Std: 5

SEM 2

CHAPTER 13 & 14
STUDY MATERIAL
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SCIENCE
PURVESH

Q 1 Blanks/MCQ:
1). .................................................................... is the standard unit of time.
2). .............................................................................. hand is the slowest moving
hand in a clock.
3). Duration of twelve months is known
as .............................................................................
4). The watch used in sports is known
as ..................................................................
5). .............................................. hours are taken by the hour hand to complete
one rotation on the dial.
6). How many divisions does an hour hand moves when minute hand completes
one rotation? .......................................................................
7). Which hand in a clock rotate fast? ..........................................................
8). Name two units of time bigger than
second. ..........................................................................
9). How many days are there in a
fortnight? .............................................................................
10). Which type of a clock does not have any hand and display time
directly? .....................................
11). Which of the following is not used for making sand
clock? ............................................................
(A) Sand (B) Small glass tube (C) Glass bottle (D) Water
12). Which hand of the clock completes one rotation in one
minute? ......................................................
13). How much time does a minute hand take to complete one rotation on dial of
a clock? ....................................................................
(A) 1 minute (B) 5 minutes (C) 12 minutes (D) 60 minutes
14). 60 seconds = ............................................. minute
15). 60 minutes
= ............................................... hour
16). 24 hours = ....................................................... day
17). 365 days
= .................................................... year
18). 7 days = ............................................................. week
19). 15 days
= ............................................. fortnight
20). 2 fornights = ................................................ month 21). 1 hour
= ................................................. minutes

22). 1 fortnight = ..................................................... days 23). 1 month

= ............................................ fortnight
24). The standard unit of time is ......................................................................
25). Which is the smallest unit of
time? .......................................................................
26). Which things are needed to prepare water
clock? ...............................................................................
(A) Broad vessel (B) Small tin box without lid (C) Small nail (D) All of these
27). Name two places where observatories are
located. ............................................................................
28). Which is the practical unit used to measure distance between two places on
the earth? ......................................................................................................
29). Which is the biggest unit of length? .....................................................
30). Which is the standard instrument used to measure
length? ................................................
31). Which unit is used to measure celestial
distances? ............................................................................
32). Which is the smallest unit of
length? ...................................................................
33). How many metres are equal to one
kilometer? ............................................................
34). Which is the standard unit of
length? .................................................................
35). Distance between stars are measured
in ...............................................................
36). ................................................................. is bigger unit of length than metre.
37). 1 light year = ........................................................................................... km.
38). 1 metre = ................................................ centimeter
39). 1 cm
= ............................................ mm
40). How many centimeter are equal to one
metre? ..........................................................
41). How many millimeter are equal to one
centimeter? .........................................................
42). Which is unit smaller than
metre? ....................................................................
(A) Centimetre (B) Kilometre (C) Light year (D) None of these
43). Which of the following has the unit light
year? ..................................................................
(A) Time (B) Distance (C) Intensity of light (D) Mass

44). In an observatory, time can be estimated with the help

of .......................................................
45). .................................................................. is the standard unit of length.
46). How much time does the hour hand take to complete one rotation on dial of
a clock? ........................................................................
47). A day has ................................................. hours and a minute
has ........................................ seconds.
48). How many seconds are there in an
hour? ..............................................................
49). .............................................. days make one fortnight.
50). The distance between two cities is measured
in .........................................................
51). ............................................................ fortnight make one month.
52). ............................................................................. is the standard instrument
to measure length.
53). The distance travelled by the light ray in one year is
called ................................................................
54). A place where celestial phenomena and climate are studied is called
an .......................................................................................................

Q 2 True or False:
1). The watch used in sports is known as
Stopwatch. .....................................................
2). Biggest unit of length is meter. ................................................................
3). Metre is the standard unit of length. ..............................................................
4). Minute is the standard unit of time. ............................................................
5). In ancient times, people used to know the time by observing the position of
the sun, the moon and stars. ........................................................................
6). Clocks are manufactured in the
observatory. ...............................................................
7). An observatory is situated at
Jaipur. ......................................................................
8). A month consists of 4
fortnights. ..........................................................................
9). Shadow clock is also known as sun
clock. ..............................................................
10). There is a pendulum in a digital clock. ........................................................
11). 1 hour is equal to 60 seconds. ...............................................................

12). The measure of span of each person is

same. .......................................................
13). The standard unit of length is kilometer. ......................................................
14). The metre rule should be kept parallel to the object to be
measured. ...........................................
15). The standard unit of time is hour. ................................................................