JKBOSE 5th Class Model Paper EVS

Class: 5th Max. Marks: 50
Paper: Environmental Science Time Allowed: 2:30 Hrs

Summative Assessment

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. “People of all age groups cannot donate blood”. With reference to the
above statement who among the following can donate blood:
(A) Healthy persons (B) Children
(C) Old man (D) Old woman

Q7. First Aid Box contains:
(A) Bandage and Blanket
(B) Blanket and Antiseptic Solution
(C) Stethoscope and Bandage
(D) Bandage and Antiseptic Solution

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. This story is almost a hundred years old. Seven year old Bhim went to
Goregaon in Maharashtra with his father to spend his holidays. He saw
a barber cutting the long hair of a rich farmer's buffalo. He thought of
his own long hair. He went to the barber and asked for a haircut. The
barber replied, “If I cut your hair both my razor and I will get dirty”.
Oh, so to cut human hair can be dirtier than cutting an animal's hair,
wondered Little Bhim.

Q. “If I cut your hair both my razor and I will get dirty”. This
statement signifies:
(A) Bhim belonged to upper caste.
(B) Bhim belonged to lower caste.
(C) Barber belonged to lower caste.
(D) Both Bhim and Barber belonged to upper caste.

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=2)

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. “India is a vast country which has many diversities. Dresses and
cultures of different states are different”. Now based on your memory,
write the names of dresses worn by the people of following states:
a) Kashmir
b) Kerala
c) Orissa
Q21. “Acquired traits develop during life, whereas inherited traits are
received from parents at birth”. Apply your knowledge and classify the
below mentioned traits into acquired and inherited traits:
Knowledge, hair colour, weight, nose shape, face shape.
Q22. You have read the story of Danu‟s village. Danu‟s family and many
others go far away for work. Due to this Danu and other children had
to leave the village for six months and their education suffers. What
happens when you are not able to go to school for a long time.
Q23. „Forest is everything for us. We can‟t live away from the forests even
for a day' Justify the statement.
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. What is Air Pollution? Give the measures to control Air Pollution.
OR
Define Pressure. Describe an experiment to prove that air exerts
pressure.
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.