CTET Environmental Studies Mock Test Set 30

1. Consider the following description of houses :
A. In Rajasthan the villagers live in mud houses with roofs of thorny bushes.
B. In Manali (Himachal Pradesh) houses are made on bamboo pillers
C. In Leh two floor houses are made of stones. The ground floor is for animals and for storing necessary things.
The correct statement(s) is/are

2. Shalini has planned a field trip for Class IV students to the Science Centre. Which one of the following general instructions given to the students is irrelevant for the trip?

3. The technique of 'Classroom questioning in teaching of EVS can be used best for

4. Which one of the following will be more effective learning experience to emphasize more on social inequalities in an EVS class?

5. An egret bird is often seen on a buffalo's back. This is because the egret

6. Durga lives in a village and cooks food on a chulha (earthen stove) using wood or cow dung cakes as fuel. She has been suffering from severe cough for the last three months. This may be due to the

7. A Shooting Star is a

8. Malaria can be detected by testing the blood for the presence of

9. How would a primary teacher effectively assess her students of class IV on the topic of Scarcity of water ?

10. Study the following statements about bronze :
A. It is an element like aluminium, iron and copper.
B. It is made by melting copper and tin in a furnace.
C. Tribal people have been using bronze since thousands of years.
D. The objects made of bronze are lighter but much stronger than those made of aluminium.
The correct statements are

11. Study the following statements about the Jhoom farming practised in Mizoram :
A. After cutting one crop, the land is left as it is for some years.
B. The bamboo or weeds which grow on that land are cut and burnt.
C. The land is deeply ploughed before sowing the seeds.
D. In one farm three or four different types of crops are grown.
E. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are also used as per need.
The correct statements are

12. A farmer is growing paddy crop over and over again using excess of fertilizers and pesticides in his fields. This practice will make the soil of his fields

13. A person living in New Delhi wants to visit first Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and then Ranchi (Jharkhand). The directions of his journey will be first towards

14. In EVS, children particularly enjoy learning crafts and arts in groups, because
A. it promotes peer learning
B. it improves social learning
C. children become happy and respond with enthusiasm when their creative works are appreciated
D. it promotes discipline in the class
Select the correct option.

15. An egret sits on a buffalo, because

16. The neighbouring States of Tamil Nadu are

17. Stories are an important aspect of teaching-learning EVS in primary classes. Which one of the following is least appropriate reason for including storytelling as pedagogy in EVS classroom?

18. While teaching the topic on 'Air is everywhere', a teacher asks the following questions from the students
a. Is there air in the soil?
b. Is there air inside water?
c. Is there air inside our body?
d. Is there air inside our bones?
Which one of the following skills is the teacher trying to develop in the learners?

19. Juhhi's mother adds phitkari (alum) to water collected from the pond every day in order to

20. Arti noticed the following precautions related to prevention of spread of a disease on a poster
a. Do not let water collect around you.
b. Keep water pots, coolers and tanks clean.
c. Spray oil if water has collected at some place.
d. Use nets to protect yourself. The poster is aimed at creating awareness about the spread of

21. There are four below average students in a class. Which one of the following strategies will be most effective to bring them at par with the other students?

22. After diagnosis a doctor says to a patient that there is less haemoglobin in his blood. Which of the following should he eat to make up the deficiency of iron ?

23. Why does Iqra encourage her learners to read newspaper and magazines in EVS?

24. Which one of the following statements is NOT true for the honeybees and beehives ?

25. Select from the following a group of birds each member of which is able to see distinctly the object four times as far as we can see.

26. With respect to the location of Delhi on the map of India the directions of the locations of Gandhinagar (Capital of Gujarat) and. Patna (Capital of Bihar) respective are

27. Puneet gave his class V learners an outline of human body and asked them to draw the digestive system before teaching chapter on food. Puneet wanted to

28. Good EVS curriculum should be true to the child, true to life and true to the subject. Which of the following characteristics of a curriculum does not meet the above requirements ?

29. Formative Assessment in EVS at primary stage does not include

30. Mount Everest is a part of