ST. LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL 27, BALLYGUNGE CIRCULAR ROAD ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Class : 3 Subject : SOCIAL Term : FIRST TERM Max Marks : STUDIES 40 Q 1 : Pongal is celebrated in Marks : 1 1 . Assam 2 . Punjab 3 . Kerala 4 . Tamil Nadu ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 2 : Boat races are a part of this celebration Marks : 1 1 . Bihu 2 . Onam ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Pongal 4 . Lohri ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 3 : Parsi community celebrate the beginning of their New Year Marks : 1 1 . Christmas 2 . Mahavir Jayanti 3 . Diwali 4 . Navroj ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 4 : Green on the National flag stands for Marks : 1 1 . peace 2 . truth 3 . prosperity ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . sacrifice ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 5 : Bihu is the harvest festival of Marks : 1 1 . West Bengal ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Assam 3 . Punjab 4 . Kerala ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 6 : Number of major lanugages in India Marks : 1 1 . 21 2 . 22 ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . 23 4 . 24 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 7 : Number of classical dance forms of India Marks : 1 1 . Seven 2 . Eight ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Nine 4 . Ten ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 8 : This dance is from Rajasthan Marks : 1 1 . Jhumur 2 . Chhau 3 . Ghoomar ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Bihu ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 9 : The Golden Temple is the most important place of worship of Marks : 1 1 . Jain 2 . Buddhist 3 . Sikhs ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Hindus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 10 : Sattriya is the classical dance of Marks : 1 1 . Tamil Nadu 2 . Kerala 3 . Assam ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Odisha ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 11 : Mahabharata tells the story of Marks : 1 1 . Rama 2 . Pandavas ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Ravana 4 . Mauryas ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 12 : Dancing with bamboo sticks is the dance called Marks : 1 1 . Cheraw ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Chhau 3 . Bhangra 4 . Jhumur ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 13 : Ramayan was written by Marks : 1 1 . Kalidas 2 . Vyasa 3 . Tulsidas 4 . Valmiki ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 14 : The national animal of India Marks : 1 1 . Lion 2 . Elephant 3 . Kangaroo 4 . Tiger ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 15 : The national bird of India Marks : 1 1 . Peacock ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Parrot 3 . Sparrow 4 . Kingfisher ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 16 : The national song of India 'Vande Mataram' was written by Marks : 1 1 . Rabindranath Tagore ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 3 . Michael Madhusudan 4 . Sukumar Ray ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 17 : People bathe in the river Ganga during Marks : 1 1 . Sankranti ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Lohri 3 . Onam 4 . Baisakhi ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 18 : On Basant Panchami, the goddess of learning is worshipped Marks : 1 1 . Lakshmi 2 . Saraswati ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Kali 4 . Durga ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 19 : Bhangra and giddha are dances of Marks : 1 1 . West Bengal 2 . Assam 3 . Punjab ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Uttar Pradesh ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 20 : Festival of lights is also known as Marks : 1 1 . Navaratri 2 . Dussehra 3 . Janmasthami 4 . Diwali ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 21 : Navaratri is an important festival of the Marks : 1 1 . Hindus ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Christians 3 . Sikhs 4 . Jains ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 22 : This festival celebrates the victory of good over evil Marks : 1 1 . Navroj 2 . Shivaratri 3 . Dussehra ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Gurupurab ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 23 : Buddha Purnima is celebrated by the Marks : 1 1 . Christians 2 . Sikhs 3 . Buddhists ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Jains ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 24 : Garba and Dandiya Raas are traditional dances of Marks : 1 1 . Gujarat ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Punjab 3 . West Bengal 4 . Assam ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 25 : The Dharma Chakra is found on the pillar erected by Emperor Marks : 1 1 . Akbar 2 . Ashoka ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Chandragupta 4 . Shah Jahan ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 26 : The design of the national emblem of India taken from the top of the Ashoka pillar at Marks : 1 1 . Sarnath ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Sanchi 3 . Amritsar 4 . Kolkata ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 27 : The national flower of India is Marks : 1 1 . Rose 2 . Sunflower 3 . Lily 4 . Lotus ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 28 : People light diyas or lamps to decorate their houses in Marks : 1 1 . Dussehra 2 . Navaratri 3 . Christmas 4 . Diwali ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 29 : Ravana was the king of Marks : 1 1 . Lanka ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Ayodhya 3 . Bharat 4 . Kalinga ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 30 : Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Marks : 1 1 . Babur 2 . Aurangzeb 3 . Akbar 4 . Shah Jahan ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 31 : Taj Mahal is built of Marks : 1 1 . White marble ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Granite 3 . Sandstone 4 . Slate ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 32 : This temple was built by the Chola kings over 1000years ago Marks : 1 1 . Konark Sun temple 2 . Sanchi Stupa 3 . Brihadeeshwarar temple ( This Answer is Correct ) 4 . Meenakshi temple ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 33 : This monument contains the remains of St. Francis Xavier Marks : 1 1 . Victoria Memorial 2 . Basilica of Bom Jesus ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Sanchi Stupa 4 . Taj Mahal ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 34 : The Great Stupa at Sanchi was built by the great king Marks : 1 1 . Chandragupta 2 . Ashoka ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Harsha 4 . Maharaja Ranjit Singh ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 35 : Taj Mahal is situated in Marks : 1 1 . Delhi 2 . Jhansi 3 . Amritsar 4 . Agra ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 36 : Dholavira is a 4000 year old settlement in present day Marks : 1 1 . Maharashtra 2 . Gujarat ( This Answer is Correct ) 3 . Rajasthan 4 . Punjab ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 37 : One of the following languages is the official language of India Marks : 1 1 . Hindi ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Bengali 3 . Oriya 4 . Telegu ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 38 : This is a classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh Marks : 1 1 . Kuchipudi ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Mohiniattam 3 . Bharatanatyam 4 . Kathakali ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 39 : This is a folk dance from Mizoram Marks : 1 1 . Garba 2 . Bihu 3 . Giddha 4 . Cheraw ( This Answer is Correct ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Q 40 : Victoria Memorial in Kolkata was built in memory of Marks : 1 1 . Queen Victoria ( This Answer is Correct ) 2 . Queen Elizabeth 3 . King George VI 4 . Queen Jhansi ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.