Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 2 (ICSE) · Environmental Studies
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: Shelter - Homes Around Us
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does shelter protect us from? [1]
(A) Weather
(B) Nothing
(C) Only sunlight
(D) Only rain, nothing else
2. Why are homes built differently in different places? [1]
(A) Based on weather and materials available
(B) For no reason
(C) All homes are identical everywhere
(D) Random chance only
3. What might rainy areas have on their roofs? [1]
(A) A sloped roof
(B) A flat roof always
(C) No roof at all
(D) A glass roof only
4. What is a kitchen used for? [1]
(A) Cooking
(B) Sleeping
(C) Bathing
(D) Studying
5. What is a bedroom used for? [1]
(A) Sleeping
(B) Cooking
(C) Only storage
(D) Nothing
6. Why should we keep our homes clean? [1]
(A) To stay healthy and comfortable
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for looks
7. What keeps our whole family safe? [1]
(A) Our home
(B) Nothing
(C) Only the weather
(D) Only the neighbours
8. Do all homes look the same everywhere? [1]
(A) No, they differ by place
(B) Yes, all homes are identical
(C) Only in India are homes different
(D) Homes never differ
9. What does shelter protect us from? [1]
(A) Weather
(B) Nothing
(C) Only sunlight
(D) Only rain, nothing else
10. Why are homes built differently in different places? [1]
(A) Based on weather and materials available
(B) For no reason
(C) All homes are identical everywhere
(D) Random chance only
11. What might rainy areas have on their roofs? [1]
(A) A sloped roof
(B) A flat roof always
(C) No roof at all
(D) A glass roof only
12. What is a kitchen used for? [1]
(A) Cooking
(B) Sleeping
(C) Bathing
(D) Studying
13. What is a bedroom used for? [1]
(A) Sleeping
(B) Cooking
(C) Only storage
(D) Nothing
14. Why should we keep our homes clean? [1]
(A) To stay healthy and comfortable
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for looks
15. What keeps our whole family safe? [1]
(A) Our home
(B) Nothing
(C) Only the weather
(D) Only the neighbours
16. Do all homes look the same everywhere? [1]
(A) No, they differ by place
(B) Yes, all homes are identical
(C) Only in India are homes different
(D) Homes never differ