Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (ICSE) · Science (EVS)
Chapter: Chapter 7 — Chapter 7: Simple Machines and Their Uses
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is a lever? [1]
(A) A machine that helps lift with less effort
(B) A type of wheel
(C) A type of pulley
(D) A type of rope
2. What is an example of a lever? [1]
(A) A see-saw
(B) A wheel
(C) A rope
(D) A pulley
3. What is a pulley? [1]
(A) A wheel and rope used to lift objects
(B) A type of lever only
(C) A type of wheel only
(D) A type of axle only
4. Where might we see a pulley? [1]
(A) A well or flagpole
(B) Only in cars
(C) Only in books
(D) Nowhere
5. What do wheels and axles help with? [1]
(A) Moving things more easily
(B) Lifting only, nothing else
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only decoration
6. What do wheels reduce? [1]
(A) Friction
(B) Effort completely to zero
(C) Weight
(D) Nothing
7. What is an example of wheels and axles? [1]
(A) A bicycle
(B) A see-saw
(C) A rope only
(D) A hammer
8. Why are simple machines useful? [1]
(A) They make tasks easier and more efficient
(B) They make tasks harder
(C) They have no use
(D) Only for decoration
9. What is a lever? [1]
(A) A machine that helps lift with less effort
(B) A type of wheel
(C) A type of pulley
(D) A type of rope
10. What is an example of a lever? [1]
(A) A see-saw
(B) A wheel
(C) A rope
(D) A pulley
11. What is a pulley? [1]
(A) A wheel and rope used to lift objects
(B) A type of lever only
(C) A type of wheel only
(D) A type of axle only
12. Where might we see a pulley? [1]
(A) A well or flagpole
(B) Only in cars
(C) Only in books
(D) Nowhere
13. What do wheels and axles help with? [1]
(A) Moving things more easily
(B) Lifting only, nothing else
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only decoration
14. What do wheels reduce? [1]
(A) Friction
(B) Effort completely to zero
(C) Weight
(D) Nothing
15. What is an example of wheels and axles? [1]
(A) A bicycle
(B) A see-saw
(C) A rope only
(D) A hammer
16. Why are simple machines useful? [1]
(A) They make tasks easier and more efficient
(B) They make tasks harder
(C) They have no use
(D) Only for decoration