GHSM/SA/2023-24

Class-V
Subject - EVS
Time: 2:30 Hrs.
M.M: 50

Section A
Multiple Choice Questions (13×1=13)
Choose the Correct option
Q1. When is World Health Day celebrated?
(A) 4th April (B) 8th April
(C) 7th April (D) 6th April
Q2. Transmission of characters from parents to their offspring is known as...
(A) Heredity (B) Genes
(C) Traits (D) Habits
Q3. “Our country India is a vast country. It has many diversities. There is diversity in dresses,
languages, food habits etc.” Keeping in view the above statement, say in which state Gandhi Cap is
very famous:
(A) Gujrat (B) Goa
(C) Bihar (D) Rajasthan
Q4. „Red Cross society‟ is a voluntary organization which provides medical aid at the:
(A) State level (B) District level
(C) National level (D) International level
Q5. What should you do when one of your classmates gets heat stroke during morning assembly?
(A) Contact the doctor on telephone. (B) Make the patient lie down in a shady place.
(C) Make crowd around the patient (D) Cover the patient with any cloth.
Q6. Which is not an ingredient of blood?
a) Water c) Lymph
b) RBC’s d) Haemoglobin
Q7. A Thermometer is used to measure ___
a) Temperature c) Length
b) Mass d) Distance
Case study Based Questions (Q8-Q10)
Q8. Sand stone is made from layers of sand in deserts or on sea beaches, which have been naturally
cemented together. Jaipur is termed as pink city because many buildings in Jaipur are built of sand
stones.
After understanding the paragraph answer the following: Jaipur is known as…….
(A) Red city (B) Black city
(C) Pink city (D) White city
Q9. “Primary Health Centers (PHCs) have been opened in rural areas with a population of about
30,000. In hilly, tribal or backward areas, PHC has to be opened where the population is about
20,000.
Answer the following after reading the paragraph given above.
In backward areas PHC could be opened if the population is:
(A) 30,000 (B) 20,000
(C) 3000 (D) 2000
Q10. Once Surya went to a city with his father to spent Summer Vacation. His father was there
working in a family as a house hold servant. He once tried to play there with the house honour’s
children. They did not permitted him to join with them and treated him as beast.
Q:- ‘They did not permitted him to join with them and treated him as beast.’
A) This statement signifies individual honour
 B) This statement signifies individual dishonour
C) Both A & B
D) None
Assertion and Reasoning Type Questions (Q11 –Q13)
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion
(A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
Q11. Assertion (A): You can keep an ice or cold water pack on the burn.
Reason (R): Do not apply ghee, oil, etc. on the burn.
Q12. Assertion (A): Children can be protected against certain diseases like whooping cough,
diphtheria, measles etc. by vaccination.
Reason (R): Vaccination helps in developing resistance against diseases.
Q13. Assertion (A): Days and nights are equal at the equator. Reason (R): The sun rays fall directly on
the equator throughout the year.
Section B
Very Short Answer Type Questions (6×2=12)
Q14. Gandhi ji once said “Untouchability is a serious matter” Do you agree, if yes, Write in a sentence
how do people generally behave with those people who clean toilets and drains.
Q15. Name any two jobs you would not choose to do?
Q16. Suggest any two ways to save forests?
Q17. If you are at home and earthquake occurs, write two steps to protect yourself?
Q18. What is the utility of a mobile van?
Q19. What causes change in the seasons?
Section C
Short Answer Type Questions (5×3=15)
Q20. People living in J&K are speaking different languages and wear different dresses. Now based on
your memory, write the names of languages spoken by the people of:
a) Jammu
b) Kashmir
Q21:- “Vaccination helps in protecting people against serious diseases.” Name any three diseases
against which vaccination are given to children.
Q22:- Sports are very important for us. Sports play an important role in our physical & mental fitness.
Now based on your memory, write the names of some games and sports?
Q23. „Forest is everything for us. We can’t live away from the forests even for a day.’ Write the
names of some items which we get from forests?
Q24. Recall the chapter „Across the Wall'. What do you mean by the wall? Write in your own words.
Section D
Long Answer Type Questions (2×5=10)
Q25. How are minerals formed? Name some minerals.
OR
Explain in your own words why forest are important for the people living in forests.
Q26. Rocks are classified into Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks. Based on your
understanding give the comparative analysis of Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks.
OR
'Coal and petroleum are fossil fuels'. Justify the statement.