INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, HYDERABAD

Summative Assessment 1 (2023-24)

Grade: V Time: 2 hrs.

Subject: Social Studies Marks: 80Marks

Signature of Invigilator: __________________ Marks obtained:

Name _________________________________Section: ______ Roll No: ____

Subject Teacher Signature: _______________

I. Choose the correct answer from the following multiple choice questions. [1x10=10]

1. The north-south extent of India from Ladakh in the north to Kanyakumari I

the south is
a) 2933 km b) 3214 km c) 3618 km d) 3800 km

2. A mechanical device that is used for production of many copies of a text or

a paper
a) Xerox b) Digital printer c) Printing Press d) None

3. The country that shares the longest borders with India

a) China b) Pakistan c) Bangladesh d) Nepal

4. Rail transport was made faster and better with the development mass rapid
transit system
a) Tube b) Subway c) Metro d) All of the above

5. Which of the following have been important in tracing the evolution of

mankind
a) Cave paintings b) Fossils c) Old stone tools d) old pots

6. The earliest thinking/wise man was

a) Homo Erectus b) Hominids c) Homo Sapiens d) None

7. The earliest known hill fort built was

 a) Surrey b) Danebury c) New Hampshire d) B & C

8. The first metal used by humans

a) Stone b) Iron c) copper d) Bronze

9. The study of human history and prehistory is

a) Anthropology b) Psychology c) Archeology d) Paleontology

10.India is the _________ populated country in the world

a) Second b) First c) Fourth d) Eighth.

II. Fill in the following blanks with a correct answer (1x10=10)

11. India is surrounded by _______________in the West.

12._____________ were the first to use pigeons to send and receive messages

13. Iron was found in rocks called ___________

14. Morse code was developed by ________________

15. Paleolithic humans lived in small groups and led a ____________life.

16. The use of stone and copper tools marks the beginning of the
__________________ age.

17. The most important discovery of the new Stone Age or the Neolithic
Period was the discovery of _____________

18. The ______________ is a quick and inexpensive method of sending and

receiving messages.

19. The early humans were often referred to as________________

20. India’s longitudinal extent is about__________ and ___________

III. State whether the following statements are true or false. (1x5=5M)

1. Human beings are believed to have evolved from ape like creatures ( )
2. Fire was discovered in the Bronze age ( )
3. The Iron Age society was primarily agricultural ( )
4. Satellites allow radio, television ,telephone transmission anywhere in the
world ( )
5. India lies wholly in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres ( )

IV. Fill in the following blanks with the correct answer (1x5=5M)

1. India is located in the southern part of the continent of _________

2. _______________, the famous Portuguese explorer landed in Calicut, India
on 20 May 1498.
3. Iron ploughs called ____________ were more efficient than the wooden
ploughs which were meant to cultivate more land.
4. The first metal used by humans was _____________
5. Lucy was a ____________

V. Match the following (1x5=5M)

1. The scientific study of human evolution

Hunter-gatherers

2. The Paleolithic humans

Paleoanthropology

3. Hard metal that was heated and hammered into shape

Peninsula

4. An instrument transmitting messages to distant places using electrical

signals Iron

5. Land covered by water on three sides

Telegraph
V. On the physical map of India given below identify (1X5=5M)

A) Draw the Latitudinal and Longitudinal extent of India .

B) The tropic of Cancer

C) The north-south, east-west extent of India in Km’s.

 SECTION -B

V. Answer the following questions? (6x2=12M)

1. What is a Morse code?

2. How was Iron discovered? Who were the first people to use it?
3. How did the early humans evolve with the time?
4. Who were hominids?
5. Why India is called a peninsular country?
6. Describe the invention of wheel?

VI. Differentiate any one of the following (6x1=6M)

1. Differentiate between the Stone Age and Bronze Age.

2. Differentiate between the Mesolithic Period and Neolithic Period.

VII. Give reason. (2X3=6M)

1. Satellites have been tremendously helpful to human civilization over

the last few decades.

2. The study of history is important to understand the evolution of

human civilization.

3. Modern means of transport are helping us in many ways in our

day today life.

VIII. Decipher the following sentences into Morse code. (6x1=6M)

A RECORDING ELECTRIC TELEGRAFH WAS DEVELOPED TO SEND

ELECTRICAL SIGNALS OVER WIRES BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT
PLACES

IX. Define the following (2x2=4M)

 1. Voyages
2. Pre-History

X. 1. Explain the three periods of human history with the help of a mind
map. (1x6=6M)