International Social Studies Olympiad - ISSO

1. History •When, where and how •The earliest societies •The first farmers and herders •The first cities
•Different ways of life •Early states •New ideas •The first empire •Life in towns and villages •Cont act
with distant lands •Political developments •Culture and science
2. Geography •Planet : Earth in the solar system •Globe : The model of the earth, latitudes and longitudes;
motions of the earth, rotation and revolution. •Maps : Essential components of maps distance, directions
and symbols. •Four realms of the earth : Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere : continents
and oceans.
•Major relief features of the earth. •India in the world : Physiographic divisions of India – mountains,
plateaus and plains; climate; natural vegetation and wild life; need for their conservation.
3. Social and Political Life •Diversity •Government •Local Government: Both Urban and Rural
•Panchayati Raj
4. Making a Living •Rural Livelihoods •Urban Livelihoods

The Actual Question Paper Contains 50 Questions. The Duration of the Test Paper is 60 Minutes.

1. Who among the following organized 4. ‘The girls are burden on their parents’ is an
‘Untouchable’s Conference’ in 1918? example of:
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (A) Retarded thinking
(B) Dr.B. R. Ambedkar (B) Progressive thinking
(C) Common thinking
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Stereotype thinking
(D) B.G. Tilak (E) None of these
(E) None of these
5. In India, which of the following cities was the
2. Which of the following is an archeological dirtiest in 1994?
source of Gupta Age? (A) Surat (B) Patna
(A) Araku Valley (C) Meerut (D) Banaras
(B) Prayag Prashasti (E) None of these
(C) Bhimbhetka 6. Sangam literature belongs to:
(D) Ajanta cave (A) Jains (B) Buddhists
(E) None of these (C) Kerala (D) Tamils
(E) None of these
3. The mountain range that separates Asia from
Europe is: 7. The lowermost limit of ice on the mountain
(A) The Urals (B) The Pamir top is called:
(A) Snowline (B) Icecap
(C) The Andes (D) The Himalayas
(C) Glacier (D) Iceberg
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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8. The highest level of the three-tier Panchayat 12. Which local body of the city decides the day of
system in India is known as: the weekly market?
(A) Gram Panchayat (A) Local police
(B) Municipal Corporation (B) Municipal Corporation
(C) Zila Parishad (C) Residents of the locality
(D) Nyaya Panchayat (D) Traders association
(E) None of these (E) None of these
9. What is Jadeite? 13. India shares its land boundaries with:
(A) A type of metal (A) Six countries
(B) A kind of stone (B) Five countries
(C) An archeological site (C) Seven countries
(D) Eight countries
(D) Name of a plant
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
14. How many days the Constitutional Assembly
10. How was the irrigation done in Harappan
took to complete the draft of the Constitution
cities?
of India?
(A) Watering of plants was done from
(A) 2 years, 10 months and 9 days
specially build well.
(B) 11 years, 2 months and 7 days
(B) Water was directly supplied to the field
from river when the plants were growing. (C) 11years, 7 months and 2 days
(C) Water was stored and supplied to fields (D) 2 years, 11 months and 17 days
when the plants were growing. (E) None of these
(D) All of these 15. The map that shows the distributions of
(E) None of these industries is a:
11. The earth rotates from________. (A) Thematic map
(A) East to West (B) Physical map
(B) West to East (C) Political map
(C) East to South (D) All of these
(D) West to North (E) None of these
(E) None of these

ANSWERS
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. C
9. B 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A