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ANDREWS WORLD SCHOOL
PS 05 SHAKTI KHAND IV, INDIRAPURAM
HALF YEARLY REVISION PAPER/ GEOGRAPHY/ SESSION 2025-26
NAME OF STUDENT: __________________ CLASS: VI ____ DATE: ______ TIME: 2 HRS
First five minutes are for reading the question paper.
This question paper consists of two parts – Part I and Part II.
Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory).
A total of eleven questions are to be attempted from Part II, five out of six questions from Section A and
six out of seven questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
PART I
Attempt all questions from this part.
Q.1. Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.)
(i) __________ is not a way of representing scale on a map.
(a) by a statement (b) small scale map
(c) by a representative fraction (d) by a graphic scale method
(ii) The direction represented on a map with the help of an arrow points towards
_________ direction.
(a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
(iii) The place where the river originates is called the _______________.
(a) source (b) delta (c) folds (d) mouth
(iv) ______________ is a stream or thin river that joins the main river.
(a) moulders (b) tributaries (c) distributaries (d) meander
(v) The ________________ latitude measures 66.5 degrees south.
(a) Equator (b) Tropic of Cancer (c) Antarctic Circle (d) Arctic Circle
(vi) Which of the following is not correct?
(a) A strait is a narrow stretch of water.
(b) Dissected plateau is a plateau formed by the spread of lava.
(c) Mt. Fuji is an example of volcanic mountains.
(d) Asia and Europe are together known as Eurasia.
(vii) Which of these oceans is the third largest?
(a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
(viii) _____ ocean lies towards east of North America and South America.
(a) Arctic (b) Antarctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
Q.2. Choose the correct option for each pair of reason and assertion given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
(i) Assertion (A): Globes are used more in schools than maps.
Reason (R): Maps can be easily folded and carried.
(ii) Assertion (A): Deltas are formed in the upper course of the river.
Reason (R): Silt carried by a river collects and gets deposited in the spaces between small
rivers.
Q.3. Practice to locate different mountains, plateaus, plains, continents and oceans on the physical map
of World (as done in the notebook). It will be of 8 marks.
Q.4. Answer the following in one word or one sentence:
(i) Write anyone example of fold mountain.
(ii) Which colour is used to highlight ‘ice caps and frozen areas’ on a map?
(iii) In which stage of the river, it is at its maximum speed?
(iv) What are the maps presenting the mountains, plateaus, rivers called?
(v) What connects Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal and lies between India and Sri
Lanka?
(vi) Define exogenous forces.
(vii) What is a narrow stretch of land that connects two larger landmasses called?
(viii) What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
(ix) Which ocean lies towards the south of Australia, Africa and South America?
(x) What are the mountains which are formed as a result of the faulting of the earth’s
crust called?
(xi) Name the largest ocean.
Q.5. Correct the sentences given below and rewrite them:
(i) Long ago, all the seven continents were a single giant landmass called Gondwana.
(ii) Those who make maps are called surveyors.
(iii) Thematic maps are used to show different countries, states and cities.
(iv) Deltas are formed in the middle course of the river.
(v) Structural, depositional and erosional are the types of plateaus.
(vi) Folding and faulting are examples of exogenous forces.
(vii) Intermontane plateaus are low lying land between hills and mountains.
Q.6. Answer these in one word or one phrase:
(i) Picture Study 1
(a) Which type of map is this?
(b) What does it show?
(c) Give any two examples of such type of map.
(ii) Picture Study 2
(a) Identify the landform which is uplifted in this image.
(b) What is the other name of this landform?
(c) Write an example of this landform.
(iii) Picture Study 3
(d) Identify the given continents.
(e) How are they connected to each other?
(f) Name any one river which flows through any of these continents.
PART II
SECTION A - Attempt any five questions from this section.
Q.7. Define the types of maps, based on scale.
Q.8. Draw a properly labelled diagram of anticline and syncline. Define them,
Q.9. Define the three types of plains.
Q.10. Define any two types of mountains.
Q.11. Name the second largest ocean. Which is the busiest ocean and why?
Q.12. Why are mountains important? Write any three points.
SECTION B - Attempt any six questions from this section.
Q.13. Explain the ways of presenting map scale.
Q.14. Define oil spill and surface runoff.
Q.15. If you are given a chance to choose your favourite landform to live, which landform will
you choose? Justify your answer.
Q.16. Which are the three largest rivers? How much is their length?
Q.17. Differentiate between an isthmus and a strait.
Q.18. Write the names of all the continents oceans in decreasing order.
Q.19. Differentiate between maps and globes.
