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ARISTO PUBLIC SCHOOL

ARISTO APS Avenue, Gadilam By-Pass Road, Thirupadiripulliyur, Cuddalore


Senior Secondary School, Affliated to CBSE, New Delhi
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HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2022-2023
DATE 19.12.2022 SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS : VI MARKS 80
TIME:3Hours
General Instructions:
Question paper comprises five Sections -A, B, C, D and E. There are 37 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.
(i) Section A- Question no. 1 to 20 are Objective Type Questions of 1 mark each.
(ii) Section B-Question no. 21 to 24 are Very answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(iv) Section C-Question no. 25 to 29 are Short Answer Question, carrying 3 marks each.
) Section D- Question no. 30 to 33 are Long answertype questions, carrying 5 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
(vi) Section E-Question no. 34 to 36 are Source Based questions, carrying 4 marks each.
(VIn)Section F-Question no. 37 is map based, carrying 5 marks with two parts, 37.1 from History (2
marks) and 37.2 from Geography (3 marks).
(VIn) 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.

Section-A (20x1 = 20)


1. Fill in the blanks:
Dholavira was dived into parts.

2. Who was called as sarpanch?


(a) councillor (b) panchayat president c) secretary (d) all the above

3. Match the following:


Tropic of cancer - 661/2°N
Tropic of Capricon --- 661/2°S

Arctic circle 231/2° N


Antarctic circle - 231/2 S

4. Choose the correctanswer:


which is the largest continent
(a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Antaretica
5. Choose the correctly matched pair:
(b) Gold-Karnataka (c) Tin - Rajasthan (d) Precious stones -- Maharashtra
(a) Copper-Gujrat
6. Fill in the blank:
-actually makes the developmental plans at the distriet level.
(a) Zila parishad (b) panchayat president
(c) block development officer (d) None
7. A tool used to dig the earth for turning the soil to planting seeds.
(a) plough (b) Hammer(c) spade(d) None
8. Which of the following is called the Prime Meridian?
(a) 23° 30' N(b) 23° 30' S(¢) 82° 30' E(d) 0° longitude
9. What is the full form of BPL here?
(a) Bharat Petroleum Ltd (6) Below Poverty Line (c) Both (a) and (b)(d) None of these.

10. The domain of the earth consisting of solid rocks is


(a) The (b) The hydrosphere (c) The lithosphere
atmosphere (d) None
1. Cotton cultivated at mehrgarh aboul ycars ago.
(a) 8000 (b) 6000 (¢) 7000 (d) none

12. Who was the earlier Zaminclr?


(a) Sukhi Bhai(b) Amir Chand(e) Birju(d) Anwar

13. Thearetic circle is located in the hemisphere.


(a) south (b) north (c) cast (d) west

14. The mountain range that separated Europe from Asia is


(a) the Himalayas (b) the Urals (¢) the Andes (d) none

15. From where do the village women have to


gel water?
(a) Suru river (b) Ganga river (c) Yamuna river (d) Gomati river

16. From where did the Harappans get copper?


(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
17. Between which parallels of latitudes is the Torrid Zone
situated?
(a) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn (6) Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle
(c) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle (d) None of these
18. The time of India is ahead of that of
England by
(a) 2 hours (b) 5 hours and 30 minutes (c) 3 hours (d) none of these
19. Which is the earth consisting of solid
portion?
(a) The Atmosphere(b) Hydrosphere(c) The Lithosphere(d) All of these
20. Which of the following is the smallest continent?
(a) Africa (6) Asia (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
Section-B (2x4-8)
(Very shortanswer)
21. Describe the work of a gram panchayat includes.
22. what is known as raw materials?
23. Name the two continents that lie entirely in the southern hemisphere.
24. what is the true shape of the earth?

Section-C (5x3=15)
Short answer)
25. write about the sources of funds for the panchayat.
26.Describe about equator?
27. Define seals and sealings.
28. what are the four major domains of the earth.
29. what are the three heat zones of the earth?
20
Section- (4x5-59)
Long answer Questions)
30. (a) what is the difference between gram sabha and a gram panchayat? 6)
Or
(b() why is it 5.30 p.m in india and 12.00 noon in London? (3)
(ii) what is a globe? (2)
31.(a) why were metals, writing, the wheel, and the plough important for the harrappans? (5)
Or
(bI) Define the major domains of the earth. (5)

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****'*** *******'*******

32.(a) (i) why earth is caled as blue planet? (3)


(ii) Draw the important latitudes. (2)
Or
(b) How do archaeologists know that eloth was used in the harappan civilization? (5)
33. Find out the locations of the eircles EAST (5)

Or
b) Draw and describe the heat zones ofthe Earth. 6)
Section-E
Source based questions
34. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows.
Most of Egypt is a dry desert, except for the lands along the river Nile. Around 5000 years ago, kings ruled
over Egypt. These kings sent armies to distant lands to get gold, silver, ivory, timber, and precious stones.
They also built huge tombs, known as pyramids. When they died, the bodies of kings were preserved and
buried in these pyramids. These carefully preserved bodies are known as 'mummies. A large number of
objects were also buried with them. These included food and drink, clothes, ormaments, utensils, musical
rulers.
instruments, weapons and animals. Sometimes even serving men and women were buried with the
These are amongst the most elaborate burials known in world history.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
34.i) How many years ago did the kings ruled the Egypt?
(a) 6000 (b) 7000 (c) 5000 (d) 8000
34.ii) where the bodies of kings were preserved?
(a)tomb (6) pyramids (c) coffin (c) all the above
34.ii) Preserved bodies of kings and queens are called
34.iv) which the longest river in Egypt
(a) amazon (b) Nile (c) Nigeria (d) none
35.) Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows.
As you have seen, the work of the Gram Panchayat has to be approved by the Gram Sabha. When the Hardass
Gram Panchayat held a meeting, this point was brought up again by some of the members (Panchs). This
meetingwas attended the Sarpanch, Ward Members (Panchs) and the Secretary. Gram Panchayat members
by
first discussed the suggestion to deepen two handpumps and clean one well, so that the village would not go
without water. The Sarpanch (Panchayat President) suggested that since the Panchayat had received some
money for maintenance of handpumps, this could be used for completing this work. The members agreed and
the Secretary recorded their decision.
35.i) The work of gram panchayat had been approved by

35.ii) who is called as sarpanet-atd panch

35ii) The Panchayat president is also called as

35.iv) what problem did the villagers in hardas faced

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