CBSE Class 6 Social Science Revision Worksheet Set 14

Public Property and Its Protection

Q 1. Why do we love our personal property?
Ans. We love our personal property because it is created from our own money.

Q 2. Name the three monuments of India.
Ans. 1. Red fort (New Delhi) 2. Taj Mahal (Agra) 3. Ajanta Ellora caves (Maharashtra).

Q 3. Why people damage public property? Give two reasons.
Ans. 1. Due to illiteracy and lack of awareness.
2. Due to movements and strikes to press their demands.

Q 4. Give the name of two kinds of public property.
Ans. 1. Public Utility Services 2. Historical monuments.

Q 5. What do you mean by Public Utility Services? Give two examples of it.
Ans. The daily basic requirements provided by the government are called Public Utility Services. For example electricity, water, roads, hospitals, schools etc.

Q 6. What is Public Property? How is it created?
Ans. Public Property is that property which belongs to all of us. It is created from the public funds.

Q 7. How people misuse the public property?
Ans.1. Some people litter the roads and parks.
2. They damage street lights by throwing stones.
3. They harm the public transport like buses and trains.

Q 8. From whose money school property is made?
Ans. School property is made from Govt. funds. Govt. collects money from us in the form of taxes. Thus, School property is made from our own money.

Q 9. Give one basic difference between personal property and public property.
Ans. Personal property is our own only. Whereas, public property belongs to all of us.

Q 10. What is our responsibility towards school property?
Ans. 1. We should not scribble on classroom furniture and walls.
2. We should not pluck flowers from flower beds.
3. We should not spoil the sports goods and library books.
4. Put off water taps and Switch off lights after use.

Q 11. How can you help to preserve the historical monuments?
Ans. 1. We should not scribble on the wall of our historical monuments.
2. We should not litter the places by throwing garbage.
3. We should protect these places against theft.

Write ‘True’ (√) or ‘False’ (X) for each statement:

1. Parks and hospitals are our personal property. (X)
2. We should not damage our National Property as it is our own. (√)
3. Historical monuments are protected by a government law passed in 1958. (√)

Fill in the Blanks:-

1. All objects that we possess as individual make personal property.
2. Old historical buildings are called historical monuments.
3. We must not spoil/ damage the public property.
4. Things owned collectively make public property.

Make the separate lists of private and public property of following given things:-
Ans.
Private Property  - Book, pen, scooter, almirah, car, bag, kothi, television.
 Public Property  - Post office, railway station, bus stand, monuments, sewerage, roads, kennels, bridge, water-works, school, lakes, Museum.

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