Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: Evolution
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is evolution? [1]
(A) Gradual change in living things over time
(B) Sudden change overnight
(C) No change at all
(D) Only human change
2. Over what timescale does evolution occur? [1]
(A) Very long periods
(B) A single day
(C) A single year
(D) A single generation
3. What is adaptation? [1]
(A) Traits helping survival in an environment
(B) Random unrelated changes
(C) No specific trait
(D) Only physical size change
4. What are fossils? [1]
(A) Preserved remains of ancient living things
(B) Modern living things
(C) Rocks with no history
(D) Random objects
5. What do scientists use fossils for? [1]
(A) Understanding how life evolved
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only decoration
(D) Building houses
6. What does evolution help us understand? [1]
(A) Connections between all living things
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only human history
(D) Only plant history
7. How do evolutionary changes accumulate? [1]
(A) Across many generations
(B) In a single generation
(C) Overnight
(D) Never
8. Why learn about evolution? [1]
(A) To understand how life changed on Earth
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is evolution? [1]
(A) Gradual change in living things over time
(B) Sudden change overnight
(C) No change at all
(D) Only human change
10. Over what timescale does evolution occur? [1]
(A) Very long periods
(B) A single day
(C) A single year
(D) A single generation
11. What is adaptation? [1]
(A) Traits helping survival in an environment
(B) Random unrelated changes
(C) No specific trait
(D) Only physical size change
12. What are fossils? [1]
(A) Preserved remains of ancient living things
(B) Modern living things
(C) Rocks with no history
(D) Random objects
13. What do scientists use fossils for? [1]
(A) Understanding how life evolved
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only decoration
(D) Building houses
14. What does evolution help us understand? [1]
(A) Connections between all living things
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only human history
(D) Only plant history
15. How do evolutionary changes accumulate? [1]
(A) Across many generations
(B) In a single generation
(C) Overnight
(D) Never
16. Why learn about evolution? [1]
(A) To understand how life changed on Earth
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests