C 5 General Studies
C 5 General Studies
C 5 General Studies
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V Give reason:
1. Tea and coffee plants grow well on the hilly slopes because_______________________
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2. Plants of same type can be found in different location because_____________________
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3. Jia ate a papaya and threw all its seeds at one place in her garden so that she could get a
large number of papaya plants. But only a few seedlings germinated. Why do you think this
happened?
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VI Label the parts of a seed:
VI. In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A)
and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but reason (R) is NOT the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
1. Assertion (A): Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would melt the polar
ice.
Reason (R): Increased levels of carbon dioxide would increase the temperature.
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CHAPTER-13 THE MOON
I. Fill in the blanks:
1. ________________ are caused by the combined gravitational pull of the sun and the moon.
2. The highest tides occur at the time of the ________________ and the ________________.
3. The place beyond the blanket of atmosphere is known as ________________.
4. The lunar eclipse occurs on a _______________ night.
5. When two Full Moons occurs in a month, the second Full Moon is termed as ____________.
6. The spacecraft Chandrayan-1 was launched by India on ____________________.
7. _____________ are helpful to give the live coverage of events happening around the world.
8. The changes in the shape of the moon are called the ______________________________.
9. ___________________________ was the first Indian to go to the space.
10. The path followed by planets and moon travelling around the sun is called ______________.
11. The moon’s gravity is ______________________ of the gravity of the earth.
12. Moon completes its revolution around the earth in ____________ days.
13. When the earth comes in between the moon and the sun, a ______________ eclipse takes
place.
14. When the part of the moon that you can see is slowly getting bigger or growing, it is known
as the ________________ phase of the moon.
15. The expanded form of ISRO is_______________________________________________ .
II. Name the following:
1. The spacecraft that carried Neil Armstrong to the moon-_______________________
2. A natural satellite - ________________________
3. The second lunar exploration mission developed by ISRO -_____________________
4. The reverse cycle of the waxing phase of the moon - __________________________
5. The big holes on the surface of the moon - ______________________
III. Give reason:
1. It is impossible to drink juice through a straw on the moon because __________________
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2. The moon seems to change its shape because ___________________________________
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IV. Read the passage and tick the correct answer:
The moon does not have a light of its own. We see it shining at night because it reflects light from
the sun. On different nights, we see different parts of the moon shining. The part of the moon we
see shining is the phase of the moon. When we see the entire surface of the moon, we call it Full
Moon. It takes almost one month for a moon to go from new moon to full moon and back again.
Its 9 pm and the sky is clear. You go outside to observe the moon. You look all over the sky but
don’t see the moon. Which phase of the moon is it?
a. Crescent moon
b. New moon
c. Full moon
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