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SESSION: 2015-16
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT I
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
SET - B
Class: VI
Date: 7.9.2015

Max. Marks: 90
Time allowed: 3 hours

General Instructions:
This question paper has 9 questions and 6 printed pages.
All the questions are compulsory.
Draw a line after each answer.
Attach the maps inside the answer sheets.
1.

Choose the correct option for the following:

a. The Stone Age can be divided into ______________ periods of study.

i. two

ii. three

iii. five

iv. six

b. Both stone and copper tools were used in the __________________ age.
i. Old

ii. Middle

iii. New

iv. Calcolithic

c. ________________ is the true representation of the earth.

i. Model

ii. Globe

iii. Circle

iv. Longitude

d. The movement of the earth around the sun on its orbit is called ___________.
i. rotation

ii. revolution

iii. motion

iv. perihelion

e. To maintain law and order, welfare of the people and build the infrastructure of the
country are the jobs of the ___________________.
i. citizens

2.

ii. government

iii. court

iv. voter

Fill in the blanks:

a. The middle Stone Age is also called ___________________.

b. Bhimbetka in ________________ is famous for prehistoric rock paintings.
c. The angular distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian is called
______________.
d. The earth takes about ________________ days to complete one revolution around
the sun.
e. Our country follows the system of __________________ democracy.

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3. Name
the following:
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b. An object with a design carved on it
c. A printed statement of principles and policies made by a leader or a group
d. The zone between Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle
e. The sun is at this position on or around 4 July every year

4.

Correct the underlined word in the following statements and rewrite them in the

answer sheet:
a. Early humans lived a settled life.
b. Besides cultivation, the early humans also started selling animals.
c. The meridian which passes through the Greenwich is known as the equator.
d. There is a time difference of 7 minutes between each meridian.
e. The revolution is also called the daily motion of the earth.

5.

Define the following terms:

a. Sickle
b. Turquoise
c. Pictograph
d. Local time
e. Twilight

6.

Answer the following questions in 60-80 words each:

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a. Write a short note on Daojali Hading.

b. How did agriculture change the life of early humans? Give any two values that you
learn from the interaction between human and nature.
c. Why did early humans paint on the cave walls?
d. State the relationship between longitude and time.
e. Compare the features of the Torrid and the Temperate Zone.
f. State three factors responsible for the change of seasons.
g. Write a short note on an authoritarian government.
h. What is Universal Adult Franchise? State its role in democracy.

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i. What is the difference between a written and an unwritten constitution?

j. List
one reason why people do not vote.For
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7.

Answer the following questions in 80-100 words each:

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a. Explain the Planning of the cities in the Indus Valley Civilization with special
reference to Dholavira.
b. Write a short note on the Vajji Confederacy.
c. Explain the phenomenon of seasons with special reference to Winter Solstice.
d. What is the importance of hydrosphere for human beings?
e. Enlist five features of Indian democracy.

8.

On the given political map of India, show the following:

a. Kurukshetra
b. Indraprastha
c. Vaishali
d. Pataliputra
e. Magadha

9.

On the given political map of Europe, show the following:

a. Spain
b. Italy
c. Sweden
d. Switzerland
e. Poland

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8. Political map of India

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9. Political Map of Europe

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