HOLY MOTHER ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

STD-5th II SEMESTER EXAM: 2021 - 22 MARKS: 30

Date: 16/04/2022 SUBJECT: EVS-2 Time: 1 hours

Q1.A) complete the following sentences by choosing the correct alternatives. (3)

1. Archaeological evidence shows that, agriculture first began about 11,000

years ago in Israel and……….. (Iran, Iraq, Dubai)
2. The houses at the beginning of the New Stone Age were made of ……………
(earth, bricks, wattle and daub)
3. …………. near Nashik is a well-known Old Stone Age site in Maharashtra.
(Gangapur, Sinnar, Chandwad)

B) Match the column. (4)

a) Egypt 1) Stone tools

b) Stone Age 2) Nile river

c) Gold 3) Huang He river

d) China 4) Ornaments

C) State whether the following statements are true or false. (4)

1. Indus civilization was the earliest civilization.

2. Copper was the first metal to come to use.
3. Wheeled carts and chariots were first used in Mahableshwar.
4. Grand temples were built in many cities.

Q2.A) Answer the following questions in one sentence. (4)

1. Where did the people in the New Stone Age establish their village
settlements?
2. What articles were the Harappan craftsmen skilled at making?
3. Which animals did the Homo sapiens mainly hunt?
 4. What is the characteristic of the New Stone Age?

Q3. Answer in brief. (Any 2) (6)

1. What are the three main steps in the process of domesticating a wild
animal?
2. How did some people in the community become skilled craftsmen?
3. What made the soil on the banks of the Nile fertile?

Q4. Write notes on the following. (4)

1. Use of metals
2. Social organization in the ancient cities.

Q5. Give reasons. (4)

1. The diet of homo sapiens underwent a change.

2. Homo sapiens needed to stay in one place over longer periods of time.

Q6. Arrange in chronological. (1)

A) 1. Copper 2. Gold 3. Iron

B) 1. Copper Age 2. Iron Age 3. Stone Age