CBSE Grade 5 Exam Survival Guide

Window: Annual Exam | Subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science

Must-do topics

English

• Essays (100–120 words), formal/informal letters.
• Story writing with moral.
• Direct & indirect speech basics.
• Comprehension with opinion Qs.

Mathematics

• Fractions & decimals (add, subtract, convert).
• Average, percentage basics.
• Perimeter & area (square, rectangle, triangle).
• Volume (cube, cuboid).
• Tables up to 15.
• Word problems (money, time, speed-distance).

Science

• Human body: digestive, respiratory, circulatory systems.
• Plants: reproduction, adaptations.
• Force, work, energy basics.
• Simple machines (lever, pulley).
• Natural disasters: earthquake, flood, cyclone.

Social Science

• Ancient India basics (Indus Valley, Maurya, Gupta).
• Freedom struggle: Gandhi, Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Subhash.
• Continents & oceans.
• Indian resources: agriculture, minerals.

Top traps (avoid)

• Decimal misalignment in sums.
• Fractions not simplified.
• Letters without subject line.
• SS answers without dates/events.

Study split

Math 40% | English 25% | Science 20% | SS 15%

Last-48h checklist

• 20 sums (fractions, decimals, area, %).
• Revise 2 essays + 1 letter format.
• Draw & label 4 diagrams (heart, digestive system, pulley, map of India).
• Timeline of 5 freedom fighters.

Quick facts

• % = per hundred → 50% = ½.
• Speed = Distance ÷ Time.
• Independence Day = 15 August 1947.
• Indian National Congress formed in 1885.

Exam-day mini-plan

• Math first (big marks).
• Science diagrams + SS maps next.
• English long writing tasks later.
• Keep 10 min for proof/labels.