Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: Life on Earth
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Where did life on Earth likely begin? [1]
(A) The oceans
(B) On mountains
(C) In the sky
(D) Underground only
2. What were the earliest life forms? [1]
(A) Simple single-celled organisms
(B) Complex animals
(C) Large plants
(D) Dinosaurs
3. Over what timescale did life evolve? [1]
(A) Billions of years
(B) A few years
(C) A few decades
(D) A few centuries
4. How many species does Earth host today? [1]
(A) Millions
(B) Only a few dozen
(C) Only a hundred
(D) None
5. What helps species survive in different environments? [1]
(A) Adaptation
(B) No specific factor
(C) Only luck
(D) Nothing helps
6. What does life's diversity show us? [1]
(A) Our place among living things
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only human importance
(D) No connection to us
7. What is a single-celled organism? [1]
(A) A very simple life form
(B) A complex animal
(C) A type of rock
(D) A type of plant only
8. Why learn about the history of life on Earth? [1]
(A) To appreciate diversity and our place in it
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Where did life on Earth likely begin? [1]
(A) The oceans
(B) On mountains
(C) In the sky
(D) Underground only
10. What were the earliest life forms? [1]
(A) Simple single-celled organisms
(B) Complex animals
(C) Large plants
(D) Dinosaurs
11. Over what timescale did life evolve? [1]
(A) Billions of years
(B) A few years
(C) A few decades
(D) A few centuries
12. How many species does Earth host today? [1]
(A) Millions
(B) Only a few dozen
(C) Only a hundred
(D) None
13. What helps species survive in different environments? [1]
(A) Adaptation
(B) No specific factor
(C) Only luck
(D) Nothing helps
14. What does life's diversity show us? [1]
(A) Our place among living things
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only human importance
(D) No connection to us
15. What is a single-celled organism? [1]
(A) A very simple life form
(B) A complex animal
(C) A type of rock
(D) A type of plant only
16. Why learn about the history of life on Earth? [1]
(A) To appreciate diversity and our place in it
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests