New Horizon Public School, Airoli

Grade III____ : Periodic test - II :E. V. S. II : December:2021

Name: ________________________ Roll no ____

Date: 18.12.2021 Set - A Max marks (15)

I) Fill in the blanks: (2)

a. ___________ is the youngest woman sarpanch of Soda village in Rajasthan.
b. A place where ships load and unload goods is _________________
c. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International airport is in _________________
d. The head of a municipal corporation is called the _______________
II) Write True or False for the following sentences: (2)
a. Ponies and mules are used in hilly areas. __________
b. Tax is collected by the people. __________

c. Aeroplane is the fastest means of transport. __________

d. Gram sevaks work in towns. __________

III) Complete the analogy: (1)

a. Bicycle : _______________ : : Car : four wheelers

b. Beast of burden : Donkey : : Ship of desert : _________________

IV) Unscramble the following: (1)
a. The biggest port in India ( BMUIMA) _____________________
b. The head of Gram Panchayat ( CHARPSAN) __________________

V) Give two examples of each of the following: (2)

a. Means of water transport. _____________ _____________

b. Means of land transport. ____________ _____________

VI) Answer the following questions: ( Any two) (4)

a. How are helicopters useful to us?

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b. Water transport is very slow. Then why do people use it?

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 c. Where does the municipal committee get money from?
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VII) HOTS: ( Any one) (2)

a. Why can we not find rail tracks in the deserts and hilly regions?

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b. How can the municipal office or gram panchayat help in each of these cases:
i) The children of the neighbourhood play on the streets, as they have no place to play.
ii) The women have to walk a long way to fetch drinking water.
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VIII) Identify the following road signs: (1)

a. b.

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