BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL
COMMON ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2024-2025)
SYLLABUS
CLASS:VI SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
TEXTBOOKS:
1. OUR PASTS - I
2. THE EARTH - OUR HABITAT
3. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE-1
S.NO. UNIT/CHAPTER /TOPIC SUBTOPICS WEIGHTAGE
HISTORY 34%
1. CH-3 ● The story of Harappa
IN THE EARLIEST CITIES ● What was special about these cities?
● Houses, drains and streets
● Life in the city
● New crafts in the city
● In search of raw materials
● Food for people in the cities
● A closer look — Harappan towns in Gujarat
● The mystery of the end
MAP WORK Pg-23
● Mohenjo Daro
● Harappa
● Dholavira
● Lothal
2. CH- 5 ● How some men became rulers
KINGDOMS, KINGS AND ● Janapadas
AN EARLY REPUBLIC ● Mahajanapadas
● Taxes
● Changes in Agriculture
● A closer look — (a) Magadha
● A closer look — (b) Vajji
MAP WORK Pg-45
● Magadha
● Vajji
● Rajagriha
3. CH-6 ● The story of the Buddha
NEW QUESTIONS AND ● Upanishads
IDEAS ● Jainism
● The Sangha
● Viharas
4. CH-7 ● How are empires different from kingdoms?
FROM A KINGDOM TO ● Ruling the empire
AN EMPIRE ● Ashoka, a unique ruler
● Ashoka’s war in Kalinga
● What was Ashoka’s dhamma?
MAP WORK Pg–63
Important cities
● Taxila
● Patliputra
● Kalinga
● Ujjain
Inscriptions
● Sarnath
● Girnar
● Kandhar
● Sanchi
5. CH-8 ● Iron tools and agriculture Activity based (will
VILLAGES TOWNS AND ● Other steps to increase production: not be assessed in pen
TRADE irrigation paper test)
● Who lived in the villages?
● Coins
● Cities with many functions
● Crafts and craftspersons
● A closer look — Arikamedu
● Trade and traders
● New kingdoms along the coasts
6. CH-9 ● Prashastis and what they tell us
NEW EMPIRES AND ● Samudragupta’s prashasti
KINGDOMS ● Genealogies
● Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita
● The Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin’s
prashasti
● How were these kingdoms administered?
● A new kind of army
● Assemblies in the southern kingdoms
● Ordinary people in the kingdoms
GEOGRAPHY 33%
1. CH-2 ● Important Parallels of Latitudes
GLOBES- LATITUDES ● Heat Zones of the Earth
AND LONGITUDES ● What are Longitudes?
● Longitude and Time
● Why do we have Standard Time?
DIAGRAM Pg- 11
Important Latitudes and Heat zones
2. CH-3 ● Rotation
MOTIONS OF THE ● Revolution
EARTH ● Orbital Plane
● Circle of Illumination
● Leap Year
● Elliptical Orbit
● Summer Solstice
● Winter Solstice
● Equinox
DIAGRAM Pg18
DIAGRAM Pg19
3. CH-4 ● Physical Maps
MAPS ● Political Maps
● Thematic Maps
● Distance
● Direction
● Symbols
● Sketch
● Plan
DIAGRAM Pg-26
Conventional Symbols
● Roads
● Boundaries
● River,Well, Bridge
4. CH-5 ● Lithosphere
MAJOR DOMAINS OF ● Continents
THE EARTH ● Hydrosphere
● Oceans
● Atmosphere
● Biosphere - The Domain Of Life
DIAGRAM Pg - 35
Layers of Atmosphere
5. CH-6 ● Locational Setting
OUR COUNTRY - INDIA ● India’s Neighbours
● Political and Administrative Divisions
● Physical Divisions
MAP SKILLS Pg 49
Neighbouring countries of India
CIVICS 33%
1. CH-4 ● Gram Sabha
PANCHAYATI RAJ ● The Gram Panchayat
● Three levels of Panchayats
2. CH-5 ● A Quarrel in the Village
RURAL ADMINISTRATION ● Area of the Police Station
● The work at the Police Station
● Maintenance of Land Records
● A New Law
3. CH- 6 ● The Ward Councillor and the Administrative
URBAN Staff
ADMINISTRATION ● How does the Municipal Corporation get its
Money?
● A Community Protest
TOTAL MARKS= 60
FOR CLASSES 6-8:
THEORY (Pen and Paper Test):60 marks
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT:40 marks
FOR CLASS 9:
THEORY (Pen and Paper Test):80 marks
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT:20 marks
FOR CLASS 11:
THEORY (Subject Specific as per CBSE): 80 / 70 / 60 / 30 marks
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (Subject Specific as per CBSE) (Practical/Project Work/Viva): 20 / 30 / 40 / 70 marks
