go to school
- D Teach children how to build a wheelchair
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Correct answer: (C) Sensitise children to inclusion and the right of disabled children to go to school
The chapter builds sensitivity towards disability and shows how a community can make school accessible, linking to the value of inclusion and the right to education.
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Q.250
Which of the following classroom practices is the MOST child-centred for an EVS lesson on 'animals around us'?
- A The teacher reads the chapter aloud and children underline the important lines to learn for the test
- B Children memorise a table of animals, their food and their homes from the textbook for a test
- C The teacher shows a chart of animals and names each one
- D Children observe animals near home, note what they eat and where they live, then share
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Correct answer: (D) Children observe animals near home, note what they eat and where they live, then share
Child-centred EVS puts the child's own observation and expression at the centre; the other options keep the teacher or the textbook as the main actor.
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