Nirmal Bhartia School 17 January 2021
Periodic Test 2(2021-22) Max Time: 1 hour
MaxMarks:20
Class VI
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Instructions:
1.The paper is divided into 3 sections.There are 14 questions in total. All questions are
compulsory.
2. Section A consists of History (Q1-5)
3. Section B consists of Social and Political Life (Q6-10).
3. Section C consists of Geography (Q11-14)
4. Marks for each question is indicated against it
4. All questions need to becompletelyhand-written.
Section A- History
Please choose the correct answer from the given options: - [1x4=4]
1. The architecture in the picture is that of the Great Bath,and the Great Bath 1
was discovered in
(a) Lothal
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
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2. Please choose correct option
Which of these group of people knew how to write and helped prepare seals 1
(a) Rulers
(b) Crafts person
(c) Farmers and herders
(d) Sribes
3. Assertion (A): The bricks were so well made that they have lasted for
1
thousand years.
Reason (R):The bricks in Harappa were laid in an interlocking pattern
a)Both A & R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)Both A& R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c)Ais true but R is false.
d)A is false but R is true
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4. The city of Lothal stood beside a tributary of the river
(a) Indus
(b) Ganga
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Narmada
(3)
Answer the following question in detail [½+½+2]
5. Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions:
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a) This is a particular architectural feature of a street in any one of the cities of
Indus valley civilisation. Identify this picture.
b) Which city does the architecture belong to?
c) List any two features of this architecture.
Section B-Social and Political Life
Please choose the correct answer from the given options
[1x3=3]
6. The two states involved in the Cauvery water dispute
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(a) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(d) Odisha and Karnataka
7. Assertion (A): In a democracy through voting in elections people elect leaders .
Reason (R):People make the decisions in democracy and elected leaders 1
through voting in elections represent the people.
a) A is true, but R is false
b) A is false, but R is true
c) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
d) Both A and R are false
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8. The leader of African National Congress was
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a) Nelson Mandela
b) Vinni Mandela
c) Yasser Arafat
d) Kofi Annan
Answer the following question in brief (40 to 60 words): - [2x2=4]
9. When do conflicts occur and what happens afterward? Name a conflict that 1+1
rose between two states because of a river.
10. Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions ½ +1 ½
a) He fought the apartheid system. Identify this person.
Write briefly about his struggle to fight apartheid system.
Section C-Geography
Please choose the correct answer from the given options [1x2=2]
11. Direct rays of the sun fall on equator on
1
(a) 21 June
(b) 21 March
(c) 23 September
(d) both 21 March and 23 September
12. What is orbital plane?
a) Plane formed by the axis
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b) Plane formed by the orbit
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
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13. Which of the following statement is not true?
a) The axis of earth makes an angle of twenty-three and a half degree with its
orbital plane.
b) Every fourth year, February is of 29 days instead of 28 days.
c) Australia celebrates Christmas in summer.
d) Direct rays of sun fall on the equator on 21 March.
[3x1=3]
Answer the following question in detail.
14. Look at the picture and answer the following questions
2
a) Identify the type of motion of earth and define it.
b) Explain the features of this motion of earth.
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