EVS QUESTIONS FOR ATET

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON EVS 

1: Nuclear family refers to

Answer: Family includes parents and their children.

2. Which country has the maximum number of tube wells in the world

Answer: India.

3. Which is not an air pollutant?

Answer: Nitrogen gas.

4. Which part of the plant evaporates water?

Answer: Stomata.

5. In elbow and knee joints, the bones can move in

Answer: One direction.

6. Which energy is converted into electrical energy by a solar cell?

Answer: Solar energy.

7. Carrier of Dengue disease is

Answer: Aedes mosquito.

8. Wildlife Week is celebrated on

Answer: 1st October to 7th October.

9. In which state of matter, the distance between the molecules is minimum?

Answer: Solid.

10. Maximum amount found in the air is

Answer: Nitrogen.

11. The biochemical laboratory of the human body is

Answer: Liver.

12. Which state of India is known as 'Tiger State'?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh.

13. Habitat of Dogfish is

Answer: Sea.

 14. Which has the maximum speed?

Answer: Light.  

15. Tobacco addiction is caused due to

Answer: Nicotine.

16. Ozone layer is found in

Answer: Stratosphere.

17. Full form of CNG is

Answer: Compressed Natural Gas.

18. Renewable source of energy is

Answer: Plants

19. Sugar is form of ____

Answer: Carbohydrates.

20. The mosquito repellent (coils. mats and liquids) that we generally use in our homes are:

Answer: Insecticides.

21. The young ones of the frog are called

Answer: Tadpoles.

22. How many muscles are there in a human body?

Answer: 600

23. A battery or cell converts ____ energy into electrical energy

Answer: Chemical.

24.  We have days and nights because of

Answer: Earth's rotation.

25. Which (of the following) plays an important role in the cause of rainfall

Answer: Both evaporation and Condensation.

26. The process of solid changing into liquid upon the supply of heat is called

Answer: Melting.

27. Our Sun is

Answer: Star.

28. During summer the earth is 

Answer: Closer to the sun.

29. When we exhale, our lings have to

Answer: Contract.

30.  Which (of the following) is a biodegradable waste?

Answer: Plastics, Polythene, Glass, (All of these).  

31. During breathing which gas is most required by us?

Answer: Oxygen.

32. Paper is mainly made up of

Answer: Bamboo and grass

33. Which one is non-luminous?

Answer: Moon.

34. When some sugar is dissolved in a glass of water, the water level

Answer: remains the same.

35. Non-green plants like mushroom can't make their own food because

Answer: They lack chlorophyll.

36. The nature of relationship betwee condensation and evaporation is

Answer: They are opposite.

37. we slip very easily on a wet floor because

Answer: Water reduces the friction.

38. A human body consists of ____ number of bones.

Answer: 206

39. Which (of the following) is not a part of the excretory system?

Answer: Eyes.

40. Which is called the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria.

41. Which (of the following) is not listed as a wetland in the Ramsar Convention?  

Answer: Rajsamand Lake.

42. Which is not a renewable resource in Rajasthan?

Answer: Natural gas.

43. In which (of the following) garden cultivation is studied?

Answer: Horticulture.

44. In which year Child Marriage Prevention Act was passed in India?

Answer: 2006

45. Which is not a characteristic of a family?

Answer: The income of each member is deposited separately.

46. Which (of the following) stones is not used for flooring of the houses in Rajasthan?

Answer: Soapstone.

47. The total number of members of Parliament from Rajasthan is

Answer: 25

48. Where is Rajasthan State Chemical Works located?

Answer: Deedwana.

49. In which year Consumer Protection Act was introduced in India?

Answer: 1986

50. Which is not a correct match?

Type of cloth          State

A.  Firan               1. Jammu & Kashmir

B. Pano-Bhaju     2. West Bengal

C. Rahide             3. Himachal Pradesh

D. Phulkari          4. Punjab

Answer: B  

51. Kedarnath Sanctuary is known for

Answer: Musk deer.

52. Arctic desert is the other name of

Answer: Tundra.

53. Mesozoic era is known as the era of

Answer: Reptiles.

54. The Chernobyl disaster is associated with

Answer: Nuclear accident.

55. Which farming is a non-forest activity under Forest Conservation Act?

Answer: Tea, Rubber, Mulberry (All of these).

56. Which type of resource is 'Geothermal energy'?

Answer: non-conventional, renewable.

57. Hydrological cycle is under the control of

Answer: forest.

58. The place of origin of the Bhagirathi river is

Answer: Gangotri glacier.

59. Malaria is caused by

Answer: Plasmodium falciparum

60. Where will you find ciliated epithelium in the body of animals?

answer: Bronchi-ole.

61. In the village of Bihar many farmers do bee-keeping and collect honey to earn extra money. The best time to start bee-keeping is

Answer: October to December.

62. select the one which is different from the others:

petrol   Paraffirwax   Grease   Coal    

Answer: Coal.

63. 'Nepenthes' is a plant that traps and eats frogs, insects and even mice. In our country, this plant is found in

Answer: Meghalaya.

64. One Pashmina shawl is as warm as ____ normal sweaters and ____ hours are taken to weave a plain Pashmina shawl.

Answer: 10; 200

65. The group called Tarun Bharat Sangh is associated with

Answer: Rebuilding old lakes.

66. What are the characteristics of the houses of Leh and Ladakh?

Answer: Ground floor without window; Thick walls made of stones, mud and lime; Wooden floors

67. Growing the same crop over and over and using so many chemicals makes the soil

Answer: Barren.

68. For making Madhubani paintings the artists use

Answer: Coloured paste of powdered rice.

69. What is the group of diseases caused by mosquitoes?

Answer: Dangue, Malaria, Chikungunya

70. What are the characteristics of petroleum?

Answer: Smelly, thick, dark coloured oil.

71. select the correct statements about snakes.

Answer: Only four types of poisonous snakes are found in our country. Cobra is a poisonous variety of snakes. A poisonous snake has four hollow teeth (fangs) through which the poison enters the body of a person when the snake bites.

72. Al - Birunicame from a country now called

 Answer: Uzbekistan.

73. Select the correct statement about bronze which was used in making big guns found in the fort of Golconda

Answer: Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.

74. A public school has about two to three children with special needs in every class. Some children are physically or mentally challenged. these children study with other children while sitting in the same class. the public school mentioned above follows

Answer: Inclusive education.

75. Santa's teacher engages her in a number of group activities such as group discussions,  group projects, etc. Which learning dimension is her teacher following?

Answer: Learning as a social activity6.

76. An effective teaching-learning will happen in the class when a teacher helps or facilitates to link the knowledge a student has with the new concept to be taught...

Answer: Correction ad transfer of knowledge.  

77. While doing experiments and practical work, Shyama's performance is the in her class. She is considered a very creative person. So, she is learning a concept by

Answer: Divergent thinking.

78. Environmental factor that does not shape the development of a child

Answer: Physique.

79. Seema learns every lesson quickly by rote method; whereas Leena understands each lesson after discussion and brainstorming, It denotes the developmental principle of 

Answer: Individual differences.

80. In co-operative learning, older and more proficient students assist younger and lesser skilled students, this leads to

Answer: Higher achievement and self-esteem.

81. Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in

Answer: reading.

82. The use of poem and story-telling to explain concepts in an EVS class helps to

Answer: Promote the ability to imagine and explore the nature of the world at the local and global levels.

83. A teacher uses audio-visual aids and physical activities in her teaching because they 

Answer: Utilize the maximum number of senses to enhance learning.

84. The best way to assess a child at the primary level is to use

Answer: Portfolios.

85. Which is not the method to teach EVS?

Answer: Explaining through lectures.

86. EVS teachers should

Answer: Focus exclusively on experiments.

87. Exercises and activities in an EVS textbook should provide

Answer: inbuilt in the topics.

88. The name of the scientist who first peeped into a mosquito stomach and proved that mosquitoes spread malaria and for his research, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in December 1902

Answer: Ronald Ross.

89. Rajat said to his friend, " I cannot play because I am down with fever. I pass through a cycle of shivering, fever and headache and finally sweating. After my blood test doctor prescribed me a bitter medicine." Rajat might be suffering from

Answer: Malaria.

90. Who was Al-Biruni?

Answer: A traveller from Uzbekistan who wrote a book which is helpful to know the past of our country.

91. The animals that awake at night can see objects

Answer: Only in black and white colours.

92. Inside the petals, in the middle of a flower we find a thin powdery structure, called

Answer: Pollen.

93. If you go Ahmedabad (Gujarat) by train, then at Ahmedabad railway station you will find the most of the vendors are selling

Answer: Chholay-bhature.

94. The birds move their neck very often because

Answer: The birds' eyes are fixed.

95. After diagnosis a doctor says to a patient that there is less haemoglobin in his blood. What should he eat to make the deficiency of iron?

Answer: Amla, green leafy vegetables, jaggery.

96. National Curriculum Framework, 2005 strongly recommends that teaching of EVS at the primary stage should primarily aim at

Answer: Linking classroom learning to life outside the school.

97. Which is not consistent with the requirements of the EVS curriculum at the primary stage?

Answer: It should equip the learners with knowledge and skill to enter the world of work.

98. Higher priority and space has been given in NCERT textbooks on EVS to

Answer: Provide opportunities to learners for contemplation and wondering.

99. Which is not an objective of including poems and stories in EVS textbooks?

Answer: To have a change in routine and monotonous learning.

100. God EVS Curriculum should be 'true to the child, true to life and true to the subject.' Which characteristic of a curriculum does not meet the above requirements?

Answer: It emphasizes more on terms and definitions

101. Nalini wants to introduce the topic on 'Animals - ou friends' to class III students. In order to introduce the topic more interestingly, the best teaching strategy would be to

Answer: Show video film on animals and their usefulness.

102. Class V NCERT EVS textbook includes a section 'what we have learnt' at the end of every chapter It is suggested that answers to questions included in this section should not be assessed in terms of right or wrong. This shift has been done because

Answer: It helps the teacher to know how children are learning.

103. Experimenting, Exploring, Investigating ad Questioning constitute essential elements of active learning o EVS. Which activity does satisfy the condition for active learning?

Answer: Asks students to collect related information from all possible sources.    

104. While teaching the topic 'Air is everywhere' to class IV students, which activity is not relevant for teaching the topic effectively?

Answer: Take the students on a field trip. 

105. The section 'Do this and find out' included in different topics in EVS textbooks aim at

Answer: Providing experience direct hands-on.

106. A good assignment in EVS should primarily aim at

Answer: Revise the lesson for effective learning.

107. As an EVS teacher, the major objective of organizing a field trip to a zoo should be 

Answer: To provide an active learning experience to students.

108. Which is not an objective of the study of EVSin relation to Social Sciences?

Answer: It should enable children to learn the correct definition of key terms.   

109. Kavita wants to emphasize more on social issues like poverty, illiteracy and class inequalities in an EVS class. Which learning experience will be more effective to achieve this objective?

Answer: Asking the students to undertake group projects to collect and analyse related ifo4mation.

110. Formative Assessment in EVS at the primary stage does not include

Answer: Grading and ranking of students.

111. Select correct statements about bronze:
I. Bronze is an element like iron, silver and gold.
II. Bronze is made on melting copper and tin.
III. Bronze is very strong and is used in making cannons and statues.
IV. The utensils made of bronze are lighter and stronger than aluminium.

Answer: II and III.

112. A person living in Gadhigram (Gujarat) wants to visit first Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)and then Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh). the directions of his journey will be

Answer: First towards the East and then towards the south.

113. On a city map, it was mentioned: "Scale 1 cm = 110 metres". If the distance between two localities on the map is 15 cm, then the actual distance between the two localities is

Answer: 1.65 kilometres.

114. Mount Everest is a part of

Answer: Nepal.

115. Bronze is a mixture of 

Answer: copper and tin.

116. What are the responsibilities of a group leader in mountaineering?

Answer: Help others in carrying their bags. Look after those who are not well and arrange food for the group. Find a good place to stop and rest.