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Concept and Scope of EVS MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Which of the following is NOT one of the six themes of EVS prescribed by NCERT for primary classes?
The six NCERT EVS themes are Family and Friends, Food, Water, Shelter, Travel, and Things We Make and Do. The Indian Constitution is taken up much later, in upper primary social science, and never appears as a theme in the primary EVS scheme.
Q2Assertion (A): At the primary stage, EVS is taught as one integrated subject rather than as separate Science and Social Science periods. Reason (R): Young children of Classes I to V perceive the world in a holistic, undivided way and learn better when content is connected to lived experience. Choose the correct option.
The assertion captures the NCF 2005 EVS Position Paper's stand that primary-stage learners receive an integrated subject. The reason states the developmental basis: young children think in connected wholes, not subject silos, so an integrated EVS matches how they actually perceive their world. Hence the reason directly explains the assertion.
Q3Consider the following two statements about the scope of EVS at the primary stage. Statement I: EVS draws on natural sciences, social sciences, and environmental concerns within a single integrated subject. Statement II: EVS at the primary level is restricted only to topics of plants, animals, and pollution. Which of the above is correct?
Statement I correctly captures the integrated scope of primary EVS: it deliberately blends content from natural sciences, social sciences, and environmental concerns into one subject. Statement II is too narrow because primary EVS covers Family, Food, Water, Shelter, Travel, and Things We Make and Do, going far beyond plants, animals, and pollution alone.
Q4Consider the following statements about Environmental Studies (EVS) at the primary level under NCF 2005: 1. EVS is offered as an integrated subject for Classes I to V, drawing from natural and social sciences together. 2. At the primary stage, EVS is taught as separate Geography, History, and Science periods. 3. EVS uses the child's immediate surroundings as the starting point for learning. Which of the statements given above are correct?
EVS at the primary level is conceived as one integrated subject, not as separate Geography, History, and Science periods. The NCF 2005 EVS Position Paper specifies that the child's immediate environment, including home, neighbourhood, and natural surroundings, is the starting point for all themes. Statement 2 is wrong because subject division begins only from the upper-primary stage onwards.
Q5Arrange the following circles of a child's environment in the widening order recommended by the NCF 2005 EVS Position Paper for primary classes: 1. Neighbourhood 2. Home 3. Wider community and region 4. Classroom Choose the correct sequence from inner to outer.
The position paper builds outward from the most familiar circle: home is innermost, then the classroom and school, then the immediate neighbourhood, and only after that the wider community and region. This widening-circle approach lets the young learner anchor every new idea in something already seen and felt before stepping further out.
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6How many themes does the NCERT EVS curriculum specify for the primary stage covering Classes III to V under NCF 2005?
7Identify the option that best describes the central concept of EVS at the primary level under NCF 2005.
8From which class does EVS appear as a separately printed NCERT textbook under the Looking Around series at the primary level?
9Match the EVS theme in List I with the most representative classroom activity in List II. List I (Theme) (a) Family and Friends (b) Food (c) Water (d) Shelter List II (Activity) (1) Tracking how rain reaches the village pond (2) Drawing a family tree of three generations (3) Comparing roofs of houses in the neighbourhood (4) Listing items eaten at breakfast across homes Choose the correct match.
10Which NCERT textbook series carries Environmental Studies content for Classes III to V at the primary level?