Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
First Term Examination(2011-12)SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: VI Div: ____
A. Fill in the Blanks: (10 marks)
1. The ________________ is the minimum level of income needed to achieve an adequate standard of living.
2. The study of events that happened before humans learnt to write is called ___________. 3. Lines of latitude are imaginary lines also referred to as _________________.
4. A large family consisting of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins is called a ___________________
5. The spinning of the Earth on its own axis is called ___________________
6. When we judge someone or have an idea about them before we actually know anything about them, it is ______________________
7. In many parts of South India, burial places have been marked with huge rectangular blocks of stone called _______________________
8. A ___________________ is a generalization, or an assumption, people make about a person or groups of persons.
9. The period after the Stone Age is known as _______________________.
10. A ____________________ is a three- dimensional model of the Earth in miniature.
B. Match the column: (5 marks)
A B
Question No. Marks Obtained
Name: _____________________________________________________Roll No.__________ Date: ____________ Time: 3 hrs Marks 100 Marks Obtained: ____ ______
2.Mesolithic
3. Lines of longitude 4.Old Stone Age 5.Asteriods 6.Agricultural revolution 7.22 December 8.Claudius Ptolemy 9.Regional diversity 10.Antartic circle b. Geocentric
c. Hunters and Gatherers d. Planetoids
e. Secure life f. Meridians g. Winter solstice h. Summer Solstice i.Southern hemisphere j. Geography of a land
1. ___ 2.___ 3.____ 4.____ 5.___ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____
C. State whether the following statements are True or False, and if false give the correct answer: (5 marks)
1.In India, early manuscripts were written on the paper._____________
_________________________________________________________________________ 2.The gravitational force is the pulling force of the Earth._____________
_________________________________________________________________________ 3.Neolithic people cremated their dead.___________
_____________________________________________________________________ 4.Inequality can form the basis of discrimination._____________
_______________________________________________________________________ 5. The celestials objects that revolve around planets are called their natural satellites. _______________________________________________________________________ 6. In the Chalcolithic period, human used only metals to make the tools._____________ _______________________________________________________________________ 7. Untouchability no longer exists in India. _______________
1. Neolithic settlements: Iran, Iraq ,Israel ,India 2. Diversity ,prejudice,constitution,discrimination
3. Torrid zone, Arctic zone, Temperate zone, Frigid Zone 4. Paleolithic, Megalith, Neolithic, Chalcolithic
5. Vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal solstice, monsoon solstice
E. Name the following: (5 marks)
1. An Indian state with the highest literacy . __________________
2. Caused due to the revolution of the Earth and the tilt in the Earth’s axis._____________ 3. It has 0* latitude and divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. _________________
4. The other name for the four planets closest to the sun—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. ___________________________
5. A shaft on which the wheel rotates._____________________
F. Circle the correct answer: ( 5 marks)
1. The world’s oldest wheel was discovered at a. Indonesia b. Italy c. Iraq
2. Major religions practiced by Indians a. Six b. five c. four
3. When prejudice is expressed in action, it is called a. Stereotype b.Discrimination c. Racism
4. Lines of latitude
a. horizontal b. vertical c. diagonal 5. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
G. Complete the following sentences: (5 marks)
1. We always see the same side of the moon ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2. The three characteristics of India’s Diversity are _______________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 3. The prime meridian ______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 4. The Neolithic Age is characterized by ________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 5. In Chalcolithic Age, People discovered ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
2. Answer the following question: ( 20 marks)
1. Distinguish between Stars and Planets (3 points) (3 marks)
Stars Planets
2. Why do we need to study history? (4 marks) _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do societies need diversity? (3 marks) _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. Though each region has its own culture , there is unity in India’s diversity. Justify your answer. (3 marks) _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. Human beings were initially hunters and food gatherers. Explain? (4 marks) _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
3. Read the following case study and answer the following questions: (5 marks)
Neolithic settlements have been found in several places in North-East India. Stone tools along with cord – impressed pottery have been found at Daojali Hading and Sarutaru in Assam, and Selbalgiri in Meghalaya. Many sherds of pottery found here have marks made by cord or string,and wooden mallets,on their surface.This suggests that the vessels are enlarged and shaped by beating with a wooden hammer wrapped in cord or string. Several ground and polished stone axes have also been found at these sites. The people practiced shifting cultivation and grew yams and taro. They raised stone and wooden memorials for the dead.
Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the people raised stone and wooden memorials for the dead?
________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why do you think that the sherds of pottery had marks made by cord or string on their surface?
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. Neolithic settlements have been found in several places in North-East India. Justify. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Name the stone age articles of Neolithic settlement found in North-East India?
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why was shifting cultivation practiced?
_________________________________________________________________________
4. A Find the correct answer by unscrambling the words: (5 marks)
1. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun- CITIPLEC ________________________________ 2. The Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution. AKREDBMA ___________________ 3. Our knowledge of the Stone Age comes from – AFSTCIRTA ____________________
4. Festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh – ULANONB __________________________
C. Write the latitude passing through the following cities: (5 marks)
Places Latitudes
Brazil Mongolia Canada Australia Ukraine
