SOF ISSO Sample Paper 2026 Class 5

CLASS 5 SAMPLE PAPER 2025-26 SOF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES OLYMPIAD Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr. PATTERN & MARKING SCHEME Section (1) Social Studies (2) Achievers Section No. of Questions 45 5 Marks per Ques. 1 3 SYLLABUS Section – 1 : Our Earth, Our Environment, Weather and Climate, Our Country, Our Freedom Struggle, Great Achievers, The United Nations, Inventions and Discoveries, Agriculture and Industries, Transport and Communication, Evolution of Mankind Section – 2 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1. 1. Which of the following is not a biotic component? (A) Air (B) Insects (C) Human beings (D) Fungi 2. Who among the following invented the first mechanized printing press? (A) Carl Benz (B) Johannes Gutenberg (C) Louis Sebastien Mercier (D) Marco Polo 3. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located? (A) Paris (B) Rome (C) Geneva (D) Saint Petersburg 4. The total time taken to draft the Constitution of India was around (A) 2 years, 8 months and 10 days (B) 1 year, 11 months and 16 days (C) 2 years, 11 months and 18 days (D) 1 year, 3 months and 17 days. 5. Who among the following Viceroys of India announced the partition of Bengal? (A) Lord Hardinge (B) Lord Ripon (C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Minto 6. Which of the following natural disasters can most likely lead to an outbreak of cholera, typhoid, diarrhoea and malaria? (A) Flood (B) Drought (C) Forest fire (D) None of these 7. Which of the following rivers is known as Highway of Central Africa? (A) Nile River (B) Congo River (C) Zambezi River (D) Niger River 8. Names of some books are given in the box. Meghaduta, Raghuvamsa, Abhijnana Shakuntalam The author of these books is _________. (A) Kalhana (B) Aśvaghosa (C) Kalidasa (D) Harisena Sample Paper | Class-5 | 1

ACHIEVERS SECTION 9. Refer to the given classification chart and select the option that correctly identifies X, Y and Z. Types of crops X Y Z Cucumber Cotton Oats X Y Z (A) Kharif Cash Rabi (B) Zaid Kharif Rabi (C) Rabi Cash Zaid (D) Cash Food Kharif 10. Read the given statements and select the option that identifies the correct one(s). (i) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was in the favour of modern education for the Muslims. (ii) Sushruta and Charaka wrote Charaka Samhita. (iii) Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for social service in 1913. (iv) Rani Lakshmibai died in June 1858 while battling with the British in Gwalior. (A) (iii) and (iv) only (B) (iv) only (C) (ii) and (iii) only (D) (i) and (iv) only ANSWER KEY 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D) 2 | Sample Paper | Class-5