Social Studies Question Paper

1) What is a calendar?
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2) What is an almanac?
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3) Give the similarities between the saka and the Gregorian
calendars.
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4) What is a ‘lunisolar’ calendar?
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5) What is the timeline?
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6) What is the Julian calendar?
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7) The term BCE stands for ____________________ and CE
stands for ___________
8) The first month of the saka calendar in ________________.
9) A period of 10 years is known as a _______________.
10) The islamic calendar is also known as the
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11) What is the Indian subcontinent?
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12) Name the neighbouring countries of india.
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13) Name the water bodies that surround the Indian
peninsula.
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14) Differentiate between the state and the union territories
of india
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15) List the union territories and its capitals
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16) Name the capitals for the following states:
I. Andhra Pradesh -
II. Chhattisgarh -
III. Gujarat -
IV. Haryana -
V. Karnataka -
VI. Kerala -
VII. New delhi -
VIII. Tamil nadu -

17) Name the states for the following capitals:

I. Bhopal -
II. Mumbai -
III. Bhubaneshwar -
IV. Jaipur -
V. Chennai -
VI. Lucknow -

18) What is a perennial river?

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19) What is a delta?
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20) What is a seasonal river?
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21) What is a dam?
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22) What is a natural region?
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23) What are the five natural regions of india?
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24) State the extent of the great northern plains.
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25) What is the importance of the thar desert?
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26) Differentiate between the western coastal plains and the
eastern coastal plains
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27) The eastern coastal plains are fertile because?
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28) The northern plains are one of the most fertile regions of
the world because of the silt or alluvium deposited by three
main rivers.
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29) The three ranges of himalayas -
30) The coastal island -
31) The three southern plateaus -
32) Two island groups of india -

1) The Gregorian calendar was introduced by

________________ in the year ___________.
2) The Gregorian calendar replaced the ___________
calendar.
3) The first month in the Saka calendar is ___________
4) A period of 100 years is known as a ______
5) Earlier, the period after the birth of Jesus Christ was
referred to as _________________.
 6) The years that come before the common era are counter
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7) State true or false and correct the one that is false:
A. An almanac contains information only about the
best time to plant crops -
B. The gregorian calendar begins on march 1 -
C. The saka calendar was adopted as the national
calendar of India in 1947. -
D. The saka calendar is the only calendar used in
india today -
E. The year 700 CE comes after 500 CE. -
8) What is an almanac? How is it different from a regular
calendar?
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9) What is the Gregorian calendar?
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10) What is a leap year? Why was the year 2000 a leap
year, but not the year 1900?
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11) Discuss the features of the saka calendar
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 12) Mention the differences between the Gregorian
calendar and the saka calendar.
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13) What were the terms used to mark dates earlier?
What terms replaced them?
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14) What is a timeline? Draw a timeline to illustrate
your answer. How does a timeline help in the study of
history?
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15)

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16) Meaning of diversity
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17) Meaning of population
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18) Meaning of union territory
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19) India is the ____________ largest country in the
world
20) There are ______ states and ____________ union
territories in india
21) The capital of haryana is
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22) Bhutan lies to the ____________________ of
india.
23) The union territory of delhi is now known as the
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24) India is separated from Sri Lanka by the
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25) India is located in the continent of -
26) Which country lies to the north of india -
27) One of these is not a union territory
a) Chandigarh b) puducherry c) goa d) delhi
28) Largest state in india -
29) Match the following:
 1) Arunachal Pradesh a) Imphal
2) Kerala b) Panaji
3) Goa c) Chandigarh
4) Punjab d) Itanagar
5) Lakshadweep e) Thiruvananthapuram
6) Manipur f) Kavaratti

30) Where is India located?

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31) Name the neighbours of India
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32) Name the water bodies that surround peninsular
india
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33) What is the difference between a state and a union
territory? Give two examples of each
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34) Which are the main rivers that form the northern
plains?
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35) Where does the malwa plateau lie?
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36) Importance of river:
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37) Meaning of natural region
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38) Meaning of fossil fuel
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39) Meaning of silt/alluvium
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40) Meaning of port
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41) Meaning of perennial river
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42) Meaning seasonal river
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43) The _______________ is the highest range of the
himalayas
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44) Shimla is located in the ______________
himalayas
45) The shiwalik extends from the
_________________ river in the east to _______ in the
west.
46) The stretch of the coastal plain south of the
godavari up to kanyakumari is called the ___________
47) One of the following places is not located in the
himachal range:
a) Dehradun b) shimla c) nainital d) darjeeling
48) One of the following states does not ie in the
northern plains:
a) Haryana b) punjab c) assam d) goa
49) One of the following states lies partly in the malwa
plateau:
a) Kerala b) bihar c) madhya pradesh d) maharashtra
 50) One of the following crops grow well in black soil
a) tea) wheat c) maize d) cotton
51) One of the following is a part of the eastern ghats:
a) Cardamom hills b) sahyadri c) anaimalai d)
shevaroy hills
52) The three ranges of the himalayas -
53) Two hill stations located in the middle himalayas -
54) Two tributaries of ganga -
55) Three states covered by the chota nagpur plateau -
56) Two important ports found along the western
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57) What is the extent of himalayas?
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58) In what ways are the Himalayas important for
india?
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59) How are the northern plains formed?
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60) What is the importance of the northern plains?
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61) What are the three regions of the southern
plateau?
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62) How are the western ghats different from the
eastern ghats?
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63) How are the islands of lakshadweep formed?
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64) Differentiate between the himalayan rivers and the
rivers of peninsular india.
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65) Identify the plateau

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66) Which are the states covered by the plateau shown
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67) This plateau is a part of a larger plateau region.
Name that region. Explain the importance of the region.
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