📝 CTET EVS Solved Questions

Previous-year-pattern EVS questions with answers & explanations

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📝 Solved CTET EVS Questions (Previous-Year Pattern)

EVS appears in CTET Paper 1 (Classes 1–5) with strong pedagogy focus. These solved questions match the real style. Practise more in our free EVS quiz.

Q1. EVS as a subject is taught in which classes (NCF 2005)?

  1. (A) Classes 1–2
  2. (B) Classes 3–5 ✓
  3. (C) Classes 6–8
  4. (D) Classes 9–10
Answer: (B) — As per NCF 2005, EVS is an integrated subject taught in Classes 3–5. In Classes 1–2 it is woven into language and maths, not taught separately.

Q2. Which is a means of communication?

  1. (A) Bullock cart
  2. (B) Telephone ✓
  3. (C) Bicycle
  4. (D) Boat
Answer: (B) — A telephone shares information across distances — it is communication. The others (cart, bicycle, boat) are means of transport (movement of people/goods).

Q3. The best method to teach 'water' in EVS is to:

  1. (A) Dictate notes
  2. (B) Have children observe local water sources and discuss uses ✓
  3. (C) Only read the textbook
  4. (D) Give a test first
Answer: (B) — EVS is best learned through observation and connection to the child's real environment. Observing and discussing local water sources is far more meaningful than passive note-copying.

Q4. A cow, buffalo and goat are examples of:

  1. (A) Wild animals
  2. (B) Domestic animals ✓
  3. (C) Carnivores
  4. (D) Birds
Answer: (B) — These are domestic animals reared by humans for milk and other uses. Wild animals live freely in nature.

Q5. Houses on stilts (raised on poles) are built mainly in areas that:

  1. (A) Are dry deserts
  2. (B) Face floods or heavy rain ✓
  3. (C) Have no trees
  4. (D) Are always cold
Answer: (B) — Stilt houses keep people and belongings above rising water, so they are common in flood-prone and heavy-rain regions like Assam — showing how shelter adapts to environment.

Q6. Rainwater harvesting mainly helps in:

  1. (A) Wasting water
  2. (B) Saving and storing water for later use ✓
  3. (C) Causing floods
  4. (D) Polluting rivers
Answer: (B) — Rainwater harvesting collects and stores rainwater (or recharges groundwater) so it can be used later, conserving a precious resource. EVS builds this value of water conservation.

Q7. Which food group is 'body-building'?

  1. (A) Rice and potato
  2. (B) Pulses, milk and eggs ✓
  3. (C) Sugar and ghee
  4. (D) Lemon and orange
Answer: (B) — Pulses, milk and eggs are rich in protein, which builds and repairs the body. Rice/potato give energy; fruits are protective foods.

Q8. A child asks why the sky is blue. The EVS teacher should:

  1. (A) Scold the child
  2. (B) Encourage the curiosity and explore together ✓
  3. (C) Say it's irrelevant
  4. (D) Ignore it
Answer: (B) — EVS values children's curiosity as the start of learning. Encouraging and exploring the question builds scientific temper — the opposite of dismissing it.

Q9. A potter mainly works with:

  1. (A) Wood
  2. (B) Clay ✓
  3. (C) Iron
  4. (D) Cotton
Answer: (B) — A potter shapes pots and diyas from clay. (Carpenter→wood, blacksmith→iron, weaver→cotton/thread.) This is part of the EVS theme 'Things We Make and Do'.

Q10. Drinking unsafe water can cause:

  1. (A) Diarrhoea and cholera ✓
  2. (B) Fractures
  3. (C) Short-sightedness
  4. (D) Hair fall only
Answer: (A) — Contaminated water spreads waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid. EVS teaches safe-water practices: boiling, filtering and covering stored water.
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