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These 30 CTET Environmental Studies multiple choice questions cover environmental studies content and pedagogy. Each question has the correct answer with a step-by-step explanation and a short teacher's note, so you can practise for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test and check your understanding.
Multiple Choice Questions
(a) 146 g
(b) 142 g
(c) 143 g
(d) 144 g
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Answer: (d) 144 g
Explanation:
1. Mass = density × volume.
2. 24 × 6 = 144 g.
Teacher's Note:
1. Density = mass ÷ volume.
2. Check units: g/mL × mL = g.
(a) Tin and copper
(b) Copper and zinc
(c) Aluminium and zinc
(d) Zinc and tin
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Answer: (a) Tin and copper
Explanation:
1. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
2. Copper and zinc make brass.
Teacher's Note:
1. Bronze = copper + tin; brass = copper + zinc.
2. A common exam trap.
A. A three-month-old baby elephant generally weighs about 100 kg.
B. An adult elephant can eat more than 200 kg of leaves and twigs in one day.
C. Elephants do not rest very much; they sleep for only two to four hours in a day.
D. Elephants like to play with mud and water.
(a) B and D
(b) A and B
(c) A and C
(d) C and D
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Answer: (d) C and D
Explanation:
1. Elephants sleep only two to four hours a day and love playing in mud and water, so C and D are accepted.
2. The weights in A and B do not match the textbook figures, so they are not counted.
Teacher's Note:
1. Doubtful: the figures in B are borderline, following the source key.
2. Elephants use mud as sunscreen.
Statement A: In Manali, houses are constructed with wood, slanting roofs and elevated on strong bamboo pillars.
Statement B: Manali receives a lot of rain and snowfall.
Choose the correct option:
(a) A is incorrect, but B is correct
(b) Both A and B are correct
(c) Both A and B are incorrect
(d) A is correct, but B is incorrect
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Answer: (a) A is incorrect, but B is correct
Explanation:
1. Houses on stilts of bamboo are found in Assam and the north-east, not Manali, so A is incorrect.
2. Manali does get heavy rain and snowfall, so B is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Manali houses use wood and slanting roofs but not bamboo stilts.
2. Stilt houses suit flood-prone regions.
A. To produce and store food
B. To give strength and support to the plant
C. To transport water and minerals from roots to other parts of plant
The main function(s) of the stem is/are :
(a) Only B and C
(b) Only B
(c) Only A and B
(d) A, B and C
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Answer: (a) Only B and C
Explanation:
1. The stem supports the plant and carries water and minerals upward.
2. Making food is mainly the job of leaves.
Teacher's Note:
1. Stem: support and transport; leaf: food; root: absorption.
2. Some stems also store food, but it is not the main function.
A. Chalk and Talk method
B. Lecture method
C. Role play
D. Story telling
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) A, B and C, D
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Answer: (c) C and D
Explanation:
1. Role play and storytelling involve children actively.
2. Chalk-and-talk and lecture are teacher-centred and not effective for EVS.
Teacher's Note:
1. EVS needs activity and experience-based methods.
2. Avoid purely transmission methods.
(a) Bring sugar and honey and make the students eat
(b) Tell students meaning of sugar and honey in local language
(c) Bring sugar and honey and show them to students
(d) Explain students how sugar and honey are made
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Answer: (b) Tell students meaning of sugar and honey in local language
Explanation:
1. The students only lack the word's meaning, so giving the meaning in the local language is quick and direct.
2. Bringing food, showing it or explaining how it is made is not needed.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use the child's home language to explain.
2. Keep the response in proportion to the need.
(a) Learning is facilitated due to social contact.
(b) Thoughts and experiences are shared with others.
(c) Every child is free to express his/her view.
(d) Every response is accepted without criticism.
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Answer: (b) Thoughts and experiences are shared with others.
Explanation:
1. In discussion children share thoughts and experiences, which helps construct meaningful knowledge.
2. The other statements describe features of discussion, not why knowledge becomes meaningful.
Teacher's Note:
1. Source key is (b); option (a) is also close.
2. Meaning is built by sharing experiences.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Assam
(d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: (c) Assam
Explanation:
1. Stilt houses of bamboo with sloping roofs suit areas of heavy rain and floods.
2. This is typical of Assam and the north-east.
Teacher's Note:
1. Houses reflect climate and local material.
2. Hills in Himachal use stone and wood, not bamboo stilts.
A. Lieutenant Commander Wahida Prism is a doctor in the Indian Navy.
B. Wahida Prism comes from a very small village and has done her schooling from a government school.
C. Wahida Prism is the first woman to lead a parade.
D. Wahida Prism is a medical officer and just gives medicine to the patients.
The correct statements is/are:
(a) Only A
(b) A and D
(c) A, B and C
(d) A, B and D
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Answer: (c) A, B and C
Explanation:
1. Wahida Prism is a doctor in the Indian Navy from a small village, and she led a parade as first woman, so A, B and C are accepted.
2. D says she just gives medicine, which understates her role, so it is incorrect.
Teacher's Note:
1. Source key is (c); facts follow the NCERT text.
2. Role models help break gender stereotypes.
(a) A satellite
(b) A rocket
(c) An airplane
(d) A meteoroid
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Answer: (b) A rocket
Explanation:
1. A rocket can leave the atmosphere and carry people to space.
2. An airplane flies in the air, a satellite orbits and a meteoroid is a space rock.
Teacher's Note:
1. Rockets work in a vacuum.
2. Airplanes need air to fly.
(a) for better hygiene and open spaces
(b) for better air quality and health provisions
(c) for better job opportunities and educational facilities
(d) for better water quality and social rules
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Answer: (c) for better job opportunities and educational facilities
Explanation:
1. Migration is mainly driven by the search for jobs and education.
2. Cities generally have worse air and open space.
Teacher's Note:
1. Push and pull factors cause migration.
2. Jobs are the main pull factor.
A. they eat less
B. their teeth remain safe
C. they don't drink water while eating
D. their food digests properly
Choose the correct option:
(a) A and B
(b) B and D
(c) A, B and D
(d) Only D
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Answer: (d) Only D
Explanation:
1. Chewing breaks food into small pieces and mixes it with saliva, which begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
2. Well-chewed food is easier to digest in the stomach and intestine, so D is the real reason.
3. Eating less, protecting teeth and not drinking water are not the purpose of chewing well.
Teacher's Note:
1. Digestion begins in the mouth, and chewing is the first step of it.
2. Do not pick extra reasons that merely sound healthy.
(a) National highways
(b) Airways
(c) Expressways
(d) Waterways
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Answer: (c) Expressways
Explanation:
1. Expressways are the highest class of roads, with 6 or more lanes and controlled access.
2. National highways are main roads linking states, but they are usually fewer lanes; airways and waterways are not roads.
Teacher's Note:
1. Expressways have controlled entry and exit and are meant for fast traffic.
2. Airways and waterways are routes of air and water transport, not roads.
(a) they can only be obtained by artificial supplements.
(b) their deficiency causes various kinds of diseases
(c) they are required by humans in smaller amounts.
(d) they are important components of all food items.
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Answer: (c) they are required by humans in smaller amounts.
Explanation:
1. The prefix 'micro' means small.
2. Vitamins and minerals are needed by the body only in small quantities, unlike carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Teacher's Note:
1. Micronutrients are needed in small amounts; macronutrients in large amounts.
2. Deficiency diseases show that they matter, but that is not why they are called micro.
A. It integrates the knowledge of various subjects for understanding all the aspects of environments.
B. It is an interdisciplinary area which includes concepts in various forms
C. It is an area of interaction between biological, social and cultural environments.
D. It is an area of interaction and mutual dependence between living and non-living components.
E. It is the prior preparation of science and social science subjects of upper primary classes.
(a) A, B and C
(b) B, C and D
(c) C, D and E
(d) A, B and E
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Answer: (a) A, B and C
Explanation:
1. EVS combines knowledge of science, social science and more, and covers biological, social and cultural environments (A, B, C).
2. E is wrong because EVS is not a preparation for upper primary subjects.
3. So the only option free of E and made of A, B, C is (a).
Teacher's Note:
1. Inter-disciplinary means drawing on several disciplines together.
2. Eliminate E first, then check the remaining options.
A. This is an assessment which is done at the end of lesson and year.
B. This is an assessment of what has been learnt instead of assessment for learning.
C. This is providing an opportunity to learn constructively.
D. This is an assessment for learning instead of assessment of what has been learnt.
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) A and D
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Answer: (c) C and D
Explanation:
1. CCE is continuous, not only at the end of a lesson or year, so A is wrong.
2. It is assessment for learning that supports constructive learning, so C and D are right and B is wrong.
Teacher's Note:
1. CCE stresses assessment for learning, which means feedback during the process.
2. End-of-term testing is assessment of learning.
(a) Continuous and Cumulative Evaluation
(b) Cumulative and Cognitive Evaluation
(c) Comprehensive and Cumulative Evaluation
(d) Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
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Answer: (d) Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
Explanation:
1. CCE stands for Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation.
2. Continuous means regular assessment; comprehensive means all aspects of the child's development.
Teacher's Note:
1. Remember the two words: continuous and comprehensive.
2. Do not confuse it with 'cumulative'.
(a) physical environment and biological environment
(b) biological environment, physical environment, socio-cultural environment
(c) physical environment and socio-cultural environment.
(d) biological environment, life processes and systems, socio-cultural environment
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Answer: (b) biological environment, physical environment, socio-cultural environment
Explanation:
1. The concept of environment in EVS includes physical, biological and socio-cultural parts.
2. Only option (b) lists all three.
Teacher's Note:
1. EVS covers nature as well as society and culture.
2. Look for the option that has all three components.
(a) Mona is helping Jayesh by doing so, because by revising, Jayesh will learn facts and definitions by heart.
(b) Mona is helping Jayesh by doing so, because facts and definitions are learnt better in the morning hours.
(c) Mona is making Jayesh anxious by asking facts and definitions, instead of nurturing natural curiosity.
(d) Mona is making Jayesh anxious by asking facts and definitions instead of developing process skills.
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Answer: (d) Mona is making Jayesh anxious by asking facts and definitions instead of developing process skills.
Explanation:
1. Rote questioning just before a test creates anxiety and promotes memorisation.
2. EVS aims at developing process skills (observing, questioning, classifying), which is what this practice neglects, so (d) is the key.
Teacher's Note:
1. EVS values process skills over learning facts by heart.
2. Options (c) and (d) are close, so choose the one tied to EVS aims, process skills.
A. Plants prevent soil erosion.
B. Dead and dried leaves are used to make fertilizers and pesticides.
C. Animals provide shelter for plants.
D. Plants provide us seeds some of which can be eaten.
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) A and D
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Answer: (d) A and D
Explanation:
1. Roots bind the soil, so plants prevent soil erosion (A is true).
2. Seeds from plants, such as grains and pulses, are eaten (D is true).
3. Dried leaves make compost, not pesticides, and animals do not shelter plants, so B and C are false.
Teacher's Note:
1. Look for the word that makes a statement false, such as 'pesticides' in B.
2. Plants shelter animals, not the other way round.
(a) Roots connect the plant to the leaves.
(b) Fruits help in pollination.
(c) Flowers are the reproductive parts of the plant.
(d) Leaves support the upper part of the plant.
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Answer: (c) Flowers are the reproductive parts of the plant.
Explanation:
1. Flowers contain the stamens and pistil, which are the reproductive organs.
2. Roots anchor the plant and absorb water; fruits protect seeds; stems support the upper part.
Teacher's Note:
1. Connect each plant part with its function.
2. The stem, not the leaves, supports and joins the plant parts.
(a) Theoretical skill
(b) Practical skill
(c) Observation skill
(d) Skill of describing
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Answer: (c) Observation skill
Explanation:
1. Children use their senses of taste and smell to find the ingredients.
2. Using the senses to gather information is the process skill of observation.
Teacher's Note:
1. Process skills include observing, classifying, comparing, predicting and recording.
2. Using the senses points to observation.
(a) Observation, Discovery, Discussions
(b) Interviewing, Questioning, Cooperation
(c) Observation, Recording, Analysis
(d) Explanation, Discussion, Concern for Justice & Equality
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Answer: (c) Observation, Recording, Analysis
Explanation:
1. Children put objects in water and observe which float or sink.
2. They record the results and analyse them to find a pattern, so the skills are observation, recording and analysis.
Teacher's Note:
1. Match the skills to what children actually do in the activity.
2. Interviewing and concern for justice belong to social themes.
A. Tell her that water molecules get converted into steam and poori gets puffed due to steam thus formed.
B. Ask her to think about other similar eatables that get puffed like "chapati" and think about the reason.
C. Ask her to think about the reason and explain why poori gets puffed upon frying in oil.
D. Show her that plate covering the rice utensil during cooking also moves upwards and ask why it moves upwards.
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) B and D
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Answer: (d) B and D
Explanation:
1. Good EVS teaching guides the child to find the answer through related examples, not by telling the answer (A) or by asking for the explanation straight away (C).
2. B and D give familiar examples of puffing and lifting by steam, which lead the child to infer the reason.
Teacher's Note:
1. Scaffold the child's thinking with related experiences.
2. Direct telling suits transmission teaching, not inquiry.
(a) Tell Mani that no such thing happens if we sweep the house in the evening.
(b) Tell Mani that keeping the place where we live clean is essential and so sweeping must be done even if it is after sunset.
(c) Ask Mani if she has swept the house earlier after sunset to see what happens.
(d) Tell Mani to sweep the room and test whether she becomes poor by doing so.
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Answer: (d) Tell Mani to sweep the room and test whether she becomes poor by doing so.
Explanation:
1. The teacher should build a scientific temper by letting the child test the belief herself.
2. Asking Mani to sweep and check whether she becomes poor is a simple way to test the belief.
Teacher's Note:
1. Do not dismiss beliefs; get children to test them.
2. Directly telling the answer does not build inquiry.
(a) Discovery approach
(b) Inquiry method
(c) Conceptual approach
(d) Experiential learning
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Answer: (d) Experiential learning
Explanation:
1. Learning by doing and engaging directly in real experiences gives practical life skills.
2. This is experiential learning.
Teacher's Note:
1. Experiential learning is 'learning by doing' (Kolb).
2. Discovery and inquiry stress finding out, not life skills as such.
(a) To connect children with the explorative activities
(b) To nourish the creativity of children
(c) To develop an awareness towards environmental issues
(d) To develop sensitivity towards wild animals
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Answer: (a) To connect children with the explorative activities
Explanation:
1. Kiran is curious and asks questions about what he sees on the visit.
2. This shows how exploration activities such as a zoo visit lead children to ask questions.
Teacher's Note:
1. EVS aims to keep a child's natural curiosity alive.
2. Take a child's imaginative question as a chance to explore.
(a) North-East
(b) North-West
(c) South-East
(d) South-West
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Answer: (a) North-East
Explanation:
1. Take X as the origin: 100 m North, 50 m West, then 150 m South puts Y 50 m West and 50 m South of X.
2. So X is 50 m East and 50 m North of Y, which is North-East.
Teacher's Note:
1. Add the movements North-South and East-West separately.
2. Reverse the direction when the reference point changes.
(a) can do outdoor or indoor activities
(b) follow the rules of the play
(c) play gender-specific games as suggested by adults
(d) organise specific activities
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Answer: (a) can do outdoor or indoor activities
Explanation:
1. Free play is child-chosen and child-directed, indoors or outdoors, with no fixed rules set by adults.
2. So children can do outdoor or indoor activities as they like.
Teacher's Note:
1. Free play contrasts with structured play, which has rules.
2. Free play must not be gender-restricted.
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