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Surmount International School Sample Paper -2 2016-17 Class : III Subject : Social Studies

Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Triuvanathapuram is the capital of (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka. (ii) Fishing is the main occupation of people living in (a) Vishakhapatnam (b) Bengalure (c) Hyderabad (iii) It is the most popular beach in Chennai. (a) Juhu Beach (b) Marina Beach (c) Both of them (iv) In India large number of people live in (a) Village (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (v) Mesopotamian civilization means. (a) land inside rivers (b) Rivers between land (c) Land between rivers. (vi) The chief god of Egyptian. (a) Sun (b) Lord Durga (c) Ganpati Q2. Fill in the blanks. (i) Chennai was earlier called ______. (ii) ______is a famous dance of Tamilnadu. (iii) Now in villages ______and ______have been set up. (iv) Earlier time in villages there were no means of ______other than bullock carts. (v) ______was a powerful king. (vi) In egyption civilization king was called______. (vii) ______was the capital of Ashoka’s empire. (viii) ______spread the message of peace.

Q3. Match the following. Column A Column B (i) Thiruvananthapuram Visakhapatnam (ii) Bengaluru Malayalam (iii) Fishing Garden city (iv) Pucca roads King (v) Tigris City/Town (vi) Hammurabi Euphrates (vii) Kalinga Buddhism (viii) Gautam Buddha Odisha

Q4. Fill the missing letters. (i) Ch_____ rm____n __r (ii) K _____r_____la (iii) V____ z___g (iv) Pan ____ ha ______t (v) P___rl___ame __t (vi) Bo____ I ____g (vii) S___ on____ (viii) A __h ____ ka (ix) K____ l___nga

Q5. Arrange the following jumbled words (i) CNNEHIA (ii) FNGHII S (iii) SYULEP (iv) PDHRAAN (v) IDINA (vi) TSGIIR (vii) EYPGT (viii) EERIMP (ix) SAEPRD Q6. Name the following. (i) It is the main occupation living in visakhapatnam. (ii) Charminar was completed in . (iii) It was built to mark the end of plague in Hyderabad. (iv) An elected member of the gram panchayat is called. (v) A Gram Panchayat is also called a gram. (vi) In Egyptian civilization king was called. (vii) The Egyptian preserved the dead bodies of their kings. These were called. (viii) Who built the Great wall of China. Q7. Answer the following questions . (i) What is Hyderabad famous for ? (ii) Which festival do people in Thiruvananthapuram celebrate? (iii) Why was village life difficult in the past? Write any four points. (iv) How has life in villages improved now?Write any four points. (v) Who were the first to grow tea? Write any two of their other inventions. (vi) Between which two rivers did the Mesopotamian civilization came up? (vii) What did Ashoka ask his people to do? (viii) How did AShoka spread his message amongst his people?

Q8. On an outline political map of India mark neighboring countries of India.

Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bhutan

Q9 . Answer the following value based question. How will you send an urgent message to you friend who live in another city.

Q10. On an outline political map of India mark neighboring countries of India.

Nepal , China, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka