CBSE Class 6 Social Science Sample Paper Set D

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1 Name the process responsible for wearing down of the earth’s surface.

Ans 1 Erosion 1

2 Mention the name of a triangular depositional feature formed at the mouth of a river.

Ans 2 Delta

3 1. Which trees can survive in salty water of high tides?

 Ans 3 Mangrove Forests / Tidal Forests

Identify the first low caste transgender from the picture given above who won the municipal election in Raigarh in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Ans 4 Madhu Bai Kinnar

5  When is the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated?

Ans 5 24th April

6 We know about him from an inscription composed by his mother Gautami Balashri. Who is being referred here?

Ans 6 Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni

7 Name the most important trading centre and the capital of the Chalukyas.

Ans 7 Aihole

8 Mention the similarity between the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Ans 8 Both are epics or are religious literature (Any one response)

9 What is Ajanta caves famous for?

Ans 9 Paintings

10 Discuss the significance of mountains by giving three points.

Ans 10. 1 Mountains are useful to us as (Any 3) 1x3=3

1. The mountains are storehouse of water.

2. Water from the mountains is used for irrigation.

3. Water from mountains is used for generation of hydroelectricity.

4. Mountains have a rich variety of flora and fauna.

5. The forests provide fuel, fodder, shelter and other products like gum, raisins etc.

6. People visit the mountains for their scenic beauty and to do adventure sports on mountains.

7. Mountain rocks are widely used as building material

11 Give three points of difference between the western coastal plains and the eastern coastal plains.

Ans 11

Western Coastal Plains                                      Eastern Coastal Plains (Any 3)

a. lie between western ghats and Arabian sea    a. lie between eastern ghats and Bay of Bengal

b. Northern part called Konkan coast                 b. Northern part called Northern Circars

c. Southern part called Malabar coast                c. Southern part called Coromandel Coast

d. backwaters found here                                 d. fertile deltas found here

e. Western coastal plain are narrow                  e. Eastern Coastal plains are much broader

12 Suggest any three ways to protect and conserve the wildlife in India.

Ans 12 Three ways to protect and conserve the wildlife in India (Any 3) 1x3=3

1. By banning hunting

2 People should refuse to buy things of animals like their bones, horns, fur, skin etc

3. By observing Wildlife week in the first week of October to create awareness of conserving the habitats of animal kingdom.

4.Inorder to protect them many sanctuaries, biosphere reserves and national parks have been set up.

5. Government has also initiated programmes such as Project Tiger and Project Elephantto protect animals.

13 Substantiate by giving three points that Sekar can be categorized as a small farmer in Kalpattu village.

Ans 13. Sekar can be categorized as small farmer in Kalpattu Village as

a. Sekar doesn’t own much land, only two acres

b. He works with his family on his land and doesn’t employ labourers to work on his land

c. The trader gives him seed and fertilizers as a loan. To pay back this loan he has to sell his

paddy to him at a somewhat lower price than what he would get in the market.

d. Besides working on the farm he also works on Ramalingam’s rice mill and sell the milk of cow in the local milk cooperative to earn a little extra money for his everyday needs.(Any 3)1x3=3

14 Discuss three difficulties faced by the fishing families in India with the help of an example.

Ans 14. Three difficulties faced by the fishing families in India 1x3=3

a. Aruna’s family about four months during the monsoon cannot go to the sea because this is

when the fish breed. During these months they survive by borrowing from the trader.

b. Because of this later on they are forced to sell the fish to that trader and cannot do theirauction.

c. They also suffered a lot because of the Tsunami.

15 Enlist any three sources of funds of the Municipal Corporation for providing and running its services.

Ans 15.Three sources of funds of Municipal Corporation for carrying out its duties are

a. goods coming into the city known as Octroi or Terminal Tax (Any 3) 1x3=3

b. houses and land, called Property Tax.

c. water tax on the amount of water used

d. education tax for educational activities

e. entertainment tax

f. toll tax for the use of roads and bridges

16 Give three points of difference between the Gram Sabha and the Gram Panchayat.

Gram Sabha

Ans 16. The Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat. This could be only one village or

2. It is the place where all plans for the work of the Gram Panchayat are placed before the people.

3. There is no system of reservation.

4. The Gram Sabha prevents the Panchayat from doing wrong things like misusing money or favouring certain people.

Gram Panchayat

1. Every village Panchayat is divided into a wards which elect a representative known as Panch. All the members of the Gram Sabha also elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat President. The Ward Panchs and the Sarpanch form the Gram Panchayat

2. Its main tasks is to implement development programmes for all villages that come under it.

3. Seats are reserved for women, SC and ST in the Panchayat

4. It levees

17 Describe three tier system of the Panchayati Raj System.

Ans 17 1.The Panchayati Raj system is the first tier or level of democratic government. It works in three levels. At the lowest level, we have Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat is answerable to the Gram Sabha answerable to the Gram Sabha because it is the members of the Gram Sabha who elected them.

2. Above it is Block level, which is called the Janpad Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti.

The Panchayat Samiti has many Gram Panchayats under it.

3.Above the Panchayat Samiti is the District Panchayat or the Zila Parishad.

Zila Parishad actually makes developmental plans at the district level. With the help of Panchayat Samitis, it also regulates the money distribution among all the Gram Panchayats. 1x3=3

18 Discuss the role of the Zila Parishad by giving three points.

Ans 18. The role of Zila Parishad is as follows (Any 3) 1x3=3

a.Zila Parishad gives advice to gram panchayat and block samiti 1x5=5

b.It informs the state govt about the work being done by these two bodies

c. supervises implementation of projects under 5 yr plans

d. . monitors agricultural production and community developmental programme at the district

e. makes plan for whole district

f. advises state govt on all matters relating to developmental activities in the district.

19 Name the most famous Kushana ruler. What was his role in the spread of Buddhism?

Ans 19. The most famous Kushana ruler was Kanishka. 1x1=1

To spread Buddhism he took the following steps 1x2=2

a. He organized a Buddhist Council, where scholars met and discussed important matters.

b. Ashvaghosha a poet who who composed a biography of the Buddha lived in his court.

20 Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions.

Some administrative posts were now hereditary. For example the poet Harisena was not only a Mahadandanayaka but also a Kumaramatya , meaning important minister and a sandhi-vigrahika meaning a minister of war and peace.

a. Which dynasty administrative system is being discussed?

b. Highlight one merit and demerit of the feature of administrative system discussed in the extract.

Ans 20 a. Gupta dynasty administrative system is being discussed in the extract. 1x1=1

b. Merit- power remained in the hands of the same family Demerit-often unsuitable people came to occupy administrative posts and hence administration suffered 1x1=1

21 Explain the common architectural style/ features seen in the earliest Hindu temples.

Ans 21 Common structures in the earliest Hindu temples 1x3=3

a. Garbhagriha- room where image of chief deity was kept

b. Vimana or Shikhara- tower on top of Garbhagriha to mark it out as sacred place

c. Mandapa- assembly hall where people assembled and prayed

22 Draw a well labeled diagram of fold mountain. Explain its type with the help of examples.

Ans 22. Suitable diagram to be drawn 2marks

a.Young fold mountains have rugged relief and high conical peaks.eg The Himalayan Mountains and the Alps 1 marks for explanation and 0.5 marks for examples

b. Old fold mountains have rounded features and low elevation eg Appalachians in North America and the Ural mountains in Russia. 1 marks for explanation and 0.5 marks for examples

23 Describe the location and extent of India.

Ans 23. a. India is located in the Northern Hemisphere. 1x5=5

b. India has an area of about 3.28 million sq km

c. The north south extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is about 3200 km.

d. And the east west extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Kuchchh is about 2900 km.

e. In the north it is bound by the lofty Himalayas. The Arabian Sea in the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south.

f. From south to north mainland of India extends between 8 degree 4’N and 37 degree 6’N latitudes.

g. From west to east India extends between 68 degree 7’E and 97 degree 25’ E longitudes.

24 With reference to the Thorn Vegetation found in India answer the following questions

a. Enlist the climatic conditions favorable for the growth of this type of vegetation.

b. How are trees in thorn forest adapted to the climatic conditions?

c. Give two examples of this type of vegetation.

Ans 24 a. The Desert vegetation found in areas of low rainfall ,

ii) Found in areas of high temperature. 1x2=2

bi) Trees in thorn forests have long roots to draw more water from the soil

ii)The leaves are in the form of spines to reduce the loss of water. 1x2=2

c. Cactus, Khair, Keekar are important trees found in the states of Rajasthan.

25 Give three situations when farmers are compelled to borrow money. Enumerate two cause of distress among farmers.

Ans 25. 29 farmers borrow money when there is ( Any 3) 1x3=3

a. marriage in family

b. when someone in their family falls sick

c. to survive when crops fail

d. for buying fertilizers, pesticides etc

The cause of distress among farmers

a. Farmers become landless when they are unable to pay back the loan and they lose the land which they had mortagaged.

b. Farmers fall into debt trap when the loan becomes so large that no matter what they earn they are unable to repay. (1x2=2)

26 Discuss the transition of the city of Surat from being one of the dirtiest cities in India to one of the cleanest cities in India.

Ans 26. The transition of the city of Surat from being one of the dirtiest cities in India to one of the cleanest cities in India is discussed below 1x5=5

a. Houses, hotels and restaurants would dump their garbage into the nearest drain or street which made it very difficult for sweepers to collect and transfer the garbage into selected dumps.

b. The Municipal Corporation did not collect the garbage as often as it should have and this led to the situation getting worse.

c. Plague spread through the air and people who have the disease have to be isolated

d. In Surat several people lost their lives and many deserted the city.

e. The scare of the plague ensured that Municipal Corporation completely cleaned up the city.

Surat continues to remain one of the cleanest cities in India.

27 State five reasons for the growing popularity of the idea of Bhakti among ordinary people.

Ans 27 The growing popularity of the idea of Bhakti among ordinary people can be discussed through the following points 1x5=5

a. Bhakti is understood as a person’s devotion to his or her chosen deity.

b. Anybody whether rich or poor belonging to the so called high or low castes, man or woman could follow the path of Bhakti.

c. The idea of Bhakti is present in the Bhagvad Gita, a sacred book of the Hindus which is included in the Mahabharata.

d. Emphasis was given on individual worship of a god or goddess rather than performance of elaborate sacrifices.

e. If a devotee worships the chosen deity with a pure heart, the deity will appear in the form in which he or she may desire.

28 Describe the lives of ordinary people from plays and other accounts in the Gupta and the post Gupta period.

Ans 28 We can catch an occasional glimpse of the lives of ordinary people from plays and other accounts. 1x5=5

a. In Kalidasa’s play called Abhijnana Shakuntalam we find an interesting description of the plight of a poor fisherman.

b. Another interesting feature about Kalidasa play is that the king and most Brahmins are shown as speaking Sanskrit while women and men other than king and Brahmins use Sanskrit.

c. Fa Xian noticed the plight of those who were treated as untouchables by the high and mighty.

d. According to Fa Xian untouchables were expected to live on the outskirts of the city.

e. Banabhatta provides vivid picture of the king’s army on the move.

29 The stupas big and small have certain common features. Discuss.

Ans 29 The stupas big and small have certain common features 1x5=5

a. There is a small box placed at the centre or heart of the stupa. This may contain the bodily remains of the Buddha and his followers or things they used as well as precious stones and coins.

b. This box called relic casket was covered with earth. Later a layer of mud brick or baked brick was added on top and then dome like structure was covered with carved stone slabs.

c. Often a path known as pradakshina patha was laid around the stupa and was surrounded with railings.

d. Entrance to the path was through gateways.

e. Devotees walked around the stupa in clockwise direction as a mark of devotion.

f. Both railings and gateways were often decorated with sculpture.

30 On a physical map of India locate the following cities of Gupta Empire

a. Kanauj

b. Prayag

31 On the same physical map of India locate the following physical divisions

a. Great Indian Desert

b. Western Ghats

c. Peninsular plateau

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