Class 5 Environmental Studies Part 2 – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
Timed quiz: 15 seconds per question, the next one loads by itself when time runs out. Or solve without the timer: tap an option, right turns green, wrong turns red. New sets are added regularly.
Or scroll down and solve without the timer.
Into how many types are the sources of history divided?
Chapter 1: What is History?
Show answer
Answer: B. Three
The sources of history are of three types: material, written and oral.How many years make one millennium?
Chapter 2: History and the Concept of ‘Time’
Show answer
Answer: C. 1000 years
Ten centuries, i.e. 1000 years, make a millennium; 100 years make a century.How is the first century before the Common Era (BCE) written?
Chapter 2: History and the Concept of ‘Time’
Show answer
Answer: A. 100 – 1 BCE
Years before the Common Era are counted in reverse order, so the first century BCE runs from 100 BCE to 1 BCE.Who first gave a systematic explanation of the concept of evolution?
Chapter 4: Evolution
Show answer
Answer: D. Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was the first scientist to explain evolution systematically.A frog lives in water and also on land. To which group of animals does it belong?
Chapter 4: Evolution
Show answer
Answer: A. Amphibians
Animals that live both in water and on land are amphibians, for example the frog.What does 'Palaeolithic Age' mean?
Chapter 6: Stone Age : Stone Tools
Show answer
Answer: C. Old Stone Age
'Palaeo' means old and 'lithos' means stone, so Palaeolithic means the Old Stone Age.Which was the first animal to be domesticated by humans?
Chapter 8: Beginning of Settled Life
Show answer
Answer: B. Dog
The dog was domesticated first (Middle Stone Age) and helped in hunting; the goat and sheep came next.According to archaeological evidence, where did agriculture first begin, about 11,000 years ago?
Chapter 8: Beginning of Settled Life
Show answer
Answer: D. In Israel and Iraq
The book says agriculture first began about 11,000 years ago in Israel and Iraq.Which metal was actually the first to be used by humans?
Chapter 9: Settled Life and Urban Civilization
Show answer
Answer: A. Gold
Gold was used first, but being soft it could not make tools; copper was the first metal used for tools.Ancient Mesopotamia was the land between which two rivers?
Chapter 10: Historic Period
Show answer
Answer: C. Tigris and Euphrates
'Mesopotamia' means 'the land between two rivers', the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Class 5: MCQ in other subjects
All questions are written by PadhaiNotes in our own words from the chapters of the official Maharashtra State Board Balbharati textbook (ebalbharati.in). Each question shows its chapter.