Periodic Test – 2
2022 – 23
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Grade: VI Maximum Marks: 40
Subject: Social Science Time Allowed: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
General Instructions
Question paper comprises six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 17
questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
Section A –Question no. 1 to 6 are MCQs of 1 mark each.
Section B – Question no. 7 to 9 are Very Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 2
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 40 words.
Section C – Question no. 10 to 12 are Short Answer Type Questions, carrying 3
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
Section D – Question no.13 is a long answer type question, carrying 5 marks.
Answer to this question should not exceed 120 words.
Section E – Question no.14 to 16 are case based questions with three sub questions
and are of 3 marks each.
Section F – Question no. 17 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 17a
from History (2 marks) and 17b from Geography (3 marks).
There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has
been provided in few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions have to
be attempted.
In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question,
wherever necessary.
Exam Portion for PT 2
Subject Portion
History (Our Pasts – I) Chapter 8. Vital Villages and Thriving
Towns
Social and Political Life (Social and Chapter 7. Urban Administration
Political Life- I)
Geography (The Earth: Our Habitat) Chapter 5. Major Domains of the Earth
Section – A
MCQs (1×6=6)
1. Amphora found at Arikamedu in Puducherry is a ________________. 1
A. tall, double-handled jar (Hist.
B. basket Ch.8)
C. seal
D. wheel
Ans. A. tall, double-handled jar
2. Which one of the following functions was performed by the shrenis? 1
A. They ran the religious institutions. (Hist.
B. They provided raw material to the crafts persons. Ch.8)
C. They gave advice to the king in administrative matters.
D. They provided seeds and fertilisers to the farmers.
Ans. B. They provided raw material to the crafts persons.
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3. The elected representative from a particular area of a city is called a ______________. 1
A. President (SPL.
B. MLA Ch.7)
C. Ward Councillor
D. Magistrate
Ans. C. Ward Councillor
4. Which one of the following is Not a function of a Municipal Corporation? 1
A. Taking care of street lights (SPL.
B. Garbage Collection Ch.7)
C. Water supply
D. Hearing court cases
Ans. D. Hearing court cases
5. Which one of the following options is irrelevant? 1
A. Lithosphere (Geog.
B. Atmosphere Ch. 5)
C. Hydrosphere
D. Microsphere
Ans. D. Microsphere
6. If you are visiting Africa, you are visiting ________________ of the Earth. 1
A. the smallest continent (Geog.
B. the largest continent Ch. 5)
C. the second largest continent
D. the third largest continent
Ans. C. the second largest continent
Section B
Very Short Answer Questions (2×3=6)
7. How did dasa karmakara earn their living? 2
OR (Hist.
How did people make use of the ring wells? Ch. 8)
Ans. (i) They did not have their own farm land.
(ii) They had to earn a living working on the fields owned by others.
OR
(i) The ring wells might have been used as toilets in some cases.
(ii) They might also have been used as drains and garbage dumps.
8. List any two ways in which a Municipal Corporation spends money that it collects from 2
the city-dwellers in the form of taxes. (SPL.
Ch. 7)
Ans. With the money collected in the form of taxes, the Municipal Corporation provides the
following facilities.
(i) It removes garbage and keeps the city clean.
(ii) It supplies water to the city-dwellers.
(iii) It provides the street lights.
(iv) It runs government schools, hospitals, etc.
(Any other relevant point/any two points)
9. The Earth is a blue planet. Justify the statement. 2
(Geog.
Ch. 5)
Ans. (i) More than 71 per cent of the Earth is covered with water and 29 per cent is with land.
(ii) As the most of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, it looks blue from the outer
space.
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Section C
Short Answer Questions (3×3=9)
10. Describe the inscriptions found in Mathura. 3
(Hist.
Ch.8)
Ans. (i) Several inscriptions on surfaces such as stone slabs and statues have been found in
Mathura.
(ii) These inscriptions are dated back to around 2000 years ago.
(iii) These inscriptions recorded gifts made by kings and queens, officers, merchants,
and crafts persons who lived in the city. For instance, inscriptions from Mathura
mention goldsmiths, blacksmiths, weavers, basket makers, garland makers, perfumers.
11. How does a Municipal Corporation raise money for carrying out its functions? 3
OR (SPL.
How does a Municipal Corporation work through its committees? Ch.7)
Ans. (i) People who own homes have to pay a property tax.
(ii) They also have to pay taxes for water and other services.
(iii) There are also taxes for education and other amenities. If you own a hotel or
Shop, you have to pay a tax for this as well. Also an entertainment tax is collected from
the cinema theatre owners, etc.
OR
(i) A Municipal Corporation has different committees consisting of ward councillors.
(ii)These committees discuss and debate issues concerning the city and take complicated
decisions that affect the entire city.
(iii) There are committees for water supply, garbage collection, street lighting etc. that
decide on the work to be done.
12. What would happen in the absence of atmosphere on the Earth? 3
(Geog.
Ch. 5)
Ans. (i) The atmosphere provides us with air we breathe.
(ii) It protects us from the harmful ultra-violet rays of the Sun.
(iii) It absorbs the heat radiated by the Earth and keeps the Earth warm. Therefore,
atmosphere is an important domain of the Earth and in the absence of it the life on the
Earth would not exist.
(Any other relevant point)
Section D
Long Answer Questions (5×1=5)
13. Explain the formation of rural society around 2500 years ago in the northern parts of 5
India. (Hist.
OR Ch.8) /
(SPL.
Explain the work of Ward Councillors.
OR Ch.7)/
(Geog.
Explain the importance of biosphere. Ch.5)
Ans. (i) There were at least three different kinds of people living in most villages.
(ii) The village headman was known as the grama bhojaka. He was often the largest
landowner. The king often used him to collect taxes from the village. He also functioned
as a judge, and sometimes as a policeman.
(iii) Apart from the grama bhojaka, there were other independent farmers, known as
grihapatis, most of whom were smaller landowners.
(iv) There were men and women such as the dasa karmakara, who did not own land and
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had to earn a living working on the fields owned by others.
(v) In most villages there were also some crafts persons such as the blacksmith, potter,
carpenter and weaver.
OR
(i) The Ward Councillors are elected representatives of people. They are elected by the
eligible voters of their wards.
(ii) The Ward Councillors help the people to resolve the issues pertaining to their wards.
For example, if there are dangerous electrical wires hanging down, the local Ward
Councillor can help people get in touch with the electricity authority.
(iii) The Ward Councillors work through various committees to carry out different
functions of the Municipal Corporation such as water supply, garbage collections and so
on.
(iv) All the Ward Councillors meet and they make a budget and the money of the
Municipal Corporation is spent according to this.
(v) The Ward Councillors try and ensure that the particular demands of their wards are
placed before the entire council.
OR
(i) The biosphere is the narrow zone of contact between the land, water and air.
(ii) It is in this zone that life, that is unique to this planet, exists.
(iii) The organisms in the biosphere may broadly be divided into the plant kingdom and
the animal kingdom.
(iv) In biosphere, there are several species of organisms that vary in size from microbes
and bacteria to huge mammals.
(v) All the living organisms including humans are linked to each other and to the
biosphere for survival.
Section E
Case Based Questions (3×3=9)
14. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow: 3
The earliest Tamil compositions (Hist.
Some of the earliest works in Tamil, known as Sangam literature, were composed Ch.
around 2300 years ago. These texts were called Sangam because they were supposed to
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have been composed and compiled in assemblies (known as sangams) of poets that were
held in the city of Madurai.
14.1 Why would the poets come together? 1
To compose and compile poems.
14.2 Tolkappiyam was composed around 2300 years ago in Tamil. Which literature would it 1
belong to?
Sangam literature
14.3 Give an important characteristic of the literature mentioned in the above extract. 1
Ans. It mainly contained poems.
15 Read the given extract and answer the following questions: 3
Several poor people in the city work as domestic servants as well as work for the (SPL.
Corporation, keeping the city clean. Yet the slums in which they live are quite Ch.
unhygienic. This is because these slums seldom have any water and sanitation facilities.
7)
The reason often given by the Municipal Corporation is that the land in which the poor
have set up their homes does not belong to them and that slum-dwellers do not pay
taxes. However, people living in middle class neighbourhoods pay very little in taxes
compared to the amount of money the corporation spends on them in setting up parks,
street lighting facilities, regular garbage collection etc.
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15.1 Who inhabit the slums? 1
The poor people
15.2 Why are the slums neglected by the authorities? 1
because they are unauthorised or situated illegally on the land that does belong to the
slum-dwellers.
15.3 How can the slums be improved? 1
Ans. (i) By providing proper drainage and sanitation facilities
(ii) By having proper garbage collection and disposal system
(iii) By providing the basic amenities such as safe and clean drinking water, toilets,
street lights, etc.
(Any other relevant point/any one point)
16 Read the given extract and answer the following questions: 3
Hydrosphere consists of water in all its forms. The running water in oceans and rivers (Geog
and in lakes, ice in glaciers, underground water and the water vapour in atmosphere, all . Ch.
comprise the hydrosphere. 5)
More than 97% of the Earth’s water is found in the oceans and is too salty for human
use. A large proportion of the rest of the water is in the form of ice sheets and glaciers or
under the ground and a very small percentage is available as fresh water for human use.
16.1 Why is hydrosphere an important domain of the Earth? 1
It provides water to all living species/Life on the Earth is not possible without
hydrosphere.
16.2 Why is it necessary to conserve water? 1
Very little percentage of fresh water is available on the Earth. Wastage of water worsens
the situation as there is already a water shortage.
16.3 Suggest any one way to conserve water. 1
Ans. (i) To close the taps properly after use
(ii) Avoid pipe leakages
(iii) Reuse the kitchen water
(Any other relevant point/any one point)
Section – F
Map Skill Based Questions (2+3=5)
17(a) Two places A and B are marked on the given outline map of India. Identify these places 1×2=
with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines 2
marked near them : (Hist.
A. It was the second capital of Kushanas.
Ch.
B. It was an important port around 2500 years ago.
8)
17(b) On the outline map of the world locate and label any THREE of the following: 1×3=
a. Australia (continent) 3(Geo
b. Africa (continent) g. Ch.
c. South America (continent)
5)
d. Atlantic Ocean
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