1.

Motions of the Earth

I.Multiple Choice Questions

1.Choose the correct option to complete the sentences given below:

(i) The axis of the earth is a/an imaginary line
(a) imaginary line (b) straight line
(c) curved line (d) real line.
(ii) The earth receives light from the sun
(a) Moon (b) Stars
(c) Meteors d) Sun.
(iii) The time taken by the earth to complete one rotation around its axis is 24 hours
(a) 24 hours (b) 12 hours
(c) 36 hours (d) 18 hours.
(iv) The earth completes one revolution in 3651/4days
(a) 366 days (b) 370 days
(c) 365 1/4 days (d) 366 1/4 days.

II.Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence: .
(i) Days and nights occur due to rotation of the earth.
(ii) Only half of the earth gets light from the sun at a time due to its geoid shape.
(iii)The period of rotation is known as the ……………..
Earth day
III. True/False
State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
(i) The axis of the earth makes an angle of 23V& with its orbital plane.False
(ii) Every five year, February is 29 days instead of 28 days.False

2.What is Govt.

Question 1.
What do governments do for their people?
(a) Build the roads and schools
(b) Supply the electricity
(c) Take action on social issues
(d) All of these
Answer
All of these
Question 2.
Which agency of the government does the job of protecting the boundaries of the
country and maintaining peaceful relations with other countries?
(a) Gram Panchayat
(b) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(c) Ministry of Defence
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Question 3.
What is an important part of the government?
(a) Courts
(b) Private organisations
(c) Public schools
(d) Parliament
Courts

Question 4.
At which level does a government work?
(a) Local level
(b) National level
(c) State level
(d) All of these
All of these

Question 5.
Which of the following is the capital of India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Agra
(c) New Delhi
(d) Aurangabad
New Delhi

Question 6.
On which level does Indian Government take decision to maintain peaceful relation
with U.S.S.R.?
(a) Local level
(b) State level
(c) Central level
(d) None of these
Central level

Question 7.
What does the Government make for everyone to follow?
(a) Laws
(b) Decisions
(c) Relations
(d) None of these
Laws

Question 8.
Any person who is caught driving without licence can be?
(a) jailed
(b) fined a large sum of money
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of them
Fined a large sum of money

Question 9.
Which type of government is chosen by the people?
(a) Democratic Government
(b) Dictatorship
(c) Monarchy Government
(d) None of these
Answer

Question 10.
What is a Monarchy government?
(a) Chosen by the people
(b) Ruled by the King or Queen
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer

Question 11.
In which type of government do the kings or queens not have to explain their action or
decision they take?
(a) Democracy
(b) Monarchy
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer

Question 12.
To whom did the government not allow to participate in election in olden time?
(a) Educated persons
(b) Poor persons
(c) Adults
(d) All of these
Answer

Question 13.
When was only a small minority allowed to vote?
(a) After Independence
(b) Before Independence
(c) Ten years before
(d) Twenty years before
Answer

Question 14.
When was publishing of journal “Young India” started?
(a) 1931
(b) 1941
(c) 1951
(d) 1961

3.In the earliest cities

A _______ is a person who is trained to do only one kind of work

(a) Specialist
(b) Practitioners
(c) Medicines
(d) Trainer

Cities which had elaborate store houses

(a) Harappa, Kalibangan and Lothal
(b) Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Lothal
(c) Surkotada, Harappa and Lothal
(d) Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Kalibangan

The Harappans probably got copper from present-day_______, and even from
_______ in West Asia
(a) Rajasthan and Oman
(b) Gujarat and Oman
(c) Rajasthan and Egypt
(d) Gujarat and Egypt
Cities, such as Kalibangan and Lothal had found
(a) Special tools
(b) Fire altars
(c) Store houses
(d) Great bath

The part of the west was smaller but higher are describe as
(a) Uppardel
(b) Citadel
(c) Lowerdel
(d) Lower town

Great Bath have been found on which site

(a) Ganweriwala
(b) Harappa
(c) Rakhi Garhi
(d) Mohenjodaro

What was used to dig the earth for turning the soil and planting seeds
(a) Digger
(b) Axe
(c) Plough
(d) Plaster

A place where surplus grain were stored

(a) Storage
(b) Warehouse
(c) Basket
(d) Granaries

4.Globe:Latitudes and longitudes

The Arctic Circle is located in the

(a) Western hemisphere
(b) Southern hemisphere
(c) Northern hemisphere
(d) Eastern hemisphere
Answer

Question 2.
Describe the shape of the Earth?
(a) A sphere which bulges at the poles and flattens at the centre
(b) A sphere which flattens at the poles and bulges at the centre
(c) A sphere which bulges at the poles and at the centre
(d) A perfect sphere
Answer

Question 3.
What are latitude and longitude lines?
(a) Thick and thin line that divide the Earth
(b) An imaginary line that divide the Earth
(c) A real line that divides the Earth
(d) Long and short line that divide the Earth
Answer

Question 4.
The Prime Meridian passes through
(a) Greenwood
(b) Greenfield
(c) Greenwhich
(d) Greenwich
Answer

Question 5.
What are meridian of longitude?
(a) The lines running from north pole to the south poles
(b) The lines running from north pole to the east poles
(c) The lines running from north pole to the west poles
(d) The lines running from east pole to the south poles
Answer

Question 6.
IST stands for
(a) Internal Specific Time
(b) Internal Standard Temperate
(c) Indian Standard Time
(d) Indian Specific Time
Answer

Question 7.
The tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn are of
(a) Equal length
(b) Capricorn is shorter than the Cancer
(c) Capricorn is bigger than the Cancer
(d) Very big difference between these two
Answer

Question 8.
Equator is an
(a) Imaginary rectangular line
(b) Imaginary circular line
(c) Imaginary straight line
(d) Imaginary triangular line
Answer

Question 9.
Dibrugarh is located in
(a) Assam
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunanchal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
Answer

Question 10.
The total number of meridians across the globe is
(a) 180
(b) 360
(c) 90
(d) 181
Answer

Question 11.
The 0 degree Meridian is also known as
(a) Prime Standard
(b) Prime Meridian
(c) Equator Prime
(d) Greenfield
Answer

Question 12.
The Northernmost end of the axis is ______
(a) South Pole
(b) Northern Hemisphere
(c) Southern Hemisphere
(d) North Pole
Answer

Question 13.
What is a globe?
(a) It is a five-dimensional representation of the Earth
(b) It is a three-dimensional representation of the Earth
(c) It is a four-dimensional representation of the Earth
(d) It is a two-dimensional representation of the Earth
Answer

Question 14.
The Standard Meridian of India is
(a) 88°30 E
(b) 86°30 E
(c) 82°30 E
(d) 84°30 E
Answer

Question 15.
The total number of parallels across the globe is
(a) 181
(b) 360
(c) 80
(d) 90
Answer

Question 16.
The Frigid Zone lies near
(a) The Poles
(b) The Tropic of Capricorn
(c) The Equator
(d) The Tropic of Cancer
Answer

Question 17.
The line which cut the world into north and south latitude
(a) Equator
(b) Latitude
(c) Longitude
(d) Prime meridian
Answer

Question 18.
Two end point of the axis are called
(a) Grid
(b) Poles
(c) Equator
(d) Axis
Answer

Question 19.
_____ Lines run from east to west. They measure the distance north and south of the
Equator
(a) Primary
(b) Longitude
(c) Standard
(d) Latitude
Answer

Question 20.
This marks the location of the equator on Earth
(a) 20 degree
(b) 90 degree
(c) 180 degree
(d) 0 degree
Answer

Question 21.
Days and nights are equal throughout the globe when the sun is above:
(a) Poles
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn
Answer

Question 22.
The distance between the longitude
(a) Decreases towards Poles
(b) Increases towards Poles
(c) Decreases towards North Poles only
(d) Decreases towards South Poles only
Answer

5.What where when and how

Question 1.
The Iranians and the Greeks came through the
(a) Southeast
(b) Northeast
(c) Southwest
(d) Northwest

Question 2.
Pages of the manuscript books were made of
(a) Palm leave
(b) Peeple Leave
(c) Tulsi Leave
(d) Neem Leave

Question 3.
They study the remains of buildings made of stone and brick, paintings and sculpture.
They explore to find tools, weapons, ornaments, and coins
(a) Archaeologist
(b) Historians
(c) Information officers
(d) Geologist

Question 4.
Which of the following hills are located in North-east
(a) Vindhya Hill
(b) Garo hills
(c) Narmada Hills
(d) Satpura Hills

Question 5.
Prakrit language was used by
(a) Poor people
(b) Common people
(c) King only
(d) Rich people

Question 6.
Name the crops which were first grown by men and women
(a) Sugar and Barley
(b) Wheat and sugar
(c) Wheat and Barley
(d) Rice and Barley

Question 7.
Jesus was founder of
(a) Hinduism
(b) Christianity
(c) Jews
(d) Muslims

Question 8.
Years after the birth of Jesus Christ are counted
(a) Forward
(b) Backward
(c) Upward
(d) Downward

Question 9.
Who are called the India Hindos or Indos?
(a) The Iranians and the Chinese
(b) The Iranians and the Turkish
(c) The Americans and the Greeks
(d) The Iranians and the Greeks

Question 10.
The places where rice was first grown
(a) Kirthar
(b) Garo Hills
(c) Sulaiman
(d) Vindhyas Hills

Question 11.
All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually have the letters
(a) AC
(b) AD
(c) BC
(d) BD

Question 12.
The word India comes from the Indus, called ____ in Sanskrit
(a) Bharat
(b) Indica
(c) Sindhu
(d) Indira

6.Understanding diversity

Question 1.
People in Ladakh keep
(a) Bull
(b) Sheep
(c) Cow
(d) Dog

Question 2.
Difference among the people on cultural basis is known as
(a) Climate Diversity
(b) Cultural Diversity
(c) Racial Diversity
(d) Religion Diversity

Question 3.
Which one of the given product is cultivated in Ladakh
(a) Wool
(b) Maize
(c) Cotton
(d) Spices

Question 4.
The utensils used for frying by chinese are called
(a) Cheenapatti
(b) Cheenatawa
(c) Cheenachatti
(d) Cheenapan

Question 5.
Who composed our National Anthem
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dr Iqbal
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Question 6.
The ______ of a country is its custom, religions, music and even dances.
(a) Race
(b) Unity
(c) Climate
(d) Culture

Question 7.
The Boat race is an important part of the ______ festival of Kerala
(a) Onam
(b) Diwali
(c) Eid
(d) Christmas

Question 8.
Who wrote travelogue in which the writer described the lives of Muslims
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Marco pole
(d) Ibn Battuta
Question 9.
What is Inequality?
(a) A point or way in which people differ
(b) Difference among people in ways like looks, fashion etc
(c) When things are not equal in terms of size and shape
(d) When people do not have equal resources or opportunities

Question 10.
Indian freedom struggle is an example of
(a) Unity in diversity
(b) Unity in opinions
(c) Unity in Beliefs
(d) Unity in Power

Question 11.
Which of the following area produces the Pashmina wool
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Kolkata
(c) Shimla
(d) Ladakh

Question 12.
Ladakh is
(a) Dense forest region
(b) Cold desert
(c) Hot desert
(d) Forest region

7.Earth in the solar system

The Stars are not visible during the day because

(a) Of their self illumination
(b) Stars are far away from the earth
(c) Sun light is very bright
(d) Their size is large
Answer

Moon appears big because

(a) It is very big than the earth
(b) It is bigger than the sun
(c) It is near to the earth
(d) It is far away from the earth
Answer

Which star is the head of the solar system

(a) Earth
(b) Moon
(c) Sun
(d) Big bear
Answer

Which is the closest planet to the Sun

(a) Earth
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Mercury
Answer

Which is the nearest star to the earth

(a) Mercury
(b) Moon
(c) Venus
(d) Sun
Answer

All the planets move around the sun in an _________

(a) Rectangular path
(b) Straight path
(c) Elliptical path
(d) Circular path
Answer
Why is the earth called the Blue Planet?
(a) Air colour is blue
(b) Land colour is blue
(c) Building having blue colour
(d) Two-third surface is covered by water

____ is the closest celestial body to our earth.

(a) Earth
(b) Galaxy
(c) Moon
(d) Planet
Answer

Which of the following is a natural satellite?

(a) IRSA
(b) EDUSAT
(c) Moon
(d) INSAT-I
Answer

The Planets don’t have __________ of their own.

(a) Heat and Water
(b) Oxygen and Water
(c) Water and light
(d) Heat and light
Answer

A group of _______ forming various patterns is called constellation

(a) Stars
(b) Earth
(c) Planet
(d) Moon
Answer

How many planets are there in our solar system?

(a) Five
(b) Eight
(c) Six
(d) Nine
Answer

The planet known as the Earth twin is________

(a) Mars
(b) Saturn
(c) Venus
(d) Mercury
Answer

The polar star indicates which direction?

(a) North
(b) East
(c) South
(d) West
Answer

A huge system of stars is called _______

(a) Moon
(b) Earth
(c) Galaxy
(d) Planet
Answer

Asteroids are found between the orbit of______

(a) Mars and Venus
(b) Mars and Mercury
(c) Mars and Saturn
(d) Mars and Jupiter
Answer

8.Kingdoms,Kings Early Republic

1.The two words that constitute the word ‘janapada’ mean:

(a) woman and foot (b) citizens and foot
(c) men and hand (d) goats and ‘rajas’.

2. Which of these was usually fortified?

(i)all cities in ‘mahajanapadas’
(ii)all cities in ‘janapadas’
(iii)capital cities of ‘mahajanapadas’
(iv)the whole ‘mahajanapada’.

3. One-sixth of the produce was taken as tax from

(a) farmers (b) hunter-gatherers
(c) crafts-persons (d) Traders.

4.The present name of Rajagriha is

(a) Rajgir (b) Rajmahal
(c) Rajgaon (d) Patna.
5.Alexander was a ruler who lived in
(a) Slovenia (b) Greece
(c) Rome (d) Macedonia.

6.Vajji had its capital city at

(a) Rajagriha (b) Vaishali
(c) Patna (d) Magadha.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1.Purana Qila was a settlement in a ‘janapada’ and is now located in

………………………
2.Painted Grey Ware is a type of…………………
3.The taxes on crops were called ………………

III.TRUE/FALSE
State whether these sentences are true (‘I’) or false (F).

1.The word ‘janapada’ means the land where the ’jana’ has set its foot.
2.Capital cities were fortified with huge walls of wood, brick or stone.
3.The rulers of ‘mahajanapadas’ depended on occasional gifts brought by people.
4.The rivers Narmada and Brahmaputra flowed through Magadha.
5.Alexander was the only person who conquered Magadha.

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