THE HYDERABAD PUBLIC SCHOOL

SOCIAL STUDIES WORKSHEET CLASS IV

Name ____________________________ Roll number __________

Date _______________

Fill in the blanks.

1. A.D. stands for ___________________________________ .
2. B.C. means ___________________________________.
3. Anno Domini means ___________________________________ .
4. The birth of Jesus Christ is used as the starting point of the __________________________.
5. A ____________________ is a line of dates in which all the dates are arranged in the right
order.
6. The Gregorian calendar was first used in __________________________ .
7. Baba Amte helped many less fortunate people of _____________________________ ./
8. _______________________ and ____________________ are Indian organizations which
are working to help less fortunate people.
9. _____________________ and ________________________are international organizations
which help disadvantaged people all over the world.
10. ___________________________ lived in Kolkata . She spent her life helping __________
and ________________ people.
11. The Great Northern Plain is also called ______________________________.
12. The Great Northern Plain stretches from _________________________in the west to
_________________________ in the east.
13.

The ____________________________lies on the extreme west of India.

14. The camel is also called the ______________________________________.

15. In the north of the Thar Desert ,the government has built a canal called ________________
_____________ to bring water from the rivers of ________________.

16. _____________________is an international organization that helps people in places with

_______________ or natural _______________________ .
17. ______________________ works to keep children all over the world healthy.
18. In the eastern part of the Northern Plains ,the summers are generally ____________ and
winters are _______________ and _______________________.
19. In the western part of the Northern Plaint,hot wind called _____________ blows in the
summer.
20. The Great Northern Plain is very ___________________ and ___________________ .
21. In the desert area, the days are very _______________ and nights are generally ________.
22. ______________________ is the capital of India.
23. Amritsar has the famous ___________________________________ and the __________
_____________________________.
24. ________________________ is famous for its zari saris.
25. The main language of the people of Delhi,Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is ______________.
26. Lucknow is situated on the banks of _____________________river.
27. River __________________________ flows through Delhi.
28. The confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna is called the _________________________.
29. The Rock Garden in Chandigarh was built by ______________________________ .
30.

A _________________________________ person takes care of the place where he or she

lives.

Short Answers
1. A person who belongs to a country?

________________

2. A subject that teaches us how to be good citizens?

_________________

3. An organization which helps disadvantaged children in our country? _________________

4. An Indian organization which helps disadvantaged elderly people ? _________________

5. A hot dry summer wind that blows in north India?

_________________

6. Fertile silt carried by rivers?

_________________

7. Two ancient cities in the Great Northern Plain?

_________________________________

8. Two important rivers that flow through the Northern Plains? _______________________
9. Two tributaries of the river Ganga?

_________________________________

10. Two important crops of the Northern Plains?

_________________________________

11. A flat sandy land with very little rainfall?

________________

12. The other name of the Thar Desert ?

_______________________

13. Hills of sand ?

14. Two well known desert cities of India?

________________
_______________________________

15. Effect of hot air in deserts that makes us see water which is not there? ________________
16. A fertile place in a desert because water is found in a pool or lake?

________________

17. The western states of the Great Northern Plain? 1. _______________ 2.______________
3. __________________________ 4. _______________________
18. Name the capitals.
1. Punjab _________________________ 2. Haryana _________________________
3. Uttar Pradesh __________________________
19. The famous embroidery of
1. Punjab _________________________ 2. Uttar Pradesh ______________________
20. A channel that carries water?
21.

This is held every twelve years in Allahabad ?

______________________
________________________________

22. The harvest festival of Punjab?

________________________

23. The main language spoken in Punjab?

________________________

24. An important place of pilgrimage in Haryana?

_________________________

25.

A famous tall piillar built during ancient times in Delhi?

________________________

26. A beautiful place created

ed out of waste materials in Chandigarh? ______________________
27. The Prime Minister addresses the nation from this monument on 15 August? ____________
28. The official residence of the President of India?___________________________________

Arrange the dates given below on this Timeline

200BC,

AD300,

AD150,

250BC,

100BC
100BC,

300BC

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Identify these pictures.

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