CBSE Class 5 General Knowledge Question Paper Set 06 with Solutions

Answer: (c) Army. A group of frogs is known as an army.

Teacher's Note:
1. Collective nouns for animals are often unusual, so learn them in pairs.
2. Do not mix it up with a plague, which is used for locusts.

Answer: (a) Ruskin Bond. He wrote this novel about his childhood in Dehradun.

Teacher's Note:
1. Link each award with the author and the book title.
2. George Eliot, Tolstoy and Shakespeare are not Indian authors.

Answer: (a) Dormouse. It is a small night-active rodent that climbs trees and eats fruits, flowers, nuts and insects.

Teacher's Note:
1. Read every clue in the sentence, not just the first one.
2. A tarsier eats only insects and small animals, so it does not fit.

Answer: (a) Tarsier. Its eyes are so large that they cannot move in their sockets.

Teacher's Note:
1. Remember the animal with the biggest eyes for its size.
2. The word 'nocturnal' means active at night.

Answer: (a) Gombeyatta. It is the traditional string puppet of Karnataka.

Teacher's Note:
1. Puppets are of four kinds: string, rod, glove and shadow.
2. Learn one puppet of each kind for each state.

Answer: (c) Silicon. Oxygen is first and silicon is second.

Teacher's Note:
1. Sand and many rocks are made of silicon compounds.
2. Iron is abundant in the whole Earth but not in the crust.

Answer: (b) 28th February. It marks the discovery of the Raman Effect by C. V. Raman in 1928.

Teacher's Note:
1. Remember the date with the name C. V. Raman.
2. 21st June is Yoga Day and 15th August is Independence Day.

Answer: (a) Gums. Pyorrhea is a disease of the gums that can loosen the teeth.

Teacher's Note:
1. It is linked to dental hygiene, so brush twice a day.
2. Think of the part of the mouth that holds the teeth.

Answer: (a) Kinkajou. It has a long tail that helps it grip branches.

Teacher's Note:
1. Honey bear is the clue name for this animal.
2. A badger and tarsier do not live in the Americas in this way.

Answer: (c) Leo Tolstoy. The Russian writer of War and Peace never won the prize.

Teacher's Note:
1. Shakespeare lived long before the Nobel Prize began.
2. Ruskin Bond is a modern author.

Answer: F. A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash. A plague is a group of locusts.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn collective nouns in a list.
2. Check the animal before the group name.

Answer: T. Turtles gathered together are called a bale.

Teacher's Note:
1. Some animal groups have surprising names.
2. Read the word carefully before you decide.

Answer: T. Coconut is offered in pujas and shared as prasad.

Teacher's Note:
1. Think of how a coconut is broken at a puja.
2. It is a symbol of purity.

Answer: T. Mango leaf garlands (toran) are hung on doors at weddings and festivals.

Teacher's Note:
1. Toran is the name of this door decoration.
2. It is believed to bring good luck.

Answer: F. A lactometer measures the purity (density) of milk.

Teacher's Note:
1. The word 'lacto' means milk.
2. Do not guess from the word alone, learn the use of each instrument.

Answer: F. They are caused by a deficiency of iodine. Lack of vitamin D causes rickets.

Teacher's Note:
1. Iodised salt prevents goitre.
2. Match each deficiency with its disease.

Answer: three (saffron, white and green).

Teacher's Note:
1. Count the colours of the flag.
2. The stripes are equal in size.

Answer: the Ashoka Chakra.

Teacher's Note:
1. The chakra is taken from the Sarnath lion capital.
2. Count 24 spokes.

Answer: Tenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary, who first reached the summit).

Teacher's Note:
1. Remember 29 May 1953 for Everest.
2. Both climbers reached the top together.

Answer: khadi (hand-spun and hand-woven cotton or silk).

Teacher's Note:
1. Khadi is linked with Mahatma Gandhi.
2. The cloth shows self-reliance.

Answer: Titan.

Teacher's Note:
1. Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system.
2. A natural satellite is a moon.

Answer: William Herschel (in 1781).

Teacher's Note:
1. It was the first planet found with a telescope.
2. Remember H for Herschel and Heavens.

Answer: hottest. Thick carbon dioxide clouds trap heat there.

Teacher's Note:
1. Venus is hotter than Mercury though it is farther from the Sun.
2. Its brightness is why it is called the evening star.

Answer: Cassowary. It has sharp claws and a strong kick.

Teacher's Note:
1. It is a large flightless bird.
2. It lives in Australia and New Guinea.

Answer: Kadamba.

Teacher's Note:
1. Krishna stories often show him under this tree.
2. Learn trees linked with gods.

Answer: (x) Night blindness. Lack of vitamin A affects vision in dim light.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match each vitamin with its disease.
2. Carrots help vitamin A.

Answer: (vi) Anaemia. Lack of iron lowers the haemoglobin in blood.

Teacher's Note:
1. Spinach and jaggery give iron.
2. Anaemia makes a person weak and pale.

Answer: (ix) Scurvy. Lack of vitamin C causes bleeding gums and weakness.

Teacher's Note:
1. Citrus fruits such as lemons give vitamin C.
2. Sailors once suffered scurvy.

Answer: (vii) Body heat. It measures the temperature of the human body.

Teacher's Note:
1. Normal body temperature is about 37 °C.
2. Shake it before use.

Answer: (ii) Heavenly bodies. It is used to see far-away stars and planets.

Teacher's Note:
1. Galileo used it to study the sky.
2. A microscope is for tiny things.

Answer: (viii) Oxygen level. It measures the oxygen level in the blood through the fingertip.

Teacher's Note:
1. It also shows the pulse rate.
2. Normal level is about 95 percent or more.

Answer: (iv) Fertiliser. Manure or fertiliser is added to the soil to make it richer.

Teacher's Note:
1. Manure is natural while fertiliser is man-made.
2. It helps crops grow better.

Answer: (iii) Removal of unwanted plants. Weeds take away water and nutrients from crops.

Teacher's Note:
1. Weeds are plants growing where they are not wanted.
2. Farmers use a khurpi for weeding.

Answer: (v) Cutting and gathering of crops. It is done when the crop is ripe.

Teacher's Note:
1. Harvest festivals such as Pongal celebrate this.
2. It comes after the crop grows.

Answer: (i) J. K. Rowling. She is the author of the Harry Potter books.

Teacher's Note:
1. Link a book with its writer.
2. The first book is about a young wizard.

Answer: The eye (the optic nerve is damaged by high pressure inside the eye).

Teacher's Note:
1. Glaucoma can cause blindness if not treated.
2. Regular eye check-ups help find it early.

Answer: Green. The order is violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, so green is the fourth of seven.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use VIBGYOR to remember the order.
2. Count to the middle (fourth) letter.

Answer: O negative (O−). Their red blood cells can be given to people of any blood group.

Teacher's Note:
1. Universal recipients have AB positive blood.
2. Say the group with its positive or negative sign.

Answer: Diamond.

Teacher's Note:
1. Diamond is made of carbon.
2. Graphite is also carbon but it is soft.

Answer: Nitrogen, about 78 percent of air.

Teacher's Note:
1. Oxygen is only about 21 percent.
2. Learn the gases in order of amount.

Answer: 2:3.

Teacher's Note:
1. Width is the shorter side.
2. The three stripes are of equal size.

Answer: Putul Nautch (Bengal rod puppets).

Teacher's Note:
1. Rod puppets are moved by rods from below.
2. Each state has its own puppet art.

Answer: Earth.

Teacher's Note:
1. Order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
2. Use a sentence to remember the order.

Answer: Mercury.

Teacher's Note:
1. Mercury is both smallest and nearest.
2. It has no moons.

Answer: Ostrich. The emu is the second largest.

Teacher's Note:
1. Flightless birds cannot fly because of small wings.
2. Do not choose the emu.