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Class 5 Social science

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ is a book of rules.

a)

Preamble

b)

Constitution

c)

Amendments

2.

Indian constitution came into effect on

a)

26 January 1953

b)

26 January 1947

c)

26 January 1950

d)

26 January 1949

3.

_________ mention the values and principles on which the constitution is based.

a)

Preamble

b)

Premble

c)

Preamblle

d)

Preambla

4.

Which country has the longest written constitution in the world?

a)

USA

b)

Nepal

c)

China

d)

India

5.

The team of thinkers who had come together to write the constitution was called the

a)

Constituency

b)

Constituent assembly

c)

leaders

d)

Constitution

6.

It means that all of us should behave as we are the members of the same family.

a)

Equality of status and opportunity

b)

Justice social and economic

c)

Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and unity and integrity of the nation

d)

Liberty of thought expression belief and faith

7.

It means freedom to express once thought to form peaceful groups to live where one likes and to choose and practice one's religion

a)

Justice social economic and political

b)

Faternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation

c)

Liberty of thought expression belief faith and worship

d)

Equality of status and opportunity

8.

The preamble to our constitution was inspired by the preamble of the constitution of

a)

USSR

b)

Japan

c)

Australia

d)

United States of America

9.

Who is known as the father of Indian constitution?

a)

Dr B. R Ambedkar

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Dr Rajendra Prasad

d)

Subhash Chandra BOS

10.

What is vital to India's self-image as an independent nation?

a)

Preamble

b)

People of the nation

c)

Government

d)

Constitution

11.

It means all the citizen should be treated in the same way irrespective of their caste, creed, gender, religion, etc

a)

Liberty

b)

Justice

c)

Equality

d)

Faternity

12.

It means that the people of the religions are treated equally by the government.

a)

Equality

b)

Secular

c)

Liberty

d)

Republic

13.

Every Indian citizen of ________ and above has the right to vote.

a)

15

b)

19

c)

20

d)

18

14.

It means that the head of the state is not a king or a queen and it is not a hereditary position.

a)

Republic

b)

Justice

c)

Democratic

d)

Secular

15.

It means that India is a free country

a)

Secular

b)

Socialist

c)

Sovereign

d)

All the above

16.

What declares India to be sovereign, socialist , secular , democratic and republic

a)

Constitution

b)

Preamble

c)

Government

d)

People of India

17.

It means social and economic equality

a)

Democratic

b)

Equality

c)

Sovereign

d)

Socialist

18.

It is an introduction page of the constitution.

a)

Preamble

b)

Laws

c)

Law making body

d)

Government

19.

The constitution was written by

a)

Prem Bihari Raizada

b)

Prem Behari Narein raizada

c)

Prem Behari Naran raizada

d)

Prem Behari Narain raizada

20.

Who didn't signed our constitution?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Dr BR Ambedkar

c)

Dr Rajendra Prasad

d)

Subhas Chandra Bose

21.

Who is the first President of India?

a)

Dr Rajendra Prasad

b)

Dr BR Ambedkar

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Gandhiji

22.

The constituent assembly had_______ members under the chairmanship of Dr B r Ambedkar.

a)

299

b)

499

c)

300

d)

199

23.

On which date Indian leaders and thinkers meet in the Central hall of parliament house in New Delhi?

a)

9th December 1946

b)

19th December 1947

c)

12th December 1949

d)

9th December 1942

24.

The chalcolithic age was followed by the

a)

Stone age

b)

Copper age

c)

Bronze age

d)

Copper stone age

25.

Early humans used stone to make tools and weapons during the _______ age

a)

Copper age

b)

Bronze age

c)

Stone age

d)

Iron age

26.

Palaeolithic sites have been found at ______ in Madhya Pradesh.

a)

Burzahom

b)

Koldihwa

c)

Chirad

d)

Bhimbetka

27.

Fishing became important during

a)

Bronze age

b)

Chalcolithic age

c)

Neolithic age

d)

Mesolithic age

28.

The Greek word palaeo means

a)

New

b)

Old

c)

Oldest

d)

Newest

29.

The paleolithic age was an age of

a)

Farming

b)

Hunting and gathering

c)

Settling in villages

d)

Living in mountains

30.

Historians have divided prehistory into _______ period.

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

5

31.

Invention of wheel was an important achievement for humans in the ______ age

a)

Neolithic

b)

Chalcolithic

c)

Mesolithic

d)

None of the above

32.

How bronze was formed?

a)

Combining of copper and tin

b)

Combining of tin and silver

c)

Combining of copper and zinc

d)

Combining of zinc and silver

33.

Where copper implements were found?

a)

Brahmgiri in Madhya Pradesh

b)

Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh

c)

Navdatoli in Jammu and Kashmir

d)

Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh

34.

The earliest evidence of growing wheat and Barley and rearing ships and goats in Indian subcontinent has come from

a)

Madhya Pradesh

b)

Kashmir

c)

Kurnool

d)

Mehrgarh

35.

________ pit houses have been found which have been provided shelter in cold weather

a)

Kurnool

b)

Kodihwa

c)

Mehergarh

d)

Burzahom

36.

Which animal was first to be tamed?

a)

Camel

b)

Wild ancestor of the dog

c)

Cow

d)

Sheep

37.

Some of the earliest crops to be cultivated were ____ & ____

a)

Wheat and rice

b)

Wheat and barley

c)

Rice and maize

d)

Wheat and maize

38.

The earliest domesticated animals included

a)

Cow & sheep

b)

Dog and cow

c)

Camel and cow

d)

Sheep and goat

39.

The small stone tools found during this period are called _____

a)

Macrolides

b)

Microlith

c)

Stone tools

d)

Arrows

40.

Which is not an important site of mesolithic age?

a)

Pachmari in Madhya Pradesh

b)

Dama dama in Uttar Pradesh

c)

Kurnool in Jammu and Kashmir

d)

Bagor in Rajasthan

41.

Large quantities of ostrich egg shells where found at

a)

Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh

b)

Mehergarh

c)

Kurnool caves in Andhra Pradesh

d)

Patne in Maharashtra

42.

Archaeologists have found traces of ash in

a)

Kurnool caves in Andhra Pradesh

b)

Patne in Maharashtra

c)

Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh

d)

None of the above

43.

When was fire discovered?

a)

Paleolithic age

b)

Mesolithic age

c)

Neolithic age

d)

Chalcolithic age

44.

An ______takes place when one heavenly body comes in between the light source and the other heavenly body.

a)

Shadow

b)

Solar eclipse

c)

Eclipse

d)

Lunar eclipse

45.

A________eclipse takes place when moon comes in between the sun and the earth for sometime.

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

46.

Solar eclipse takes place on_____moon day.

a)

New

b)

Full

47.

The dark shadow is called the____

a)

Umbra

b)

Penumbra

48.

The faint shadow is called the____

a)

Umbra

b)

Penumbra

49.

Latitudes are the imaginary horizontal lines running from

a)

North to south

b)

East to west

c)

West to east

50.

The 66 1/2° S latitude is the

a)

Arctic circle

b)

Antarctic circle

c)

Equator

51.

The latitude that divides the earth exactly into two halves is called

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Antarctic circle

d)

Arctic circle

52.

Longitudes are also called

a)

Meridians

b)

Parallels

c)

Grids

53.

Longitude and latitude intersect form

a)

Small circles

b)

Small squares

c)

Semicircle

d)

Grid

54.

______are the lines drawn side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

a)

Parallel

b)

Poles

55.

In India, the longitude of ____ is taken as the standard meridian.

a)

83 ° 1/2 E

b)

82 ° 1/2 W

c)

82 ° 1/2 E

d)

83 ° 1/2 W

56.

Indian standard time is_____ahead of Greenwich mean time.

a)

3 1/2 hours

b)

4 1/2 hours

c)

5 1/2 hours

d)

2 1/2 hours

57.

People standing in the umbra shadow of the moon see a

a)

Total solar eclipse

b)

Total lunar eclipse

c)

Partial solar eclipse

d)

Partial lunar eclipse

58.

For total solar eclipse to take place, the sun, moon and the earth must be in ______

a)

Vertical line

b)

Horizontal line

c)

Curved line

d)

Straight line

59.

People standing in the penumbra shadow of the moon see a

a)

Total solar eclipse

b)

Total lunar eclipse

c)

Partial solar eclipse

d)

Partial lunar eclipse

60.

Solar eclipse happens once every_____but last only for a few minutes.

a)

18 months

b)

16 months

c)

1 year

d)

15 months

61.

A________eclipse takes place when earth comes in between the sun and the moon for sometime.

a)

Solar

b)

Lunar

62.

Lunar eclipse takes place on_____moon day.

a)

New

b)

Full

63.

People standing in the umbra shadow of the earth see a

a)

Total solar eclipse

b)

Total lunar eclipse

c)

Partial solar eclipse

d)

Partial lunar eclipse

64.

When the earth cast a shadow only on some part of the moon.

a)

Total solar eclipse

b)

Total lunar eclipse

c)

Partial solar eclipse

d)

Partial lunar eclipse

65.

What is the colour of the moon during total lunar eclipse seen by the people of the earth?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Deep blue

d)

Orange

66.

A lunar eclipse last for____

a)

60sec

b)

Few hours

c)

1 hrs

d)

55 min

67.

How many latitudes are there?

a)

360

b)

180

c)

181

d)

361

68.

23 1/2 ° N is

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic circle

d)

Antarctic circle

69.

23 1/2 ° S is

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic circle

d)

Antarctic circle

70.

66 1/2 ° S is

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic circle

d)

Antarctic circle

71.

66 1/2 ° N is

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic circle

d)

Antarctic circle

72.

Central longitude that divides the earth into

a)

Northern and Southern hemisphere

b)

Eastern and western hemisphere

73.

The Greenwich meridian runs through

a)

Greenwich in London in UK

b)

Greenwich in Canada in USA

c)

Greenwich Mexico USA

d)

Greenwich in Paris in UK

74.

How many meridians are there?

a)

360

b)

180

c)

181

d)

361

75.

All the meridian are of _____ length

a)

Same

b)

Different

76.

The distance between two longitude is greater at the

a)

Poles

b)

Centre

77.

Which country faces the sun first?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

USA

d)

UK

78.

Which country faces the sun at last ?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

USA

d)

UK