The City School

PECHS Junior Boys

Social Studies Reinforcement Worksheet – Year 5
Q-1 Answer the following questions. (ref pg: 60)
1. Ways to decrease population. ___________________, __________________, ___________________
2. Ways to increase population. __________________, ___________________,____________________
3. Impacts on planet __________________, ___________________,____________________
Q-2 Give one-word answer for the given clues.
1. Having more than two wives ___________________
2. Unavailability of jobs __________________
3. The protective layer around the Earth saving it from UV rays of the Sun. _______________
4. Basic necessities required for any organization or business. __________________
5. Exchange of goods and services. __________________
6. A particular number of people in an area. ___________________
7. Gas that causes acid rain. __________________

Q-3 Child labour deprives children of their childhood, potential and dignity. Write down the long-term and short-
term effects of child labour. (atleast Three)
Q-4 Categorize the activities/work that come under the heading of child labour.
Q-5 Why do most of the areas of Baluchistan have a very low population density. Analyse and explain your
answer.
Q-6 Briefly discuss the economic disadvantages of over population.
Q-7 The world’s overall population growth in the last 150 years has increased. Discuss the factors that many have
contributed to it.
Q-8 Discuss the following reasons contributing to over population in our country.
a. Desire for a male child
b. Early marriages
Q-9 Identify and name the following Prime Ministers and Presidents.

________________ ________________ _______________ ________________

Q-10 Choose the right answers.
a. Pakistan earns foreign exchange by selling_________
Oil Medicines Sports goods
b. A barren infertile land leads to______________
extinction of speciesdesertification afforestation
c. Loss of the protective layer of soil in called ____________
Soil Erosion Reforestation Deforestation
d. ______________ of Pakistan’ land is forest.
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70%
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4.8% 
5.5%
Q-11 Discuss any three ways by which industries effect the environment and then write how they can be reduced
or stopped.

Q-12 Make a timeline showing the achievements of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
Q-13 Identify the civilizations to which the following artefacts belong.

__________________________ _______________________________

Q14: Write incidents on the given timeline

1948 1971 1997 2001 2013

Q15: What problems Muslim refugees faced during migration?

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Q16: Write the reasons for the given issues:

a) Kashmir issues: __________________________________________________________________________________

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b) Unfair boundary division:__________________________________________________________________________
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c) Canal Water Dispute:_______________________________________________________________________________
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Q17: Fill in the blanks:

1. Pakistan Rs. ______million received during military division __________?

2. In East Pakistan ____% of the population of the country ____________?
3. __________ Issues arose due to far distance among East and West Pakistan.
4. There were political, _________ and__________ conflicts embittering relations.

5. East Pakistan demanded __________ to be made the capital city instead of Kashmir and ___________ as the
national language instead of Urdu.