DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SAIL TOWNSHIP, RANCHI

SUB : ENGLISH
CLASS: VI
I

Chanakya is famous in the history of India as a sage like person who by his political
shrewdness and expediency helped in the establishment of the mighty Mauryan empire.
Chanakya was wise, clever, foresighted, determined and deeply read in economics,
diplomacy and politics. There is a legend that Chanakya was once invited to the court of the
Nanda rulers of Magadha where he was insulted. Chanakya took a vow to cause the downfall
of the Nanda dynasty. With the help of a brave and capable general, Chandragupta, he
succeeded in fulfilling his vow and founded a new Mauryan dynasty in Magadha. Chanakya
served as a friend, philosopher and guide the Chandragupta Maurya. Chanakya is also
believed to be the author of Arthashastra, the classical Indian treatise on state craft. It lays
down rules of government and contemporary state administration. Chanakya is also known as
Kautilya because of his diplomacy.
Answer the following questions on the basis of your reading of the passage
1. What helped Chanakya in the establishment of the mighty Mauryan empire?
2. Why did Chanakya take a vow to cause the downfall of the Nanda dynasty?
3. What is Arthshastra about?
4. Why is Chanakya known as Kautilya?

II Find out words from the passage which are opposite of the following
(a) Feeble (b) Tactlessness (c) Imprudence (d) Foolish
III Fill in the blanks with the Adjectives opposite in meaning to those mentioned
1. A wise enemy is better than a ______ friend
2. Sugar is sweet but a lemon is _______
3. A brave man hates a ________ fellow
4. A polite boy never gives a _______ reply
IV Choose the right word from within the brackets
1. He is my (oldest / eldest) son
2. Lead is heavier (to / than) any other metal
3. He is the wiser (than / of ) of the two
4. He is the bravest (of / than) all men in the village
V Add prefixes
(a) _____similar
VI Complete the table
Positive
1 Courageous
2 Old
3 Far
4 _____

(b) ____ reversible (c) _____ computer (d) ____ worthy

Comparative
_____
_____
_____
Less

Superlative
_____
Oldest
Farthest
_____

VII Read the following outlines and construct an interesting story

A good boy .. disobeys his parents .. gets into bad company .. father
gives him some good apples .. tells him to lay them aside for a few days ..
places a rotten apple among them .. the rotten apple spoils the good ones .. a
lesson on bad company.

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SAIL TOWNSHIP, RANCHI

CLASS: VI
GENERAL SCIENCE
PHYSICS
1. An electric circuit containing a cell and a torch bulb is completed by using the following
objects turn by turn: Matchstick, Iron nail, Eraser, Glass bangle, Key. Which of the above
will make the bulb glow and which will not? Give reasons for your answers.
2. How would you connect a cell torch bulb and switch so that the bulb lights up? Draw a
sketch for this
3. Draw the sketch of a torch bulb and label its various parts.
4. Why do electricians wear rubber hand gloves while working with electricity?
CHEMISTRY
1. Why gaps are left in between the railway tracks
2. Give an example which shows both reversible and irreversible process occurring together.
3. Define irreversible process with two examples.
4. Souring of milk is which type of change? Explain
BIOLOGY
1. Name the different types of joints in our body and the part where they are found.
2. Explain how two muscles work together to pull a bone.
3. How do doctors find about any injury that might have happened to our bones?
4. Why are snakes not able to move faster on a slippery surface?
SOCIAL STUDIES
HISTORY / CIVICS
1. List two ways in which the Rajas of the Mahajanapadas were different from those mentioned
in the Rigveda.
2. Name the different stages of life or different Ashrams and what were their roles in society?
3. Who was Megasthenes? Write few lines about Pataliputra according to his book Indica
4. Make a list of some of the key ideas of a democratic government, for example all people are
equal.
GEOGRAPHY
1. What is global warming?
2. Air moves from high pressure to low pressure. Explain this with the help of diagram
3. How are human beings disturbing the delicate balance of nature?
4. What is the composition of the atmosphere?
MATHEMATICS
5
3
1. Of and which is greater and by how much?
7
4
1
1
1
2. Simplify: 5 3 + 3 + 4
6
4
3
3. Arrange the following decimals in descending order 6.5, 6.05, 6.54, 6.4 and 6.45
4. What is to be subtracted from 13 to get 5.4?
5. Write T for true and F for false for each of the statements
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(a) 3.02 < 3.2
(b) 3 g = 0.003 kg
(c)
= 3.410
1000
(d) 6.2 and 6.200 are equivalent decimals
(e) 2.3, 3.41, 4.53, 5.61 are examples of like decimals