Invention of Wheel - 1 Class 2 Worksheet SST

Q1: Multiple choices Questions (MCQs).

(i) Early man made carts driven by
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) robots
(d) none of these
Ans: (b) animals
Early humans pulled the sledges themselves or Animals were used to pull the sledges.

(ii) One day, accidentally, a log of wood rolled down the
(a) mountain
(b) river
(c) grass
(d) tree
Ans: (a) mountain
One day, accidentally, a log of wood rolled down the mountain.

(iii) The pots were made on the potter’s
(a) wheel
(b) mill
(c) cart
(d) pot
Ans: (a) wheel
A potter makes pots on the potter's wheel.

(iv) The wheels were made out of
(a) stone
(b) sand
(c) grass
(d) metal

Ans: (a)stone
Early humans made wheels out of stone.

Q2: True and False.

(i) Wheel helped man to carry heavy loads easily from one place to another. 
Ans: True
After that invention of wheel, goods and other things were easily carried from one place to another.

(ii) Early man travelled by aeroplane. 
Ans: False
Early man travelled by foot. They had a nomadic life.

(iii) Early man carried heavy loads on his back easily. 
Ans: True
Early man used to carry heavy loads such as big coins made of rocks, foods, clothes, goods, etc on his back later the wheel was invented.

(iv) Early man made carts driven by robots. 
Ans: False
Early man made carts driven by themselves or animals.

Q3: Answer the Following Questions.

(i) Write two uses of wheel.
Ans: 

1. Today, wheels are used in cars, carts, airplanes, wheelchairs, bicycles, trains, caravans and skateboards, in addition to many more devices.
2. Wheels are usually used in pairs, connected by a rod of wood or metal known as an axle.

(ii) How did early man make the wheel?
Ans: Early wheels were simple wooden disks with a hole for the axle. Some of the earliest wheels were made from horizontal slices of tree trunks.

(iii) What gave early man the idea of a wheel?
Ans: It is believed that early man must have noticed round logs of wood rolling down a hill. He realised that round things could move easily on land.

(iv) What was the material used to make wheel?
Ans: It was found that early humans have used stone and rocks for making the wheel and also later wood was used.