Which is the major component of the living environment?
- AWater.
- BSoil.
- ✓Trees.
- DPonds.
Answer: C.
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[1 Marks Each] M.C.Q.
180 Q→02Assertion (A) & Reason (B) MCQ
6 Q→03[1 Marks Each] Blanks
29 Q→04True Or False.[1 Marks Each]
28 Q→05[1 Marks Each] QUE - ANS
105 Q→06[3 Marks Each] QUE-ANS
10 Q→07[5 Marks Each] QUE-ANS
5 Q→08case /data -based (4 Marks)
1 Q→09Answer The Following Questions In Short.[2 Marks Each]
27 Q→Sample Questions
The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
Plants with fibrous roots have:
- AReticulate venation in leaves.
- ✓Parallel venation in leaves.
- CBoth $(a)$ and $(b).$
- DEither $(a)$ or $(b).$
Answer: B.
View full solution →Streamlined body is one of the adaptations found in:
- ✓Water animals.
- BDesert animals.
- CMountain animals.
- DGrassland animals.
Answer: A.
View full solution →The plant shows.
- ✓Phototropism.
- BGeotropism.
- CPhotosynthesis.
- DRespiration.
Answer: A.
View full solution →Match the following:
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Herb
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Henna
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Shrub
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Pea
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Creeper
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Bottle gourd
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Climber
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Cabbage
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- A$(i - C), (ii - A), (iii - D), (iv - B)$
- B$(i - D), (ii - B), (iii - A), (iv - C)$
- C$(i - C), (ii - B), (iii - D), (iv - A)$
- ✓$(i - D), (ii - A), (iii - C), (iv - B)$
Answer: D.
View full solution →Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
Plants and animals that live on land, it is called _____ habitat.
Plants and animals that live on land, it is called _____ habitat.
Direction: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion $A$' and the other labelled as 'reason $R$'. You arc to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): Deer has strong teeth and long ears.
Reason (R): The speed of deer helps them to run away from prey.
Assertion (A): Deer has strong teeth and long ears.
Reason (R): The speed of deer helps them to run away from prey.
- ABoth $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
- BBoth $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
- ✓$A$ is true but $R$ is false
- D$A$ is false but $R$ is true
Answer: C.
View full solution →Direction: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion $A'$ and the ther labelled as 'reason $R$'. You arc to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): The leaves of desert plants are either absent, very small or they are present in shapes of spines.
Reason (R): In deserts only little water is available.
Assertion (A): The leaves of desert plants are either absent, very small or they are present in shapes of spines.
Reason (R): In deserts only little water is available.
- ABoth $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
- ✓Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
- C$A$ is true but $R$ is false
- D$A$ is false but $R$ is true
Answer: B.
View full solution →Direction: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion $A'$ and the other labelled as 'reason $R$'. You arc to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): The plants and animals that live on land are said to live in terrestrial habitat.
Reason (R): Ponds, rivers, lakes, etc., are examples of terrestrial habitats.
Assertion (A): The plants and animals that live on land are said to live in terrestrial habitat.
Reason (R): Ponds, rivers, lakes, etc., are examples of terrestrial habitats.
- ABoth $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
- BBoth $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
- ✓$A$ is true but $R$ is false
- D$A$ is false but $R$ is true
Answer: C.
View full solution →Direction: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion $A$' and the other labelled as 'reason $R'$. You arc to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): Any animal which adapts itself against heat and water scarcity is well suited for desert conditions.
Reason (R): In deserts only little water is available.
Assertion (A): Any animal which adapts itself against heat and water scarcity is well suited for desert conditions.
Reason (R): In deserts only little water is available.
- ✓Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
- BBoth $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
- C$A$ is true but $R$ is false
- D$A$ is false but $R$ is true
Answer: A.
View full solution →Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
The process of respiration involves $.........$ gases.
View full solution →The process of respiration involves $.........$ gases.
Food give living organisms $.........$ needed to them for growth.
View full solution →Earthworms breathe through $.........$
View full solution →Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
The place where organisms live is called $.........$
View full solution →The place where organisms live is called $.........$
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
Soil, water and air are $.........$ components of a habitat.
View full solution →Soil, water and air are $.........$ components of a habitat.
In all the fish, body tapers at both ends. True/ False
Adaptation takes place in thousands of years. True/ False.
The speed of deer helps it to run away from predators. True/ False.
Mountain is a special terrestrial habitat where temperature is very low. True/ False
Leaves in aquatic plants are reduced in size to minimize their evaporating surface. True/ False
What is breathing?
Give one word for the following sentences:
Anything that has mass and occupies space.
Anything that has mass and occupies space.
What do you mean by excretion?
Fill in the blanks:
_____________ enable a plant or an animal to live in its surroundings.
_____________ enable a plant or an animal to live in its surroundings.
Give one word for the following sentences:
The process of taking food by organisms.
The process of taking food by organisms.
How is a fish adapted to live in water?
How are cactus adapted to survive in a desert?
Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there.
(Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats.)
(Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats.)
How is the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen maintained in nature?
Some desert plants have very small leaves whereas some others have only spines. How does this benefit the plants?
Using the following words, write the habitat of each animal given in:
Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber.
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber.
List the important characteristics of living things, which differentiate them from non-living things.
Distinguish between the following.
Living things and Non-living things (Growth, Reproduction, Respiration, Excretion)
Living things and Non-living things (Growth, Reproduction, Respiration, Excretion)
Like many animals although a car also moves it is not considered as a living orgainism. Give 2-3 reasons.
Which of these adaptations helps to keep animals cool?
- ✓Big thin ears
- BThick eye-lashes
- CScales on the body
- DThick fur on the body
Answer: A.
View full solution →What is life?
Why bacteria and viruses are considered as ‘Immortal’?
What are the specific features present in a deer that helps it to detect the presence of predators like lion?
Write the adaptation in aquatic plants due to which:
leaves can float on the surface of water.
leaves can float on the surface of water.
Why does a fish die when kept outside of water?
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