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The arabesque is a form of decoration consisting of plain or floral patterns often combined
with other elements. It usually consists of a singlo design which is continuously repeated
many times.

Which of these works of art incorporates the arabesque?7

A B

C D

2The following information describes a heritage site in India:

work started under the Mauryan empire in 2nd century BCE

structures added by the Shungas, Guptas and Satavahanas
shrines added during the 7th to 12th centuries CE

ldentify the site.

A. the rock shelters of Bhimbetka
B. the Sanchi stupa complex
C. the Sun Temple at Konark
D. the Ajanta caves

3 ldentify the location based on the following information:

During the ancient period Ships voyaging from the east coast of India to Southeast Asian
countries used this place as a halting station.
Present day -It functions as an entry point into the Indian Ocean from the western Pacific
Ocean, and is patrolled by the Indian Armed Forces.
A. Sri Lanka
B. Indonesian Islands
C. Lakshadweep lslands
D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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 Shown here is an election postor.
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Vote Support Elect
Candle party cares
about you
Ward Number 22
Madhav Kamal (Bunty)

Office: Booth 73, Phase 5

Residence X33, Phase 6, Mohali
Phone: 123456789
Vote for Bunty! He will be the best ward councillorl Jai Hindl

The candidate shown here is contesting the elections of a/the

A. Municipal Corporation
B. Legislative Assembly
C. Rajya Sabha
D. Lok Sabha

Questions 5 and 6 are based on this timeline and developments in human history.

Earliest Early Hominins

Neanderthals evidence (closely related
go extinct of Homo
erectus
to humans

2 mya 3 mya 4 mya 5 mya 6 mya

Present 1mya

Time
(mya-milionyears ago)

Which of these would be the earliest development marked on the timeline?

A. control of fire
B. use of wheeled carts
C. creating cave paintings
D. walking upright on fwo legs

to the origins of agriculture and domesticating animals

6 Where would developments leading
be marked on the timeline?

A. Present 1 million years ago

B. 2-3 million years ago
C. 3-5 million years ago
D. 4-6 million years ago

Some ancient seafaring practices still survive along the east coast of India. One such
practice is when mariners throw feathers into the calm sea.
The drifting of feathers on the sea most likely indicates the
A. depth of the water
B. latitude and longitude
C. distance to the destination
D. speed and flow of the current

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 The tollowing are some causes and offects related to tho building of the Great Wall of China.
dentity the development that was a cause.
Aver 1,00,000 lalourers died during the construction or o
CT nese dymasties also maintained and built different parts of the wall.
Wal was constructed to prevent northern invaders from entering and Conquering Chins
Oday. the wall is China's most popular tourist attraction and draws around 10 million Deani
each year eople
9
n srivers
of some andin 10 are based on the following map which shows the approximate locations
India.

TIBETAN
PLATEAU

PAKISTAN
NEPAL
EHUTAN
BANGLADESÅ

StINDIA
(Note: Locations shown are
approximate.)
9Identify Xon the map.
A. Mount Kailash
B. Mount Everest
C. Annapurna mountains
D. Hindu Kush mountains

10 Identify the rivers shown the map.

on
A. 1: Sutlej, 2:
B. 1:
Ganga, 3: Indus, 4: Brahmaputra
Indus, 2: Sutlej, 3:
Brahmaputra,4: Ganga
C. 1: Indus, 2: Brahmaputra, 3:
D. 1: Sutlej, 4: Ganga
Sutlej, 2: Ganga, 3: Indus, 4:
Brahmaputra
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Collectivism is a term used to describe
Korea, and Japan. Some characteristics an aspect of the culture
of collectivism of some countries like China,
are:
Working as a group and supporting others is
Putting community needs ahead of individual essential
Families and communities have a central roleneeds
Usually doing what's best for the
community
Which of these is most likely to be defined as
A. rejection of traditional values
a
characteristic of collectivist cultures?
B. rebellion against
socially
C. long-lasting customs that accepted authority
are dificult to
D. giving
importance to personal privacy andchange
preferences
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12 Which of those ancient Egyptian paintings mont likaly portrays common people engaged in
overyday activitios?

A B

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13 Prejudice means to decide something about a person before knowing the facts.
Discrimination takes place when people behave in certain ways based on their prejudices.
This results i the same rights not being enjoyed by everyone.

Which of the following is an example of DISCRIMINATION?

A. A woman says that she doesn't want to work outside the home because her husband earns
enough to support her.
B. A landlady says that she won't rent to people under 25 because they're noisy and won't look
after the place.
C. A taxi company says they will only hire drivers if they have a medical certificate of good
eyesight.
D. A man says that he is a vegetarian because eating meat makes people more prone to violence.

14 Which of the following Neanderthal remains best indicate that members of a group took care
of each other?
A. skull of a female that indicates a deep cut and severe bleeding that led to her death
B. skull of a three-year-old child that indicates he died because he was attacked by an eagle
C. skull of a male that indicates his teeth fell out and jaw deteriorated many years before he died
D. skull of a middle-aged woman that shows she might have had an ear infection just before she
died

15 A student asks the following question: "Can the Government of India ever break a law?"

Which of these statements correctly answers the above question?

A. Yes, the government cannot be controlled by anyone.
B. No, the government makes the laws so they know the laws very well.
C. No, the government can easily change the laws whenever it wants to.
D. Yes, if the government does something that goes against the constitution.

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 eDeshows the surface temperature on ditferent planots.
ldently the eratures that correspond to Earth.
mamourface temperature Maximum surface temperature
A -170'C 449°C
89 C 58°C
-173°C 127°C
D -125°C 20°C

Questions 17 to 19 are based on the following information.

gon of Akkad was the founder of the Akkadian
Empire, the first ancient mpire of
Opotamia (roughly the region of modern-day Iraq).
T h e Legend of Sargon is an important sourceHisof autobiography, an
information about inscription
Tolowing questions are based
his early life.
on lines from this autobiograpny.
Sargon, the
My mother mighty king, king of Akkad
was lowly;
my father I did not
am ,
The brother of my father know,
dwelt in the mountain."
Which of these
best describes what
A. He Sargon wanted to emphasise in these lines?
presented
B. He claimed
his rise from humble beginnings.
C. He declared powers passed down by inheritance.
D. He focused authority by fighting and defeating his uncle.
on the
- heritage he would leave for his people.
18 "My city is
Azupiranu, which is situated on the bank of the Purattu."
This line from the
A. Euphrates
inscription most likely refers to the River
B. Amazon
C. Yangtze
D. Nile

19 Which of these lines

mentions technology that was
A. "I recorded my name on the lions developed around 2300 BCE?
B. "Mighty mountains with axes of made of fragrant wood."
C. "The temple with precious stonesbronzel destroyed."
was built
D. "I plowed fields of the Guedena."
the by me."

20 A historian says:
"Civilisation' refers to a specific
associated with cities and writing. cultural stage in
settlements as civilisations on the However, history
have describedgenerally
some historians
basis of size and
writing." architecture, even in the neolithic absence of
Which of these best describes
what the historian
A. Historians are often says?
likely
B. Historians have different
to miss
important evidence.
C. Historians consider approaches to studying the past.
economic changes
D. Historians doubt whether more
new discoveries canimportant than social
humanity. change earlier ideaschanges.
about the origins of
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21 Which of those can bo doncribed as an onnontial charactoristic of ALL democracies?
A. There is a five-year gap botweon oach gonoral oloction
B. The press and media have a cortain lovel of froodom which tho law protects.
C. The president is directly elocted by tho peoplo and answors to tho parlament
D. The govemment is un by multiple political partios so that no ono party has a majority.

Questions 22 to 24 aro basod on tho following Information.

Women's access to money and loans in South Indian States

Women's knowledge and use of
Women's access to money
small loan programmes

Percentage who have Percentage who have Percentage who Percentage who have
money which they can a bank account that know of a smal taken a loan from a
dectde how to use they themselves use loan programme small loan programme

India 44.6 15.0 38.6 4.0

Andhra Pradesh 48.6 18.0 59.6 16.3
Kamataka 60.3 22.1 55.0 9.2
Kerala 20.7 27.0 82.6 8.0

Tamil Nadu 25.4 15.8 79.0 13.4

(Source: NFHS 3)

22 Compared to other states in the table, Tamil Nadu has the lowest percentage of women who
have
A. handled their own bank accounts
B. control over their financial decisions
C. knowledge of small loan programmesS
D. used small loan programmes to their benefit

23 On the whole, more than half the women in India

A. prefer to put their money in banks
B. do not have control over decisions concerning money
C. prefer to rely on small loans when they run out of money
D. do not take loans because banks only offer loans for large amounts of money

24 The government wants to focus on reaching out to women in the state which has:

the highest percentage of women who know of small loan programmes

. the lowest percentage of women actually taking loans from such programmes

Which state should it focus on?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka
D. Kerala

25 Which of these developments most likely occured in the period dating from c. 2000 BCE to
600 BCE?
A. the spread of Buddhism
B. the rise of the Maurya Empire
C. the composition of Vedic texts
D. the establishment of early Harappan settlements

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 BEST provides evidence of actual prehistoric warfare?
2 Which of these cave paintinge

A B

D
Questions 27 and 28 are about forest fires.
27 Forest fires result from
a
combination ofnatural and human factors.
Which of these would be
A. terrain and
classified as human factors?
wind direction
B. living and dead
C. vegetation
temperature, rainfall and
past land humidity
D. current and
- management practices
28 This table shows
districts in India that are mostaffected by forest fires.
Top 5Districts Affected by Forest
Fires
(2003-2016)
District, State Affected area (km)
Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
4,106
Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
2,633
Khammam, Telangana
1,923
Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
1,346
Warangal, Telangana
1,273
Which forest Source: MoEFCC and
type is
A. mangrove forests
most likely to be World Bank
affected by fires in all
B. deciduous forests the five
C. coniferous forests districts?
D.
tropical evergreen forests
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following map
0 N Latitude and
Longitude (USA)
Portland

40N
Farho
Niagara Fall Boston
Denver

30°N- Phoenix Raleigh

Houston
Miami
120°W 110°W
100°W 90°W 80°W 70°W
Which of these cities are most
Kolkata? likely to have a humid climate similar to
that of Mumbai and
A. Denver and Niagara Falls
B. Portland and Boston
C. Raleigh and Phoenix
D. Miami and Houston

30 Based only on the latitude and

distance from the
have the coldest winters? sea, which of these cities is most
likely to
A. Niagara Falls
B. Portland
C. Boston
D. Fargo

31 Some people are arguing that Hindi should be used for all documents and
communications
of the Government of India.

Which of these is an argument AGAINST the use of Hindi for government communication?
A. Most government officials have offices in Delhi where Hindi is spoken.
8. Hindi has the largest number of speakers and most people understand it.
C.Ourcountry is divided and needs a regional language to bind us together.
. It is better to use a language that will be useful for international interactions.

Severe floods have affected a state in lIndia. Community organisations and the government
are both making efforts to address the situation.

Ich of these is an example of efforts by community organisations?

be postponed.
h e Railway Board that scheduled examinations will
announces
to rescue people who are stuck
Keligious establishments come together to make arrangements
in their houses.
that a large sum of money will be given to the state to provide
ne Prime Minister announces
relief to the people. is picked up on time to reduce the chance af
D. ensures that garbage
$anitation department
diseases spreading. Class 7 Social Studies
BShown here is a map with a acale and an overlaid meAsuro.

Town 3

Road
Town 1

River

Town 2
inches
Scale
1 inch 10 km

The distance between Town 2 and Town 3 along the road is approximately
A. 20 km
B. 45 km
C. 60 km
D. 95 km

34 Nanban art refers to Japanese art of the 16th and 17th centuries influenced by contact with
the Nanban what the Japanese called traders and missionaries from Europe.
Which of these is most likely to be an example of Nanban art?

A B

C
D
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following map

Migration Routes of Certain Birds

. * * * * * * * * * *.
****

Northern Wheatear .Amur Falcon

Arctic Tern Short-tailed Shearwater
Ruff Swainson's Hawk

and
3 "By moving continually between the polar regions, this bird sees two summers per year,
more daylight than any other animal on Earth."

Which of these birds does the statement above most likely describe?
A. Ruff
B. Arctic Tern
C. Amur Falcon
D. Northern Wheatear

likely to be spotted flying eastward the Andes

36 Which of these birds are most across
mountains?

A. Arctic Tern
B. Amur Falcon
C. Swainson's Hawk
D. Northern Wheatear

37 Which of these best describes the migration route of the Short-tailed Shearwater?
A. over the Arabian Sea to reach southern Africa
B. over northern Eurasia to reach southern Europe
C. over the Pacific Ocean to reach the Arctic region
D. over east Asia to reach the southern Atlantic Ocean

S6 The following lines are from a hymn dating to around 1000 BCE.

Which of these lines provides an insight into why battles were fought?

A. Let the armour, knowing all the ways, protect on all sides."
horses forward."
5. The skilful charioteer drives his prize-winninglet our body be stone."
true to its mark,
Spare us, O weapon flying
D. With the bow let us win cows, with the bow let us win the contest."

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39 Which of the following best describes a Gram Sabha?
h e y are members appointed to oversoo the dovolopment of a village for a period of five vears
taxes in a village.
hey are rosponsible for providing basic facilitios and collecting
h e y are the villagers whose namos are included in the voter list of a village.
D. They are the members elected by the villagers through direct elections.

40 The Dakshinapatha is a major trado route mentioned inthe Arthashastra. It stretched from
Pataliputra in Magadha to Pratishthana on the Godaval.
Which of these maps best shows the approximate route of the Dakshinapatha?

D
(Note: Locations and routes shown are
approximate.)
41 The government passed a rule
possession certificate. A wildlifewhich permits people with certain wildlife items to apply for a
official
said, "We will verify the source from
items have been acquired so that smuggled goods which wildlife
are not legalised. Those
the law will be punished." guilty of violating
For which of these items is the
government is most likely to give a
A. a British ivory chair inherited by a possession certificate?
person from someone in her
B. the meat of blackbucks stored by an family
army official for his own
C. hornbill beaks sold by a person
in consumption
remote
D. the skin of a Bengal tiger turned into a tioor
forested areas inside a
national park
rug by a person who has
recently killed
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Whie
( a l s o k n o w n as the Government
of India)?
A Schooichildren join tribal groups in protest againat building construction in Ghhaua
A. Panchayat holds ceremony in Shillong to award rosidents for their contributins
C. Train service befween Delhi and Lahoro resumes after gap of one weok
Fout new buses to ply on Patna-Ghaziabad routo

which of these is an official language in Sri Lanka, Singaporo and India, and nab* a

number of speakers in all three countries?

A. Sanskrit

6. Sinhala
C. Hindi
D. Tamil

put into
be fined or

llegal are those activities which

activities are against the law. People can

for doing them.

prison

Which one of the following is against the law in India?

that the party made wrong economic decisions.
A. A politician quits the party he belongs to, saying water for their
famers launch an indefinite fast to protest against the lack of irrigation
B. Some
crops. crimes committed by
Commissioner of Police of a city forms a special team to address
C. The
non-Dalit
festivals for Dalit and
women.

D. A church practises untouchability and organises separate

Christians.

ancient model of the Solar System.

45 Shown here is an

Jupiter Mars
Mercury

Eath
Venus loon

Saturn

most likely to
have believed that
who used this model are
The people
closest to the Sun
A. Mercury is the planet orbit the Sun
the Earth takes 365 days to
B. in a month
Moon orbits the Earth about once the Earth
.the planets closest to
D. Mars and Venus are the

END OF QUESTIONS IN PAPER

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