ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2022-23

Class IV

SOCIAL STUDIES

Time: 2 hours

Reading time: 15 minutes

Instructions:
Maximum marks: 55

• Please do not write anything on the question paper except your name and roll number.
• Answers to this paper must be written in neat and legible handwriting on the answer script
provided separately.
• Write your name very neatly and clearly on your answer script and map.
Do not copy the questions on your answer script. Write the correct question number and
answer/option.
To be supplied with this paper: one political and one river marked map of India.

Question 1
Section A (20 Marks)

Choose and write the correct answer in the answer script:

(a) Under which category do monuments fall?

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(i) Private property
(iii) Trust property
(ii) Public property
(iv) Community property
(b) In which water body do the major rivers of the Peninsular Plateaus
flow?

(i) The River Ganga

(iii) The Bay of Bengal
(ii) The Arabian Sea
(iv) The River Yamuna

(c) Which city is known as the 'Silicon Valley of the East'?

(i)
Chennai

(iii) Bengaluru
 (ii) Hyderabad
(iv) Kochi
(d) Which of the following cities is NOT located in Chattisgarh?
(i) Durg
(iii) Bastar
(ii) Aurangabad
(iv) Bilaspur
(e) Identify the department which looks after the maintenance of roads,
bridges and parks.
(i) The Legislative Department
(ii) The Archaeological Department
(iii) The Municipal Department
(iv) The Public Works Department
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(f) Where are the artefacts of ancient times displayed?
(i)
 Libraries

(iii) Museums
(ii) Exhibitions

(g) Which river flows through Karnataka?

(i)
Ganga
(iii) Narmada
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(iv) Galleries
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(ii) Tungabhadra
(iv) Mahanadi

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(h) How was voting done in earlier times? .
(i) Voting machines
(iii) Ballot paper
(ii) Ticketing
(iv) Polling paper
(i)
Which among the following is a famous dance form of Tamil Nadu?
(i)
Bharatnatyam
(iii) Kathakali
(ii) Kathak
(iv) Kuchipudi
(j) Which of the following states is the leading producer of tobacco in
India?

(i) Kerala
(ii) Andhra Pradesh
(iii) Maharashtra
(iv) Tamil Nadu

Question 2
 Write whether the following statements are True/False:
(a) Kanha National Park is famous for elephants.
(b) Chattisgarh is rich in mineral resources.
(c) Elections generally take place once in five years in India.
(d) The Gwalior Fort is the main tourist attraction in Chattisgarh. (e) Every citizen
has the right to use public property.

Question 3
Match the following:
Column A

(a)
Sanchi Stupa
(b)
Hirakud dam

(c) Railways
(d)
Dakshin Ganga
(e)
Charminar

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Column B

(i) Public property (ii) Godavari

(iii) Madhya Pradesh
(iv) Historical monument (v) Mahanadi

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Question 4
 Section B (30 Marks)

Answer any five of the following questions:

(a) Write three points of difference between public property and private property.
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(b) How should we handle books borrowed from the library?
(c) Answer the following questions with reference to Karnataka:
(i) The main crops grown in the state.
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(ii) The clothes worn by men and women in the state.

(d) Describe the Peninsular Plateaus. (any three points)
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(e) How has the voting system in India become less cumbersome than it was
in the past?
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(f) How does the government maintain the monuments?
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(g) Write the names of the famous temples of Tamil Nadu.
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Question 5
Look at the picture given below and answer the questions that follow.

(a) What do you notice in the above picture?

(b) Do you think the boy is doing the correct thing? Justify your answer. (c) The building
shown in the above picture and many other such buildings
are visited by tourists from all over the world. Why do you think so? Question 6
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(a) Mark/shade and name the following on a river marked map of India:
 (i)
Gulf of Kutch

(ii)
Palk Strait
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(iii) Vindhya Range
(iv) River Mahanadi
(v)
Lake Pulicat

(vi) Thar Desert

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(b) Mark/shade and name the following on a political map of India:
Imphal
(ii)
Shimla

(iii) Mumbai
(iv)
Capital of Arunchal Pradesh

Section C (5 Marks)
Question 7

Look at the pictures A, B, C and D given below. Classify them into public and private property.
 A - Qutub Minar
B-House

C-Cycle Rickshaw
D - City Bus

(a) Public Property

Private Property
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(i)
(ii)
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(b) One of the fundamental duties of a citizen is to protect public property.

Why?
Question 8

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Answer any one of the following questions:

(a) It is our duty to cast our vote to sensible and qualified candidates
during elections. Give a reason to support your answer.
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(b) The rivers in the Deccan Plateau often dry up during summers. Why
do you think this happens?
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