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Class 5 Environmental Studies Part 1 – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)

📅 26 October 2026 · 10 questions · from the Balbharati textbook

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  1. The band of asteroids lies between which two planets?

    Chapter 1: Our Earth and Our Solar System

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    Answer: C. Mars and Jupiter
    Between Mars and Jupiter there is a band of many small heavenly bodies called asteroids.

  2. In a leap year, which month gets one extra day?

    Chapter 2: Motions of the Earth

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    Answer: A. February
    Six hours left over every year make one day in four years, so February gets an extra day (29 days).

  3. In which direction does the earth rotate?

    Chapter 2: Motions of the Earth

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    Answer: D. From west to east
    The earth rotates from west to east, so the sun appears to rise in the east.

  4. About how much of the earth's surface is covered with water?

    Chapter 3: The Earth and its Living World

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    Answer: B. Two-thirds
    Two-thirds of the earth's surface is water and about one-third is land.

  5. Which is the largest continent?

    Chapter 3: The Earth and its Living World

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    Answer: C. Asia
    The book says Asia is the largest continent and Australia the smallest.

  6. Why does food stay good for longer in a refrigerator?

    Chapter 13: Methods of Preserving Food

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    Answer: B. Micro-organisms do not get the warmth they need to grow
    In a refrigerator, micro-organisms do not get the warmth they need for growth.

  7. Which food constituent is called the 'building blocks' of our body?

    Chapter 19: Constituents of Food

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    Answer: D. Proteins
    Just as bricks build a wall, proteins build our body and help it grow.

  8. In the lungs, oxygen passes into the blood through tiny air sacs called ______.

    Chapter 21: Busy at Work - our Internal Organs

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    Answer: A. alveoli
    At the end of the smallest branches in the lungs are air sacs (alveoli), where gases are exchanged.

  9. How does malaria spread?

    Chapter 23: Infectious Diseases and how to Prevent them

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    Answer: C. By the bite of a certain kind of mosquito
    A certain kind of mosquito carries malaria germs from a sick person to others.

  10. What happens when we are vaccinated against a disease?

    Chapter 23: Infectious Diseases and how to Prevent them

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    Answer: A. Our body develops resistance to that disease
    Vaccination makes our body develop resistance to that particular disease.

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