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1. Mapping skills in EVS help develop
(a) recordingskill
(b) understandingofrelativepositionofplaces
(c) theskillofdrawinglandscapes
(d) theskillofpredictingandcalculating
2. Samyan of class V usually does not do his
given class work. The best measure of
address the situation could be to
(a) talktoparentsandcounselthem
(b) givehimalternativeandsimplerhomework
(c) talktohimtofindhisdifficultyandadjustclass
workaccordingly
(d) makeanotherchildhelpcompletehisclass
work
3. Muskan organised a debate on the topic ‘use
of diesel vehicles in transportation should
be prohibited’. What is the purpose of
organising this debate by Muskan in
classroom?
(a) Shewantstosensitisestudentsonadvantages
ofusingmodernvehicles
(b) Ithelpsstudentsinappreciatingmultiple
perspectivesonthisissue
(c) Shewantstosensitisestudentsontheneedto
bandieselvehiclescompletelyintransportation
(d) Itwouldhelpinknowingstudent’sviewsand
correctingthem
4. There is a paragraph in class V EVS
textbook based on Al-Biruni’s observation of
construction of ponds in India some thousand
years ago. What would be the purpose of
including this paragraph?
A. It helps learners to identify sources of
history.
B. It helps learners to improve their
recording of observations.
C. It helps learners to appreciate technology
present in India some 1000 years back.
D. It helps learners to appreciate the role of
evidence in history.
(a) AandD (b) AandC
(c) A,BandC (d) A,CandD
5. The integrated nature of EVS helps to
(a) followchild-centeredapproachandintroduce
largernumberofconcepts.
(b) learnfrominformationanddescription
provided.
(c) reducethecurriculumloadandintroduce
specifictopics.
(d) reducecurriculumloadandhelpchildrento
learnmeaningfully.
6. Which of the following is not a broad
indicator of EVS assessment?
(a) Concernforequality (b) Conceptmapping
(c) Co-operation (d) Concernforjustice
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 1 (EVS)
31 January, 2021
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1. Mapping skills in EVS help develop
(a) recordingskill
(b) understandingofrelativepositionofplaces
(c) theskillofdrawinglandscapes
(d) theskillofpredictingandcalculating
2. Samyan of class V usually does not do his
given class work. The best measure of
address the situation could be to
(a) talktoparentsandcounselthem
(b) givehimalternativeandsimplerhomework
(c) talktohimtofindhisdifficultyandadjustclass
workaccordingly
(d) makeanotherchildhelpcompletehisclass
work
3. Muskan organised a debate on the topic ‘use
of diesel vehicles in transportation should
be prohibited’. What is the purpose of
organising this debate by Muskan in
classroom?
(a) Shewantstosensitisestudentsonadvantages
ofusingmodernvehicles
(b) Ithelpsstudentsinappreciatingmultiple
perspectivesonthisissue
(c) Shewantstosensitisestudentsontheneedto
bandieselvehiclescompletelyintransportation
(d) Itwouldhelpinknowingstudent’sviewsand
correctingthem
4. There is a paragraph in class V EVS
textbook based on Al-Biruni’s observation of
construction of ponds in India some thousand
years ago. What would be the purpose of
including this paragraph?
A. It helps learners to identify sources of
history.
B. It helps learners to improve their
recording of observations.
C. It helps learners to appreciate technology
present in India some 1000 years back.
D. It helps learners to appreciate the role of
evidence in history.
(a) AandD (b) AandC
(c) A,BandC (d) A,CandD
5. The integrated nature of EVS helps to
(a) followchild-centeredapproachandintroduce
largernumberofconcepts.
(b) learnfrominformationanddescription
provided.
(c) reducethecurriculumloadandintroduce
specifictopics.
(d) reducecurriculumloadandhelpchildrento
learnmeaningfully.
6. Which of the following is not a broad
indicator of EVS assessment?
(a) Concernforequality (b) Conceptmapping
(c) Co-operation (d) Concernforjustice
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 1 (EVS)
31 January, 2021
7. Questioning as a strategy in
teaching-learning of EVS is used for
(a) Promotingadherencetorules
(b) Arousingcuriosityinclassroom
(c) Maintainingdiscipline
(d) Drawingattention
8. With over fifty students in her class, Vani
wants to engage them in an activity which
involves maximum number of senses to
enhance learning. Which of the following
activities will be suitable for this purpose?
(a) Usingsmartclassroomforrelevanta-vmaterial
(b) Organisingfieldtriptoanearbyplace
(c) Invitingresourcepersonsfromcommunityto
demonstratetheirskills
(d) Encouraginggroupdiscussion
9. Why does Iqra encourage her learners to
read newspaper and magazines in EVS?
(a) Thesehelplearnerstobecomeindependent
(b) Thesehelplearnersbecomecompetitive
(c) Theseareentertainingresourcesavailable
(d) Thesehelplearnerstoengagewiththereal
world
10. In which one of the following states the
meaning of “Torang” is jungle?
(a) Mizoram (b) Jharkhand
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
11. Your house is located at X and your school is
located at Y. Although your school is just
opposite but you cannot go straight because
of the busy highway in between. So, you first
go 125 m due South, then cross a 100 m long
subway which is due East and finally reach
your school at Y which is 125 m due North.
With respect to school at Y your house at X
is
(a) 100mdueWest (b) 125mdueNorth
(c) 125mdueSouth (d) 100mdueEast
12. Today we cannot think of food without
chillies. These were brought to our country
by traders coming from
(a) SouthAmerica (b) SouthAfrica
(c) Afghanistan (d) England
13. A boy boarded a train on 4th June, 2020 at
Nagercoil for Madgaon. The train departed
at 22 : 30 h from Nagercoil and reached
Madgaon at 4:30 h on 6th June, 2020. If the
distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1145 km, then average speed
of the train was nearly
(a) 40.5km/h (b) 42.5km/h
(c) 36.5km/h (d) 38.5km/h
14. Which one of the following statements is not
true for the honeybees and beehives?
(a) Mostofthebeesinthehiveareworkerbees.
(b) Thereareonlyafewmalesinthehive.
(c) Everybeehivehasonequeenbeethatlayseggs.
(d) Malebeesareveryimportantforthehives.
15. The Constitution of our country was
prepared under the leadership of
(a) Dr.BhimRaoBabaSahebAmbedkar
(b) SarvapalliDr.RadhaKrishna
(c) MohandasKaramchandGandhi
(d) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
16. Consider the following functions for plants
A. To give support to the plant
B. To provide humus
C. To store food
D. To absorb water and minerals
The functions of roots are
(a) B,CandD (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
17. Which one of the following is not a Union
Territory of India?
(a) Manipur
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ladakh
(d) JammuandKashmir
18. Which among the following produce crude oil
(Petroleum)?
(a) GujaratandTamilNadu
(b) BiharandBombayHigh
(c) BombayHighandWestBengal
(d) AssamandOdisha
19. Select from the following a group of birds
each member of which is able to see
distinctly the object four times as far as we
can see.
(a) Crows,Kites,Nightingales
(b) Eagles,Kites,Vultures
(c) Doves,Crows,Peacocks
(d) Eagles,Pigeons,Parrots
20. Pochampalli is a town of Southern State of
India which is famous for its beautifully
designed bright-coloured Pochampalli sarees
and for the special kind of weave which is
also called Pochampalli. This town is now a
part of
(a) Telangana (b) TamilNadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
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1. Mapping skills in EVS help develop
(a) recordingskill
(b) understandingofrelativepositionofplaces
(c) theskillofdrawinglandscapes
(d) theskillofpredictingandcalculating
2. Samyan of class V usually does not do his
given class work. The best measure of
address the situation could be to
(a) talktoparentsandcounselthem
(b) givehimalternativeandsimplerhomework
(c) talktohimtofindhisdifficultyandadjustclass
workaccordingly
(d) makeanotherchildhelpcompletehisclass
work
3. Muskan organised a debate on the topic ‘use
of diesel vehicles in transportation should
be prohibited’. What is the purpose of
organising this debate by Muskan in
classroom?
(a) Shewantstosensitisestudentsonadvantages
ofusingmodernvehicles
(b) Ithelpsstudentsinappreciatingmultiple
perspectivesonthisissue
(c) Shewantstosensitisestudentsontheneedto
bandieselvehiclescompletelyintransportation
(d) Itwouldhelpinknowingstudent’sviewsand
correctingthem
4. There is a paragraph in class V EVS
textbook based on Al-Biruni’s observation of
construction of ponds in India some thousand
years ago. What would be the purpose of
including this paragraph?
A. It helps learners to identify sources of
history.
B. It helps learners to improve their
recording of observations.
C. It helps learners to appreciate technology
present in India some 1000 years back.
D. It helps learners to appreciate the role of
evidence in history.
(a) AandD (b) AandC
(c) A,BandC (d) A,CandD
5. The integrated nature of EVS helps to
(a) followchild-centeredapproachandintroduce
largernumberofconcepts.
(b) learnfrominformationanddescription
provided.
(c) reducethecurriculumloadandintroduce
specifictopics.
(d) reducecurriculumloadandhelpchildrento
learnmeaningfully.
6. Which of the following is not a broad
indicator of EVS assessment?
(a) Concernforequality (b) Conceptmapping
(c) Co-operation (d) Concernforjustice
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 1 (EVS)
31 January, 2021
7. Questioning as a strategy in
teaching-learning of EVS is used for
(a) Promotingadherencetorules
(b) Arousingcuriosityinclassroom
(c) Maintainingdiscipline
(d) Drawingattention
8. With over fifty students in her class, Vani
wants to engage them in an activity which
involves maximum number of senses to
enhance learning. Which of the following
activities will be suitable for this purpose?
(a) Usingsmartclassroomforrelevanta-vmaterial
(b) Organisingfieldtriptoanearbyplace
(c) Invitingresourcepersonsfromcommunityto
demonstratetheirskills
(d) Encouraginggroupdiscussion
9. Why does Iqra encourage her learners to
read newspaper and magazines in EVS?
(a) Thesehelplearnerstobecomeindependent
(b) Thesehelplearnersbecomecompetitive
(c) Theseareentertainingresourcesavailable
(d) Thesehelplearnerstoengagewiththereal
world
10. In which one of the following states the
meaning of “Torang” is jungle?
(a) Mizoram (b) Jharkhand
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
11. Your house is located at X and your school is
located at Y. Although your school is just
opposite but you cannot go straight because
of the busy highway in between. So, you first
go 125 m due South, then cross a 100 m long
subway which is due East and finally reach
your school at Y which is 125 m due North.
With respect to school at Y your house at X
is
(a) 100mdueWest (b) 125mdueNorth
(c) 125mdueSouth (d) 100mdueEast
12. Today we cannot think of food without
chillies. These were brought to our country
by traders coming from
(a) SouthAmerica (b) SouthAfrica
(c) Afghanistan (d) England
13. A boy boarded a train on 4th June, 2020 at
Nagercoil for Madgaon. The train departed
at 22 : 30 h from Nagercoil and reached
Madgaon at 4:30 h on 6th June, 2020. If the
distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1145 km, then average speed
of the train was nearly
(a) 40.5km/h (b) 42.5km/h
(c) 36.5km/h (d) 38.5km/h
14. Which one of the following statements is not
true for the honeybees and beehives?
(a) Mostofthebeesinthehiveareworkerbees.
(b) Thereareonlyafewmalesinthehive.
(c) Everybeehivehasonequeenbeethatlayseggs.
(d) Malebeesareveryimportantforthehives.
15. The Constitution of our country was
prepared under the leadership of
(a) Dr.BhimRaoBabaSahebAmbedkar
(b) SarvapalliDr.RadhaKrishna
(c) MohandasKaramchandGandhi
(d) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
16. Consider the following functions for plants
A. To give support to the plant
B. To provide humus
C. To store food
D. To absorb water and minerals
The functions of roots are
(a) B,CandD (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
17. Which one of the following is not a Union
Territory of India?
(a) Manipur
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ladakh
(d) JammuandKashmir
18. Which among the following produce crude oil
(Petroleum)?
(a) GujaratandTamilNadu
(b) BiharandBombayHigh
(c) BombayHighandWestBengal
(d) AssamandOdisha
19. Select from the following a group of birds
each member of which is able to see
distinctly the object four times as far as we
can see.
(a) Crows,Kites,Nightingales
(b) Eagles,Kites,Vultures
(c) Doves,Crows,Peacocks
(d) Eagles,Pigeons,Parrots
20. Pochampalli is a town of Southern State of
India which is famous for its beautifully
designed bright-coloured Pochampalli sarees
and for the special kind of weave which is
also called Pochampalli. This town is now a
part of
(a) Telangana (b) TamilNadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
21. Select from the following a group of eatables
each member of which is rich in iron.
(a) Amla,Cabbage,Tomato
(b) Cabbage,Amla,Spinach
(c) Jaggery,Amla,Tomato
(d) Amla,Spinach,Jaggery
22. Which one of the following did experiments
with pea plants and found that pea plant
has some traits which come in pairs - such
as rough or smooth, tall or short, yellow or
green etc.?
(a) GeorgeMestral
(b) CharlesDarwin
(c) Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
(d) GregorJohannMendel
23. In which one of the following states most
villagers construct their wooden houses 3 to
3.5 m above the ground on strong bamboo
pillars with sloping roofs?
(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Laddakh
24. With respect to the location of Delhi on the
map of India the directions of the locations
of Gandhi nagar (Capital of Gujarat) and
Patna (Capital of Bihar) respective are
(a) North-EastandSouth-West
(b) South-WestandNorth-East
(c) South-EastandSouth-West
(d) South-WestandSouth-East
25. How will you plan for an integrated EVS
classroom?
(a) Arrangeseparateteachersforscienceandsocial
science
(b) Arrangeseparateteacherspecialisingin
environmentalscience
(c) Combinetwoormoresubjectareasintoone
lesson
(d) Separateallthesubjectsintoadifferentplans
26. Which of the following is one of the six
themes suggested in the EVS syllabus as per
NCF 2005?
(a) Thingswemakeanddo
(b) Howthingswork
(c) Material (d) NaturalResources
27. What should be avoided in anecdotal
records?
A. Identifying mainly problematic
situations.
B. Making statements of judgement.
C. Identifying strengths and weaknesses
D. Identifying child’s areas of interests and
relationships, etc.
(a) A,BandC (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
28. Smita wanted to sensitise her learners about
gender disparity and stereotypes related to
work. What should Smita choose to do in her
class from the following suggestions?
(a) Askonlyboystosweeptheclassroomdaily
(b) Inviteastudent’smothertoclasswhoisanauto
driver
(c) Presentstudentswithstereotypicalmodels
(d) Showflashcardsofdifferentkindsofwork
29. Puneet gave his class V learners an outline
of human body and asked them to draw the
digestive system before teaching chapter on
food. Puneet wanted to
(a) identifylearnerswithgooddrawingskills
(b) evaluatelearnersontheprocessofdigestion.
(c) testiflearnerscouldmakelabelleddiagrams.
(d) elicitlearners’ideasaboutdigestion.
30. Which of the following is not correct with
respect to formative assessment?
(a) Itistomonitorstudent’sprogress
(b) Anyinformationonlearningofchildcanhelp
informativeassessment
(c) Itistobereportedineveryquarterofreportcard
(d) Ithelpstheteacherintakingtimelyactionfor
enhancinglearning
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Answers
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d) 6 (b) 7 (b) 8 (b) 9 (d) 10 (b)
11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (d) 14 (d) 15 (a) 16 (b) 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (b) 20 (a)
21 (d) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (d) 25 (c) 26 (a) 27 (b) 28 (b) 29 (d) 30 (c)
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1. Mapping skills in EVS help develop
(a) recordingskill
(b) understandingofrelativepositionofplaces
(c) theskillofdrawinglandscapes
(d) theskillofpredictingandcalculating
2. Samyan of class V usually does not do his
given class work. The best measure of
address the situation could be to
(a) talktoparentsandcounselthem
(b) givehimalternativeandsimplerhomework
(c) talktohimtofindhisdifficultyandadjustclass
workaccordingly
(d) makeanotherchildhelpcompletehisclass
work
3. Muskan organised a debate on the topic ‘use
of diesel vehicles in transportation should
be prohibited’. What is the purpose of
organising this debate by Muskan in
classroom?
(a) Shewantstosensitisestudentsonadvantages
ofusingmodernvehicles
(b) Ithelpsstudentsinappreciatingmultiple
perspectivesonthisissue
(c) Shewantstosensitisestudentsontheneedto
bandieselvehiclescompletelyintransportation
(d) Itwouldhelpinknowingstudent’sviewsand
correctingthem
4. There is a paragraph in class V EVS
textbook based on Al-Biruni’s observation of
construction of ponds in India some thousand
years ago. What would be the purpose of
including this paragraph?
A. It helps learners to identify sources of
history.
B. It helps learners to improve their
recording of observations.
C. It helps learners to appreciate technology
present in India some 1000 years back.
D. It helps learners to appreciate the role of
evidence in history.
(a) AandD (b) AandC
(c) A,BandC (d) A,CandD
5. The integrated nature of EVS helps to
(a) followchild-centeredapproachandintroduce
largernumberofconcepts.
(b) learnfrominformationanddescription
provided.
(c) reducethecurriculumloadandintroduce
specifictopics.
(d) reducecurriculumloadandhelpchildrento
learnmeaningfully.
6. Which of the following is not a broad
indicator of EVS assessment?
(a) Concernforequality (b) Conceptmapping
(c) Co-operation (d) Concernforjustice
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 1 (EVS)
31 January, 2021
7. Questioning as a strategy in
teaching-learning of EVS is used for
(a) Promotingadherencetorules
(b) Arousingcuriosityinclassroom
(c) Maintainingdiscipline
(d) Drawingattention
8. With over fifty students in her class, Vani
wants to engage them in an activity which
involves maximum number of senses to
enhance learning. Which of the following
activities will be suitable for this purpose?
(a) Usingsmartclassroomforrelevanta-vmaterial
(b) Organisingfieldtriptoanearbyplace
(c) Invitingresourcepersonsfromcommunityto
demonstratetheirskills
(d) Encouraginggroupdiscussion
9. Why does Iqra encourage her learners to
read newspaper and magazines in EVS?
(a) Thesehelplearnerstobecomeindependent
(b) Thesehelplearnersbecomecompetitive
(c) Theseareentertainingresourcesavailable
(d) Thesehelplearnerstoengagewiththereal
world
10. In which one of the following states the
meaning of “Torang” is jungle?
(a) Mizoram (b) Jharkhand
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
11. Your house is located at X and your school is
located at Y. Although your school is just
opposite but you cannot go straight because
of the busy highway in between. So, you first
go 125 m due South, then cross a 100 m long
subway which is due East and finally reach
your school at Y which is 125 m due North.
With respect to school at Y your house at X
is
(a) 100mdueWest (b) 125mdueNorth
(c) 125mdueSouth (d) 100mdueEast
12. Today we cannot think of food without
chillies. These were brought to our country
by traders coming from
(a) SouthAmerica (b) SouthAfrica
(c) Afghanistan (d) England
13. A boy boarded a train on 4th June, 2020 at
Nagercoil for Madgaon. The train departed
at 22 : 30 h from Nagercoil and reached
Madgaon at 4:30 h on 6th June, 2020. If the
distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1145 km, then average speed
of the train was nearly
(a) 40.5km/h (b) 42.5km/h
(c) 36.5km/h (d) 38.5km/h
14. Which one of the following statements is not
true for the honeybees and beehives?
(a) Mostofthebeesinthehiveareworkerbees.
(b) Thereareonlyafewmalesinthehive.
(c) Everybeehivehasonequeenbeethatlayseggs.
(d) Malebeesareveryimportantforthehives.
15. The Constitution of our country was
prepared under the leadership of
(a) Dr.BhimRaoBabaSahebAmbedkar
(b) SarvapalliDr.RadhaKrishna
(c) MohandasKaramchandGandhi
(d) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
16. Consider the following functions for plants
A. To give support to the plant
B. To provide humus
C. To store food
D. To absorb water and minerals
The functions of roots are
(a) B,CandD (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
17. Which one of the following is not a Union
Territory of India?
(a) Manipur
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ladakh
(d) JammuandKashmir
18. Which among the following produce crude oil
(Petroleum)?
(a) GujaratandTamilNadu
(b) BiharandBombayHigh
(c) BombayHighandWestBengal
(d) AssamandOdisha
19. Select from the following a group of birds
each member of which is able to see
distinctly the object four times as far as we
can see.
(a) Crows,Kites,Nightingales
(b) Eagles,Kites,Vultures
(c) Doves,Crows,Peacocks
(d) Eagles,Pigeons,Parrots
20. Pochampalli is a town of Southern State of
India which is famous for its beautifully
designed bright-coloured Pochampalli sarees
and for the special kind of weave which is
also called Pochampalli. This town is now a
part of
(a) Telangana (b) TamilNadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
21. Select from the following a group of eatables
each member of which is rich in iron.
(a) Amla,Cabbage,Tomato
(b) Cabbage,Amla,Spinach
(c) Jaggery,Amla,Tomato
(d) Amla,Spinach,Jaggery
22. Which one of the following did experiments
with pea plants and found that pea plant
has some traits which come in pairs - such
as rough or smooth, tall or short, yellow or
green etc.?
(a) GeorgeMestral
(b) CharlesDarwin
(c) Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
(d) GregorJohannMendel
23. In which one of the following states most
villagers construct their wooden houses 3 to
3.5 m above the ground on strong bamboo
pillars with sloping roofs?
(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Laddakh
24. With respect to the location of Delhi on the
map of India the directions of the locations
of Gandhi nagar (Capital of Gujarat) and
Patna (Capital of Bihar) respective are
(a) North-EastandSouth-West
(b) South-WestandNorth-East
(c) South-EastandSouth-West
(d) South-WestandSouth-East
25. How will you plan for an integrated EVS
classroom?
(a) Arrangeseparateteachersforscienceandsocial
science
(b) Arrangeseparateteacherspecialisingin
environmentalscience
(c) Combinetwoormoresubjectareasintoone
lesson
(d) Separateallthesubjectsintoadifferentplans
26. Which of the following is one of the six
themes suggested in the EVS syllabus as per
NCF 2005?
(a) Thingswemakeanddo
(b) Howthingswork
(c) Material (d) NaturalResources
27. What should be avoided in anecdotal
records?
A. Identifying mainly problematic
situations.
B. Making statements of judgement.
C. Identifying strengths and weaknesses
D. Identifying child’s areas of interests and
relationships, etc.
(a) A,BandC (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
28. Smita wanted to sensitise her learners about
gender disparity and stereotypes related to
work. What should Smita choose to do in her
class from the following suggestions?
(a) Askonlyboystosweeptheclassroomdaily
(b) Inviteastudent’smothertoclasswhoisanauto
driver
(c) Presentstudentswithstereotypicalmodels
(d) Showflashcardsofdifferentkindsofwork
29. Puneet gave his class V learners an outline
of human body and asked them to draw the
digestive system before teaching chapter on
food. Puneet wanted to
(a) identifylearnerswithgooddrawingskills
(b) evaluatelearnersontheprocessofdigestion.
(c) testiflearnerscouldmakelabelleddiagrams.
(d) elicitlearners’ideasaboutdigestion.
30. Which of the following is not correct with
respect to formative assessment?
(a) Itistomonitorstudent’sprogress
(b) Anyinformationonlearningofchildcanhelp
informativeassessment
(c) Itistobereportedineveryquarterofreportcard
(d) Ithelpstheteacherintakingtimelyactionfor
enhancinglearning
3
2021 January (CLASS I-V)Solved Paper CTET
Answers
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d) 6 (b) 7 (b) 8 (b) 9 (d) 10 (b)
11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (d) 14 (d) 15 (a) 16 (b) 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (b) 20 (a)
21 (d) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (d) 25 (c) 26 (a) 27 (b) 28 (b) 29 (d) 30 (c)
1.(b)Mappingskillisveryimportantattheprimarylevel
schoolingasitistheverydevelopmentstageofchildren.
TofulfillthisaimEnvironmentalStudiesworkinadesired
wayasEVShelpstudentstodevelopmappingskillwhich
helpthemtounderstandrelativepositionsofplacesshown
onthemap.
2.(c)Whenateacherfindssomestudentsinhis/herclass
whodonottakeanyworkseriouslyanddonotcomplete
thegiventasksonaspecifiedtime,thenitisthe
responsibilityoftheteachertotalktosuchstudentsand
trytofindtheirdifficultyandadjustthetasksaccordingto
theirneedsandlevel.Ifthisnothelpsmuchthenteacher
shouldtalktotheirparentsabouttheproblemsand
counselthemaccordingly.
3.(c)Debateisagoodclassroomactivity.
Itprovidesopportunitytostudentstothinkcriticallyand
alsorespectthethoughtsofothers.Learninghowto
debatehasmanybenefitsforprimaryschoolchildren.It
helpsthemdeveloptheirspeakingskillsandabilityto
expressthemselvesverballyinfrontofagroup,which
buildsconfidence.Itistheabilitytoseeonestatementor
ideafromvariousperspectives,throughcriticalthinking,
criticallisteningandcriticalspeaking.
So,theanswer(c)iscorrectasthisdebatesensitises
studentsontheneedtobandieselvehiclescompletelyin
transportationbecausedieselisharmfulforenvironment.
4. (d)Theuseofhistoricalsourcesisimportantatprimary
levelasthesesourcesexhibitstudentstoimportant
historicalconcepts.Studentsbecomeawarethatallwritten
historyreflectsanauthor’sinterpretationofpasteventsas
givenintheevidenceofAl-Biruni.Therefore,asstudents
readahistoricalaccount,theycanrecogniseitssubjective
nature.
5.(d)BasedontheNationalCurriculumFramework
(NCF)2005,atthenationallevel,Environmental
Education(EE)isintroducedattheelementaryeducation
levelasEnvironmentalStudies(EVS).EVSforclassesIII
toVdealswiththestudyofourenvironment(physical,
biological,socialandcultural)withanemphasisonits
preservationandconservation.
EVSattheelementarylevelisanintegratedsubjectwhich
drawsuponinsightsfromsciences(physical,chemicaland
biological),socialstudies(history,geography,civics,etc)
andenvironmentaleducation(protectionand
conservation).
Thus,theintegratednatureofEVSistoreducethe
curriculumloadandhelpchildrentolearnspecifictopics
meaningfully.
6.(b)Learningindicatorsareexpectedtoprovide
evidencesoflearningandotherchangestakingplacein
child’sbehaviour.Theseindicatorscanbeusedascheck
pointstoassesschild’slearningatdifferentpointsoftime.
Howeverlearningindicators,whengivenalongwiththe
pedagogicalprocesses,arelikelytohelpteachersand
childrentoachievethesecurricularexpectationsaswellas
learningoutcomes.InEVSbroadlearningindicatorsof
assessmentareconceptofequality,cooperation,concern
forjustice.ConceptmappingisanimportantpartofEVS
asitisakindofgraphicorganiserwhichisusedtohelp
studentsorganiseandrepresentknowledgeofasubject,
butitisnotabroadindicatorofEVSassessment.
7. (b)Questioningisanimportantstrategywhichisused
ateverystageofschooling.Itisveryimportantatprimary
levelinEVSclassroomasitarousescuriosityofchildren.
EVSisanintegratedsubjectwhichhasdifferentthemes
aboutourenvironmentandonlythroughobservation,
questioning,fieldtripstudentscanlearnandunderstand
better.
8.(b)Fieldtripisapopularmethodforintroducing
studentstoconcepts,ideas,andexperiencesthatcannotbe
providedinaclassroomenvironment.Throughfieldtrip
studentscanexploretheirnewworldofknowledgeand
haveachancetodevelopalltheirsenses.
Ourcommunitiesarerichlearninglaboratories.Fieldtrips
makeitpossibletotakestudentstoseeanunderwater
ecosystematanaquarium,usehighpoweredmicroscopes,
seeandtouchhistoricalartifactsinpersonandpresenton
apublicstageamonghundredsofotherthings.Each
experiencesolidifieslearningandsupportsimportant
academicconcepts.
9.(d)Newspapers,magazines,books,etcareallpowerfull
andendlesssourcesofinformationthatcanbeeasily
comparedtoalibraryoranencyclopedia,primarily
becausetheygivetothereadertheopportunitytoextend
knowledgeabouttherealworld. Theyalsofacilitate
self-education.InEVSclassroomthroughnewspaperand
magazines,studentsareawareofdifferentinformation
abouttheworldandtheirsurroundings.
10.(b)Theword‘Torang’meansjungleinthekurukh
languagewhichisspokeninJharkhand.Kurukhisa
DravidianlanguagespokenbynearlyOraonandKisan
tribalpeopleofJharkhand,MadhyaPradesh,
Chhattisgarh,Odisha,WestBengalandAssaminIndia.
11.(a)Accordingtotheqeustion,
Hence,withrespecttoschoolYmyhouseatXis100m
duetoWest.
X Y
125m
100m
School House
Highway
100m
125m
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1. Mapping skills in EVS help develop
(a) recordingskill
(b) understandingofrelativepositionofplaces
(c) theskillofdrawinglandscapes
(d) theskillofpredictingandcalculating
2. Samyan of class V usually does not do his
given class work. The best measure of
address the situation could be to
(a) talktoparentsandcounselthem
(b) givehimalternativeandsimplerhomework
(c) talktohimtofindhisdifficultyandadjustclass
workaccordingly
(d) makeanotherchildhelpcompletehisclass
work
3. Muskan organised a debate on the topic ‘use
of diesel vehicles in transportation should
be prohibited’. What is the purpose of
organising this debate by Muskan in
classroom?
(a) Shewantstosensitisestudentsonadvantages
ofusingmodernvehicles
(b) Ithelpsstudentsinappreciatingmultiple
perspectivesonthisissue
(c) Shewantstosensitisestudentsontheneedto
bandieselvehiclescompletelyintransportation
(d) Itwouldhelpinknowingstudent’sviewsand
correctingthem
4. There is a paragraph in class V EVS
textbook based on Al-Biruni’s observation of
construction of ponds in India some thousand
years ago. What would be the purpose of
including this paragraph?
A. It helps learners to identify sources of
history.
B. It helps learners to improve their
recording of observations.
C. It helps learners to appreciate technology
present in India some 1000 years back.
D. It helps learners to appreciate the role of
evidence in history.
(a) AandD (b) AandC
(c) A,BandC (d) A,CandD
5. The integrated nature of EVS helps to
(a) followchild-centeredapproachandintroduce
largernumberofconcepts.
(b) learnfrominformationanddescription
provided.
(c) reducethecurriculumloadandintroduce
specifictopics.
(d) reducecurriculumloadandhelpchildrento
learnmeaningfully.
6. Which of the following is not a broad
indicator of EVS assessment?
(a) Concernforequality (b) Conceptmapping
(c) Co-operation (d) Concernforjustice
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7. Questioning as a strategy in
teaching-learning of EVS is used for
(a) Promotingadherencetorules
(b) Arousingcuriosityinclassroom
(c) Maintainingdiscipline
(d) Drawingattention
8. With over fifty students in her class, Vani
wants to engage them in an activity which
involves maximum number of senses to
enhance learning. Which of the following
activities will be suitable for this purpose?
(a) Usingsmartclassroomforrelevanta-vmaterial
(b) Organisingfieldtriptoanearbyplace
(c) Invitingresourcepersonsfromcommunityto
demonstratetheirskills
(d) Encouraginggroupdiscussion
9. Why does Iqra encourage her learners to
read newspaper and magazines in EVS?
(a) Thesehelplearnerstobecomeindependent
(b) Thesehelplearnersbecomecompetitive
(c) Theseareentertainingresourcesavailable
(d) Thesehelplearnerstoengagewiththereal
world
10. In which one of the following states the
meaning of “Torang” is jungle?
(a) Mizoram (b) Jharkhand
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
11. Your house is located at X and your school is
located at Y. Although your school is just
opposite but you cannot go straight because
of the busy highway in between. So, you first
go 125 m due South, then cross a 100 m long
subway which is due East and finally reach
your school at Y which is 125 m due North.
With respect to school at Y your house at X
is
(a) 100mdueWest (b) 125mdueNorth
(c) 125mdueSouth (d) 100mdueEast
12. Today we cannot think of food without
chillies. These were brought to our country
by traders coming from
(a) SouthAmerica (b) SouthAfrica
(c) Afghanistan (d) England
13. A boy boarded a train on 4th June, 2020 at
Nagercoil for Madgaon. The train departed
at 22 : 30 h from Nagercoil and reached
Madgaon at 4:30 h on 6th June, 2020. If the
distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1145 km, then average speed
of the train was nearly
(a) 40.5km/h (b) 42.5km/h
(c) 36.5km/h (d) 38.5km/h
14. Which one of the following statements is not
true for the honeybees and beehives?
(a) Mostofthebeesinthehiveareworkerbees.
(b) Thereareonlyafewmalesinthehive.
(c) Everybeehivehasonequeenbeethatlayseggs.
(d) Malebeesareveryimportantforthehives.
15. The Constitution of our country was
prepared under the leadership of
(a) Dr.BhimRaoBabaSahebAmbedkar
(b) SarvapalliDr.RadhaKrishna
(c) MohandasKaramchandGandhi
(d) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
16. Consider the following functions for plants
A. To give support to the plant
B. To provide humus
C. To store food
D. To absorb water and minerals
The functions of roots are
(a) B,CandD (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
17. Which one of the following is not a Union
Territory of India?
(a) Manipur
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ladakh
(d) JammuandKashmir
18. Which among the following produce crude oil
(Petroleum)?
(a) GujaratandTamilNadu
(b) BiharandBombayHigh
(c) BombayHighandWestBengal
(d) AssamandOdisha
19. Select from the following a group of birds
each member of which is able to see
distinctly the object four times as far as we
can see.
(a) Crows,Kites,Nightingales
(b) Eagles,Kites,Vultures
(c) Doves,Crows,Peacocks
(d) Eagles,Pigeons,Parrots
20. Pochampalli is a town of Southern State of
India which is famous for its beautifully
designed bright-coloured Pochampalli sarees
and for the special kind of weave which is
also called Pochampalli. This town is now a
part of
(a) Telangana (b) TamilNadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
21. Select from the following a group of eatables
each member of which is rich in iron.
(a) Amla,Cabbage,Tomato
(b) Cabbage,Amla,Spinach
(c) Jaggery,Amla,Tomato
(d) Amla,Spinach,Jaggery
22. Which one of the following did experiments
with pea plants and found that pea plant
has some traits which come in pairs - such
as rough or smooth, tall or short, yellow or
green etc.?
(a) GeorgeMestral
(b) CharlesDarwin
(c) Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
(d) GregorJohannMendel
23. In which one of the following states most
villagers construct their wooden houses 3 to
3.5 m above the ground on strong bamboo
pillars with sloping roofs?
(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Laddakh
24. With respect to the location of Delhi on the
map of India the directions of the locations
of Gandhi nagar (Capital of Gujarat) and
Patna (Capital of Bihar) respective are
(a) North-EastandSouth-West
(b) South-WestandNorth-East
(c) South-EastandSouth-West
(d) South-WestandSouth-East
25. How will you plan for an integrated EVS
classroom?
(a) Arrangeseparateteachersforscienceandsocial
science
(b) Arrangeseparateteacherspecialisingin
environmentalscience
(c) Combinetwoormoresubjectareasintoone
lesson
(d) Separateallthesubjectsintoadifferentplans
26. Which of the following is one of the six
themes suggested in the EVS syllabus as per
NCF 2005?
(a) Thingswemakeanddo
(b) Howthingswork
(c) Material (d) NaturalResources
27. What should be avoided in anecdotal
records?
A. Identifying mainly problematic
situations.
B. Making statements of judgement.
C. Identifying strengths and weaknesses
D. Identifying child’s areas of interests and
relationships, etc.
(a) A,BandC (b) A,CandD
(c) AandB (d) CandD
28. Smita wanted to sensitise her learners about
gender disparity and stereotypes related to
work. What should Smita choose to do in her
class from the following suggestions?
(a) Askonlyboystosweeptheclassroomdaily
(b) Inviteastudent’smothertoclasswhoisanauto
driver
(c) Presentstudentswithstereotypicalmodels
(d) Showflashcardsofdifferentkindsofwork
29. Puneet gave his class V learners an outline
of human body and asked them to draw the
digestive system before teaching chapter on
food. Puneet wanted to
(a) identifylearnerswithgooddrawingskills
(b) evaluatelearnersontheprocessofdigestion.
(c) testiflearnerscouldmakelabelleddiagrams.
(d) elicitlearners’ideasaboutdigestion.
30. Which of the following is not correct with
respect to formative assessment?
(a) Itistomonitorstudent’sprogress
(b) Anyinformationonlearningofchildcanhelp
informativeassessment
(c) Itistobereportedineveryquarterofreportcard
(d) Ithelpstheteacherintakingtimelyactionfor
enhancinglearning
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1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d) 6 (b) 7 (b) 8 (b) 9 (d) 10 (b)
11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (d) 14 (d) 15 (a) 16 (b) 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (b) 20 (a)
21 (d) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (d) 25 (c) 26 (a) 27 (b) 28 (b) 29 (d) 30 (c)
1.(b)Mappingskillisveryimportantattheprimarylevel
schoolingasitistheverydevelopmentstageofchildren.
TofulfillthisaimEnvironmentalStudiesworkinadesired
wayasEVShelpstudentstodevelopmappingskillwhich
helpthemtounderstandrelativepositionsofplacesshown
onthemap.
2.(c)Whenateacherfindssomestudentsinhis/herclass
whodonottakeanyworkseriouslyanddonotcomplete
thegiventasksonaspecifiedtime,thenitisthe
responsibilityoftheteachertotalktosuchstudentsand
trytofindtheirdifficultyandadjustthetasksaccordingto
theirneedsandlevel.Ifthisnothelpsmuchthenteacher
shouldtalktotheirparentsabouttheproblemsand
counselthemaccordingly.
3.(c)Debateisagoodclassroomactivity.
Itprovidesopportunitytostudentstothinkcriticallyand
alsorespectthethoughtsofothers.Learninghowto
debatehasmanybenefitsforprimaryschoolchildren.It
helpsthemdeveloptheirspeakingskillsandabilityto
expressthemselvesverballyinfrontofagroup,which
buildsconfidence.Itistheabilitytoseeonestatementor
ideafromvariousperspectives,throughcriticalthinking,
criticallisteningandcriticalspeaking.
So,theanswer(c)iscorrectasthisdebatesensitises
studentsontheneedtobandieselvehiclescompletelyin
transportationbecausedieselisharmfulforenvironment.
4. (d)Theuseofhistoricalsourcesisimportantatprimary
levelasthesesourcesexhibitstudentstoimportant
historicalconcepts.Studentsbecomeawarethatallwritten
historyreflectsanauthor’sinterpretationofpasteventsas
givenintheevidenceofAl-Biruni.Therefore,asstudents
readahistoricalaccount,theycanrecogniseitssubjective
nature.
5.(d)BasedontheNationalCurriculumFramework
(NCF)2005,atthenationallevel,Environmental
Education(EE)isintroducedattheelementaryeducation
levelasEnvironmentalStudies(EVS).EVSforclassesIII
toVdealswiththestudyofourenvironment(physical,
biological,socialandcultural)withanemphasisonits
preservationandconservation.
EVSattheelementarylevelisanintegratedsubjectwhich
drawsuponinsightsfromsciences(physical,chemicaland
biological),socialstudies(history,geography,civics,etc)
andenvironmentaleducation(protectionand
conservation).
Thus,theintegratednatureofEVSistoreducethe
curriculumloadandhelpchildrentolearnspecifictopics
meaningfully.
6.(b)Learningindicatorsareexpectedtoprovide
evidencesoflearningandotherchangestakingplacein
child’sbehaviour.Theseindicatorscanbeusedascheck
pointstoassesschild’slearningatdifferentpointsoftime.
Howeverlearningindicators,whengivenalongwiththe
pedagogicalprocesses,arelikelytohelpteachersand
childrentoachievethesecurricularexpectationsaswellas
learningoutcomes.InEVSbroadlearningindicatorsof
assessmentareconceptofequality,cooperation,concern
forjustice.ConceptmappingisanimportantpartofEVS
asitisakindofgraphicorganiserwhichisusedtohelp
studentsorganiseandrepresentknowledgeofasubject,
butitisnotabroadindicatorofEVSassessment.
7. (b)Questioningisanimportantstrategywhichisused
ateverystageofschooling.Itisveryimportantatprimary
levelinEVSclassroomasitarousescuriosityofchildren.
EVSisanintegratedsubjectwhichhasdifferentthemes
aboutourenvironmentandonlythroughobservation,
questioning,fieldtripstudentscanlearnandunderstand
better.
8.(b)Fieldtripisapopularmethodforintroducing
studentstoconcepts,ideas,andexperiencesthatcannotbe
providedinaclassroomenvironment.Throughfieldtrip
studentscanexploretheirnewworldofknowledgeand
haveachancetodevelopalltheirsenses.
Ourcommunitiesarerichlearninglaboratories.Fieldtrips
makeitpossibletotakestudentstoseeanunderwater
ecosystematanaquarium,usehighpoweredmicroscopes,
seeandtouchhistoricalartifactsinpersonandpresenton
apublicstageamonghundredsofotherthings.Each
experiencesolidifieslearningandsupportsimportant
academicconcepts.
9.(d)Newspapers,magazines,books,etcareallpowerfull
andendlesssourcesofinformationthatcanbeeasily
comparedtoalibraryoranencyclopedia,primarily
becausetheygivetothereadertheopportunitytoextend
knowledgeabouttherealworld. Theyalsofacilitate
self-education.InEVSclassroomthroughnewspaperand
magazines,studentsareawareofdifferentinformation
abouttheworldandtheirsurroundings.
10.(b)Theword‘Torang’meansjungleinthekurukh
languagewhichisspokeninJharkhand.Kurukhisa
DravidianlanguagespokenbynearlyOraonandKisan
tribalpeopleofJharkhand,MadhyaPradesh,
Chhattisgarh,Odisha,WestBengalandAssaminIndia.
11.(a)Accordingtotheqeustion,
Hence,withrespecttoschoolYmyhouseatXis100m
duetoWest.
X Y
125m
100m
School House
Highway
100m
125m
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12.(a)ChilliesarenativetoSouthAmerica,wherepeople
havebeencultivatingandtradingthemforatleast6,000
years.ChillieswerebroughttoIndiabytraderscoming
fromSouthAmerica.
13.(d)Given,distancebetweenNagercoiltoMadgaon
=1145km
andtime = + + = 1 30 24 00 4 30 30 : : : h
Hence,averagespeedofthetrain
=
distance
time
=
1145
30
= 38.16km/h ˜38.5km/h
14.(d)Abeehiveisanenclosedstructureinwhichsome
honeybeespeciesliveandraisetheiryoungones.Beehives
serveseveralpurposese.g.productionofhoney,
pollinationofnearbycrops,housingsupplybeesfor
apitherapytreatmentandsoon.Mostofthebeesinthe
hivesareworkerbees.Workerhoneybeesmakehivesto
storehoneyandfeedthemselvesthroughoutwinterwhen
theycannotgooutdoorstoforageforfood.Honey
beehivesaremadeofsix-sidedtubes,whicharetheshapes
foroptimalhoneyproductionbecausetheyrequireless
waxandcanholdmorehoney.Everybeehivehasone
queenthatlayeggs.Thereareonlyafewmalesinthehive
whichareknownasdrones.Adrone’sprimaryroleisto
matewithanunfertilizedqueen.Thus,ascomparedto
honeybeeswhichareallfemales,drones(malebees)are
notveryimportant.
15.(a)TheConstitutionofIndiaisthesupremelawof
India.ItisthelongestwrittenConstitutionofanycountry
intheworld.Dr.B.R.Ambedkar,chairmanofthedrafting
committee,iswidelyconsideredtobeitschiefarchitect.It
wasadoptedbytheConstituentAssemblyofIndiaon
26thNovember,1949andbecameeffectiveon26th
January,1950.Thedocumentlaysdowntheframework
demarcatingfundamentalpoliticalcode,structure,
procedures,powers,anddutiesofgovernmentinstitutions
andsetsoutfundamentalrights,directiveprinciples,and
thedutiesofcitizens.
16.(b)Plantsaremadeupoforgans,includingroots,
leaves,thestemandreproductiveorgans.Eachorganhas
itsownfunctions,e.g.
Rootskeepaplantintheground.Theyalsoabsorbwater
andnutrientsfromthesoil.
Leavesabsorbsunlight,andmakefoodfortheplantby
photosynthesis.Thewasteproductofphotosynthesis,
oxygen,escapesthroughtinyholesintheleaves.
Thestemsupportstheleavesandflowers.Italso
transportswaterandnutrientsbetweentherootsandthe
leaves.Reproductiveorgansallowaplanttoproducenew
plants.
17.(a)Indiaisafederalunioncomprising28Statesand8
UnionTerritories.TheerstwhilestateofJammuand
KashmirhasbeenbifurcatedintotwoUnionTerritories
(UT),namely,JammuandKashmirandLadakh.The
newlyformedunionterritorieshavebeenformedundera
reorganisationactpassedbytheParliamenton5th-6th
August,2019whichcameintoeffecton31stOctober,
2019.Thus,ManipurisnotaUnionTerritorybutoneof
thestatesofIndia.Thereare28statesand8Union
TerritoriesinIndia.
18.(a)TheoilandgasindustryinIndiastartedsince1889
whenthefirstoildepositsinthecountrywerediscovered
nearthetownofDigboiinthestateofAssam.There
manystatesinthecountrywhichproduceandhavecrude
oilreservestheseareAssam,Gujarat,ArunachalPradesh,
AndhraPradesh,RajasthanandTamilNadu.Indiawas
thethirdtopnetcrudeoilimporterin2018.
19.(b)Allbirdsofpreyhaveexcellentlong-distance
visionsuchaskites,vultures,eaglesandsoon.Eaglescan
seeclearlyabouteighttimesasfarashumanscan.Vultures
areabletospotathree-footcarcassfromfourmilesaway
ontheopenplains.Similaristhecaseofkites.Onthe
otherside,humanscanviewandobservethingsfroma
distanceofonly2meters.
20.(a)PochampallyisacensustowninYadadri
BhuvanagiridistrictofTelanganastate.Pochampallyis
famousforitsbeautifullydesignedPochampallysarees.
Thesesareeshavetraditionalgeometricpatternsinikat
styleofdyeing.
21. (d)Iron-richfoodsareessentialtokeepourbody
healthyandstrong.Therearevariousfooditemswhich
arerichiniron.
Forexample,Leafygreens,suchasspinach,potatoes,
mushrooms,olives,oats,amla,raisinsandapricots,jaggery
andsoon.
22. (d)GregorJohannMendel,knownasthe‘‘fatherof
moderngenetics,’’wasmeteorologistmathematicianand
biologist.
Hediscoveredthebasicprinciplesofhereditythrough
experimentsinhismonastery’sgarden.Hisexperiments
showedthattheinheritanceofcertaintraitsinpeaplants
followsparticularpatterns,subsequentlybecomingthe
foundationofmoderngeneticsandleadingtothestudyof
heredity.
23.(a)HousesinAssamarebuiltonstiltsbecausethe
statereceivesabundantrainfallduetowhichthereare
chancesoffloods.Incaseoffloodthewatermightget
insidethehouses,ifthehousesarebuiltsongroundlevel,
soinordertoavoidfloodingofhouses,housesarebuilt
onstiltsandabovethegroundlevel.
24.(d)WithrespecttothelocationofDelhionthemap
ofIndiathedirectionsofthelocationsofGandhinagar
(capitalofGujarat)isSouth-WestandthatofPatna
(capitalofBihar)isSouth-East.
25. (c)AspertheNCF-2005,EVSattheelementarylevel
isanintegratedsubjectwhichdrawsuponinsightsfrom
differentsubjectslikesciences(physical,chemicaland
biological),socialstudies(history,geography,civics,etc)
andenvironmentaleducation(protectionand
conservation).ThusduetotheintegratednatureofEVS,the
teachercancombinetwoormoresubjectareasintoone
lessoninEVSclassroom.
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