Plants Around Us (Class 1)

What this worksheet covers

This is a fifteen-question practice worksheet on plants around us for Class 1, written to the pattern of the SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO). It carries 18 marks and is designed to be attempted in 30 minutes, split across three sections — Parts of a Plant, Plants Are Useful and Achievers Section. Every question is multiple choice with exactly one correct option, and every one comes with a fully worked solution rather than just an answer key — so a child who gets one wrong can see where the reasoning went astray instead of only learning that it did.

Skills your child practises

• Applied problem-solving on plants around us at Class 1 level
• Working accurately against a time limit, as the real paper demands
• Parts of a Plant questions in the olympiad format
• Plants Are Useful questions in the olympiad format
• Achievers Section questions in the olympiad format
• Reading worked solutions to find the step that went wrong

How to use it

1. 1There are 15 questions. Answer all of them.
2. 2Each question has four choices — (A), (B), (C) and (D). Only one is correct.
3. 3Questions 1–12 carry 1 mark each. Questions 13–15 carry 2 marks each.
4. 4There is no negative marking. Look at every picture carefully.

Sample questions from this worksheet

A preview of what's inside Plants Around Us (Class 1) — the PDF has the full set, and every question comes with a worked solution like these.

1. 1. Which part of a plant is under the ground?

   • ARootcorrect
   • BFlower
   • CLeaf
   • DFruit
   Solution: The root grows downwards into the soil. It drinks water and holds the plant firmly in place.

2. 2. Which of these do we eat as a root?

   • ASpinach
   • BCarrotcorrect
   • CApple
   • DRose
   Solution: A carrot grows under the ground and is the root of the plant. Spinach is a leaf and an apple is a fruit.

3. 3. A plant is kept in a dark cupboard for two weeks and watered every day. What will most likely happen to it?

   • AIt will grow much faster
   • BIt will turn pale and weakcorrect
   • CIt will grow more flowers
   • DNothing will change
   Solution: A plant needs sunlight to make its food. In the dark it cannot make food, so it turns pale and weak even though it is getting water.