SOCIAL SCIENCE QUIZ

WEEKLY TEST - 2
 SECTIONS

1st Section - Earth and the

Solar System

2nd Section - The Earliest

Societies
 1st section

the earth and the

solar system
Q. 1. In which category does the sun, moon,
stars and planets come?
Q. 2. What are stars?
Q. 3. Why is Venus considered as ‘Earth’s
Twin’?
Q. 4. The distance between the Earth and
Proxima Centauri is _____
Q. 5. All planets revolve around the sun in
_____________ direction
Q. 6. The moon of Ida is called____________
Q. 7. Name the planet having maximum
number of moons. Also mention the
numbers.
Q. 8. Why can’t we see all the objects
in the sky?
Q. 9. The shape of the Earth
is_____________
Q. 10. What is the name given
to the full moon?
(a) Amavasya
(b) Poornima
(c) Both (a) and (6)
(d) None of these
 Q. 11. TRUE or FALSE :
1. Pluto was also considered a planet.
2. The Great Bear constellation is visible in the
southern sky.
3. The sun is about 150 million km away from
the earth.
4. Uranus has 28 moons.
5. Erim and Deres are two dwarf planets.
SECTION - 2

THE EARLIEST
SOCIETIES
Q. 1. What did hunter-gatherers do to sustain
themselves?
Q. 2. What were factory sites?
Q. 3. The Palaeolithic Age was followed by the ………
Age.
Q. 4. Mention some tribes of India.
 Q.5. Complete the sentences:
1. Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock
shelters because.........................
2. Grasslands developed around……….. years ago.
3. Early people painted on the……… of caves.
4. In Hunsgi, tools were made of……….
Q.6. Why was hunting animals difficult for
the people?
Q. 7. How did earlier people use fire?
 Q.8. TRUE OR FALSE :
1. Tools of wood have survived better than tools
of stone.
2. The sites where hunter-gatherers lived were
close to water.
3. Hunsgi was located in the present-day Madhya
Pradesh.
4. Man led a well-settled life by Palaeolithic Age.
Q. 9. Nashik and Chirki-Nevasa is in
__________
Q. 10. Tools in Hunsgi were made from …………. which
was available ……….
Q.11. Places where the people made tools are
known as

(a) factory sites

(b) residence sites
(c) habitation site
(d) none of these
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