BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PITAMPURA, DELHI 110034

CLASS 6 HALF YEARLY MODEL TEST PAPER/ASSIGNMENT TIME: 3HRS MM: 90MARKS

General Instructions: 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. Marks are indicated against each question. 4. Answers to 2 marks questions should not exceed 40-50 words. 5. Answers to 3 marks should not exceed 80-100 words. 6. Answers to 5 marks should not exceed 100-120 words. SECTION A HISTORY Q I Short Answers
a) How were iron ploughs useful to the people? .

(2*8=16 marks)

b) Which two major changes came in the agriculture during Mahajanapadas? c) How did men become rulers in the past? d) Where were the Harappan cities found? e) Write a note on the Great Bath in Mohenjodaro. f) Who is a specialist? Discuss in context of Harappan civilization. g) How was the information written in the Rig Veda passed on? h) How do historians study the Rig Veda?

Q II Long Answers
a) Who composed the vedic hymns?

(3X2=6 Marks)

b) What do you know about the arrangement of bricks in the construction of buildings in the Harappan cities?

Q III Descriptive Answers

a) What do you know about the discovery of the Harappan Civilisation?

(5X1=5 Marks)

OR
How were forests and rivers useful for the people of Magadha?

SECTION B CIVICS QI) Short Answers (2X9=18 Marks)

a) What is the racial composition of the South Africa? b) How can rivers become a source of conflict in a country? c) Which law was imposed on the different races in South Africa? d)State different ways through which the people can participate in the process of government. e) Why did the government ban Untouchability? Name an important leader of this movement f) Why is the government responsible in resolving the conflicts? g) Name the different forms of government. h) What is the basic idea behind Democracy? i) What is representative democracy?

QII) Long Answers

a) Name and explain the different levels of the government.

(3X1=3 Marks)

QIII) Descriptive Answers a) Discuss the functions of government. OR Discuss the Cauvery Water Dispute. SECTION C GEOGRAPHY Q I) Short answers a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h)

(5X1=5 Marks)

(2*8 = 16marks)

How is the distance between the longitudes measured? How does Prime Meridian divide the Earth? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Globe? How are the maps useful? What is a thematic map? What is the angle of inclination of the earths axis with its orbital plane? What is Circle of Illumination? What time does the Earth takes to complete one Rotation? What is it also called?

QII) Long Answers a) What are conventional symbols? b) What are North Latitudes and South Latitudes ?

(3X2=6 Marks)

QIII) Descriptive Answers

a) What is Summer Solstice? OR b) Explain the Temperate Zone.

(5X1=5 Marks)