KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IIT KHARAGPUR

Periodic Test 2: Time: 1hour 30 mins

Class:VI Subject :Social Science M.M : 40

I Choose the correct options 6X1mark=6m

1. Royal Princes often went to the provinces as --------------.

a) Managers b) Controllers c) Servants d) Governors
2. --------------- was a word used for large land owners in Tamil .
a) Vellalar b) Uzhavar c) Kadaisiyar d) Adimai
3. The mountain range that separates Europe from Asia is -----------
a) The Andes b) The Urals c) The Himalayas d) The Alps
4. Glaciers are found in -----------
a) The Mountains b) The Plains c) The Plateaus d) The Alps
5. Measuring land and keeping records is the main work of the ------
a) Police b) Army c) Navy d) Patwari
6. The city is divided into several ------------
a) Groups b) Units c) Wards d) Villages

II Answer the following questions in short (any FIVE) 5X3marks=15m

1. Make a list of the occupations of the people who lived within the Mauryan Empire ?
2. What were the problems that Ashokawanted to solve by introducing’ dhamma’?
3. Describe the functions of the gramabhojaka ?
4. Why is the Earth called the ‘blue planet’?
5. What are the major land forms? What is the difference between a Mountain and the
Plateau?
6. What is the work of a Tehsildar ?
7. How do women benefit under the new law of 2005?

III Answer the following questions (any Three) 3X5marks=15m

1. Describe the reasons why the Chinese pilgrims came to India?

2. What was the Silk Route? Why did the kings want to control the Silk Route?
3. Why is the biosphere important for living organisms?
4. How are mountains useful to man?
5. How does the municipal corporation earn the money to do its work?

IV On a outline map of India locate the following : 4X1mark=4m

a) Ujjain b) Pataliputra c) the Himalayas d) the Tropic of Cancer

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