Maxfort School, Rohini

Half Yearly Examination

Subject-Social Studies
Class – III
Session:2020-21

Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes

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1. The main source of water is______.
a) rain
b)well
c) river
d)ocean

2. Throwing household waste in water bodies causes____ pollution.

a) air
b)water
c) land
d)noise

3. Delhi is situated on the banks of River________________.

a) Jhelum
b) Godavari
c) Ganga
d) Yamuna

4. The Red Fort was built by _______________.

a) Nek Chand
b) Shah Jahan
c) Le Corbusier
d) Zakir Hussain

5. People in ___________ drink kahwa.

a) Srinagar
b) Chandigarh
c) Delhi
d) Lucknow

6. Ashoka Chakra has _____ spokes.

a) 29
b) 25
c) 26
d) 24

7. New Delhi is the capital of

a) Haryana
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) India
d) Punjab

8. Lotus Temple is in_________.

a) Srinagar
b) Chandigarh
c) Delhi
d) Gujarat

9. To show respect to our national anthem we must _______.

a) talk while singing it.

b) walk while singing it.
c) We must learn the song and sing it properly.
d) sit while singing it.

10. Saffron stands for

a) bravery
b) peace
c) truth
d) prosperity

11. There are _____ types of pollution.

a) 3
b) 6
c) 5
d) 4

12. _______ is a living thing.

a) book
b) chair
c) cat
d) chalk

13. There are _____ lions on our national emblem.

a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 2

14. ______ does not cause air pollution.

a) smoke from factories

b) burning of garbage, plastic and wood.
c) bursting of firecrackers.
d) covering mouth while sneezing.

15. _____ does not cause land pollution.

a) Throwing of garbage in the open.

b) Dumping of waste by factories.
c) planting trees.
 d) Using chemical fertilizers in the fields.

16. Summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir is _________.

a) Kolkata
b) Srinagar
c) Delhi
d) Chandigarh

17.Jana- gana- mana, was written by _________.

a) Lata Mangeshkar
b) Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
c) Jayadeva
d) Chandidas

18. National flower of India.

a) rose
b) lily
c) lotus
d) sunflower

19. The highest law making body is known as

a) Parliament.
b) Embassy
c) Supreme Court
d) Rajya Sabha

20. People speak ________ in Kashmir.

a) Marathi
b) Konkani
c) Kannad
d) Dogri
Q2. Answer the following questions.

a) Write two things that cause noise pollution.

b)Where will you get fresh air – in a park or in a crowded
market? Give reasons.
c) What is the Rock garden famous for?
d)What does the base of our national emblem has?

Q3. Label the following states on the political map of India.

a) Delhi
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
Answer key :

1. a)

2. b)

3. d)

4. b)

5. a)

6. d)

7. c)

8. c)

9. c)

10. a)

11. d)

12. c)

13. b)

14. d)

15. c)

16. b)

17. b)

18. c)

19. a)

20. d)

Q2.

a) Any 2:

 Listening to music and watching television on a high volume

  Honking of vehicles

 Use of loudspeakers

b) We will get fresh air in the park because it has many trees and more green area.

It also has a lot of open space.

c) The Rock Garden is famous for the colourful people, trees, houses and animals,

all made from discarded materials.

d) The base of the emblem has a horse, a bull , an elephant and a lion , separated by

a wheel.

Q5. Map work.