Kalyani Akalamkam and Bandita Balaram Mohanty Solutions for Exercise 4: September 2015

Which one of the following does the Natlonal Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) not propose in the context of EVS teaching?

To draw and understand maps, which of the following abilities is/are required to be developed in primary level students?

I. Understanding of relative positions of places.

II. Understanding of relative distances and directions of places.

Ill. Understanding of symbols and scale.

IV. Drawing precisely according to the scale.

Which of the following objectives is not related to EVS teaching in primary classes?

The nature of environment studies does not advocate that:

A teacher book up plants as the theme to teach Class IV students. She provides the following learning opportunities:

I. Collection of leaves in groups.

II. Discussion about shapes, sizes and other features of leaves.

Ill. Making a herbarium.

For such activities, what should the teacher not encourage the most?

Which one of the following should not be done by the EVS teacher while assessing students?

'Community' is an important teaching-learning resource in EVS at primary level because:

A person boarded an express train on $30$th August $2015$ at Ahmedabad for Trivandrum. The train departed from Ahmedabad at $13:30$ hours and reached Trivandrum at $7:30$ hours on $1$st September $2015$. If the distance between Ahmedabad and Trivandrum is $2268$ km, the average speed of the train between the two stations was: