Sample Paper Session: 2022-23 Class: VI

Social Science

Time: 3 hrs. M.M.: 80

❖ Section A contains Objective –type questions (1 mark each)

SECTION - A (OBJECTIVE TYPE)

Q.1 The ______ per cent of the earth surface is covered with land.
(a) 32 (b) 71
(c) 52 (d) 29
Q.2 Which one of the following continents lies on both sides of the equator
(a) South America (b) Australia
(c) Africa (d) Europe
Q.3 What are two land forming processes
(a) Upper processes and Lower processes (b) Block processes and Fold processes
(c) Internal processes and External processes (d) Minor processes and Major processes
Q.4 Peninsular plateau is
(a) Triangular in shape (b) Circular shape
(c) Square in shape (d) Rectangular in shape
Q.5 Read the following statement and answer the question that follows choosing the correct
option- 'Rivers like Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri have formed fertile deltas at their
mouths.' Where do the rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri drain?
(a) Western Ghats (b) Lakshadweep
(c) Bay of Bengal (d) None of these
Q.6 Gir forest in _______ is the home of lions.
(a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan
(c) Delhi (d) Gujarat
Q.7 Hot and dry winds known as _______ blow during the day in the summer.
(a) Hot air (b) Air
(c) Breeze (d) Loo
Q.8 What did Buddha teach?
(a) Life is full of joys (b) Life is full of suffering and Unhappiness
(c) Life is full of suffering and happiness (d) None of them
Q.9 Who was the poet in the Samudragupta court
(a) Harishsena (b) Banbhatt
(c) Harishena (d) Harshagupta
Q.10 Give one word for the following-
„Single minded devotion to one god‟
(a) Prarthana (b) Bhajan
(c) Bhakti (d) Pray
Q.11 All the members of the Gram Sabha also elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat
(a) President (b) Prime-Minister
(c) Minister (d) Vice President
Q.12 The ______ that takes care of street lights, garbage collection, water supply, keeping the
streets and the market clean
(a) Block (b) Gram Panchayat
(c) Municipal Council (d) Municipal Corporation
Q.13 Which of the following is False
(a) The main function of a municipal corporation is to look after the needs of the farmers
(b) The minimum age of a voter in municipal election is 18 years
(c) The health officer is an important permanent officer of a municipality
(d) Tax on houses and land is one of the main sources of the income of municipality
Q.14 Analyze the following statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion(A): Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism, laid emphasis on educating the common
masses also.
Reason(R): This could be verified by his conscious effort to teach the common masses in their
own language i;e Prakrit.

(a) (A) and (R) both are correct. (b) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect. (d) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Q.15 Analyze the following statements and choose the correct option
Assertion(A): Poor people rarely took any part in the discussions and debate at the royal court
according to Upanishads.
Reason(R): The only famous exception was Satyakama Jabala who was accepted as a student by
a Brahmin teacher named Gautama.

(a) (A) and (R) both are correct. (b) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect. (d) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Q.16 What was the meaning of Kumar-amatya?
(a) Minister (b) Chief banker
(c) Scribe (d) Judicial officer
Q.17________ is one of the oldest plateau in India.
(a) Malwa Plateau (b) Marwar Plateau
(c) Chottanagpur Plateau (d) Deccan Plateau
Q.18 Huge reserves of iron, coal and manganese are found in ________.
(a) Tibet Plateau (b) African Plateau
(c) Chotanagpur Plateau (d) Deccan Plateau
Q.19 ___________ tried to cross Narmada to march into Deccan?
(a) Harshavardhana (b) Banabhatta
(c) Sidhartha (d) Ashoka
Q.20 The municipalities are formed in ___ while municipal corporation are formed in_______
(a) Block, big cities (b) Small cities, Village cities
(c) Small cities, Big cities (d) Big cities, Janpads
Q.21 What is called day to day changes in the atmosphere
(a) Climate (b) Environment
(c) Monsoon (d) Weather
Q.22 Pulakeshin II stopped Harsha to cross the ______ to march into the Deccan
(a) Narmada (b) Tapi
(c) Godavari (d) Krishna

Q.23 Read the source given below and fill in the blanks given below-
It is any natural elevation of the earth surface. They may have a small summit and a broad base.
It is considerably higher than the surrounding area. Some of these are even higher than the
clouds. As you go higher, the climate becomes colder. Some areas have permanently frozen
rivers of ice. Some of these may be arranged in a line.
(a) ________ is the natural elevation of the earth surface.
(b) Permanently frozen rivers of ice are known as ________.
(c) Some of „these‟ arranged in a line are known as _______.

SECTION - B (SUBJECTIVE TYPE)

Q.24 Describe the cold weather and hot weather season of India in one point each. (2 marks)
Q.25 Distinguish between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats in two points each. (2 marks)
Q.26 Analyse the statement given below and write any two steps taken by the government.
„Government has taken various steps in order to protect wildlife‟ (2 marks)
Q.27 „Buddha spent the rest of his life travelling on foot, going from place to place, teaching
people, till he passed away at Kusinara‟ (2 marks)
Justify the above given statement by explaining any two main teachings of the Buddha?
Q.28 Explain Satavahanas of the western India in two points. (2 marks)
Q.29 Explain the following in one point each- (2 marks)
a. Upanishads b. Panini, the grammarian.
Q.30 State any two functions of the Municipalities. (2 marks)
Q.31 How is Gram Sabha a key factor in making the Gram Panchayat play its role and be
responsible. (2 marks)
Q.32 How is carbon dioxide gas useful? (2 marks)
Q.33 How natural vegetation has been destroyed to a great extent? How can we conserve it?(2
marks)
Q.34 List out any two ruling dynasties in south India of Harsha's period of north India. Mention
the best known Chalukya ruler. (3 marks)
Q.35 What is the biosphere? Give its two major features. (3 marks)
Q.36 What are plateaus? Give its two major features. (3 marks)
Q.37 Describe the composition of the Gram Panchayat. (3 marks)
Q.38 Why do you think that proper ways of disposing garbage are not available to those who
work in municipalities? What are the ill effects of disposing garbage in an open area? (3 marks)
Q.39 Explain the system of „sangha‟ in three points. (3 marks)

Q.40 Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow- (5 marks)
The Gram Sabha meeting begins with the Panchayat President (who is also called the Sarpanch)
and the members of the Panchayat (the Panchs) presenting a plan on repairing the road that
connects the village to the main highway. After this, the discussion moves to the subject of water
and water shortages.
A villager called Tijia begins the meeting by saying, “The water problem in Hardas has become
very acute. The handpump water has gone well below the point up to which the ground has been
drilled. We hardly get any water in the taps. Women have to go to the Suru river which is 3 k.m.
away to get water.” One of the members suggests piping water from the Suru and making an
overhead tank in the village to increase the supply. But the others think that this will be
expensive. It‟s better, they feel, to deepen the handpumps and clean the wells for this season.
Tijia says, “This is not enough. We need to do something more permanent as groundwater levels
seem to be going down every year. We‟re using more water than is seeping into the ground.”

Another member, Anwar then tells everyone that he has seen ways of conserving water and
recharging (refilling) it in a village in Maharashtra where he‟d once gone to visit his brother. It
was called watershed development and he had heard that the government gave money for this
work.

In his brother‟s village people had planted trees, constructed check-dams and tanks. Everyone
thought this was an interesting idea and the Gram Panchayat was asked to find out about it in
detail.

1. What is a Gram Sabha?

Q.41 Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow- (5 marks)
This ocean is the second largest Ocean in the world. It is flanked by the North and South
Americas on the western side, and Europe and Africa on the eastern side. The coastline of this
ocean is highly indented. This irregular and indented coastline provides an ideal location for
natural harbors and ports. From the point of view of commerce, it is the_______ Ocean.
 1. Name the ocean that has been described above.
2. What is the shape of the above mentioned ocean?
3. What are the advantages of its highly indented coastline?
4. Complete the statement given above in the paragraph.
„From the point of view of commerce, it is the _________ ocean.„
5. What is the position of the above mentioned ocean in terms of its size?

Q.42 Mark the following continents and oceans in the world political map- (5 marks)
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) Indian Ocean
(e) Arctic Ocean