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Olympiad (Class 6) Social Studies — practice questions — page 2

Explore 48 free Social Studies questions in Olympiad (Class 6) General Knowledge. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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In growing early communities, how were lands sown and harvested?Read the answer and worked solution →Which goods did early villages mostly exchange with each other?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a timeline mainly show?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these dates comes earliest on a timeline?Read the answer and worked solution →Which date comes latest among 323 BCE, 100 CE, 1090 CE and 100 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gregorian calendar counts years forward from the conventional year of whose birth?Read the answer and worked solution →Apart from century years, how often does the Gregorian calendar add a leap year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement best describes social studies as a field?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the field of social studies mainly focus on?Read the answer and worked solution →Which subject did John Dewey value for uniting human occupations with the study of the earth?Read the answer and worked solution →What does HASS stand for in Australian schools?Read the answer and worked solution →Which theme is largely contained in the field of geography?Read the answer and worked solution →How many themes of social studies does the National Council for the Social Studies list?Read the answer and worked solution →Which theme teaches the rights and responsibilities of citizens?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each ancient Indus Valley site with its prominent archaeological feature:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each Ashokan rock edict or pillar with its symbol:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each tier of Panchayati Raj local self-government with its jurisdiction:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each major physical division of India with its geographic trait:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In growing early communities, how were lands sown and harvested?

  1. Together as a community
  2. By the chieftain alone
  3. By individual owners
  4. By hired workers only
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Correct answer: A. Together as a community

There was no sense of individual ownership, so the lands were worked collectively.

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Which goods did early villages mostly exchange with each other?

  1. Machines and books
  2. Food, clothing and tools
  3. Coins and paper money
  4. Petrol and cloth
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Correct answer: B. Food, clothing and tools

Villages traded mostly food, clothing and tools as exchange networks formed.

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What does a timeline mainly show?

  1. Distances between cities
  2. Rainfall in a region
  3. A sequence of dates and events
  4. Population of a country
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Correct answer: C. A sequence of dates and events

A timeline marks events in order, showing a sequence of dates for a period.

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