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Joseph School Nipaniya (Barouni)

Periodic Test-1st
Subject: Social studies Marks: 50 class- III

I) Chose the correct option . [09]

1. Our earth is like a ________ in the vast universe.
a. Big ball b. big rock c. big house d. grain of salt
2. The Sun is a ________ .
a. Planet b. satellite c. Meteorite d. Star
3. The Sun, the moon and the stars are called ____________.
a. Earthly b. heavenly c. healthy d. planetary
4. Which one of these is not the name of Constettation ?
a. Ursa major b. ursa minor c. Pluto d. orion
5. All livimg things need this in order to live.
a. Books b. toys c. entertainment d. air
6. The earth is shaped like a ________.
a. Banana b. plate c. burger d. ball
7. Magellan was a sailor from
a. Britain b. France c. Germany d. Japan
8. The layer of air surrounding the earth is called the ________.
a. Hydrosphere b. Biosphere c. Lithosphere d. Atmosphere
9. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft is called an________
a. Actor b. acrobat c. astronaut d. aristocrat
II) Fill in the blanks. [10]
1. Who was the first Indian to go into space. ____________
2. Who was the first Indian woman to go into space. __________.
3. The ________ is our mother planet.
4. As far as we know, the earth is the only planet where these is ________.
5. No wonder people long ago were afraid to ________ far.
6. The Journey of Magellan proved that the earth is __________.
7. The earth also contains dust, gases and pieces of __________.
8. The __________ is a star.
9. __________ are heavenly bodies that travel around a star.
10. The sun has __________ planets.
III) Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false. [10]
1. The earth is a huge ball of burning gases. ( )
2. Magellan sailed in one direction and finally his ship reached the place from
whose it had started. ( )
3. There is more land on the surface of the earth then water. ( )
4. The place where land and sea meet is called the coast. ( )
5. The sky is a vast space in the universe. ( )
IV) Write short answer. [10]
1. What do you mean by atmosphere>
2. What is a coast?
 3. Is sun a star?
4. Which is our nearest neighbour in the space, the sun or moon?
5. What are planets?
6. Why do stars look so small to our eyes?
V) Draw the picture of Solar System. [11]