PLACID VIDYA VIHAR SR. SEC. SCHOOL CHETHIPUZHA FIRST TERM EXAM

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1 FIRST TERM EXAM PVV/ACA/14/ BASIC SCIENCE Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 Qns Fill in the blanks. (12 ½=6) 1. is used in cement manufacture. 2. Typhoid is caused by. 3. joint is present at the wrist and ankle. 4. The protects the embryo. 5. Light enters the eye through the. 6. Bryophyllum give rise to new plant on its. 7. nerves carry instructions from the brain to the sense organs. 8. The ribcage has bones. 9. Bones contain a soft substance called. 10. is the largest part of the brain. 11. Earthworms breathe through their. 12. Two or more bones connect at a. Qns Match the following. (6 ½=3) 13. Cerebellum - Ore 14. Marble - Calcium 15. Goitre - Tissues 16. Tendons - Controls the working of muscles 17. Mineral - Deficiency disease 18. Bauxite - Metamorphic rock 1

2 Qns Write true or false. (10 ½=5) 19. LPG is obtained from coal. 20. Bone marrow produces new blood cells. 21. Green vegetables are sources of roughage. 22. Malaria is caused by virus. 23. The stem of sweet potato can grow into new plants. 24. Slate is formed from shale. 25. Metals are obtained from minerals. 26. Cerebrum connects the brain to the spinal cord. 27. Cotton seeds are dispersed by wind. 28. Squirrels and rabbits gnaw their food. Qns Name the following. (10 1=10) 29. Two fossil fuels. 30. The system which controls all other organ systems of our body. 31. The long bone at the centre of the ribcage. 32. The part of the seed that stores food for the baby plant. 33. The automatic response of the body to a change in the surroundings. 34. The joint found in between the first two vertebrae of the backbone. 35. Diseases caused by lack of certain nutrients over a period of time. 36. Two sedimentary rocks. 37. The nerve which carries message from the retina to the brain. 38. The breathing organ of grasshopper. Qns Define the following. (3 1=3) 39. Balanced diet. 40. Germination. 41. Communicable diseases Qns Answer briefly. (7 2=14) 42. How are sedimentary rocks formed? 43. Describe the bones of the ribcage. 44. Why do plants need to disperse their seeds? 45. Write a note on reflex action. 46. What are minerals? 47. Describe the two types of muscles. 48. What do you understand by camouflage? 49. Describe the components of food that make a balanced diet. (3) 50. Describe the different methods of seed dispersal. (3) 51. Draw the structure of the eye and label its parts. (3) 2

3 FIRST TERM EXAM ENGLISH PVV/ACA/14/ Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 Name... Div.... Roll No.... SECTION A - READING (10 Marks) A. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Ramappa sold spectacles - because of him, many people with weak eyes could read. The Headman of Palam village heard of this and came to buy a pair. He tried on seven pairs but still could not read. You are a cheat, he shouted at Ramappa. Ramappa scratched his head thoughtfully. Sir, may I ask you something? he asked. You may, replied the Headman. Sir, do you know how to read? If I knew how to read, replied the Headman, I wouldn t buy spectacles, would I? The spectacles are to help me to read, aren t they? Ramappa wanted to laugh, Sir, it s only if you know how to read that spectacles can help you. Spectacles don t teach you how to read. The Headman learnt his lesson. He learnt how to read. 1. How did Ramappa help people? (1) 2. Why did the Headman of Palam village call Ramappa a cheat? (1½) 3. Why could the Headman not read even with spectacles on? (1½) 4. We usually say a pair of spectacles Think of two other objects that are said in pairs. (1) 5. a) pair of. b) a pair of B. Read the poem and answer the following questions. Trees are the kindest thing to know, They do no harm, they simply grow. and spread a shade for sleepy cows, And gather birds among their boughs. They give us fruits in leaves above, And wood to make our houses of, And leaves to burn on Halloween, And in the spring, new buds of green. 1. Why are trees kind? (1½) 2. How are trees helpful to birds and animals? (1½) 3. From the second stanza, pick out the names of three things that trees give us. (1) 4. Write two pairs of rhyming words from the poem. (1) SECTION B - WRITING (10 Marks) C. 1. Write a short description of Mr. McGregor. (5) 2. What are the wonderful sights you see when you travel by train? (5) SECTION C - GRAMMAR (20 Marks) D. Complete the sentences with the simple past tense of the verbs in brackets. (2) Years ago in Scotland, the Jeo family (1) (have) a dream. Jeo and his 1 PTO

4 wife (2) (work) hard and (3) (save) money, making plans for their family to travel to the United States. They (4) (get) their passport and made reservation for the whole family on a new luxury lines to the United States. E. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense of the verbs and the words in brackets. (4) 1. I. [read/book] 2. She. [not read/book] 3. He. [lie/he] [watch/movie] F. Complete the sentences using adjectives. (4) 1. Kolkata is a city. 2. When the boy returned her purse, the lady was grateful. 3. Ravi exchanged marbles for an stamp. G. Correct the errors and rewrite these sentences. (3) 1. Her children is happy to sleep in one room. 2. Everyone in the team have eaten 3. The furniture are getting polished tomorrow. H. Complete the sentences with subject or predicate according to the need. (5) 1. He met his old friend. 2. dived into the river. 3. There is a blackboard. 4. marched through the town. 5. was in a crystal vase. I. Rewrite these sentences using articles wherever necessary. (2) 1. Umbrella is of no use against thunderstorm. 2. Musician was old Maharashtrian. SECTION D - LITERATURE (10 Marks) J. Give one word for the following. (2) 1. to set a thing right. 2. responsible for the quarrel. K. State if the sentences are true or false. (2) 1. Mrs. Tripper never offered anything to her visitors. 2. The pan was very useful. 3. The beginning of the quarrel was as strong as the end. 4. Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbage. J. Make sentences using these words. (3) 1. ashamed 2. pernikey 3. ancient knight M. Answer the following questions. (3) 1. What is the difference in the way Mrs. Tripper and Jake think? 2. Did Mrs. Rabbit guess what Peter had been up to? Give reason for your answer. * * * * * *

5 PVV/ACA/14/ FIRST TERM EXAM HINDI Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 I. x x ± J i n  E Ú +l «± J [2½] 1. Ω Æ 2. À{ V Æ 3. M ËÆ EÚÆ x 4. Z ]ı 5. ± II. x x ± J i n  E Ú S x n ± EÚÆ ± J [2½] 6. P Æ 7. EÚi Æ 8. SS 9. c EÚ 10. Æ J III. x x ± J i n  E Ú ± n ± J [2½] 11. x 12. i μ 13. M h ± 15. IV. n B M B n  E Ú À± M n± EÚÆ ± J [2½] 16. ± c EÚ 17. ]ı 18. EÚ 19. x x 20. UÙ j V. x x ± J i +ΔEÚ Â EÚ Ω xn +I Æ Â Â ± J [2½] VI. 26. ± i V c EÚÆ { ƒs n ± J * [2½] VII. n -n { «S n ± J [3] 27. n ± 28. { fil 29. Ú± 1

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7 FIRST TERM EXAM PVV/ACA/14/ MALAYALAM Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 v I. Xmsg X n-cn- p KZy-`mKw hmbn v NphsS tn Øn-cn- p tnmzy߃ v D-Ø-csa-gp-Xp-I. amxr-`mj Hcp-h\v Poh `m-j-bm-wv. `mj `mjww snøm-\p- -Xm-Wv. Btem-Nn- msx ]pd-øp-h-cp- -XmWv amxr-`m-j. Btem-Nn v A\y-`mj-bn-eqsS kwkm-cn- mw. Bfl-_- -ßfpw kmaq-lni_ -ßfpw Hcmƒ v lrz-bm-h P-I-ambn \n an- p-hm amxr-`mj Xs thww. _ -߃ DS-se-Sp- p- Xv \ kw`m-j-w-øn-eq-ss-bm-wv. kw_- - am-`m-jw ]q h-amlpx F p Imfn-Zm-k ]d-bp- Xv {it -bw. \ mbn kwkm-cn- m amxr-`m-j-bmwv tbmkyw. 1. Hcp-hs Poh `m-jtbxv? 2. _ -߃ DS-se-Sp- p- -sx-ßs\? 3. kw_- -am-`m-jw ]q h-amlpx CXv ]d- -Xmcv? 4. DNn-X-amb io jiw \ IpI. (1 4=4) II. {_mbv - n \n pw icn-bpøcw sxc-s -Sp-sØ-gp-Xp-I. 5. IrjvW-Km-Y-bpsS I Ømhv Bcv? (sndp-t»-cn, ]q m-\w, h -tømƒ) 6. Cu {]`m-x-øn Fs ImWm h Xv F n-\mwv? BcpsS hm p-i-fm-wnh? (I W, tzth-{μ, ap - v\-ºq-xncn) 7. Xmsg simsp-øn-cn- p- -h-bn CXn-lmk {KŸ-taXv? (alm-`m-c-xw, m\- m-\, kmln-xy-a-rvpcn) 8. kwhrtxmimc Nn -taxv? (, x, p ) (½ 4=2) 1

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9 FIRST TERM EXAM PVV/ACA/14/ M ATHEM ATICS Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 Fill in the blanks. Section - I 1. The predecessor of is. 2. The H.C.F of 15 and 25 is. 3. The difference between the freezing point and boiling point of water in Fahrenheit is. 4. The product of 450 and 2000 is. 5. The 12th triangular number is. 6. The number name of in international system is. (1 6=6) Section - II 7. Write the common factors of 40 and Write the smallest and largest number using the digits 3, 4, 8, 5, 0, 2 without repeating the digits. 9. Complete the pattern : (i) 3, 8, 18, 33,,. (ii) 4, 9, 16, 25,,. 10. Draw the position of the given letters after ½ turn in clock wise rotation. a) M b) C c) Y d) L 1

10 11. The marks of class V students are given below. Represent the information in tabular form using tally marks: 47, 50, 47, 48, 47, 49, 47, 47, Use factor tree method to find the prime factorisation of Write true or false : (a) 1 is a prime number. (b) 44 is a multiple of 11. (c) H.C.F of 5 and 6 is 1. (d) The smallest odd composite number is Write the first four multiples of 42. (2 8=16) Section - III 15. Rewrite Indian system and in International system using commas in the right place and write the number name in both the systems. 16. The cost of a bicycle is ` What is the cost of 125 bicycles. 17. Estimate the following (i) (nearest ten) (ii) (nearest hundred) (iii) (nearest hundred). 18. Three traffic lights change after 6 minutes, 8 minutes and 10 minutes respectivey. If they change together at 10 a.m, when will they change together again? (3 4=12) Section - IV 19. The table below shows the number of different birds in a bird sanctuary. Plot a line graph to show the data. 20. Choose the correct answer from the bracket. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) The temperature of 0 C is equal to the temperature (0 F, 32 F, 100 F) The temperature of a cup of hot tea is (85 C, 15 C, 0 C) The equivalent Hindu-Arabic numeral for Roman numeral is XXXIV is. (24, 36, 34) The place value of 6 in is. (60000, 6, 6000) The equivalent Roman numeral for 29 is (XIX, XXXI, XXIX) The short form of is. ( , 8999, ) (vii) =. (0, 1, 82375) (viii) The multiple of 6 which is greater than 18 but less than 30 is. (18, 12, 24) 21. (i) A pole is 35 m long and another is 28 m long. Find the maximum length of a rod that can measure both the poles exactly. (ii) Prime factorise 40 using division method. 22. (i) A school library has academic books and nonacademic books. Calculate the total number of books in the library. (ii) Find quotient and remainder : (4 4=16) Birds Number of birds Parrot 10 Pigeon 15 Wood pecker 5 Swan 20

11 IV. Answer the following. (6 2=12) 14. Why was Totaram s mother surprised? 15. How was the rabbit rewarded in the end? 16. On what basis did the teacher assign jobs in the class? 17. What was the state of coloured people in South Africa when Gandhiji visited the country? 18. How is the mother hippo special? 19. What does Gandhiji suggest about controlling anger? FIRST TERM EXAM MORAL SCIENCE PVV/ACA/14/ Time : 1 hr. Max. Marks : 25 I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word from the bracket. (4 1=4) 1. It is to consider the feelings of others. [respectful/impolite] 2. is trying our best. [respect/responsibility] 3. can affect our health badly. [sincerity/anger] 4. Scientists are which makes them discover the reasons of the secrets of nature. [responsible/inquisitive] II. Write whether the statement given is True or False. (6 1=6) 5. Going along with prejudices may mislead us. 6. Extending sincere complements to someone is not a good trend. 7. We must not judge each creature by his or her own special qualities but by what it seems at first when we see them. 8. Ideas do not work unless we do. 9. A sincere person has genuine concern for others. 10. Responsibility is measured by how we approach the seemingly less important tasks in life. III. Who said it in the story? (3 1=3) 11. Every creature is special in its own way. 12. I will turn this little task into something great. 13. What extraordinary sincerity, to give his very body as an offering! 1 PTO

12 PVV/ACA/14/ PVV/ACA/14/ FIRST TERM EXAM : FIRST TERM EXAM : RELIGION Time : 1 hr. Max. Marks : 25 RELIGION Time : 1 hr. Max. Marks : 25 I. Questions 1-5 carry 1 mark each. (1 5=5) 1. A{_mlw hkn- n-cp \Kcw A{_m-l-hp-am-bp DS-ºSn ]men- p- -Xn\v sszhw Xnc-s -SpØ P\X C{km-tb- P\-Øn\v hnip- -Zn-\-am-bn-cp- p al-xz-s -Sp-Øp- -h \nt ]w Iq p- p. ({]-`m-j-i 3:4) 5. ktlm-z-cs\ shdp- p- -h sime-]m-x-in-bm-wv. sime-]m-x-inbn... hkn- p- n-. (1 tbml- m 3:15) II. Questions 6-10 carry 2 marks each. (2 5=10) 6. A mw {]am-w-øn-s\-xn-cmb ]m]-߃ GsX mw? 7. amxm-]n-xm- -tfm-sp a -fpss IS-a-Iƒ Fs mw? 8. BZysØ aq p {]am-w-߃ Fgp-Xp-I. 9. Rmb-dmgvN hnip- -Zn-\-ambn \mw BN-cn-t - Xv Fßs\? 10. A{_m-l-Øns _en sszh-hp-am-bp DS-º-Sn-bpsS AwKo-Im-c-ap-{Zbm-bn-cp- p. B _en-bpss hnh-c-ww, DXv]Øn 22 mw A ym-b- Øn \evin-bn- p- v. AXn ImWp {][m\ Imcy-߃ Fs ms -bmwv? III. Questions 11, 12 carry 3 marks each. (3 2=6) 11. sszhw a\p-jy-cp-ambn DS-ºSn snbvx-sx- n\v? 12. H mw {]am-w-øn-s\-xn-cmb ]m]-߃ GsX mw? IV. Question 13 carries 4 marks. (4 1=4) 13. amxm-]n-xm- ƒ p th n Hcp kzbw-t{]-cnx {]m \ Fgp-Xp-I. I. Questions 1-5 carry 1 mark each. (1 5=5) 1. A{_mlw hkn- n-cp \Kcw A{_m-l-hp-am-bp DS-ºSn ]men- p- -Xn\v sszhw Xnc-s -SpØ P\X C{km-tb- P\-Øn\v hnip- -Zn-\-am-bn-cp- p al-xz-s -Sp-Øp- -h \nt ]w Iq p- p. ({]-`m-j-i 3:4) 5. ktlm-z-cs\ shdp- p- -h sime-]m-x-in-bm-wv. sime-]m-x-inbn... hkn- p- n-. (1 tbml- m 3:15) II. Questions 6-10 carry 2 marks each. (2 5=10) 6. A mw {]am-w-øn-s\-xn-cmb ]m]-߃ GsX mw? 7. amxm-]n-xm- -tfm-sp a -fpss IS-a-Iƒ Fs mw? 8. BZysØ aq p {]am-w-߃ Fgp-Xp-I. 9. Rmb-dmgvN hnip- -Zn-\-ambn \mw BN-cn-t - Xv Fßs\? 10. A{_m-l-Øns _en sszh-hp-am-bp DS-º-Sn-bpsS AwKo-Im-c-ap-{Zbm-bn-cp- p. B _en-bpss hnh-c-ww, DXv]Øn 22 mw A ym-b- Øn \evin-bn- p- v. AXn ImWp {][m\ Imcy-߃ Fs ms -bmwv? III. Questions 11, 12 carry 3 marks each. (3 2=6) 11. sszhw a\p-jy-cp-ambn DS-ºSn snbvx-sx- n\v? 12. H mw {]am-w-øn-s\-xn-cmb ]m]-߃ GsX mw? IV. Question 13 carries 4 marks. (4 1=4) 13. amxm-]n-xm- ƒ p th n Hcp kzbw-t{]-cnx {]m \ Fgp-Xp-I.

13 FIRST TERM EXAM SOCIAL SCIENCE PVV/ACA/14/ Time : 2 hrs. Max. Marks : 50 I. Choose the correct answer from brackets. (8 ½=4) 1. Greenland is also called. (Kalakrit Nanuut, Kalaallit Nunaat, Our Island, Eskimo land) 2. To the north of Saudi Arabia lies the country of. (Qatar, Iraq, Yemen, Oman) 3. In the prairies, most farm work is done by. (animals, labourers, machines, foreigners) 4. The explorer who sailed around the world was (Vasco da Gama, Gerardis Mercator, Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus) 5. Which of these animals is found in the Ituri forest?. (okapi, snow leopard, penguin, wild ass) 6. The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time is called. (altitude, weather, seasons, climate) 7. The revolution of the Earth causes. (days and nights, seasons, natural disasters, thunder and lightning) 8. The Rockies lie in. (Asia, North America, Africa, South America) II. State whether the following statements are True or False. (5 ½=2½) 9. Saudi Arabia has large reserves of coal. 1

14 10. The temperature of a place decreases as the altitude increases. 11. All maps are drawn according to a key. 12. The DRC is the second largest country in Africa. 13. Wind blowing from cold regions make a place hotter. III. Match the following. (5 ½=2½) 14. Equator - 0 longitude 15. Pygmies - 0 latitude 16. Prime Meridian - grasslands 17. Bedouins - DRC 18. Prairies - Soudi Arabia IV. Fill in the blanks. (7 1=7) 19. The prime meridian passes through a place called. 20. The prairies lie between Canada and. 21. The longest river in North America is. 22. of the Earth causes days and nights. 23. The water vapour or moisture present in the air is called. 24. The original inhabitants of Greenland is. 25. The zones remain cold all the year round. V. Answer in a word or a sentence. (7 1=7) 26. What is desalinating? 27. Define grid. 28. Which is the largest island in the world? 29. How is a delta formed? 30. What are grasslands? 31. Write the names of any two cities of the DRC. 32. Who is the President of India? VI. Answer in two or three sentences. (7 2=14) 33. Write any two features of parallels? 34. What are the main features of a desert? 35. Why do places near the Equator receive more heat than those near the poles? 36. Why are the prairies called the Wheat Basket of the World? 37. What type of climate has Saudi Arabia? 38. Write a short note on igloos. 39. Why does Chennai have a moderate climate? VII. Answer the following questions briefly. (3 3=9) 40. Describe the life of Bedouins. 41. Write the difference between weather and climate. 42. How do maps help us? Why is a map less accurate than a globe? VIII. 43. Draw a diagram showing the heat zones of the Earth and describe the climatic conditions of each heat zone. (4) 2