CBSE Class 6 Social Science Sample Paper Set I

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1 Give the other name of 0 longitude.

2 Mention the place where rice was first grown. 

3 Enlist two important uses of fire in the Neolithic period. 

4 Define domestication.

5 ‘F z s k w s c s ’ s M s location also. 

6 Differentiate between Manuscripts and Inscriptions. [Any three points]

7 Stone tools played an important role in the ancient times. Explain any three important uses of these tools in those times.

8 Write the present day states of the following Paleolithic sites:

[a] Bhimbetka

[b] Hunsgi

[c] Kurnool Caves

9 List any three important developments that took place during the Neolithic period. 

10 State any three characteristics of the Latitudes. 

11 Write the full form of GMT and IST? What is the time difference between IST and GMT?

12 Given below is the image of Neolithic settlement. Based on the picture answer the following questions.

[a] What are the people engaged in? [1]

[b] Which two major crops were grown at that time? [2]

[c] Which animal was the first to be domesticated by Neolithic men? [1]

[d] Why did they choose it to be tamed? [1]

13 Given below is the image of stone tools. Answer the following questions on the basis of the image:

[a] Bring out two differences between the Neolithic and Paleolithic tools. [1]

[b] Explain two different techniques used to make these tools. [4]

14 Draw a well labeled diagram depicting the major heat zones of the Earth.

Marking Scheme

1 Prime Meridian/ Greenwich Meridian 1

2 North of the Vindhyas 1

3 (i) As a source of light (ii) to cook meat (iii) to scare away animals [Any two] 0.5x2

4 Domestication is the process in which people grow crops and look after the animals. 1

5 It is very cold as the rays of the sun are always slanting due to the curvature of the earth and

provide less heat. Therefore this region is known as the Frigid Zone.

The Frigid zone lies between 661/2 both Northern and southern hemispheres.

6 Manuscripts – written by hands on the palm leaves or the bark of the birch tree.

They were written in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil.

Content was based on various things like religious beliefs, medicines

Inscriptions – writing on relatively hard surface

Language used was the local one which the people could easily understand. Content was based on the orders of the Kings.

7 Uses of stone tools – cut meat, chop fruits and roots, attached to handles of bone to make spears.

8 [a] Bhimbetka – Madhya Pradesh

[b] Hunsgi - Karnataka

[c] Kurnool Caves – Andhra Pradesh

9 The three important developments that took place during the Neolithic period –

Invention of wheel, development of fire, development of well-shaped and polished stone tools

10 Characteristics of the Latitudes -

Latitudes are complete circles.

They are parallel.

They determine the temperature of a place.

11 Greenwich Mean Time

Indian Standard Time

Difference between GMT and IST is 5hrs 30 mins

12 [a] Farming

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