Al Falah International School-DPS Jeddah

Summative Assessment II (February 2014)

Grade:V, Environmental studies
Name :______________

Date : ___________

Max Marks : 50

Duration :

hours

I. Tick the correct options : ( x10 = 5)

1. A screw makes use of ___
a) nail

b) lever

c) pulley

d) spiral surface

2. Which of the following is an example of a lever?

a) nail cutter

b) stapler

c) bottle opener

d) all of these

3. The device used for producing and recording colours of light is called ___
a) Camera

b) Spectroscope

c) Microscope

d) Telescope

4. Telescope was invented by ____

a) Galileo

b) Leewenhoek

c) Roger Bacon

d) Lippershey

5.A huge mass of frozen ice is called _____

a) peninsula

b) glacier

c) mountain

d) plateau

6. After 1857, when the rule of East India Company ended, the Empress of India became ___
a) Rani Lakshmibai

b) Begum Hazrat Mahal

c) Tantia Toped

d) Queen victoria

7.The partition of Bengal took place in ____

a) 1930

b) 1885

c) 1774

d) 1905

8. Raja Rammohan Roy founded the ____

a) Brahmo Samaj

b) Indian National Congress

c) Swadeshi movement

d) None of these

9. The first Governor General of independent India was _____

a) General Dyer

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Lord Mountbatten

d) Lord wavell

10. The self governing unit at the village level is called _____
a) Municipal Corporation

b) Panchayat

c) Rajya sabha

d)Vidhansabha

II. Answer the following questions in a word or a sentence: ( 1/2 x 10= 5)

1. Where was the first session of INC held?
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2. What is a microscope?
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3. What is an inclined plane?
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4. When did Gandhiji start Dandi March?
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5. Name two machines used in your home.

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6. Who ruled India before 1947?

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7. What was the aim of the Indian National Congress?

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8. What was Mahatma Gandhis chief weapon or technique?

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9. Name the two parts of the parliament of India.

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10. What is peninsula?

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III. Answer the following questions. (2x6=12)

1. Name three uses of lenses.

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2. Name the two forts constructed by British in order to strength their hold.
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3. Why were Bhagat Sing, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
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4. Name the three wings of the government.
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5. Name the four oceans of the world.
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6. Name two important physical features of India.

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III. Answer the following questions . (3x6=18)

1. Name three qualities that inventors possessed.

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2. Who was Mangal pandey?
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3. Name the countries of the Indian subcontinent.
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4. Name six fundamental rights.
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5. Describe the Quit India Movement.
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6. Name the persons who played an important role in removing evils from the society.
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V. What is a lever? Name three types of levers and draw a labeled diagram to represent each
type of lever.
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1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

B. Name and colour the seven continents of the world. (5 marks)