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Class 5

SET-2
Hints & Solutions
1. (B) 11. (D) : Ripe fruits of some plants burst open and
scatter their seeds in all directions. This mechanism
2. (C)
of seed dispersal is called explosion and is found
3. (A) : The correct alphabetical order is, in pods of beans and peas, balsam fruit, Geranium,
Accept, Apple, Bore, Camel, Expect etc. Option (A) represents dandelion, which is
dispersed by wind, option (B) is coconut, which is
i.e., 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
dispersed by water, option (C) is cocklebur which
is dispersed by animals, and option (D) is a pea
4. (B) : pod which is dispersed by explosion.
12. (B)
13. (C) : Body of the snakes bears scales. The scaly
skin is periodically shed by them, usually in one
piece and is replaced by newer one. This process
5. (A) :
is termed as moulting or ecdysis.
14. (B) : Turtles and tortoises are repitles as they have
dry scaly skin, they crawl and lay soft-shelled eggs
N on land .
15. (D) : Deficiency of mineral iodine leads to goitre.
6. (D) : W It results in swelling in the neck region. Intake of
E
sea food such as fish and iodised salt prevents
goitre.
16. (D) : Vitamin C is usually present in citrus fruits
S
such as orange, grapes, lemon, amla etc.
So, he was facing towards West at first.
17. (B) : Night blindness is caused due to the deficiency
7. (D) :
of vitamin A. The affected person cannot see
\ Total number of boys = 9 + 1 + 5 = 15 properly in the dark. Vitamin A is present in green
So, 13 boys will be added such that there are 28 leafy vegetables, papaya, milk, sweet potato, butter,
boys in the row. fish, etc.
8. (D) 18. (A) : The deficiency of iron in the diet causes
anaemia. It results in weakness and fatigue. The
9. (A) : I N T E R V I E W TNI VREWEI
= affected person gets tired quickly. Lots of green
Similarly, leafy vegetables such as spinach should be eaten
N E W S PA PE R WEN APS REP to prevent anaemia. Fruits such as apples and
= bananas also contain iron.
10. (B) : Triangles formed are a, b, c, d, e, ab, bc, cd, 19. (A) : Jupiter is the largest planet; Saturn is the
de, abc, bcd, cde, abcd, bcde and abcde second largest planet and Mercury is the smallest
\ Number of triangles = 15 planet.
20. (B) : A lever in which the load lies between the
fulcrum and the effort is called a second-class lever.
Thus given figure represents a second-class lever.
a b c d e Bottle openers, wheel barrows and nut crackers
are some examples of second class lever.

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21. (B) 36. (D) : Humerus is the bone of the upper arm of
human body. Radius and ulna are two bones of
22. (B) : Full Moon appears about 15 days after New
the lower arm. The bone of the upper leg, which is
Moon, thus, we will see Full Moon on January 26.
the longest bone in the body, is called femur. Tibia
23. (D) : Gliding joints are the joints which are present and fibula are the two bones of the lower leg.
in our backbone. These joints help the back to bend
37. (B) : No vaccines have been discovered yet
easily.
for diseases like AIDS and malaria. Therefore,
24. (D) : Granite is a very hard rock. It is generally used these diseases like cannot be prevented by
for making statues and in the flooring of houses. vaccination.

25. (D) : Evaporation is a very simple method of 38. (D) : When lava cools quickly on the earth’s surface,
separating impurities like salt from water. Take salty it forms pumice. It has many holes on it. As this
water in a vessel and heat it. After some time, the rock is very light, it can float on water. Pumice is
water in the vessel turns into vapour and the salt quite often used as a decorative rock, as a scrubber
is left behind. for feet and to polish floors. Powdered pumice is
used by dentists to polish teeth.
26. (B) : Sugar tongs are a type of third-class levers,
where fulcrum and load are at the two ends and 39. (B)
effort is applied in the middle.
40. (B) : Option (A), (B), (C) and (D) respectively
27. (B) : Leaves of Bryophyllum plant are thick and represent the road signs-No pedestrians, No U‑turn,
fleshy and also have many buds along their edges. No entry and No honking.
New plants develop from these buds and the
41. (D)
phenomenon is called as vegetative propagation
or vegetative reproduction. 42. (C) : Terrace farming is not a cause of soil erosion
rather it is a method of preventing soil erosion.
28. (D) : Wheat is grown well in alluvial soil. Bajra
Terrace farming is done in the hills by cutting the
grows well in sandy soil. Tea plants need moist
slope into steps. This reduces the speed of flowing
soil to grow.
water. The amount of soil lost is less as the soil
29. (B) : Seeds require air, water and sunlight to eroded from one step is deposited on the next
germinate and develop into full plants. step.

30. (B) : The seeds of plants that grow in or near flowing 43. (A) : Road signs in options A, B, C and D respectively
water are generally dispersed by water. Coconut represent Speed-breaker, No U-turn, No entry and
has air trapped between its fibres which help it to No pedestrian.
float and disperse by water.
44. (D) : Synthetic clothes are made from man-made
31. (D) : In India, crops that are grown in the rainy fibres. They do not absorb sweat easily but catch
season are called kharif crops. Cotton is a kharif fire easily. Nylon, rayon, lycra and polyester are
crop. examples of synthetic fibres.
Crops that are grown in winter are called rabi
45. (A)
crops. Wheat, gram, beans and cauliflower are
rabi crops. 46. (A) : Igneous rocks are formed from magma, the
hot molten material found deep inside the Earth.
32. (B) : Man and whale belong to the same group i.e.
Intense pressure inside the earth pushes the magma
mammals and possess lungs as the respiratory
towards the surface of the earth. This magma
organs.
cools down just below the earth’s surface and then
33. (B) : ‘X’ is duck which has flat beak. hardens to form igneous rocks. The first rocks to
form on the Earth were igneous rocks.
34. (C) : Option (A) represents a sea-saw, which is Volcanic eruptions also lead to the formation of
an example of the first class lever. Option (B) igneous rocks. When volcanoes erupt, they throw
represents water being drawn from a well using a out magma. When this magma reaches the sur-
pulley. Option (C) represents a sewing machine, face of earth, it is called lava. The lava cools and
which is an example of wheel and axle. Option (D) hardens to form igneous rocks.
depicts a wedge.
Examples of igneous rocks are granite, pumice,
35. (D) basalt, obsidian, etc.

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47. (A) other bone, e.g. joint between the neck and the
head is a pivot joint (labelled as P). The gliding
48. (B) : There are four types of movable joints in human
joint allows the bones to glide over each other e.g.
body : hinge joint, ball and socket joint, pivot joint
bones of the wrist (labelled as Q) and the ankle
and gliding joint. The hinge joint (labelled as S)
have gliding joints.
allows movement in one direction only, e.g. joints
in the elbow, knee, toes and fingers have hinge 49. (A) : As the area decreases, pressure increases.
joints. In ball and socket joint, the ball-like end of In option (A), the heels of the footwear have lesser
one bone fits into a cup-like cavity (socket) of the area as compared to other footwears, therefore, it
other bone. It allows movement in all directions, will exert maximum pressure.
e.g. shoulder and hip joints (labelled as R). Pivot
50. (C) : The paper pieces get attracted and stick to
joint allows rotation only. In this joint, the rounded
the comb because of electrostatic force.
surface of one bone fits into a ring formed by the

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