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Social science and science

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(i) The first animal to be tamed was ………………..

a)

(a)the goat as we know today

b)

(b) the dog as we know today

c)

(c) the dog’s wild ancestor

d)

(d) the goat’s wild ancestor.

2.

(ii) Which of these Is the correct order of what early man did?

a)

(a) hunter → gatherers skilled → gatherers → herders

b)

(b) herders → skilled → gatherers → hunter→ gatherers

c)

(c) skilled-gatherers → herders → hunter → gatherers

d)

(d) skilled-gatherers → hunter → gatherers → herders.

3.

(iii) Which was not a way of storing grains in the early days?

a)

(a) boxes

b)

(b) woven baskets

c)

(c) clay pots

d)

(d) pits in the ground.

4.

(iv) Grains like wheat and barley have been found in ……………………

a)

(a) Koldihwa

b)

(b) Mahagara

c)

(c) Mehrgarh

d)

(d) Hallur.

5.

(v) A site in present-day Andhra Pradesh is …………………

a)

(a) Hallur

b)

(b) Mahagara

c)

(c) Mehrgarh

d)

(d) Burzahom.

6.

(vi) Pit-houses were made in ……………….

a)

(a) Burzahom

b)

(b) Mehrgarh

c)

(c) Mahagara

d)

(d) Hallur.

7.

(vii) Archaeologists have found levels having ………………..

A. Bones of wild animals

B. Cattle bones

C. Bones of sheep and goat

What order do these levels indicate of what happened first and what happened later?

a)

(a) A B C

b)

(b) A C B

c)

(c) C B A

d)

(d) B C A.

8.

(viii) The dead people in Mehrgarh were buried with ………………….

a)

(a) Cows

b)

(b) Buffaloes

c)

(c) Goats

d)

(d) Dogs.

9.

Jadeite is a…………, probably brought from China

(a)  

10.

Ancient wood that has hardened into stone is called………………………..

(a)  

11.

Bolan Pass is an important route into ……………….

(a)  

12.

1.Remains of square or rectangular houses have been found in ………..

2. ……… and ………. lived in groups called tribes.

3. Rice requires ……….. water than wheat and barley, (more/less)

4. Grain was used as ………….., ………, and ………….

5. Animals were a source of……………. and meat.

(select all that apply)

a)

seed, food, gift

b)

more

c)

Farmers, herders

d)

Mehrgarh

e)

milk

13.

Which are true and which are false (select from options)

1. Daojali Hading is located close to the route to Iran.

2.Sheep and goat are more comfortable in dry, hilly environments than cattle are.

3.Hunter-gatherers made and used pots.

4.Upper levels found by archaeologists reveal older objects.

5. Palaeolithic tools were still made and used in the Neolithic Age.

6.Paiyampalli is a Neolithic site in Madhya Pradesh.

7.Levels found in Mehrgarh indicate hunting came after herding.

a)

False - 1, 3, 4, 6, 7

b)

true-1,7,4,6

c)

false- 2, 5, 3

d)

true - 2, 5,

e)

true - 1, 7, 5, 4

14.

8. Name two neolithic sites found in Andhra Pradesh.

a)

Paiyampalli

b)

Hallur.

c)

Daojali hading

d)

Kurnool caves

15.

Name two Neolithic tools which are used to grind grain even today.

a)

motar

b)

sil batta

c)

pestle

d)

pots

16.

Different plants grow in ______________ .

a)

different places

b)

different cities

c)

different soil

d)

different condition

17.

Pit houses are ______________ (what are pit houses), which have been found in the site____________ .

a)

houses in pits, paiyampalli

b)

houses dug in ground , mainly with many compartments and with steps leading into them, burzahome(kashmir)

c)

houses in wells, made of cement, bhimbetka

d)

none of these

18.

Houses at Mehrgarh were usually__________ or ___________ .

a)

square

b)

triangular

c)

irregular

d)

rectangular

19.

Tell the years

1 . Beginning of domestication of plants and animals.

2. Beginning of settlement at Mehrgarh.

a)

1. 12,000

b)

2. 7000

c)

2. 8000

d)

1. 10,000

20.

Question 1.

What type of food do we get from plants?

Question 2.

Name the animal who gives us milk.

a)

1. Fruits, vegetable and grains

b)

2.(a) Cow

(c) Sheep

(b) Goat

c)

MEAT

d)

DOG

e)

None of these

21.

1. Where is the evidence of wheat, barley, sheep, goat, cattle found?

2. Who have found the evidence of ancient farmers and herders?

3. In the ancient time dead person was

a)

1. Koldihwa (UP)

b)

1. Mehrgarh (Pakistan)

c)

2. HISTORIANS

d)

2. ARCHEOLOGIST

e)

3. TO GET FOOD IN NEXT LIFE.

22.

NEOLITHIC TOOLS WERE :

a)

polished to give a fine cutting

b)

BLUNT AND SMALL

c)

NEW AND LARGE

d)

MORTARS AND PESTLES

e)

POINTED AND SMALL

23.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES B/W domesticated and wild animals that historians find today

a)

domesticated animals have long and pointed teeth as they get food and wild animals have short and blunt tooth

b)

domesticated animals have short and blunt teeth as they get food and wild animals have long and blunt tooth

c)

both have same tooth as they are the same

d)

domesticated animals have short and blunt teeth as they get food and wild animals have long and pointed tooth

24.

What is domestication?( not more than 16 words)

(a)  

25.

Name the storage things used to store food in neolithic age.

a)

large clay pots,

b)

woven baskets

c)

dug pits into the ground.

d)

iron vessels

e)

metal drums

26.

Imp parallels of latitudes are

a)

tropic of cancer, capricorn, arctic and antarctic circle , north and south poles.

b)

poles

c)

cancer and tropics

d)

antarctica , north pole south pole.

27.

Select the three zones.

a)

torrid

b)

mountain

c)

Game

d)

frigid

e)

temprate

28.

Find the location "R" on the grid.

a)

B6

b)

Latitude b longitude 2

c)

Latitude c longitude 5

d)

a3

29.

What do you mean by classification?

a)

grouping or sorting together of things possessing similar or dissimilar characteristics or properties.

b)

grouping or sorting together of things possessing similar characteristics

c)

grouping or sorting together of things possessing similar or characteristics or properties.

d)

none of these

30.

What is the need for classification?

a)

identification of objects.

b)

sorting of objects.

c)

locating things.

d)

tO KNOW ABOUT OBJECTS

e)

TO USE OBJECTS

31.

On what basis are the various objects grouped?

(a)  

32.

List three liquids which are miscible in water.

a)

Milk

b)

glycerine, and

c)

soft drinks.

d)

soil

33.

How does the grouping of objects help the shopkeeper?

a)

locates it easily,

b)

work easily

c)

dance easily

d)

shop easily

e)

eat easily

34.

Name the various materials from which following things can be made:

Shoes, chair, coins, utensils, clothes.

(a)  

35.

Which of these are opaque?

a)

Wood

b)

Glass

c)

Cardboard

d)

Sand

e)

Cellophine plastic, and Fibre glass.

36.

Water is called (a)   .

37.

Name 3 states of water

(a)  

38.

What are the similarities between iron, copper, aluminium?

(properties)

a)

They all have lustre.

b)

They all are metals.

c)

They are hard.

d)

They are of same color

e)

They are opaque

39.

A sugar syrup is a ……………….. .

(a)  

40.

Oil is __________ in water

a)

miscible

b)

insoluble

c)

immiscible

d)

soluble

41.

1.Grouping is a useful process.

2.All objects are made up of same kind of materials.

3.Things can be grouped on the basis of their shape and size.

4.Different types of materials have different properties. 5.Same thing can be made from different materials.

6.Things made of gold and aluminium have no lustre.

(Which statements are true?)

a)

1 , 3, 6

b)

1,3,4,5

c)

1,2,3,6

d)

2,4,5

e)

1,6,4,3

42.

1.Use of a material depends on its properties and the purpose for which it is to be used.

2.A looking mirror or thing made of metals are smooth to touch.

3.All materials can be felt by one or more of our senses. 4.The amount of matter in any object is called its weight. 5.The materials which do not allow light to pass through them are called opaque,

6.The materials which conduct heat very slowly are called non-conductor of heat.

7.Opaque objects only form shadows.

(which are false statements.)

a)

1,7,5,3

b)

1,2,5,6

c)

2,3,4,7

d)

3,5,7

43.

which will show lustre?

a)

Any surface of a material

b)

Freshly cut surface of a metal

c)

Freshly cut surface of non-metal

d)

Surfaces of all materials

44.

Reeta is in london. She wants to call her mother in raipur.

She WANTS TO SELECT time in which her mother will be awake at night. HER MOTHER GOES TO SLEEP AT 10 PM . SO SHE WANTS TO CALL HER AT 8 PM IN INDIA. tell her a time(according to london time)

a)

5 PM (IN LONDON)

b)

3 :30 PM IN LONDON

45.

There are ______________ time zones in world , with __________ longitudes between each.

(a)  

46.

ABC lives 30 degree west from prime meridian . At prime meridian the time is 1:00 pm . what is the time where abc lives

a)

11:00 am

b)

11:30 am

c)

10:00 am

d)

12 pm

47.

There is town named XYZ on 90 degree longitude on the east of prime meridian. The time in london is 3 pm .there is a traveller that has come there in xyz. he wants to know the time as he lives in london. Help him to know the time

a)

he can see the watch

b)

7:00 pm

c)

6:00 pm

d)

8: 00 pm