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1

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

The EVS curriculum needs to be reduced to half

Less weight of schoolbag

Load of incomprehension needs to be reduced

Less number of chapters in EVS textbooks

2

The rate of dissolution of a solute depends on—

temperature

pressure

surface area

weight

3

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

5 g

18 g

45 g

12 g

4

What purpose does group learning serve in an EVS classroom?

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

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

Boys and girls can learn separately

To manage students easily and reduce workload

5

Which one of the following is a scalar quantity?

Weight

Momentum

Mass

Gravity

6

Women are weaker than men. It is a—

stereotype

myth

superstition

scientific fact

7

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

Use of blackboard

Picture reading

Field visit

All of the above

8

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

It does not pollute water or air

Dams encourage sustainable growth.

Dams displace indigenous people from their river lifelines

Hydropower facilities can have large environmental impacts.

9

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?

Enquiry approach

Cognitive approach

Experiential learning approach

Humanistic approach

10

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

Methane

Water vapour

All of the above

Carbon dioxide

11

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

graphic skill

positional skill

directional skill

mapping skill

12

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

Both Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide

Chlorine

Nitrogen dioxide

Sulphur

Sulphur dioxide

13

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

one can accept all knowledge available in the community uncritically

elderly people are wise and have time

it is inexpensive and accessible

it provides learning opportunity in real setting

14

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

integrated

thematic

inclusive

All of the above

15

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.

16

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

linking textbooks to global environmental issues and concerns

whole school approach

going beyond the textbooks

going beyond curriculum

17

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

translucent

opaque

transparent

convex

18

Who built the Golconda Fort?

Chola Dynasty

Kakatiya Dynasty

Chalukya Dynasty

Pallava Dynasty

19

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 enabled children understand data handling and work together

It helped the community understand the diseases that they suffered from

It helped children connect learning with real life

20

What do ‘alternative frameworks’ mean?

All ideas that are firmly held by children

Textbook explanations of various physical phenomena

Ideas that differ from the formally accepted explanations of the concepts

21

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

Poster making

Group discussion

Conducting a debate in classroom

Helping children to adopt and nurture a plant

22

Which region has the practice of shifting cultivation in India?

Southern region

North-eastern region

North-western region

South-eastern region

23

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

10 kg

98 N

60 N

60 kg

24

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

NCF–2000

NCF–2005

NCF–1988

NCF–1975

25

What is the full form of ‘BALA’ ?

Braille Aided Learning Assessment

Brain Aided Learning Assignment

Building as Learning Aid

Braille as Learning Aid

26

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

Both surface area and temperature decrease

Surface area increases but temperature decreases

Both surface area and temperature increase

Surface area decreases but temperature increases

27

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 for the children who come empty stomach to school

It is nothing to do with teaching-learning

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

28

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

East and West

South-west and North-east

West and East

North-west and South-west

29

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

Cold deserts lie in the rain shadow of the Himalayas

Cold deserts have hot summers and extremely cold winters.

Air is very thin in cold deserts.

Cold deserts are at a very high altitude

30

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

that animal keeping is good source of livelihood

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

CTET 2021 EVS | Mock Test-1

Kohler Insight learning theory-B.Ed Nots

Thorndike’s- Trial and Error Theory and Its Educational Implications-B.ed

Transfer of Learning: Concept and types

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