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ITL Public School

Summative Assessment 1(2016-17)

Date: 26.09.16 Class: VII

Time:3 hrs Social Science (Set -A) M.M:90
General Instructions
1.All the questions are compulsory
2. Read the question paper carefully.
3. Attempt all parts of a question together.
4. Questions Numbers. 1 to 9 are 1 mark questions.
5.Question Numbers 10 to 21 are 3 marks questions
6. Question Numbers 22 to 29 are 5 marks questions.
7. Question numbers 30 and 31 are map questions of 5 marks

1. Define the term ‘Brahmadeya’ 1

2. The Delhi Sultans used to communicate in which official language? 1

3. ‘Akbarnama’ was written by whom? 1

4. Name the rocks that contain fossil fuels. 1

5. Mention any two common changes in your environment that helps to predict about an
1
earthquake.
6. Name the instrument that measures air pressure.
1
7. Which institution directed the expansion of Mid Day Meal Scheme?
33 1
8. Define the term medical tourists.
1
9. Name the Union Minister who is in charge of ‘women and child development’ in
India. 1

10.
Briefly discuss how people participated in the Sabha. 3

11. ‘Chola temples were the hub of economic, social and cultural life’. Support this
statement by giving three suitable points. 3

12. Elaborate on the significance of ‘tripartite struggle’. 3

13. Assess the factors that led to the dethroning of the first lady ruler of India
3
.
14. Examine the Rajput policy of Akbar.
3
15. Give three points of difference between intrusive igneous rocks and extrusive igneous
rocks. 3

16. State the after effects of a massive earthquake which hit Bhuj town on 26th Jan 2001.
3
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Which gas is called the greenhouse gas? Discuss any two importance of this gas. 1+2=3
18. Name the lady and analyze how she changed the course of American history with one
1+2=3
defiant Act.
19.
Describe the policy of Kerala government in 1996 towards social sector development. 3
20.
Why health service is called a ‘Public service’? Explain by giving three points. 3
21.
Discuss the functions of Legislative assembly. 3
22. 1+2+1+1=5
This is a picture of a mosque and minaret built during the last decade of the twelfth
century. Answer the following questions related to the picture.

a) What is a Mosque called in Arabic?

1
b) Why did the Delhi Sultans built the mosques in cities all over the continent?
2
c) In whose reign was the Moth ki Masjid built?
1
d) Why was it necessary to reinforce the idea of community among the Muslims?
1
23.
Describe Akbar’s administration with reference to Mansabdari system. 5
24.
Illustrate the process of rock cycle with the help of a diagram. 4+1=5
25. Give an account of the erosional and depositional landforms carved by Sea waves.
5
26. Name the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. High light any four distinctive features.
of this layer of the atmosphere . 1+4=5

27.
Discuss the impact of Mid day Meal Scheme all over India. 5
28. ‘Every illness is a cause of great anxiety and distress for the poor people.’ Justify the
5
statement.
29.
How is an MlA elected? How do some MLA’s become ministers? (2+3=5)
30. On the physical map of India locate the important cities under Muhammad bin
Tughluq’s Empire.
2
a) Daulatabad
b) Ujjain
31. On the physical map of the world locate the following rivers
3
a) The Amazon River b) The Nile River c) The Ganga River

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