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CTET 2021: EVS Mock Test-1. The test contains 30 Question in 30 Minutes.

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Welcome to your EVS 2018

What is the location of Jammu & Kashmir and Goa with respect to Bihar in India?

East and West

West and East

North-west and South-west

South-west and North-east

Under which of the following conditions will the process of evaporation be slowest?

Both surface area and temperature increase

Surface area increases but temperature decreases

Surface area decreases but temperature increases

Both surface area and temperature decrease

The ability to understand relative position of places, distances and directions is—

directional skill

mapping skill

positional skill

graphic skill

Which National Curriculum Framework (NCF) recommended Environmental Studies to be taught as an integrated curricular area at the primary level?

NCF–2005

NCF–1988

NCF–2000

NCF–1975

Which region has the practice of shifting cultivation in India?

North-eastern region

Southern region

North-western region

South-eastern region

Which one of the following statements is not true for hydropower generated from river dams?

Dams encourage sustainable growth.

It does not pollute water or air

Hydropower facilities can have large environmental impacts.

Dams displace indigenous people from their river lifelines

Which of the following is/are greenhouse gas/gases?

Carbon dioxide

Methane

Water vapour

All of the above

Why are cold deserts in India not affected by the monsoon?

Cold deserts have hot summers and extremely cold winters.

Cold deserts lie in the rain shadow of the Himalayas

Air is very thin in cold deserts.

Cold deserts are at a very high altitude

Which one of the following is responsible for turning Taj Mahal yellow?

Nitrogen dioxide

Sulphur dioxide

Sulphur

Chlorine

Both Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide

Who built the Golconda Fort?

Chola Dynasty

Chalukya Dynasty

Kakatiya Dynasty

Pallava Dynasty

What is the mass of an object with a density of 15 g/mL and a volume of 3 mL?

18 g

45 g

12 g

5 g

Which one of the following is a scalar quantity?

Mass

Gravity

Momentum

Weight

An object in which no light rays can pass through is called—

opaque

translucent

transparent

convex

What will be the weight of an object on the surface of the earth whose mass is 10 kg on the moon’s surface?

60 kg

10 kg

60 N

98 N

The rate of dissolution of a solute depends on—

pressure

temperature

surface area

weight

Sushma wants her students to be sensitized for ‘conservation of trees’. Which one of the following is the most suitable strategy to do so?

Conducting a debate in classroom

Group discussion

Poster making

Helping children to adopt and nurture a plant

Abhay asked his students to do a survey in groups on diseases that people in their neighbourhood suffered from. The survey is not mentioned in the textbook. Which option is not relevant for this teaching-learning strategy

It provided opportunity to interact with community

It helped children connect learning with real life

It enabled children understand data handling and work together

It helped the community understand the diseases that they suffered from

To talk about emergency situations, Priya asked children’s experiences when they faced any emergencies. Children narrated their experiences with fire, electric shock and road accidents. She asked questions, assessed their existing understandings and discussed safety aspects using resources such as road safety advertisements from newspapers and also used LPG and electric bill to discuss safety guidelines on fire and electric shock respectively. Which is the most appropriate approach that Priya employed?

Cognitive approach

Experiential learning approach

Enquiry approach

Humanistic approach

‘Community’ is an important teaching and learning resource, because—

it is inexpensive and accessible

elderly people are wise and have time

it provides learning opportunity in real setting

one can accept all knowledge available in the community uncritically

In EVS teaching-learning, linking classroom learning to life outside school and enriching it implies—

going beyond the textbooks

linking textbooks to global environmental issues and concerns

whole school approach

going beyond curriculum

To class III students, Rama taught that a father, mother and their children constitute nuclear family and if grandparents and other relatives stay along, then it is an extended family. What do you think of this?

The definition of a family is incorrect.

Rama is insensitive towards her students.

The teaching-learning approach is not inclusive.

The concept of family has to be taught like this.

Which of the following is/are activity/activities in EVS classroom?

Picture reading

Field visit

Use of blackboard

All of the above

Environmental Studies curriculum may lead to holistic learning of children if it is—

integrated

inclusive

thematic

All of the above

The EVS textbook has a chapter on snake charmer. It is intended to make children aware and be sensitized—

that it is an illegal act

for snake charmers as children do not see them often these days

that snake charmers may not harm snakes and they need to be provided with alternatives before depriving them of their livelihoods

that animal keeping is good source of livelihood

What does ‘learning without burden’ in the context of Environmental Studies imply?

Less weight of schoolbag

Less number of chapters in EVS textbooks

Load of incomprehension needs to be reduced

The EVS curriculum needs to be reduced to half

What purpose does group learning serve in an EVS classroom?

Boys and girls can learn separately

To segregate high performers and low achieving students and to do remedial teaching

To inculcate values of cooperation and working together to enable each child participate actively and learn

To manage students easily and reduce workload

What is the full form of ‘BALA’ ?

Brain Aided Learning Assignment

Braille as Learning Aid

Building as Learning Aid

Braille Aided Learning Assessment

What do ‘alternative frameworks’ mean?

Textbook explanations of various physical phenomena

Ideas that differ from the formally accepted explanations of the concepts

Ideas presently held by scientists and social scientists

All ideas that are firmly held by children

Women are weaker than men. It is a—

myth

scientific fact

stereotype

superstition

What is the most relevant to the mid-day meal time in school?

It wastes a lot of precious time of teaching-learning

It is nothing to do with teaching-learning

It is a good teaching-learning opportunity for EVS teaching-learning

It is for the children who come empty stomach to school

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