II – EVS QUESTION BANK

TERM – II

OCTOBER

WHAT AM I DOING? / WHO AM I?

Community helpers are those people who live and work / help in our community. For example – Doctor, Farmer, Teacher etc.

I.Fill in the blanks with the help of suitable pictures from below.

1.The _______________________gives us medicine.

2.We drop our letters in the __________________________

3.The ____________________________grows crops for us.

4.A ________________________uses comb and scissors.

5.The ____________________________ catches thieves.

Farmer

policeman

post box

Doctor

barber

II. Match the following

1) Cobbler

stitches our clothes.

2) Tailor

mends shoes

3) Plumber

makes furniture.

4) Doctor

repairs pipes and taps

5) Carpenter

treats patients

III. Where do they work?

Worker

Place

IV. Match the tools

Doctor

Farmer

Barber

Tailor

Painter

PLACES OF WORSHIP

There are many places of worship in our neighbour hood.

The Hindus go to temple to worship their Gods and Goddesses. The Hindus offer flowers, fruits and sweets to their God. Gita and Ramcharitmanas are the two main holy books of the Hindus.

The Muslims go to a Mosque. They offer Namaz to their God Allah. There holy book is called Quran.

The Christians go to Church to offer Prayer to Jesus, Christ. The Bible is the holy book of Christians. The Sikhs go to Gurudwara to offer prayer to their gurus. Then holy book is called Guru Granth Sahib.

Q1. Match the following Religion with Holy book

1. Hindus

Bible

2.Christians

Gita and Ramcharitmanas

3. Sikhs

Quran

4.Muslims

Guru Granth Sahib

2. Take these people to their correct places of worship

1. Ram

Mosque

2. Rahim

Church

3. Gurpreet

Temple

4. John

Gurudwara

YOUR SURROUNDING – LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS

· Things around us are either living or non- living.

· Those which have life are living things. For example – Plants, Animals and Human Beings.

· Things which do not have life in them are Non-Living things. For example – Wood, Rock, Water, Paper etc.

· Difference between Living and non- living things.

LIVING THINGS

NON-LIVING THINGS

Can Breathe

Do not Breathe

Can grow.

Animals – young ones to adults

Plants – Seeds to trees

Do not grow

Need food

Don’t need food

Can move – animals move from one place to another, plants show movements

Don’t move on their own

Can reproduce their own kind

Don’t reproduce

Can grow old and die

They don’t grow

Pictures of living things

Pictures of Non Living things

1. Classify the following into living and non living things.

Table, dog, pencil, car, book, tree, cat, boy, bag, cow

Living Things - _____________________________________________________

Non Living Things - _________________________________________________

2.Draw Two living things and Two non living things

LIVING THINGS

NON LIVING THINGS

3. Encircle the odd one.

1. Table, Car, Dog, Bag

2. Man, Chair, Cow, Rabbit

3. Book, Toy, Ice cream, Elephant

MAN MADE THINGS

Man made things are those which are made by human being.

Example : House, Car, Book, Pencil, Pen etc.

NATURAL THINGS

Things those are made naturally by nature are called natural things.

Example: Mountains, Stone, Sky, Star, Water, Plants etc.

4. Classify the following things into man made and natural things.

House, table, fan, water, mountain, soil, air, sun, kite, bag

Man made Things: _______________________________________________

Natural Things: ______________________________________________

MODES OF TRANSPORT

Walking is the earliest way of travelling. Though walking is easy and healthy when distance are large. We need to use some means of transport.

1. Land or Road Transport – It is the transport which runs on the land. They all run on wheels. Example: Bus, Car, Cycle, Motor cycle etc.

2. Air Transport – It is the transport which runs in the sky. Travel by the air helps us to travel across the countries and continents in a short span of time. Example: Aero plane, Helicopter etc.

3. Water Transport – Boats and ships run on the water. These are known as water transport.

Q. Name the following pictures.

Q. Fill in the blanks with number of wheels the following Transports has:

1.Motorcycle ..............................

2.Cycle ................................

3. Bus

..............................

4.Car

..............................

5. Scooter

..............................

3.Why do we need means of transport ?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.Name any two means of land transport used to travel long distances?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WATER

We need water to live. All plants, Animals and living beings need water to live. We get water from different sources like: river, pond, lake, well etc. Water has no taste, colour and texture. Safe water is a Clean water which is fit for drinking. Unsafe water is unclean water which is not fit for drinking. It is also called polluted water. People throw waste in water; industrial waste is diverted to water sources which makes the water polluted.

1. Name two activities for which we need water.

1. .........................

2. .........................

2. Name any two fruits which have a lots of water in them.

1. ........................

2. ..............................

3. Name any two containers in which we store water at home.

1. ......................

2. ...........................

4.Name any two sources of water.

1. ......................

2. ...........................

5.Name four liquids that you drink other than water.

1. ............................ 2. .................................

3. ............................ 4. .................................

6. Match the following

1. Water

live in water

()

2. Plants

main source of water

()

3. Fish

need water to make food()

4. Rain

put our fire

()