CTET EVS Previous Paper 8

1. The reaction of a living thing to a change in its environment is called:

(a) Herbivores
(b) Stimulus
(c) Growth
(d) Adaptation (answer)
2. Which of the following processes increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air?
(a) Q only (answer)
(b) P and Q only
(c) P and R only
(d) Q and R only
3. The process by which living plants give out water vapour to their surroundings is called:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Transpiration (answer)
(c) Reproduction
(d) Respiration
4. Plants obtain energy from________.
(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Water
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Sunlight (answer)
5. Respiration in plants takes place:
(a) Only when there is light
(b) All the time(answer)
(c) In the dark only
(d) During the day only
6. The glucose from food must react with ______ to release energy in our bodies.
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Oxygen (answer)
(c) Nitrogen
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(d) Water
7. Green plants are the only living things that can ________ on their own.
(a) Take in air
(b) Take in water
(c) Make food (answer)
(d) Grow
8. Plants take in air through tiny openings in the _______.
(a) Flowers
(b) Leaves (answer)
(c) Stems
(d) Roots
9. Which of the following are called the food factories of the plant?
(a) Leaves (answer)
(b) Flowers
(c) Roots
(d) Fruits
10. In sugarcane, the excess food is stored in its:
(a) Roots
(b) Stem (answer)
(c) Leaves
(d) Flowers
11. Which of the following animals gives birth to its young ones?
(a) Bat (answer)
(b) Pigeon
(c) Goldfish
(d) Frog
12. Which of the following animals has more than three stages in its life cycle?
(a) Frog
(b) Cockroach
(c) Mosquito (answer)
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(d) Grasshopper
13. Which of the following animals does NOT have the cycle given below?
(a) Mosquito
(b) Grasshopper (answer)
(c) Mealworm beetle
(d) Butterfly
14. Which of the following animals has young ones that look similar to the parent?
(a) Frog
(b) Butterfly
(c) Lion (answer)
(d) Mosquito
15. The newly hatched fish are called:
(a) Larvae
(b) Nymphs
(c) Pupa
(d) Fry (answer)
16. Owls build their nests:
(a) In the hollow of trees (answer)
(b) In hedges and bushes
(c) On the branches of tall trees
(d) In the dark, wet places I kitchens
17. Birds build nests:
(a) To lay eggs
(b) To protect their young ones
(c) For shelter
(d) For all these (answer)
18. Which of the following sets of animals represents a group of mammals?
(a) Lion, hen and human beings
(b) Lion, goat and whale (answer)
(c) Tiger, sheep and crocodile
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(d) Bird s, butterfly and frog

19. Frogs are amphibious animals which can live both on land and in water. The babies of frogs are
called tadpoles. Tadpoles live:
(a) On land
(b) In water (answer)
(c) Both on land and in water
(d) In burrows under the ground
20. Which of the following is a rich source of protein?
(a) Tomato
(b) Coconut
(c) Bread
(d) Egg (answer)
21. Lack of which element can lead to goiter?
(a) Sodium
(b) Iron
(c) Iodine (answer)
(d) Calcium
22. Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by the deficiency of minerals in a persons diet?
(a) Anaemia
(b) Muscular cramps
(c) Night Blindness (answer)
(d) Goitre
23. Ancient sailors on long voyages usually had bleeding gums and bruised skin. Those were the
symptoms of the disease that was caused by a deficiency of:
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Calcium
(c) Sodium
(d) Vitamin C (answer)
24. Which class of food gives highest amount of energy per gram?
(a) Carbohydrates
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(b) Protein
(c) Fats (answer)
(d) Water
25. Who among the following would needs the highest amount of energy to do his/ her work?
(a) Receptionist
(b) Office manager
(c) Typist
(d) Football player (answer)
26. The vitamin that helps blood to clot faster is:
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin K (answer)
27. Which of the following in NOT classified as food?
(a) Water
(b) Milk
(c) Protein
(d) Oxygen (answer)
28. A test for detecting the presence of starch uses:
(a) Benedicts solution
(b) Millons reagent
(c) Ethanol
(d) Iodine solution (answer)
29. Glucose, lactose, fructose and starch belong to the group of:
(a) Carbohydrates (answer)
(b) Proteins
(c) Minerals
(d) Vitamins
30. Iron is needed for the:
(a) Formation of healthy blood (answer)
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(b) Formation of healthy bones

(c) Building new cells
(d) Clotting of blood in wounds

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