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Class VI Science Test
Chapters 1 and 2
TIME ALLOWED : 1 HOUR
MAXIMUM MARKS : 40
1. State True or False ½X6=3
(a) Parrots eat only plant product
(b) Cereals, Fats and Oils are body building food
(c) All plants are edible
(d) Animals which eat both plants and animals are called carnivores.
(e) Cooked food is tasty and healthy. (f) Honey is made from Milk
2. Give two examples of each 1 X 6 =6
a. Herbivores d. Carnivores
b. Plants whose roots are e. Scavengers
edible f. Plants whose flower is
c. Plants whose stem is edible edible
3. Why Scavengers are important for environment? 2
4. Do all living things need same kind of food? Explain! 2
5. Fill In the blanks ½X8=4
a. The main source of our food is ____________and
_____________.
b. Bees store _______________in their beehive.
c. A cow eats only plant products and so it is called a
_______________.
d. Pumpkin is the ______________ of a plant which is used as
vegetable.
e. The edible plant part in spinach is the______________.
f. Tea is obtained from ……. Of tea plant
g. Lion is a ………. Animal
h. We eat ………in onion plant
6. Multiple choice questions: 5
i) Which of the following statement is wrong?
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a) All living things need food. b) Food is necessary for life.
c) Food should be taken to balance the diet.
d) Plants don’t need food.
ii) Which part of papaya tree do we eat?
a) leaves b) fruit c) stem d) root
iii) Which of the following is not an animal product?
a) milk c) paneer b) soyabean d) eggs
iv) The living beings eating plants as well as animals are known as
a) herbivores b) omnivores c) carnivores d) none of the above
v) Deficiency of vitamin D causes
a) scurvy c) rickets b) goitre d) Beri-beri
7. Fill in the blanks: 3
a) _______ deficiency causes Beri-beri.
b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by taking _______
c) _______ is rich in carbohydrate.
d) Carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, fats and __________ are the
essential components of food.
e) _______ can be avoided by including sufficient roughage in food.
8. Answer the following:
i) What is balanced diet? What are the deciding factors of balanced
diet?
ii) Why roughage is important for our body? Give two names of
roughage containing food items?
iii) Why water is important for our body?
iv) Name three food items rich in protein.
v) Are carbohydrates and fats required in same proportion?5 x 2 = 10
9. Match the terms in columns A and B: 5
Column A Column B
a) Protein I) Glucose
b) Sugar II) Calcium
c) Carbohydrates III) B1 , B2 , B6 , B12
d) Vitamins IV) Pulses (dal)
e) Minerals V) Energy
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