Class 5 EVS Our India – Political and Cultural Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1. I which part of India is Karnataka State located?

Answer: South part of India is Karnataka state located.
Question 2. How many districts are these in Karnataka state? List them?
Answer:
1. Bagalkote 12. Dakshina Kannada 23. Mysuru
2. Bengaluru Urban 13. Davanagare 24. Raichuru
3. Bengaluru Rural 14. Dharwad 25. Ramanagara
4. Belagavi 15. Gadag 26. Shivamogga
5. Ballary 16. Kalaburagi 27. Tumakuru
6. Bidar 17. Hassan 28. Udupi
7. Vijayapura 18. Haveri 29. Uttara Kannada
8. Chamarajanagara 19. Kodagu 30. Vijayanagara
9. Chikkaballapura 20. Kolara 31. Yadgiri
10. Chikkamagaluru 21. Koppala
11. Chitradurga 22. Mandya

Question 3. Which are the neighbouring states of Karnataka?

Answer: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra.
Question 4. Which is the official language of your neighbouring states?
Answer: Kannada
Question 5. Which are the languages of your neighbouring states?
Answer: Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam.
Question 6. Which is the capital city of Karnataka State?
Answer: Bangalore.
Question 7. Which are the Neighbouring countries of India?
Answer: Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar (Burma).
Question 8. What are the Islands of India?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar, Pamban Island, Lakshadweep, Majuli, Kalpeni, Bitra, Bhavani etc.
Question 9. List of Union Territories of India?
Answer:
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 5. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Chandigarh 6. Ladakh
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & 7. Lakshadweep and
Diu 8. Puducherry
4. NCT of Delhi

Question 10. List the Northern & Southern State of India

Answer:
• Northern States: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat
• Southern States: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh.

Question 11. Which are the smallest states of the Northeast of India?
Answer: Mizoram.
Question 12. Name the national festivals of India?
Answer: Gandhi Jayanthi, Republic Day, Independence Day
Question 13. What are the colours of our national flag?
Answer: Saffron, White and Green.
Question 14. Write two names of each recipient of the following awards.
Answer:
1. Padmashree: Rahul Dravid, Girish Karnad, Mahesh Bhupathi
2. Padmabhushana: Azim Premji, Nandan Nilekani
3. Padma Vibhushana: Kuvempu, N.R. Narayana Murthy
4. Bharath Ratna: Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Abdul Kalam Azad.

Question 15. Who is this? Write 3 sentences about her.

Answer: Saina Nehwal is a professional badminton singles player from India, Nehwal, the former
world no. 1, has maintained her world ranking in the top ten since 2009. She has won over twenty
international titles, which include then super series titles. She got a Padma Shree award.
Question 16. Write 5 sentences about popular sprots
Answer: The most popular sport in India is cricket. I mean a sport in which there are two batsmen on
the crease and 9 fielders, one bowler, one wicketkeeper and two empires. The bowler bowls and the
batsman by to defend himself and tries to hit the ball. But when it comes to India Cricket has manes
various than you might think.
Question 17. What are the public assets you see in your place?
Answer: Roads, Buses, railway, electricity, post office.
Question 18. What are the public facilities needed for your place?
Answer: Water tank, library, sanitary, electricity, drinking water are the public facilities are needed in
our place.
Question 19. What are the historical buildings that are there in your place?
Answer: Tipu Sultan’s Fort, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore Palace, and Magadi fort.
Question 20. Why should we preserve our public assets? Give reasons
Answer: If public properties are damaged, they must be replaced or repaired cost of all this is
collected in the form of additional taxes, tax money will be vested it public property is all our asset.
Question 21. What are the benefits from public assets?
Answer: Government takes up many programmes for the benefit of the people: roads, hospitals,
electricity, water, and such other service programmes. It is our right to use these facilities and
services to the best of our needs.
Question 22. Public property is our own property why?
Answer: Government property is every one’s property; Government collects money from us as taxes.
It uses taxes to provide facilities like roads, railway, Airport etc.,
Question 23. What are called public property?
Answer: Many items of property like building, machines, equipment, articles, furniture will be
provided in public places for the benefit and use of the public such things are called public property.
Question 24. What are called private properties?
Answer:
• Everyone wishes to possess a house, a garden, vehicle, ornament other objects. All these from
part of our own properties.
• We use our assets and take care of them.
• Some work hard to own riches and leave them to their children and grandchildren.

Question 25. Who is a citizen?

Answer: Permanent resident of a country.
Question 26. Are you an Indian citizen? How?
Answer: Yes, I am an Indian citizen by birth.
Question 27. Mention a few qualities of good citizen.
Answer:
• helping the senior citizen
• Paying taxes regularly
• Obedience to the laws of the country.

Question 28. Mention two methods of getting citizenship of a country.

Answer: There are two ways of getting the citizenship of a country.
• First a child born in a country will naturally become citizen of that country.
• Second a citizen can give up the citizenship of the country of his birth and become the citizen of
another country.

Question 29. How can you help senior citizens?

Answer: I will help them to cross the road. I will give them seat in the bus.
Question 30. What is citizenship?
Answer: Membership of a country.
Question 31. When does a citizen lose his citizenship
Answer: If a citizen of a country takes up the citizenship of another country automatically, he loses
his previous citizenship one cannot be the citizen of two countries at the same time.
Question 32. Write any three duties of a citizen of India.
Answer:
• Honoring the national anthem and the National flag.
• Casting one’s vote in elections.
• Obedience to the laws of the country.

Question 33. Who did the king bring to the throne?

Answer: His first son
Question 34. What happens if during the rule of the King there is a dispute for power?
Answer: People are uncared for. They become unhappy with the king.
Question 35. Do you like the hereditary(dynastic) rule?
Answer: No.
Question 36. What is democracy?
Answer: Rule of a state by the elected representatives of the people is democracy.
Question 37. What is the importance of democracy?
Answer:
• Government will be run by the representatives elected by the people.
• All people are equal before the law’
• Elections will be held regularly and new’ representatives come to power.
• Issues will be discussed, and people-friendly decisions will be taken.

Question 38. What is the lower age limit in India for voters?
Answer: 18 years.
Question 39. Why is voting important?
Answer: Voting is an important means of expression of a voter’s will. It makes representation of all
people possible. It is a citizen’s duty.
Question 40. What is called secret ballot?
Answer: People give their votes in a method is called secret ballot.
Question 41. What is election?
Answer: Choosing people’s representatives
Question 42. Mention an important part of the election process?
Answer: Polling.
Question 43. Why is voting important?
Answer: Voting is an important means of expression of a voter’s will. It makes representation of all
people possible. It is a citizen’s duty.
Question 44. Why did they given symbols to the candidates?
Answer: Illiterates can vote with the help of the symbol to the candidate of their choice.
Question 45. Write the defects of democracy.
Answer:
• Money and muscles power may be used to get votes
• Caste, community, language, religion etc.., may influence voting.
• Sometimes elected members resort to defection from one party to the other.

Question 46. Explain the process of election.

Answer:
• Filling of nomination by the candidates.
• Canvassing by candidates and supporters.
• Voting on a date already fixed.
• Announcement of results on a day fixed in calendar of events.
• Publication of the list of successful candidates.

Question 47. What is the purpose of self – government?

Answer:
• The empowerment of SC, ST, and women by providing reservations of seats.
• To activate administration by delegation of power.
• To establish self- Government in villages/towns
Question 48. Who are the members of the gram – sabha?
Answer: All those aged 18 years and above will be members of gram sabha.
Question 49. What categories of people have reservations in Panchayat Institutions?
Answer: SC, ST other backward communities and women have reservations of seats in Panchayat
institution.
Question 50. What are the sources of income for Panchayat Raj Institutions?
Answer: Sources of income for a panchayat are the grants from government Zila panchayats, taxes
and rent from the people of the locality.
Question 51. Which cities in Karnataka have corporation?
Answer: Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi, Mangaluru, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad and Bellary.
Question 52. Mention the sources of income of City Corporations.
Answer: Government gives gmats, Property tax is another major source of income, water cess,
health cess, education cess, reading room cess, beggary cess, fire cess, and rents are the sources of
income.
Question 53. How many city corporation are there in Karnataka?
Answer: Seven.

Class 5 EVS Our India – Political and Cultural Additional Questions and Answer
I. Multiple choice questions:
Question 1. Give an example of public property,
a. House b. Train c. Computer d. School
Answer: b. Train
Question 2. Give an example of private property,
a. House b. Bus c. Business d. Vidhan Soudha
Answer: a. House
Question 3. Public property is also known as
a. People’s property b. Our property c. Common property d. Government property.
Answer: d. Government property.
Question 4. Tax means
a. Money collected compulsorily by government. b. money is paid by the employees.
c. money is cut for the income tax. d. money is paid as foreign duty.
Answer: a. Money collected compulsorily by government.
Question 5. Citizen is called
a. Foreigner b. Stranger c. Alien d. Resident
Answer: d. Resident
Question 6. Chamundeswari temple is located in
a. Bangalore b. Channapattana c. Mandya d. Mysore.
Answer: d. Mysore.
Question 7. Each candidate is given at the time of election
a. Car b. Security c. Symbol d. Bungalow
Answer: c. Symbol
Question 8. Name and symbol of candidate is called as
a. Selection b. Election c. Voting d. Counting
Answer: a. Selection
Question 9. The term of the Panchayat is
a. 6 years b. 5 years c. 7 years d. 10 years
Answer: b. 5 years
Question 10. Urban areas have the type of Panchayat is called
a. Village b. Town c. Grama d. District
Answer: b. Town
Question 11. Gram sabha meets at least how many times in a year
a. 3 b. 4 c. 2 d. 1
Answer: c. 2
Question 12. The number of city corporations in Karnataka at present is
a. Seven b. Five c. Three d.Ten.
Answer: a. Seven
II. Fill in the blanks:
1. The official language of Goa is Konkani
2. The Capital city of Nagaland is Kohima
3. The present President of India is Droupadi Murmu
4. The present Governor of Karnataka is Thawar Chand Gehlot
5. Recently Andhra Pradesh was divided into Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
6. The present prime minister of India is Narendra Modi
7. The present chief minister of Karnataka is Basavaraj Bommai
8. Roads, Railways are examples of public property.
9. When we damage public property, we harm ourselves.
10. Historical monuments are a part of our country.
11. Our clothes, shoes, etc., are examples of personal property.
12. It is our duty to protect public property.
13. Tax money will be wasted if public property is destroyed.
14. Public property is all our assets.
15. Government and other organizations have built them for the use of all people.
16. Citizens are the permanent residents of this country.
17. Membership of a country is citizenship
18. Obedience is to the laws of the country.
19. Democracy is the political system
20. All people are equal before the law
21. Democracy is the popular system of government.
22. If people are wise, democracy will survive otherwise it will be lost.
23. Each candidate is given a symbol
24. We should form a queue at the bus stop.
25. Urban areas have town panchayat.
26. Terms of the Panchayat are five years.
27. Gram Sabha forms the first step of the Panchayat system
28. Zilla panchayat will have many committees
29. Executive officer is appointed by the state government.
30. Municipality will be administered by the chief officer.
31. Commissioner will be the chief officer for corporation.
32. Gram Sabha meets at least two times in a year.
III. Match the following:
1.
A B
1. City corporation a. Taluk level
2. Taluk panchayat b. District level
3. Grama Panchayat c. Term will be for 5 years.
4. Zilla panchayat d. Mahanagar palike
5. Corporators e. Village level
Answer:
1. d
2. a
3. e
4. b
5. c

2.
A B
1. Polling booth a. Name and symbol of candidate.
2. Ballot paper b. Political system
3. Hereditary c. Votes
4. democracy d. Prince
5. Yuvaraja e. Dynasty
Answer:
1. c
2. a
3. e
4. b
5. d
3.
A B
1. Queue a. Membership of a country
2. Good citizen b. Chamundeswari temple
3. Mysore c. Good qualities
4. Citizenship d. Tourist
5. Other country e. Theatre citizen
Answer:
1. e
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. d
4.
A B
1. Occupation a. Public property
2. Ornaments b. We use every day
3. Historical monuments c. Private property
4. Household articles d. Service
5. Facility e. Business
Answer:
1. e
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. d