Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) कक्षा ६ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Social Science

Very Short Answer Type Question:
What was the use of iron tools?

Short Answer Type Question:
What steps were taken to increase agricultural production? 

Long Answer Type Question:

How do we explain diversity?

Long Answer Type Question:

List three ways in which the different geographical location of Kerala and Ladakh would influence the following:

• The food people eat
• The clothes they wear
• The work they do.

Look at the statements below that you believed to be true about rural and urban life in India. Tick mark those that you agree with.

On Rural People

1. More than 50% of all Indians live in villages.
2. Villagers do not care about their health. They are full of superstition.
3. People in villages are backward and lazy. They do not like to work.
4. In peak harvesting and plantation season, families spend 12 to 14 hours working in the fields.
5. Villagers are dirty and not hygienic.

On Urban People

1. Life in the city is easy. People here are spoilt and lazy.
2. In cities families spend very little time with each other.
3. People in towns only care about money, not about people.
4. Living in a city is expensive. A large part of people’s earnings is spent on rent and transport.
5. City people cannot be trusted, they are cunning and corrupt.

Have you ever wondered who is responsible for running all this (civic amenities)?

Do you know how decisions are made?

How is the planning done?

Who are the people who do all these works?

Read the following story and answer the questions that follow it:
One lazy Sunday afternoon Mala and her friends Shankar, Jehangir and Rehana were playing a game of cricket in the street.
Shankar had bowled a good over and although he nearly managed to get Rehana out, she was still batting. Frustrated, he bowled a short ball and hoped she would hit it for an easy catch. Instead, Rehana hit the ball so hard and so high that the street light broke. Rehana screamed, “Oh no, look what I’ve done!” Shankar said, “Yes! we forgot to make a rule that if you break the street light you are automatically out.” But Mala, Jehangir and Rehana were more worried about what had happened and they told Shankar he’d better stop thinking about the wicket.
Last week they had broken Nirmala Mausi’s window and had spent their pocket money to have it replaced.

1. Would they have to dish out money again from their pockets?
2. But who would they pay this to?
3. To whom did the lights on the streets belong?
4. Who changed them?

Read the following story and answer the question that follows it:
Rehana’s house was the closest and they ran and told her mother what had happened. Rehana’s mother said, “I don’t really know these things in great detail but I do know that it is the Municipal Corporation of the city that takes care of replacing lights. The best person to ask would be Yasmin Khala. She just retired from the Municipal Corporation. Go and ask her, and Rehana comes back home soon.”

Yasmin Khala lived in the same lane and she and Rehana’s mother were good friends. The children ran to Khala’s house and when she opened the door they began to tell her what had happened all at once! When they asked about the street light, Yasmin Khala laughed and said, “There is no one person that you can pay the money to. There is a big organisation called the Municipal Corporation that takes care of street lights, garbage collection, water supply, keeping the streets, and the market clean.”

“I’ve heard about the Municipal Corporation. They’ve put up signs around the city to inform people about Malaria,” said Mala.
“Yes, you are quite right. The Municipal Corporation is also responsible for ensuring that diseases do not break out in the city. It also runs schools, hospitals, and dispensaries. And makes gardens and maintains them,” said Yasmin Khala. Then she added, “Our city Pune is a big city and so here it is called a Municipal Corporation. In smaller towns, it is called a Municipal Council.”
List at least four different tasks that the Municipality does

Match the following statements in a way that challenges stereotypes.

Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala’s house?

List four ways in which the work of the Municipal Corporation affects the life of a city-dweller.

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:

The number of major religions in the world is __________

Who is a Municipal Councillor?

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:

An important reason why Muslim girls do not attend school or drop out from school after a few years is_________

What did Gangabai do and why?

How does the Municipal Corporation earn the money to do its work?

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:

India is a secular country—It means _________