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Sri Ram Public School: Formative Assessment-II

This document is a formative assessment from SRI RAM Public School for Class V on the subject of Social Studies. It contains questions in various formats like fill in the blanks, true/false, multiple choice, short answer and long answer to test students' understanding of key concepts relating to latitudes and longitudes, hemispheres, the equator, prime meridian and international date line. Some questions assess knowledge of calculating time differences between locations based on their relative longitudes. The assessment aims to evaluate students' comprehension of foundational geographic grid concepts.

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Sri Ram Public School: Formative Assessment-II

This document is a formative assessment from SRI RAM Public School for Class V on the subject of Social Studies. It contains questions in various formats like fill in the blanks, true/false, multiple choice, short answer and long answer to test students' understanding of key concepts relating to latitudes and longitudes, hemispheres, the equator, prime meridian and international date line. Some questions assess knowledge of calculating time differences between locations based on their relative longitudes. The assessment aims to evaluate students' comprehension of foundational geographic grid concepts.

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SRI RAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

Formative Assessment-II

Name:______________________
Marks: 30 Class : V
Date:25-06-2019 Subject: Social Studies

I. Fill in the blanks: [5x1=5]


1. There are_________ latitude in total.
2. The part of the earth which lies between 0° and 180° is called the ___________.
3. The tropic of cancer lies in the ___________hemisphere.
4. The __________ is the longest latitude.
5. The__________ separates two calendar dates.

II . Write true or false: [5x1=5]

1. All the latitudes are equal in length. ( )


2. The prime meridian is also called the International Date Line. ( )
3. The places situated in western hemisphere are one day ahead of the places
situated in the eastern hemisphere. ( )
4. There are 361 longitudes in total. ( )
5. The International Date Line is drawn in an irregular manner. ( )

III. Choose the correct answer: [4x1=4]

1. Each longitude is situated at a time difference of _________ minutes.


(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 6
2. Which of these countries line the eastern hemisphere.
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) Canada
(d) Brazil
3. The north and south pole are at________°.
(a) 23.5
(b) 65
(c) 80
(d) 90
4. Into how many hemisphere does the equator divide the earth.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1

IV. Answer the following questions in one word: [4x1=4]

1. The word which means ‘half of a sphere’.


2. The place where the Royal Observatory is located.
3. The longest latitude.
4. The unit for measuring latitudes and longitudes.

V. Answer the following questions in brief: [3x2=6]

1. How do we calculate time difference between two longitudes?

2. How many latitudes and longitudes are there on a globe?

3. What is a grid?

VI. Answer the following questions: [1x3=3]

1. What is the difference between latitudes and longitudes?

VII. Observe the picture given below and answer the questions that follow
[3x1=3]

(a) What is shown in picture?


(b) Why is it important?
(c) What will happen if a person moves from the left side to the right side of this
line?

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