CTET Environmental Studies MCQs with Answers Set 01

Answer: (a) Agricultural farm

Explanation:
1. Railway station is a place (community resource) linked to the theme Travel.
2. For the theme Food, the matching place-type community resource is an agricultural farm; a shopkeeper and a farmer are people, and a forest is a natural resource.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for the same kind of relation: theme to a place used by the community.
2. Do not confuse people who work in a theme with places that serve it.

Answer: (a) Probing

Explanation:
1. Probing questions follow an initial answer and push the learner to explain, justify or extend it.
2. Conditioning, chaining and trial and error are learning processes, not questioning techniques.

Teacher's Note:
1. Typical probing prompts are 'Why do you think so?' and 'Can you tell more?'.
2. Probing is a questioning skill; the other options belong to learning theories.

Answer: (c) B, C and D

Explanation:
1. Stories and poems encourage creative expression (B), expose children to varied languages and cultures (C) and make lessons enjoyable (D).
2. A is not a sound pedagogical reason, so only B, C and D hold.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use of stories and poems makes learning joyful and connects it to children's own world.
2. Reject statements that talk about 'completing the syllabus' as the aim.

Answer: (d) Helping learners link classroom learning to life outside the school

Explanation:
1. At the primary level EVS aims to connect children's learning with their surroundings and daily life.
2. In-depth conceptual study and preparation for middle-level science are not its main aims.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF stresses linking school knowledge with life outside school.
2. EVS is integrated and experience-based, not a mini science textbook.

Answer: (d) Conduct and observe the experiment with different amounts of salt.

Explanation:
1. The best response keeps children investigating: varying the amount of salt lets them observe how floating changes.
2. Deferring the answer, or giving a technical term, does not build understanding at this stage.

Teacher's Note:
1. Good EVS teaching supports inquiry through guided observation, not just telling.
2. Option (a) is too open-ended because items added may not relate to salt.

Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:
1. Both statements are true: EVS emphasises process skills such as observing and classifying.
2. R explains why A is needed, since learning outcomes are achieved through these skills.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning outcomes in EVS are written in terms of process skills.
2. In assertion-reason questions, test whether R answers 'why' for A.

Answer: (b) Voices opinion on Issues observed/experienced and relates to social practices such as discrimination in ownership of resources

Explanation:
1. Good and bad touch, rules in games and directions of the classroom are simple outcomes for early primary classes.
2. Relating issues to discrimination in ownership of resources needs more mature thinking and belongs to higher primary classes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning outcomes grow in complexity from Class I to V.
2. Look for the option that is abstract or social-analytical for the odd one out.

Answer: (b) "Boys ! you always make noise !"

Explanation:
1. Gender bias means stereotyping or blaming one gender as a group.
2. Saying boys always make noise generalises about all boys, while the other statements treat children without gender stereotypes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Unbiased language addresses all learners equally.
2. Words like 'always' with a gender label signal stereotyping.

Answer: (a) Weaver bird

Explanation:
1. The male weaver bird weaves several nests, and the female inspects and picks one.
2. Tailor birds stitch leaves and doves make loose twig platforms.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match nest type to bird: weaver (woven), tailor (stitched leaf).
2. The male builds, the female selects, which is the clue.

Answer: (b) Wasps, Termites, Ants

Explanation:
1. Social insects such as wasps, termites and ants live in colonies with workers, soldiers and a queen.
2. Spiders are not insects, and mosquitoes and houseflies do not live in role-based colonies.

Teacher's Note:
1. Spiders are arachnids with eight legs, so they are never insects.
2. Check every item in the group, not just the first one.

Answer: (b) Night queen, Hibiscus, Marigold, Rose

Explanation:
1. Night queen blooms only at night, hibiscus is used in medicines, marigold gives dye, and rose can be found blooming round the year.
2. The other options mismatch at least the first item.

Teacher's Note:
1. Start with the most definite clue, the night-blooming flower.
2. Use elimination on the first item to cut options quickly.

Answer: (b) The water in stepwells cannot be used for drinking.

Explanation:
1. Stepwells store rainwater and recharge groundwater, and the community used their water for drinking and other needs.
2. So the claim that water cannot be used for drinking is false.

Teacher's Note:
1. Stepwells are examples of traditional water harvesting.
2. Examples include Rani ki Vav and Chand Baori.

Answer: (b) Western Ghats

Explanation:
1. The route runs down the west coast through Konkan and Kerala.
2. Many tunnels lie where the line crosses or runs along the Western Ghats.

Teacher's Note:
1. Western Ghats run parallel to the west coast.
2. Eastern Ghats are on the east, so they are not on this route.

Answer: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation for A

Explanation:
1. Herds are made up of females and young; adult males leave and wander alone or in small groups.
2. R is true but it only describes the males and does not explain the composition of herds, so R is not the explanation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Herds are led by an older female, the matriarch.
2. Both statements being true does not mean one explains the other.

Answer: (c) Loud roar

Explanation:
1. Whiskers, mobile ears and sharp hearing help a tiger sense its surroundings and prey in the dark.
2. A loud roar does not help find prey; it would warn it.

Teacher's Note:
1. A roar is used for communication and marking territory.
2. Read 'do not help' as the odd one out.

Answer: (b) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii

Explanation:
1. Jim Corbett is in Uttarakhand, Kaziranga in Assam, Ranthambore in Rajasthan and Gir in Gujarat.
2. This gives A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii, which is option (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Gir is famous for Asiatic lions and Kaziranga for the one-horned rhino.
2. Match the sure pair first, then eliminate.

Answer: (a) Eggs, Pulses, Fish

Explanation:
1. Eggs, pulses and fish are all protein-rich.
2. Maize, orange, butter and rice are mainly carbohydrate, vitamin or fat sources.

Teacher's Note:
1. Body-building foods are rich in protein.
2. Every item in the group must qualify.

Answer: (a) Arunachal Pradesh and Puducherry

Explanation:
1. Arunachal Pradesh is a State and Puducherry is a Union Territory.
2. The other pairs are two UTs or two States.

Teacher's Note:
1. Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory in 2019.
2. Learn the list of UTs to answer quickly.

Answer: (c) Correlate classroom learning to real-life situation

Explanation:
1. Field visits let children see what they learned in class in real settings.
2. The main pedagogical aim is to connect classroom learning with real life.

Teacher's Note:
1. Direct experience is central to EVS.
2. Domesticating animals is not an EVS aim.

Answer: (a) A and B

Explanation:
1. Problem solving involves selecting relevant information and constructing a solution.
2. Declamation and writing are expression activities, not characteristics of solving a problem.

Teacher's Note:
1. Problem solving is a thinking process of selecting and constructing.
2. Reject options with declamation, which is speech-making.

Answer: (c) related to everyday language of the child.

Explanation:
1. Children understand best when language is connected to their daily life and home language.
2. Formal, technical or difficult language blocks understanding.

Teacher's Note:
1. EVS stresses using the child's own language and experience.
2. Introduce technical terms only gradually.

Answer: (c) Punishing disobedient students

Explanation:
1. Discussion, drawing and nature walks support active learning.
2. Punishment does not support learning and is against the RTE Act.

Teacher's Note:
1. The RTE Act prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment.
2. Pick the option that has no learning value.

Answer: (a) A and B

Explanation:
1. Student questions show curiosity and reveal what they have not understood.
2. They do not measure the teacher's capability.

Teacher's Note:
1. Welcome children's questions as a source of feedback.
2. Questions should not be treated as a test of the teacher.

Answer: (c) EVS primarily deals with the study of biodiversity.

Explanation:
1. EVS is interdisciplinary and uses local resources and, in classes I-II, language and mathematics.
2. It covers the natural, social and cultural environment, not only biodiversity.

Teacher's Note:
1. EVS integrates science, social science and environment.
2. Watch for the word 'primarily' that narrows the scope.

Answer: (c) Formal and Non-Formal Education

Explanation:
1. Environmental education covers learning in schools and also learning outside, through community and media.
2. So it includes both formal and non-formal education.

Teacher's Note:
1. Environmental education is a lifelong process.
2. Do not limit it to the classroom.

Answer: (a) Dialogue

Explanation:
1. Dialogue lets children discuss, question and construct meaning.
2. Tests, textbooks and competition focus on recall or ranking.

Teacher's Note:
1. Constructivism favours talk and interaction.
2. Vygotsky stressed language and social interaction.

Answer: (a) A and B

Explanation:
1. An anecdotal record is a factual note about a child's behaviour, so it should not make judgments.
2. It should also not dwell only on problems, but should record strengths, interests and curiosity too.

Teacher's Note:
1. Record what you observe, not your opinion.
2. Anecdotal records give a balanced picture.

Answer: (c) Both living organisms and physical factors of an area

Explanation:
1. An ecosystem is the biotic community together with its abiotic environment.
2. Both living organisms and physical factors are therefore included.

Teacher's Note:
1. Biotic plus abiotic gives an ecosystem.
2. Options with only one part are incomplete.

Answer: (b) Montreal Protocol

Explanation:
1. The Montreal Protocol (1987) phases out ozone-depleting substances.
2. Kyoto (1997) and Paris (2015) deal with climate change.

Teacher's Note:
1. Montreal means ozone; Kyoto and Paris mean climate.
2. Remember the years: 1987, 1997, 2015.

Answer: (a) Mizoram

Explanation:
1. Cheraw, the bamboo dance, is the traditional dance of Mizoram.
2. It is performed at festivals and celebrations.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match dances to states, such as Cheraw-Mizoram and Bihu-Assam.
2. Bamboo is a clue for the north-east.