Checkpoint 3 - January 2022
Name: Total marks: 25
Grade: 6 Time: 1 hour
Division: Asgard and Date: 21/01/2022
Wakanda
Subject: Social Studies
Instructions
• Kindly read the questions carefully. Write direct answers in the answer sheet.
• Keep track of time.
• Write in a black or blue pen.
• At the end of the examinations, fasten all your answer sheets securely.
• The number of marks is given in brackets.
Q.1 Choose the correct option: (4)
1. Who was the son of Bimbisara?
(a) Ashoka (b) Ajatshah
(c) Nanda (d) Ajatasattu
2. It is called an island continent
(a) South America (b)Antarctica
(c) Africa (d)Australia.
3. About 2,500 years ago what turned into Mahajanapadas?
(a) Ordinary janapadas (b) Important janapadas
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
4. Which is the world’s largest hot desert?
(a) Sahara Desert (b) Gobi Desert
(c) Thar Desert (d) Arabian Desert
5. The Arctic Circle passes through
(a) Europe (b) South America
(c)Africa (d) Australia
6. Who worked as farmers in the agriculture field?
(a) Dasas, Landless people, Women (b) King, Vaishyas, Women
(c) Dasas, Shudras, Vaishyas (d) Dasas, Brahmins, Kshatriyas
7. ____ had a large deposits of iron-ore
(a) Malla (b) Vajji
(c) Magadha (d) Ujjayin
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8. It is the only continent through which the tropic of Cancer, the Equator, and the Tropic of
Capricorn pass:
(a) Asia (b) Europe
(c) Africa (d) North America.
Q.2 Give reasons: (3)
1. In spite of being called the blue planet the earth experiences shortage of water. Explain it.
2. Climbers often experience breathing problems.
3. Kings built huge forts around their kingdom.
Q.3 Fill in the blanks. (3)
[Link] to store grain were made out of _________________________.
2. __________________rulers conquered the last of the ganas or sanghas.
[Link] lies to the ________________ of Asia.
[Link] hydrosphere comprises water in the form of _________, water and ___________.
5. Buddha and __________________ belonged to the ganas.
Q.4 Match the following. (3)
[Link] Qila (a) Meerut
2. Alexander the Great (b) Rajgriha
3. Antarctica (c)New Delhi
4. Isthmus (d)Macedonia
5. Hastinapura (f)Panama
6. Magadha (g)Maitri
Q.5 Answer the following in 1-2 sentences. (Any 3) (3)
[Link] does the atmosphere act as a blanket?
[Link] resources were necessary to build the huge walls around the city?
[Link] did the use of ploughshare increase the production of crops?
[Link] ‘Strait’.
Q.6 State whether the following statements are true or false. (2)
[Link] Andes Mountain range is situated in North America.
2. The density of atmosphere is minimum at the sea level.
3. Alexander the Great could not capture the Magadha Empire.
4. The Kings performed the rituals of Ashvamedha and sprinkled sacred water.
Q.7 Answer the questions in brief: (Any 2) (4)
[Link] were the natural advantages that helped Magadha to become a powerful kingdom
in north India?
2. Explain the term ganas or Sanga and it’s functions. Who were not allowed to participate
in these assemblies?
3. What is Lithosphere? (Explain it 3-4 sentences)
4. Define Hydrosphere and it’s composition. Which are the major oceans on earth?
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Q.8 Opinion based question (3)
The three domains of the earth interact with each other and affect each other in some way.
Explain
OR
Do you believe that dividing the people on basis of occupation is correct? Explain in context
of Varna system