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1. A teacher conducts an experiment on ‘‘How does food get spoilt?’’
Teacher makes groups of learners and provides them material related to the experiment. Why
does teacher form groups of learners?
A. It promotes peer learning.
B. It improves social interaction.
C. Group learning is effective way of learning EVS, without burden.
D. Group learning is an essential strategy to maintain discipline in the class.
(1) B and D (2) A and B
(3) C and D (4) A and C
2. Which of the following should not be the indicator for assessment in EVS?
(1) Questioning (2) Concern for justice and equality
(3) Co-operation (4) Remembering
3. In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the children to assess themselves.
Self-assessment is …………
(1) Assessment for learning (2) CCE
(3) Assessment as learning (4) Assessment of learning
4. Which technique is used in the rating scale?
(1) Assignments (2) Written question
(3) Observation (4) Checklist
5. Which of the following ·is not the objective of teaching EVS ?
(1) To encourage children to provide textbook definitions
(2) To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child
(3) To develop an awareness about environmental issues
(4) To engage the child in exploratory and hands on activities
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1. A teacher conducts an experiment on ‘‘How does food get spoilt?’’
Teacher makes groups of learners and provides them material related to the experiment. Why
does teacher form groups of learners?
A. It promotes peer learning.
B. It improves social interaction.
C. Group learning is effective way of learning EVS, without burden.
D. Group learning is an essential strategy to maintain discipline in the class.
(1) B and D (2) A and B
(3) C and D (4) A and C
2. Which of the following should not be the indicator for assessment in EVS?
(1) Questioning (2) Concern for justice and equality
(3) Co-operation (4) Remembering
3. In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the children to assess themselves.
Self-assessment is …………
(1) Assessment for learning (2) CCE
(3) Assessment as learning (4) Assessment of learning
4. Which technique is used in the rating scale?
(1) Assignments (2) Written question
(3) Observation (4) Checklist
5. Which of the following ·is not the objective of teaching EVS ?
(1) To encourage children to provide textbook definitions
(2) To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child
(3) To develop an awareness about environmental issues
(4) To engage the child in exploratory and hands on activities
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6. Picture reading is an important activity in
EVS. Which of the following
indicator/indicators of learners can be
assessed through picture reading?
A. Observation and recording
B. Expression
C. Analysis
D. Experimentation
(1) A and B (2) Only D
(3) A, B and C (4) A and C
7. Consider the following statements about the
practices followed under ‘‘Jhoom farming’’?
A. After obtaining one set of crops, the land
is left as it is for some years.
B. The bamboo or weeds which grow on the
land are pulled out and burnt.
C. The ash obtained on burning the weeds
etc. is used as fertilizer.
D. When the land is ready for farming it is
deeply ploughed before dropping the
seeds.
The correct statement(s) is/are
(1) A and D (2) Only A
(3) Only D (4) B and C
8. In a hilly area it was observed that the
people have built their houses using stones;
mud, lime and wood. These houses have two
floors. On the ground floor they provide
space for animals to live and also store
necessary things, on the first floor they stay.
The roofs of the houses are flat and made of
thick tree trunks. This hilly area is a part of
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Meghalaya (4) Himachal Pradesh
9. Tribal people have been using bronze to
make many things since thousand of years.
Bronze is still used in our houses. Select
from the following the most correct
statement about bronze.
(1) It is a mixture of copper and tin
(2) It is an element like aluminium and copper
(3) It is a mixture of copper and brass
(4) It is a mixture of copper, zinc and aluminium
10. Boiled Tapioca with any curry made using
coconut is a preferred food of the people of
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
(3) West Bengal (4) Bihar
11. It is believed that the animals that are
awake at night can see objects only in
(1) black and white (2) violet and blue
(3) green and yellow (4) orange and red
12. Earthworms are considered friends of the
farmers. Select from following the correct
reasons for the same :
A. Earthworms eat the dead leaves and
plants and their droppings fertilize the
soil.
B. Earthworms eat the weeds and save the
main crop.
C. Earthworms, soften the soil by digging
underneath.
D. The tunnels made by the earthworms
provide easy passage to air and water
into the soil.
(1) A and C (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
13. Where is Jharkhand located on the map of
our country?
(1) South-East of Chhattisgarh
(2) West of Uttar Pradesh
(3) East of West Bengal
(4) North of Odisha
14. Which of the following is NOT obtained from
petroleum?
(1) Coal (2) Diesel (3) Wax (4) Grease
15. Select from the following a set of festivals
celebrated on the full moon day.
(1) Diwali, Mahashivratri, Guru Nanak’s birthday
(2) Diwali, Guru Nanak’s birthday,
Rakshabandhan
(3) Holi, Mahashivratri, Buddhajayanti
(4) Holi, Rakshabandhan, Guru Nanak’s birthday
16. Which one of the following groups of states
has a coast on Arabian sea?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
(2) Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha
(4) Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal
17. You are located at X and your school is
located at Y. There is no straight path from
your house to school. So, you first go to A
which is 30 m due North of X, then go
to B which is 40 m due West of A, then go to
C which is 30 m due North of B and finally
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1. A teacher conducts an experiment on ‘‘How does food get spoilt?’’
Teacher makes groups of learners and provides them material related to the experiment. Why
does teacher form groups of learners?
A. It promotes peer learning.
B. It improves social interaction.
C. Group learning is effective way of learning EVS, without burden.
D. Group learning is an essential strategy to maintain discipline in the class.
(1) B and D (2) A and B
(3) C and D (4) A and C
2. Which of the following should not be the indicator for assessment in EVS?
(1) Questioning (2) Concern for justice and equality
(3) Co-operation (4) Remembering
3. In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the children to assess themselves.
Self-assessment is …………
(1) Assessment for learning (2) CCE
(3) Assessment as learning (4) Assessment of learning
4. Which technique is used in the rating scale?
(1) Assignments (2) Written question
(3) Observation (4) Checklist
5. Which of the following ·is not the objective of teaching EVS ?
(1) To encourage children to provide textbook definitions
(2) To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child
(3) To develop an awareness about environmental issues
(4) To engage the child in exploratory and hands on activities
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6. Picture reading is an important activity in
EVS. Which of the following
indicator/indicators of learners can be
assessed through picture reading?
A. Observation and recording
B. Expression
C. Analysis
D. Experimentation
(1) A and B (2) Only D
(3) A, B and C (4) A and C
7. Consider the following statements about the
practices followed under ‘‘Jhoom farming’’?
A. After obtaining one set of crops, the land
is left as it is for some years.
B. The bamboo or weeds which grow on the
land are pulled out and burnt.
C. The ash obtained on burning the weeds
etc. is used as fertilizer.
D. When the land is ready for farming it is
deeply ploughed before dropping the
seeds.
The correct statement(s) is/are
(1) A and D (2) Only A
(3) Only D (4) B and C
8. In a hilly area it was observed that the
people have built their houses using stones;
mud, lime and wood. These houses have two
floors. On the ground floor they provide
space for animals to live and also store
necessary things, on the first floor they stay.
The roofs of the houses are flat and made of
thick tree trunks. This hilly area is a part of
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Meghalaya (4) Himachal Pradesh
9. Tribal people have been using bronze to
make many things since thousand of years.
Bronze is still used in our houses. Select
from the following the most correct
statement about bronze.
(1) It is a mixture of copper and tin
(2) It is an element like aluminium and copper
(3) It is a mixture of copper and brass
(4) It is a mixture of copper, zinc and aluminium
10. Boiled Tapioca with any curry made using
coconut is a preferred food of the people of
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
(3) West Bengal (4) Bihar
11. It is believed that the animals that are
awake at night can see objects only in
(1) black and white (2) violet and blue
(3) green and yellow (4) orange and red
12. Earthworms are considered friends of the
farmers. Select from following the correct
reasons for the same :
A. Earthworms eat the dead leaves and
plants and their droppings fertilize the
soil.
B. Earthworms eat the weeds and save the
main crop.
C. Earthworms, soften the soil by digging
underneath.
D. The tunnels made by the earthworms
provide easy passage to air and water
into the soil.
(1) A and C (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
13. Where is Jharkhand located on the map of
our country?
(1) South-East of Chhattisgarh
(2) West of Uttar Pradesh
(3) East of West Bengal
(4) North of Odisha
14. Which of the following is NOT obtained from
petroleum?
(1) Coal (2) Diesel (3) Wax (4) Grease
15. Select from the following a set of festivals
celebrated on the full moon day.
(1) Diwali, Mahashivratri, Guru Nanak’s birthday
(2) Diwali, Guru Nanak’s birthday,
Rakshabandhan
(3) Holi, Mahashivratri, Buddhajayanti
(4) Holi, Rakshabandhan, Guru Nanak’s birthday
16. Which one of the following groups of states
has a coast on Arabian sea?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
(2) Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha
(4) Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal
17. You are located at X and your school is
located at Y. There is no straight path from
your house to school. So, you first go to A
which is 30 m due North of X, then go
to B which is 40 m due West of A, then go to
C which is 30 m due North of B and finally
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you reach your school at Y which is 40 m
West of C. With respect to your school the
correct direction of your house is
(1) South-East (2) North-West
(3) Due South (4) Due East
18. A boy boarded a train on 30th June, 2019 at
Madgaon for Nagarcoil. The train departed
at 09:45 hours from Madgaon and reached
Nagarcoil at 07:15 hours on the next day. If
the distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1140 km, the average speed
of the train was
(1) 57 km/h (2) 51.5 km/h
(3) 53 km/h (4) 54.5 km/h
19. In one of the forests of our country the
village council (Panchayat) allots the land to
the forest people (Adivasis) for farming in a
special unit called ‘tin’. What is tin?
(1) A unit of land specially designed for the farmers
of the forests
(2) A land with dimensions 100 m × 100 m
(3) A land on which a farmer grows one tin of
seeds
(4) A land from which a farmer produces one tin of
seeds
20. In which one of the following cities the
mountains of sand called ‘Sand Dunes’ are
found?
(1) Thimpu (2) Kabul
(3) Abu Dhabi (4) Berlin
21. We all observe old wells which have dried
up. Our elders say that about 25-30 years
ago there was sufficient water in the wells,
but now these have completely dried up.
Select from the following the possible correct
reasons for drying up of water in the wells.
A. The lakes (ponds) in which rain water
used to collect are no longer there.
B. The soil around the trees, well and
nearby area is now covered with
coaltar/cement.
C. No one uses wells as there are taps in
every house.
D. A number of electric motor driven pumps
have come up to draw underground
water.
(1) A, B and D (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
22. In EVS concepts and issues have not been
compartmentalised into science and social
science. Why?
(1) It is for decreasing the syllabus load
(2) Syllabus of EVS has been prescribed as such by
CBSE
(3) The child looks at her/his environment in
holistic manner
(4) It is a good teaching-learning strategy
23. Which of the following is true w.r.t. EVS
subject of classes I and II?
(1) EVS as subject is not easy to understand at
classes I and II
(2) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language
(3) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language and mathematics
(4) EVS is a new subject introduced at the classes I
to II
24. In EVS themes have been proposed instead
of topics in the syllabus. Why?
(1) Theme based EVS transaction is easy as
compared to the topics
(2) For reducing chapters in EVS
(3) To enhance the environmental comprehension
of the learners
(4) For developing connected and interrelated
understanding of issues of the learners’ local
environment
25. Which one of the following is not one of the
six broad themes of EVS in the present
syllabus?
(1) Work and play
(2) Food
(3) Shelter
(4) Things we make and do
26. Which one of the following is not true w.r.t
EVS?
(1) EVS emphasises descriptions and definitions
(2) Nature of EVS is integrated
(3) EVS is based on child centred learning
(4) EVS provides opportunities to the learners to
explore their environment
27. Which one of the following is very important
in constructing knowledge in EVS?
A. Active participation of the learner.
B. Relating child’s knowledge with the
teachers knowledge.
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1. A teacher conducts an experiment on ‘‘How does food get spoilt?’’
Teacher makes groups of learners and provides them material related to the experiment. Why
does teacher form groups of learners?
A. It promotes peer learning.
B. It improves social interaction.
C. Group learning is effective way of learning EVS, without burden.
D. Group learning is an essential strategy to maintain discipline in the class.
(1) B and D (2) A and B
(3) C and D (4) A and C
2. Which of the following should not be the indicator for assessment in EVS?
(1) Questioning (2) Concern for justice and equality
(3) Co-operation (4) Remembering
3. In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the children to assess themselves.
Self-assessment is …………
(1) Assessment for learning (2) CCE
(3) Assessment as learning (4) Assessment of learning
4. Which technique is used in the rating scale?
(1) Assignments (2) Written question
(3) Observation (4) Checklist
5. Which of the following ·is not the objective of teaching EVS ?
(1) To encourage children to provide textbook definitions
(2) To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child
(3) To develop an awareness about environmental issues
(4) To engage the child in exploratory and hands on activities
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
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6. Picture reading is an important activity in
EVS. Which of the following
indicator/indicators of learners can be
assessed through picture reading?
A. Observation and recording
B. Expression
C. Analysis
D. Experimentation
(1) A and B (2) Only D
(3) A, B and C (4) A and C
7. Consider the following statements about the
practices followed under ‘‘Jhoom farming’’?
A. After obtaining one set of crops, the land
is left as it is for some years.
B. The bamboo or weeds which grow on the
land are pulled out and burnt.
C. The ash obtained on burning the weeds
etc. is used as fertilizer.
D. When the land is ready for farming it is
deeply ploughed before dropping the
seeds.
The correct statement(s) is/are
(1) A and D (2) Only A
(3) Only D (4) B and C
8. In a hilly area it was observed that the
people have built their houses using stones;
mud, lime and wood. These houses have two
floors. On the ground floor they provide
space for animals to live and also store
necessary things, on the first floor they stay.
The roofs of the houses are flat and made of
thick tree trunks. This hilly area is a part of
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Meghalaya (4) Himachal Pradesh
9. Tribal people have been using bronze to
make many things since thousand of years.
Bronze is still used in our houses. Select
from the following the most correct
statement about bronze.
(1) It is a mixture of copper and tin
(2) It is an element like aluminium and copper
(3) It is a mixture of copper and brass
(4) It is a mixture of copper, zinc and aluminium
10. Boiled Tapioca with any curry made using
coconut is a preferred food of the people of
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
(3) West Bengal (4) Bihar
11. It is believed that the animals that are
awake at night can see objects only in
(1) black and white (2) violet and blue
(3) green and yellow (4) orange and red
12. Earthworms are considered friends of the
farmers. Select from following the correct
reasons for the same :
A. Earthworms eat the dead leaves and
plants and their droppings fertilize the
soil.
B. Earthworms eat the weeds and save the
main crop.
C. Earthworms, soften the soil by digging
underneath.
D. The tunnels made by the earthworms
provide easy passage to air and water
into the soil.
(1) A and C (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
13. Where is Jharkhand located on the map of
our country?
(1) South-East of Chhattisgarh
(2) West of Uttar Pradesh
(3) East of West Bengal
(4) North of Odisha
14. Which of the following is NOT obtained from
petroleum?
(1) Coal (2) Diesel (3) Wax (4) Grease
15. Select from the following a set of festivals
celebrated on the full moon day.
(1) Diwali, Mahashivratri, Guru Nanak’s birthday
(2) Diwali, Guru Nanak’s birthday,
Rakshabandhan
(3) Holi, Mahashivratri, Buddhajayanti
(4) Holi, Rakshabandhan, Guru Nanak’s birthday
16. Which one of the following groups of states
has a coast on Arabian sea?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
(2) Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha
(4) Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal
17. You are located at X and your school is
located at Y. There is no straight path from
your house to school. So, you first go to A
which is 30 m due North of X, then go
to B which is 40 m due West of A, then go to
C which is 30 m due North of B and finally
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you reach your school at Y which is 40 m
West of C. With respect to your school the
correct direction of your house is
(1) South-East (2) North-West
(3) Due South (4) Due East
18. A boy boarded a train on 30th June, 2019 at
Madgaon for Nagarcoil. The train departed
at 09:45 hours from Madgaon and reached
Nagarcoil at 07:15 hours on the next day. If
the distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1140 km, the average speed
of the train was
(1) 57 km/h (2) 51.5 km/h
(3) 53 km/h (4) 54.5 km/h
19. In one of the forests of our country the
village council (Panchayat) allots the land to
the forest people (Adivasis) for farming in a
special unit called ‘tin’. What is tin?
(1) A unit of land specially designed for the farmers
of the forests
(2) A land with dimensions 100 m × 100 m
(3) A land on which a farmer grows one tin of
seeds
(4) A land from which a farmer produces one tin of
seeds
20. In which one of the following cities the
mountains of sand called ‘Sand Dunes’ are
found?
(1) Thimpu (2) Kabul
(3) Abu Dhabi (4) Berlin
21. We all observe old wells which have dried
up. Our elders say that about 25-30 years
ago there was sufficient water in the wells,
but now these have completely dried up.
Select from the following the possible correct
reasons for drying up of water in the wells.
A. The lakes (ponds) in which rain water
used to collect are no longer there.
B. The soil around the trees, well and
nearby area is now covered with
coaltar/cement.
C. No one uses wells as there are taps in
every house.
D. A number of electric motor driven pumps
have come up to draw underground
water.
(1) A, B and D (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
22. In EVS concepts and issues have not been
compartmentalised into science and social
science. Why?
(1) It is for decreasing the syllabus load
(2) Syllabus of EVS has been prescribed as such by
CBSE
(3) The child looks at her/his environment in
holistic manner
(4) It is a good teaching-learning strategy
23. Which of the following is true w.r.t. EVS
subject of classes I and II?
(1) EVS as subject is not easy to understand at
classes I and II
(2) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language
(3) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language and mathematics
(4) EVS is a new subject introduced at the classes I
to II
24. In EVS themes have been proposed instead
of topics in the syllabus. Why?
(1) Theme based EVS transaction is easy as
compared to the topics
(2) For reducing chapters in EVS
(3) To enhance the environmental comprehension
of the learners
(4) For developing connected and interrelated
understanding of issues of the learners’ local
environment
25. Which one of the following is not one of the
six broad themes of EVS in the present
syllabus?
(1) Work and play
(2) Food
(3) Shelter
(4) Things we make and do
26. Which one of the following is not true w.r.t
EVS?
(1) EVS emphasises descriptions and definitions
(2) Nature of EVS is integrated
(3) EVS is based on child centred learning
(4) EVS provides opportunities to the learners to
explore their environment
27. Which one of the following is very important
in constructing knowledge in EVS?
A. Active participation of the learner.
B. Relating child’s knowledge with the
teachers knowledge.
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C. Learning EVS outside the four walls of the
classroom.
D. Relating child’s local knowledge to the
school knowledge.
(1) A and D (2) A, C and D
(3) Only D (4) Only A
28. The most effective strategy to engage learners
in EVS is
(1) Classroom demonstration
(2) Narratives
(3) Reading of textbook
(4) Explanations by teacher
29. A teacher always begins by conducting
activities followed by questions and
discussions. The objective of conducting
activities, questions and discussion is to …… .
A. Assess the children’s process skills
B. Provide an opportunity to the children to
explore
C. Provide an opportunity to the children
to express themselves
D. Discriminate between the children
based on their pace of learning
(1) A, B and C (2) Only D
(3) Only C (4) B, C and D
30. Children should be encouraged to tap
sources other than textbooks and teacher
in EVS. Why?
A. Textbook and teacher are not the only
sources of EVS learning.
B. It will promote the involvement of
parents and communities.
C. It will provide opportunity to teachers
to know the child’s background.
D. It will develop psychomotor skills and
aesthetic sense of the children.
(1) C and D (2) B and C
(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D
Answers
1. (2) The situation provides for agroupwork, this comes
under the Pedagogical process ofCooperation where, peer
learning and social interaction comes into play. The peer
group members are usually children of the same age and
have similar status. It promotes peer learning and improves
social interaction.
2. (4) Remembering is not an indicator for assessment in
EVS.
Some of the learning indicators for assessment of EVS
learning are -Observation and Reporting, Discussion,
Expression, Explanation, Classification, Questioning,
Analysis, Experimentation, Concern for Justice and
Equality and Co-operation.
3. (3) In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the
children to assess themselves. Self-assessment is assessment
as learning.
4. (3) Observation technique is used in the rating scale.
Through this process, the abilities and disabilities of
students are found.
5. (1) The objective of teaching EVS includes;
enhancement of curiosity and creativity in relation to
the immediate surroundings, and environmental issues
and providing opportunities for individual/group to
conduct hands on activities. Thus, to encourage
children to provide textbook definitions is not the
objective of teaching EVS.
6. (3) Picture reading activities in group with peers
improves social interaction and provides more
opportunities for construction of knowledge.
Pedagogical processes like, observation and recording,
expression, analysis classification and questioning
involves the picture reading activities.
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11 (1) 12 (4) 13 (4) 14 (1) 15 (4) 16 (2) 17 (1) 18 (3) 19 (3) 20 (3)
21 (1) 22 (3) 23 (3) 24 (4) 25 (1) 26 (1) 27 (2) 28 (2) 29 (1) 30 (3)
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1. A teacher conducts an experiment on ‘‘How does food get spoilt?’’
Teacher makes groups of learners and provides them material related to the experiment. Why
does teacher form groups of learners?
A. It promotes peer learning.
B. It improves social interaction.
C. Group learning is effective way of learning EVS, without burden.
D. Group learning is an essential strategy to maintain discipline in the class.
(1) B and D (2) A and B
(3) C and D (4) A and C
2. Which of the following should not be the indicator for assessment in EVS?
(1) Questioning (2) Concern for justice and equality
(3) Co-operation (4) Remembering
3. In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the children to assess themselves.
Self-assessment is …………
(1) Assessment for learning (2) CCE
(3) Assessment as learning (4) Assessment of learning
4. Which technique is used in the rating scale?
(1) Assignments (2) Written question
(3) Observation (4) Checklist
5. Which of the following ·is not the objective of teaching EVS ?
(1) To encourage children to provide textbook definitions
(2) To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child
(3) To develop an awareness about environmental issues
(4) To engage the child in exploratory and hands on activities
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6. Picture reading is an important activity in
EVS. Which of the following
indicator/indicators of learners can be
assessed through picture reading?
A. Observation and recording
B. Expression
C. Analysis
D. Experimentation
(1) A and B (2) Only D
(3) A, B and C (4) A and C
7. Consider the following statements about the
practices followed under ‘‘Jhoom farming’’?
A. After obtaining one set of crops, the land
is left as it is for some years.
B. The bamboo or weeds which grow on the
land are pulled out and burnt.
C. The ash obtained on burning the weeds
etc. is used as fertilizer.
D. When the land is ready for farming it is
deeply ploughed before dropping the
seeds.
The correct statement(s) is/are
(1) A and D (2) Only A
(3) Only D (4) B and C
8. In a hilly area it was observed that the
people have built their houses using stones;
mud, lime and wood. These houses have two
floors. On the ground floor they provide
space for animals to live and also store
necessary things, on the first floor they stay.
The roofs of the houses are flat and made of
thick tree trunks. This hilly area is a part of
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Meghalaya (4) Himachal Pradesh
9. Tribal people have been using bronze to
make many things since thousand of years.
Bronze is still used in our houses. Select
from the following the most correct
statement about bronze.
(1) It is a mixture of copper and tin
(2) It is an element like aluminium and copper
(3) It is a mixture of copper and brass
(4) It is a mixture of copper, zinc and aluminium
10. Boiled Tapioca with any curry made using
coconut is a preferred food of the people of
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
(3) West Bengal (4) Bihar
11. It is believed that the animals that are
awake at night can see objects only in
(1) black and white (2) violet and blue
(3) green and yellow (4) orange and red
12. Earthworms are considered friends of the
farmers. Select from following the correct
reasons for the same :
A. Earthworms eat the dead leaves and
plants and their droppings fertilize the
soil.
B. Earthworms eat the weeds and save the
main crop.
C. Earthworms, soften the soil by digging
underneath.
D. The tunnels made by the earthworms
provide easy passage to air and water
into the soil.
(1) A and C (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
13. Where is Jharkhand located on the map of
our country?
(1) South-East of Chhattisgarh
(2) West of Uttar Pradesh
(3) East of West Bengal
(4) North of Odisha
14. Which of the following is NOT obtained from
petroleum?
(1) Coal (2) Diesel (3) Wax (4) Grease
15. Select from the following a set of festivals
celebrated on the full moon day.
(1) Diwali, Mahashivratri, Guru Nanak’s birthday
(2) Diwali, Guru Nanak’s birthday,
Rakshabandhan
(3) Holi, Mahashivratri, Buddhajayanti
(4) Holi, Rakshabandhan, Guru Nanak’s birthday
16. Which one of the following groups of states
has a coast on Arabian sea?
(1) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
(2) Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha
(4) Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal
17. You are located at X and your school is
located at Y. There is no straight path from
your house to school. So, you first go to A
which is 30 m due North of X, then go
to B which is 40 m due West of A, then go to
C which is 30 m due North of B and finally
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you reach your school at Y which is 40 m
West of C. With respect to your school the
correct direction of your house is
(1) South-East (2) North-West
(3) Due South (4) Due East
18. A boy boarded a train on 30th June, 2019 at
Madgaon for Nagarcoil. The train departed
at 09:45 hours from Madgaon and reached
Nagarcoil at 07:15 hours on the next day. If
the distance covered by the train during this
time interval is 1140 km, the average speed
of the train was
(1) 57 km/h (2) 51.5 km/h
(3) 53 km/h (4) 54.5 km/h
19. In one of the forests of our country the
village council (Panchayat) allots the land to
the forest people (Adivasis) for farming in a
special unit called ‘tin’. What is tin?
(1) A unit of land specially designed for the farmers
of the forests
(2) A land with dimensions 100 m × 100 m
(3) A land on which a farmer grows one tin of
seeds
(4) A land from which a farmer produces one tin of
seeds
20. In which one of the following cities the
mountains of sand called ‘Sand Dunes’ are
found?
(1) Thimpu (2) Kabul
(3) Abu Dhabi (4) Berlin
21. We all observe old wells which have dried
up. Our elders say that about 25-30 years
ago there was sufficient water in the wells,
but now these have completely dried up.
Select from the following the possible correct
reasons for drying up of water in the wells.
A. The lakes (ponds) in which rain water
used to collect are no longer there.
B. The soil around the trees, well and
nearby area is now covered with
coaltar/cement.
C. No one uses wells as there are taps in
every house.
D. A number of electric motor driven pumps
have come up to draw underground
water.
(1) A, B and D (2) A, B and C
(3) B, C and D (4) C, D and A
22. In EVS concepts and issues have not been
compartmentalised into science and social
science. Why?
(1) It is for decreasing the syllabus load
(2) Syllabus of EVS has been prescribed as such by
CBSE
(3) The child looks at her/his environment in
holistic manner
(4) It is a good teaching-learning strategy
23. Which of the following is true w.r.t. EVS
subject of classes I and II?
(1) EVS as subject is not easy to understand at
classes I and II
(2) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language
(3) Issues and concerns related to EVS are
transacted through language and mathematics
(4) EVS is a new subject introduced at the classes I
to II
24. In EVS themes have been proposed instead
of topics in the syllabus. Why?
(1) Theme based EVS transaction is easy as
compared to the topics
(2) For reducing chapters in EVS
(3) To enhance the environmental comprehension
of the learners
(4) For developing connected and interrelated
understanding of issues of the learners’ local
environment
25. Which one of the following is not one of the
six broad themes of EVS in the present
syllabus?
(1) Work and play
(2) Food
(3) Shelter
(4) Things we make and do
26. Which one of the following is not true w.r.t
EVS?
(1) EVS emphasises descriptions and definitions
(2) Nature of EVS is integrated
(3) EVS is based on child centred learning
(4) EVS provides opportunities to the learners to
explore their environment
27. Which one of the following is very important
in constructing knowledge in EVS?
A. Active participation of the learner.
B. Relating child’s knowledge with the
teachers knowledge.
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C. Learning EVS outside the four walls of the
classroom.
D. Relating child’s local knowledge to the
school knowledge.
(1) A and D (2) A, C and D
(3) Only D (4) Only A
28. The most effective strategy to engage learners
in EVS is
(1) Classroom demonstration
(2) Narratives
(3) Reading of textbook
(4) Explanations by teacher
29. A teacher always begins by conducting
activities followed by questions and
discussions. The objective of conducting
activities, questions and discussion is to …… .
A. Assess the children’s process skills
B. Provide an opportunity to the children to
explore
C. Provide an opportunity to the children
to express themselves
D. Discriminate between the children
based on their pace of learning
(1) A, B and C (2) Only D
(3) Only C (4) B, C and D
30. Children should be encouraged to tap
sources other than textbooks and teacher
in EVS. Why?
A. Textbook and teacher are not the only
sources of EVS learning.
B. It will promote the involvement of
parents and communities.
C. It will provide opportunity to teachers
to know the child’s background.
D. It will develop psychomotor skills and
aesthetic sense of the children.
(1) C and D (2) B and C
(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D
Answers
1. (2) The situation provides for agroupwork, this comes
under the Pedagogical process ofCooperation where, peer
learning and social interaction comes into play. The peer
group members are usually children of the same age and
have similar status. It promotes peer learning and improves
social interaction.
2. (4) Remembering is not an indicator for assessment in
EVS.
Some of the learning indicators for assessment of EVS
learning are -Observation and Reporting, Discussion,
Expression, Explanation, Classification, Questioning,
Analysis, Experimentation, Concern for Justice and
Equality and Co-operation.
3. (3) In EVS, teachers should provide opportunities to the
children to assess themselves. Self-assessment is assessment
as learning.
4. (3) Observation technique is used in the rating scale.
Through this process, the abilities and disabilities of
students are found.
5. (1) The objective of teaching EVS includes;
enhancement of curiosity and creativity in relation to
the immediate surroundings, and environmental issues
and providing opportunities for individual/group to
conduct hands on activities. Thus, to encourage
children to provide textbook definitions is not the
objective of teaching EVS.
6. (3) Picture reading activities in group with peers
improves social interaction and provides more
opportunities for construction of knowledge.
Pedagogical processes like, observation and recording,
expression, analysis classification and questioning
involves the picture reading activities.
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11 (1) 12 (4) 13 (4) 14 (1) 15 (4) 16 (2) 17 (1) 18 (3) 19 (3) 20 (3)
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7. (2) Jhoom farming (popularly known as Shifting
Cultivation) is one of the oldest type of cultivation
practises in India. It is majorly practised in
North-Eastern states of India like Mizoram and
Nagaland.
The land is not ploughed, but shallow trenches are
made in the soil, in which the seeds are sown. After
obtaining one set of crops, the land is left as it is for
some years.
8. (1) Houses in the Jammu and Kashmir are built
using stones and wall was coated with a thick layer of
mud and lime. The house with two floors was covered
with stacks of tree trunks at the top. The ground floor
used for space for animals and first floor for staying.
9. (1) Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin. Tribal
people have been using bronze to make many things
since thousand of years. Bronze is still used in our
houses.
10. (2) Boiled Tapioca with any curry made using
coconut is preferred food of the people of Kerala. It is
widely consumed in Kerala and taken as breakfast or as
a staple food. It is boiled in water till properly cooked
and eaten with coconut curry, chilli, salt, etc.
11. (1) Animals that are awake at night can see objects
only in black and white. It is believed that animals that
are awake in the daytime can see some colours.
12. (4) Earthworms are the best friends of farmers. The
earthworms soften the soil as they keep digging
underneath to make tunnels. This way air and water can
easily get into the soil. The earthworms also eat the dead
leaves and plants, and their droppings fertilize the soil.
13. (4) Jharkhand is situated towards the South of
Bihar, North of Odisha and towards East of Madhya
Pradesh.
14. (1) Petroleum products like diesel, grease, LPG,
kerosene, wax are organic compounds which are result
of refining (changing) crude oil (Petroleum). They are
made in oil refineries. Coal is a combustible black or
brownish black sedimentary rocks, mostly containing
carbon. Coal is not obtained from petroleum.
15. (4) Holi, Rakshabandhan and Guru Nanak’s
birthday are celebrated on the full moon day. Diwali is
celebrated on Amavashya, Mahashivratri is held on the
13th night or Trayodashi.
16. (2) The Western coastal states which share coast
with Arabian Sea are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa,
Karnataka and Kerala. The Eastern coastal states
adjacent to Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
17. (1)
The Y is situated in between South and West hence school
(at Y) is located in South-West direction with respect to
house (at X).
18. (3) Time taken to cover the distance
= 21 h 30 min. (from Madgaon to Nagarcoil)
Distance from Madgaon to Nagarcoil
= 1140 km
Speed =
Distance
Time
Average speed of the train
=
1140
21 h 30 min
= =
1140
215
5302
.
. km/h
19. (3) ‘Tin’ is a special unit used by village council
(Panchayat) in Mizoram to allot the land to forest people
(Adivasis). Tin refers to a land on which one tin of seeds
are grown by a farmer.
20. (3) Sand Dunes are found in Abu Dhabi. As wind
blows. it carries sand and other dust particles along with it.
As the speed of the wind slows down the sand and dust
particle settles and form a low-hill like structure, called as
Sand Dunes.
21. (1) The wells could have dried up due to following
reasons :
— Water is being pumped from the ground, with the help
of electric motors.
— The lakes (ponds) in which rainwater used to collect are
no longer there.
— The soil around the trees and parks are now cemented.
These all have contributed to lowering of underground
water resulting in drying up of wells.
22. (3) In EVS concepts and issues have not been
compartmentalised into science and social science. Thus,
the child looks at her/his environment in holistic manner.
The major focus area of EVS is learning for the
environment, learning about the environment and learning
through the environment.
Therefore, EVS is theme based rather than
compartmentalised into different subjects.
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C
B
40m
A
30m
X
North
East West
South
40m
30m