CBSE Class 6 Social Science India Our Motherland Worksheet

URBAN ADMINISTRATION

1. Administration body in big cities are called ------------------------
Answer : Corporation

2. Administration body in small towns and cities ----------------------
Answer : Municipality

3. Every Municipal Corporation has a ------------------------- who is appointed by the government.
Answer : Municipal Commissioner

4. ---------------------------------- is the head of the Municipal corporation.
Answer : Mayor

5. ---------------------------- is the head of the Municipality.
Answer : Municipal Chairman

6. In a municipal corporation, the elected members are called ------------------------------------.
Answer : Ward councilor

7. The city is divided into several ---------------------------- for election purpose.
Answer : Wards

8. Elections are held once every --------------------- years for the panchayat as well as Municipality.
Answer : 5 years

9. While the councilors make decisions, the administrative staff led by the commissioner -------------------- these.
Answer : Implement

10. The Municipal corporation earn the money to do its work through ------------------------------.
Answer : Taxes.

PANCHAYATI RAJ

1. ------------------------------ is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat.
Answer : Grama Sabha

2. Every village Panchayat is divided in to ---------------------------.
Answer : Wards

3. ---------------------------- is the head of the Panchayat.
Answer : Sarpanch

4. The Gram Panchayat is elected for -------------------- years.
Answer : 5 years

5. Each ward elects a representative who is known as ----------------------------------------.
Answer : Secretary

6. The -------------------------- system is the first tier or level of democratic government.
Answer : Panchayati Raj system

7. Local government in the block level is called --------------------------.
Answer : Block Samiti (Janpad Panchayat)

8. Local government in the district level is called -----------------------
Answer : Zila Parishad

RURAL ADMINISTRATION

1. There are more than --------------------------- villages in India.
Answer : Six lakh

2. --------------------------- is the head of the police station
Answer : S.H.O

3. Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of the ----------------------------------.
Answer : Patwari

4. All states in India are divided into ------------------------------------
Answer : Districts

5. --------------------------- is the head of administration in a district.
Answer : District collector

6. Revenue officers in a district is called ----------------------------
Answer : Tehsildars

7. --------------------------- supervise the work of Patwari.
Answer : Tehsildar

8. Hindu succession Amendment Act was passed in ---------------------
Answer : 2005

9. ----------------------------- is in charge of all the police station in a district.
Answer : Superintendent of police

Q.A Fill in the blanks.

1. India has an area of about ______.

2. ____________is the largest state and occupies a large part of the Thar desert.

3. A triangular area of land at a river’s mouth is called a_____________.

4. The latitude that runs almost halfway through India is called ___________.

5. The world’s highest mountain peak lies in ___________.

6. Sunderbans are the home of ________________.

7. The lesser Himalayas are also called the____________.

8. ______________forest in Gujarat is the home of Asiatic lion.

9. ___________receives highest rainfall in the world.

10. The Forest Research Institute has been set up in __________ to manage and protect India’s forests.

Q.B Name the following.

1. This is a substance on the trees used to make dyes, bangles, sealing wax.

2. This range stand as a barrier against the cold winds from North Asia.

3. This forest is also called the monsoon forest.

4. These trees shed their leaves in a season.

5. This is the second highest peak in the world.

6. This is the only active volcano in India.

7. This is the land surrounded by water from the three sides.

8. The Ganga flows into this water body.

9. This river in the Deccan Plateau is known as the Ganga of the south.

10.This Ghat is also called as Sahayadris.

Q.C Choose the correct option from the following.

1. The southernmost Himalayas are known as
a) Shiwaliks
b) Himadri
c) Himachal

2. The Palk Strait lies between these countries.
a) Srilanka and Maldives
b) India and Srilanka
c) India and Maldives

3. The Indian islands in the Arabian sea are Known
a) Maldives
b) Laksadweep Islands
c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4. The oldest mountain range in India is the
a) Aravalli
b) Westernghats
c) Himalayas

5.Which of these rivers originates in Tibet where it is called the Tsangpo?
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Indus

6.Ooty,though close to the equator ,is cool because of its
a) Heavyrainfall
b) High altitude
c) Temperate latitude

Q.D Distinguish between the following.

1.Weather and climate

2.Tropical Rainforest and Tropical Deciduous Forest

3.Eastern coastal plain and Western coastal plain

Q.E Define the following terms.

a) Delta

b) Plateaus

c) Island

d) Peninsula

e) Monsoon wind

f) Mangrove forests

g) Deforestation

Q.F Answer the following questions in 30- 40 words.

1.What factors influence the climate of a place?

2.What causes the south west monsoon to blow towards India?

3.What is the importance of Barren Island?

4.Which are India’s four major physical units?

5.What type of vegetation is found in arid regions?

6.What do you understand by continental type of climate?

Q.G Answer the following in about 60 to 70 words.

1.What are Tidal forests? Where are they found?

2.Describe the Deccan Plateau.

MAPWORK

Q.H On an outline map of India, show the following.

1.The major ranges of the Himalayas

2.The Karakoram Range

3.The Eastern and Western Ghats

4.The Aravalli, Vindhya and Satpura ranges

5.The Deccan and Malwa Plateau

6.The Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean

7.The Tropic of cancer

Q.I On an outline map of India, mark the major rivers of India. (Only the numbered one)