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Grade: 3 Time: 60 Minutes Subject: EVS Marks: 30 Teacher's Copy Section – A Multiple Choice Questions 6M Choose the correct answer: 1. Which of these statements about air is NOT correct? [B] ___/1M ___/1M (A) Air has no colour. (B) We cannot feel the air. ___/1M (C) It has no taste. (D) It has no smell. ___/1M ___/1M 2. Which of the following is NOT food for birds? [C] ___/1M (A) grains (B) fruits (C) milk (D) flesh 3. The well in Rita's village has dried up, and the animals wander from place to place in search for water. Which season is it in Rita's village now? [C] (A) winter (B) rainy (C) summer (D) spring 4. A family has four members. The details of the family members are as follows. The child is three years old. The father is 35 years old and is a farmer. The mother is 32 years old and does household work. The grandmother is 75 years old. Who among the four is likely to have the heaviest diet? [C] (A) grandmother (B) mother (C) father (D) child 5. Which of the following is a man-made source of water? [D] (A) river (B) stream (C) lake (D) well 6. Which of the following will flow and spread on a flat surface? [B] (A) sugar (B) water (C) rice (D) potato Section - B Very Short Answer Questions 10M Fill in the blanks: ___/1M 7. Transport is the movement of people or goods from one place to the other. ___/1M 8. Water helps in the digestion of food in our body. ___/1M 9. Rural and urban people are dependent on each other for their needs.

Write True or False: 10. It is necessary to eat all the food products that we see in advertisements. ___/1M ___/1M A. False ___/1M 11. Trains carry the least number of people amongst all the means of transport. ___/1M ___/1M A. False ___/2M 12. Laying bricks for a house is physical labour. A. True Answer the following questions in a word or a sentence: 13. Write the name of any one item that comes to the city from villages. A. vegetables/onions/wheat (Accept any one valid answer.) 14. In which season do we have mango pulp (aamras)? A. summer Match the following: 15. Write the correct letters in the brackets to match the following. 1. ink [ c ] a. solid state of water 2. mustard seed [ d ] b. dissolves in water 3. sugar [ b ] c. changes the colour of water 4. ice [ a ] d. does not dissolve in water Section - C Short Answer Questions 6M Answer the following questions in two to three sentences: 16. How is a river formed? ___/2M A. When rainwater falls on hills, it flows down the hill to form rivulets. Many rivulets join together and flow downwards to form a river. 17. One man eats five chapatis every day. But one day he has a high fever. Will he eat five chapatis that day? Why? ___/2M A. The man will eat less than five chapatis that day. Due to high fever, people feel less hungry. 18. What will happen if we do not collect rainwater? ___/2M A. If we do not collect rainwater, there will be a shortage of water. We will not have enough water to use when it does not rain. Section – D Long Answer Questions 8M ___/4M Answer the following questions in four to five sentences: Answer any ONE of the following questions 19. How does a town form?

A. As man started to grow crops, he settled in places with suitable land and water. Many houses and farm areas together formed settlements. These settlements grew and merged to form villages. When many villages came together, they formed a town. (OR) 20. What is respiration? Which action causes our chest to rise and which causes it to fall? ___/4M A. Continuous breathing is respiration. Breathing has two parts, inhalation and exhalation. During inhalation, we breathe in air. During exhalation, we breathe out air. Our chest rises during inhalation, and falls during exhalation. Answer any ONE of the following questions 21. How can we keep the water in public sources clean? ___/4M A. We can keep the water in public sources clean in the following ways: a) We should not bathe or wash clothes in the water. b) We should not throw dirt or wash harmful chemicals into the public sources of water. c) We should not bathe cattle or other animals in these sources. d) We should clean these sources regularly. (OR) 22. How do the feeding habits of dogs, cats and cattle differ? ___/4M A. Cats eat mice, sparrows, doves, pigeons and drink milk. Dogs eat fish and also flesh of some animals. But cattle eat only plants or plant products. They eat grass, hay, oil cakes, and ambon.