SAMPLE PAPER FOR CLASS 6

 

                               Term Examination,2022

                                Subject: Social Science

                                Total Marks: 100

Time:

 

1.Choose  the correct option: (Any six)    1X6=6

a) Stone Age is divided into

i)two periods      ii)three periods    iii)four periods       iv)five periods

b)Microliths were made by early humans in the

i)palaeolithic age   ii)mesolithic age    iii)Neolithic age    iv)Chalcolithic age

c)  Vedas are written in

i)Pali      ii)Prakrit   iii) Sanskrit     iv) Hindi

d)Vaishyas used to be

i) warriors    ii)traders     iii) priests     iv) rulers

e) In India, people elect the government for a period of

i) 6 years    ii) 3 years     iii) 5 years     iv) 10 years

f) In a democracy elected representatives are answerable to

i) rich people    ii) educated people   iii) judiciary    iv) the people of the country.

g)Apartheid was practised in

i) India     ii) England    iii) South Africa    iv) South America

h)In which form of government people elect their leader?

i) Monarchy    ii) Democracy   iii) Dictatorship      iv) Aristocracy

 

2. State whether true or false (Any six)   1X6=6

a) Mesolithic period means new stone age

b) The paintings of the film actor caves have not faded till now.

c) Human settlements were normally close to rivers.

d) Vedas were written on the bark of birch trees.

e) Inamgaon is located in Bengal.

f)Protests are always peaceful.

g)People in democracy cannot change their representatives.

h)Mahatma Gandhi struggled for equality.

 

3.Fill in the blanks: (Any six) 1X6=6

a)_____ Is the last period of the stone age.

b)____was used to clear land for cultivation.

c)_______Is considered to be the first metal to be used by early humans.

d) Several villages were collectively known as _______.

e)Children below ____years of age should not be made to work.

f) ______became the first Black President of South Africa.

g) The government protects the _____of the country.

h) Vedic period gets its name from the _____.

 

4.Match the following: 4

 

Column A	Column B
Apartheid	Rule of people
Democracy	Hereditary
Dictatorship	South Africa
Monarchy	Use of force

 

 

 

 

5. Answer the following questions: (any six) 1X6=6

a) What does the Greek wordlitho mean?

b) Where is Hunsgi located?

c) Name the first animal tamed humans.

d) Name the oldest Veda.

e) What is globe?

f) Who said,” Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets”?

g) What is monarchy?

h) Who provides  basic facilities like water, electricity and public transport?

 

 

 

6. Answer the following questions: (any six) 2X6=12

a) What is Mesolithic period?

b) What is equator?

c) List two features of democracy.

d) What is prejudice?

e) What is the importance of the wheel?

f) What is gender inequality?

g) What is government?

h) Define dictatorship.

 

7. Answer the following questions: (any six) 3X6=18

a) List the three periods into which stone age is divided.

b) Write about Daojali Hading.

c) What is  frigid zone.

d) Write about Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

e) Who are Dalits?

f) Name the three levels of the government.

g) What is the role of media in government?

h) Why were early humans sacred of lightning and thunder?

 

 

8. Answer the following questions: (any three) 4X3=12

a) Write four features of Mesolithic period. 4

b) Write the important latitudes.

c) What are the steps teken by the government to established gender equality.

d)  Write four functions of the government.

e)  What are the four Vedas?

 

 

9. Answer the following questions: (any two) 5X2=10

 

 a)What are the main features of the Palaeolithic period? 5

b) What are the important features of Neolithic age?

c) Write the fundamental rights against discrimination.

d) What are the functions of the government?

 

10. Reading skills and oral interview       10

11. Internal Assessment                           10