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Q: 1 Here is a list of OPAQUE objects that Bhim has made - plain glass, brick, mirror,
wooden sheet, steel plate.
Which of the objects has been listed INCORRECTLY?
1 only plain glass 2 only mirror and steel plate
3 only plain glass and mirror 4 only plain glass, mirror and steel plate
Q: 2 Meera looked through the glass window of her house in the afternoon. She could see
everything through it. She thought it was because light passes through it easily.
Which other object would be similar?
1 a mirror 2 a polished steel plate
3 a plank of wood 4 a pair of spectacles
Q: 3 Zubeida sees her grandmother stirring a steel vessel full of kheer (payasam) on the
burning stove for long periods of time with a wooden spoon. When her grandmother is
not stirring it, she lets the spoon rest on the side of the vessel. Why is her
grandmother using a wooden spoon instead of a steel spoon?
1 because a steel spoon may catch fire
2 because a steel spoon is heavier than a wooden spoon
3 because a wooden spoon gives a better taste to the kheer
4 because a wooden spoon will not get hot like a steel spoon
Q: 4 Given here is a table that shows the hardness of certain objects.
When two objects are rubbed against each other, the one with a higher hardness value
usually makes a mark or scratch on the one with the lower hardness value.
On which of these can a blade produce a scratch?
1 Diamond 2 Quartz, diamond
3 All objects other than diamond 4 Finger nail and talc
Q: 5 Shanaya's teacher asked her to group a list of objects under three categories.
Group 1: objects that are insoluble in water
Group 2: objects that are translucent
Group 3: objects that do not have very high lustre
Which of the following objects may be included in ALL three categories?
1 a small sugar cube 2 a large wooden ball
3 a rectangular iron box 4 a thin white wax candle
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Q: 6 Which of these can you easily break with your hands?
1 a tennis ball 2 a matchstick 3 a metal spoon 4 a plastic straw
Q: 7 Rama has the following items on her table:
envelopes letter pads pencils erasers hammer staple pins keys screws
If she groups the items under two headings as:
Which item will be found in both the groups?
1 staple pins 2 letter pads 3 erasers 4 screws
Q: 8 Earth, Lemon, Tennis ball, Coin, Nail, Pin
Jatin, Preeti and Juhi have grouped these objects in the following ways.
Who has grouped them correctly?
1 only Jatin
2 only Preeti
3 only Juhi
4 (We cannot say anything without knowing the properties based on which the groups were made.)
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Q: 9 Lata added two substances P and Q to two different glasses of water.
She stirred the water in both the glasses well. She saw that substance P could not be
seen at all in the water. Substance Q could be seen in the glass of water.
What can be said, based on Lata's experiment?
1 Substance P dissolved in water and substance Q did not dissolve in water.
2 Substance Q dissolved in water and substance P did not dissolve in water.
3 Both substance P and substance Q did not dissolve in water.
4 Both substance P and substance Q dissolved in water.
Q: 10 Juhi had a cube. When she put it in a glass of water, it sank to the bottom.
What could the cube MOST likely be made of?
1 ice 2 wax 3 iron 4 wood
Q: 11 The table below gives the nutrition facts for a food item. Study the table carefully and
answer the following question.
Foods contain different vital components that help prevent certain nutritional
diseases. The given food item does NOT contain a certain vital component that can
help to prevent one of the following diseases. Identify the disease.
1 night blindness 2 tooth decay 3 anaemia 4 scurvy
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Study the Food Guide given below and answer the two following questions.
Q: 12 If two cups of vegetables should be eaten every day, how many cup(s) of fruits should
be eaten?
1 four cups 2 two cups 3 one cup 4 half a cup
Q: 13 Based on the chart, the largest portion of the diet consists of foods rich in .
1 fats 2 proteins 3 carbohydrates 4 vitamins
Q: 14 Seetha is a nutritionist (a person who advises on matters of food and nutrition). She
has two patients, a seventy year old man and a twenty year old woman. She lists down
different balanced diets for them based .
1 only on their ages and activity levels
2 only on their ages and health
3 only on their activity levels and health
4 on all of these - ages, activity levels and health
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Q: 15 Which of these components of food helps in the removal of undigested food from the
body?
1 fats 2 proteins
3 vitamins 4 dietary fibres / roughage
Q: 16 The table below shows the different vitamins placed in two groups with the headings -
fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Which vitamin is placed under the wrong
heading?
Fat-soluble vitamins Water-soluble vitamins
Vitamin A Vitamin K
Vitamin D Vitamin B
Vitamin E Vitamin C
1 Vitamin A 2 Vitamin B 3 Vitamin E 4 Vitamin K
Q: 17 Geo wanted to know from where our body gets the water it needs. This is what his
friends told him.
Archana: from the water that we drink
Shafique: from other liquids that we drink
Rafi: from the food that we eat
Who is correct?
1 only Archana 2 only Archana and Rafi
3 only Archana and Shafique 4 All of them are correct.
Q: 18 Anita's teacher gave her a piece of butter and asked her to find out if it contains fats.
Doing which of the following can help her to say if butter contains fats?
1 observing its colour 2 tasting to see if it is salty
3 checking if it can be spread over bread 4 checking if it leaves an oily spot on paper
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Q: 19 Plants make and store food in the form of sugar and starch. When iodine is added to
foods containing starch, a VIOLET colour appears.
The following foods were tested for starch and the results are shown below:
Which of these foods contain starch?
1 rice and apple 2 rice and cucumber
3 rice only 4 rice, apple and onion
Q: 20 - I am one of the major nutrients in food.
- Compared to other major nutrients, I am needed in very small amounts.
- However, if I am not taken in quantities that are enough, it can result in disease.
Who am I?
1 fat 2 protein 3 minerals 4 carbohydrate
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DA1 Practice Worksheet-2
Q: 2 If two cups of vegetables should be eaten every day, how many cup(s) of fruits should
be eaten?
1 four cups 2 two cups 3 one cup 4 half a cup
Q: 3 Based on the chart, the largest portion of the diet consists of foods rich in .
1 fats 2 proteins 3 carbohydrates 4 vitamins
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Q: 4 People belonging to of India eat mainly rice-based food items.
1 the southern part 2 the northern part
3 the western part 4 all - southern, northern and western parts
Q: 5 Seetha is a nutritionist (a person who advises on matters of food and nutrition). She
has two patients, a seventy year old man and a twenty year old woman. She lists down
different balanced diets for them based .
1 only on their ages and activity levels
2 only on their ages and health
3 only on their activity levels and health
4 on all of these - ages, activity levels and health
Q: 6 Swati went to the doctor to get her teeth checked. After examining her, the doctor
asked the following questions:
Doctor: Do you have a toothache?
Swati: No.
Doctor: Do your gums often feel swollen?
Swati: Yes.
Doctor: Do your gums bleed often?
Swati: Yes.
Doctor: You have a vitamin deficiency.
Swati must be suffering from a deficiency of .
1 vitamin A 2 vitamin D 3 vitamin C 4 vitamin B
Q: 7 Deficiency of iodine causes goitre. Which of the following is rich in iodine?
1 potatoes 2 carrots 3 sea salt 4 milk
Q: 8 Oranges, carrots and tomatoes are good sources of vitamin A. A diet which includes all
these is most likely to prevent .
1 goitre 2 rickets 3 beriberi 4 night blindness
Q: 9 Hyder is suffering from a deficiency disease. He takes advice from four different
friends. Which of the following pieces of advice can help Hyder recover from a
deficiency disease?
1 Fast for three days of the week.
2 Eat one tablet every day of any vitamin.
3 Exercise for at least 30 minutes every day.
4 Eat the required nutrient along with daily meals.
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Q: 10 Mira was diagnosed with a deficiency disease for which she was asked to eat plenty of
spinach and other iron containing foods. What was likely to be the disease?
1 goitre 2 scurvy 3 anaemia 4 marasmus
Q: 11 Geo wanted to know from where our body gets the water it needs. This is what his
friends told him.
Archana: from the water that we drink
Shafique: from other liquids that we drink
Rafi: from the food that we eat
Who is correct?
1 only Archana 2 only Archana and Rafi
3 only Archana and Shafique 4 All of them are correct.
Q: 12 A cook prepared a dish that contained wheat flour, dal, meat and spinach. Which of the
items used MAINLY gives us energy to do work?
1 dal 2 meat 3 spinach 4 wheat flour
Q: 13 Read the description below:
- I am part of your breakfast.
- I am good for your bones.
- I am rich in proteins.
- I am white in colour.
- I am a liquid.
What am I?
1 banana 2 bread 3 milk 4 egg
Q: 14 Plants make and store food in the form of sugar and starch. When iodine is added to
foods containing starch, a VIOLET colour appears.
The following foods were tested for starch and the results are shown below:
Which of these foods contain starch?
1 rice and apple 2 rice and cucumber
3 rice only 4 rice, apple and onion
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Q: 15 Anita's teacher gave her a piece of butter and asked her to find out if it contains fats.
Doing which of the following can help her to say if butter contains fats?
1 observing its colour 2 tasting to see if it is salty
3 checking if it can be spread over bread 4 checking if it leaves an oily spot on paper
Q: 16 Hardik is an athlete who needs to build his muscles.
Which nutrient will help him in this?
1 carbohydrates 2 proteins 3 water 4 fats
Q: 17 Leafy vegetables are a good source of .
1 fat 2 protein 3 minerals 4 carbohydrates
Q: 18 The food that is rich in dietary fibres helps .
1 in gaining weight 2 in fighting diseases
3 in the growth of new cells 4 in the removal of undigested food
Q: 19 Four friends were having a discussion on the topic 'Is water a nutrient'?
Here is what each of them said,
Nikhil: Yes, because it is a chief source of energy.
Nitesh: No, because it is not present in all the food items.
Nishchal: Yes, because it is essential to keep the body in good health.
Nishanth: No, because it is thrown out of our body along with the waste.
Who among them is ACCURATE in their description?
1 Nikhil 2 Nitesh 3 Nishchal 4 Nishanth
Q: 20 I am one of the major nutrients in food.
- Compared to other major nutrients, I am required in small amounts.
- However, if I am not taken in adequate amounts, it can result in a disease.
Who am I?
1 fat 2 protein 3 mineral 4 carbohydrate
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Grade 6 - Science
DA1 Practice Worksheet-3
Q:1 The following objects are classified into Group X and Group Y in three different
ways P, Q and R as shown in the table below.
milk, a marble, a mango, sugar, a globe, a caterpillar, a guava, air and a glass vase
Group X Group Y
P Things that are spherical in shape Things that are not spherical in shape
Q Things that are fruits Things that are not fruits
R Things that are solid or liquid Things that are gaseous
Which of these is the RIGHT way to classify these objects?
1 only P
2 only Q
3 only R
4 The objects can be classified in any of the above ways.
Q: 2 Amin was making a list of things that run on electricity and Nitin was making a list of
things that are made mainly of metal.
Which of the following could be added to both lists?
1 television set (TV) 2 ceiling fan
3 water tap 4 bulb
Q: 3 Shown here is a group of shapes.
Which of the following will belong to the above group?
1 2 3 4
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Q: 4 The properties of two objects are given in the table below.
Ball black, 300 g, sphere, rubber, smooth
Block plastic, 300 g, cube, rough, black
Which properties are common to BOTH the ball and the block?
1 only colour 2 only colour and texture
3 only colour and weight 4 only weight and type of material
Q: 5 Sabina put some objects in Group 1 and some in Group 2. Which question did she ask
herself before she put each item into its correct group?
1 Will it break if I drop it?
2 Does it catch fire easily?
3 Does it change shape easily when pressed?
4 Will it make a ringing sound if I strike it hard?
Q: 6 Vibha put some objects into two groups as shown below.
Which of these correctly represents the property Vibha may have used to group the
objects?
1 Group 1: heavy; Group 2: light
2 Group 1: can soak in water; Group 2: cannot soak in water
3 Group 1: has a fixed shape; Group 2: does not have a fixed shape
4 Group 1: will break on bending; Group 2: can bend without breaking
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Q: 7 Harder materials can scratch softer materials. Gypsum, Calcite, Feldspar and Topaz are
4 types of rocks with different hardness. The chart shown here helps us identify which
rocks are harder than others.
Based on this flowchart, which of the following will definitely NOT be scratched by a
fingernail?
1 only calcite 2 only gypsum
3 only calcite and feldspar 4 only calcite, feldspar and topaz
Q: 8 Look at the two lists given here.
Which of these items belongs to BOTH these lists?
1 coir 2 silk 3 wool 4 mustard
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Q: 9 Tanisha took an empty cup and a glass of water. She placed a thick plastic sheet on the
cup as shown below and poured some water on it. She then checked whether there
was any water in the cup after five minutes.
Then she tried the same experiment with a newspaper sheet, a sheet of iron and a
piece of cotton cloth.
What was she trying to check?
1 Do some materials let water pass through?
2 Do some materials mix properly in water?
3 Do some materials take more time to dry?
4 Do some materials change the colour of water?
Q: 10 Milind is making buttermilk by adding water and salt to curds. He has added more salt
by mistake. Which of the following can he do to make it taste less salty?
P. add more water
Q. filter it using a strainer
R. cool it by keeping it in the fridge
1 only P 2 only Q 3 only P and R 4 any of them
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Q: 11 Martha is making lemonade.
She takes the jug full of water and adds one tablespoon of sugar and starts stirring it
slowly. She notices that after stirring for 15 minutes, some white powder is still
present at the bottom of the jug.
Which of the reasons is MOST likely to explain her observation?
1 There was too much water due to which some of the sugar did not dissolve.
2 As too much sugar is added in the jug, some of the sugar has not dissolved.
3 The water is stirred slowly and sugar needs quick stirring to dissolve completely.
4 The sugar contained some impurities which were not easily dissolved in the water.
Use the information in the table to answer the question(s) that follow. Certain
substances like salt and sugar dissolve in water. That means that when they are mixed
in water, they disappear and we get a clear solution.
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Q: 12 Keerti and his friends noted the following points from the table:
Keerti: All liquids do not dissolve in water.
Fara: Only yellow colour solids do not dissolve in water.
Ann: Some solids dissolve in water
Who is right?
1 only Keerti 2 only Fara and Ann
3 only Keerti and Ann 4 all - Keerti, Faran and Ann
Q: 13 Which of these substances will dissolve in water?
1 cooking oil and lemon juice 2 glucose and lemon juice
3 sawdust and camphor 4 glucose and cooking oil
Q: 14 From the table, which of these is TRUE?
1 All liquids dissolve in water.
2 Only solids dissolve in water.
3 All white things dissolve in water.
4 Some solids and some liquids dissolve in water.
Q: 15 Suzie has three ice cubes of different sizes. She places each ice cube into an identical
beaker containing the same amount of water, as shown in the diagram.
What happens to the ice cubes when they are placed in the water?
1 Cubes P, Q and R will float.
2 Cubes P, Q and R will sink.
3 Cube P will float, and cubes Q and R will sink.
4 Cubes P and Q will float, and cube R will sink.
Q: 16 If an object blocks all light from passing through, then the object is called .
1 transparent 2 translucent 3 opaque 4 a shadow
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Q: 17 You can see everything clearly through a pair of spectacles because light passes
through them very easily as shown here.
Which other object would be similar?
1 a mirror 2 a metal plate
3 a mud-brick 4 transparent glass sheet
Q: 18 Vinod found a sheet that allows light to pass through it. But it does not allow objects
to be seen clearly through it.
What kind of material is the sheet made up of?
1 opaque 2 translucent
3 transparent 4 (any of the above)
Q: 19 Some objects are put in this table based on their properties. For example, glass is
placed in - 'Light can pass through it' and 'Man-made'.
Which of these can be put in the box marked with 'X'?
1 wood 2 bone 3 water 4 plastic
Q: 20 Tara and Diana are playing a game. Diana has to find out what Tara is thinking about
by asking questions. Tara can only answer 'yes' or 'no'.
Diana: Is it a solid?
Tara: YES
Diana: Can we see through it?
Tara: NO
Diana: Can it be seen in a completely dark room?
Tara: NO
Diana: Can we see our image clearly in it?
Tara: YES
Which of the following is MOST likely the object that Tara is thinking about?
1 clear water 2 spectacles 3 candle 4 mirror