SilverZone iSSO Class 6 sample paper, 2026–27
What is actually on the SilverZone iSSO Class 6 paper for 2026–27: the sections the body itself publishes, how many questions each one carries and what each is worth — read off the body's own site, and stamped with the date we last checked it.
Last verified against SilverZone Foundation’s own site on 28 September 2026.
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The paper
What the body's own paper looks like
| Section | Questions | Marks each |
|---|---|---|
| Theme A — India and the World: Land and the People | 6 | 2.5 |
| Theme B — Tapestry of the Past | 6 | 2.5 |
| Theme C — Our Cultural Heritage and Knowledge Traditions | 6 | 2.5 |
| Theme D — Governance and Democracy | 6 | 2.5 |
| Theme E — Economic Life Around Us | 6 | 2.5 |
| Scholar's Zone | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 35 | 100 marks · 40 minutes |
The section names are not SilverZone's invention — they are the five themes of the 2026-27 NCERT Class 6 social science book, in the book's own order, which is why this paper maps onto school work more cleanly than any other on this site. The five themes carry 15 marks each, so no theme can be skipped and none is worth cramming over another; history, geography, civics and economics are weighted identically at 6 questions apiece. The Scholar's Zone is 5 questions at 5 marks — a quarter of the paper on one seventh of the questions — and SilverZone names no topics for it. At 35 questions in 40 minutes this is about 69 seconds a question, the same clock as SilverZone's English, maths and science papers. Two limits of what the body publishes, stated rather than filled in: iSSO runs for Classes 1 to 10 (its maths, science and English papers go to 12), and its iSSO page carries no level structure at all, where the iOM, iOS and iOEL pages describe a Level 2 and iOEL a Level 3 — so nothing here says iSSO does or does not have one. Ask your coordinator.
What it covers: Social Science for Class 6
Ch 1. Locating Places on the Earth
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme A — India and the World: Land and the People
Ch 2. Oceans and Continents
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme A — India and the World: Land and the People
Ch 3. Landforms and Life
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme A — India and the World: Land and the People
Ch 4. Timeline and Sources of History
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme B — Tapestry of the Past
Ch 5. India, That Is Bharat
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme B — Tapestry of the Past
Ch 6. The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme B — Tapestry of the Past
Ch 7. India's Cultural Roots
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme C — Our Cultural Heritage and Knowledge Traditions
Ch 8. Unity in Diversity, or 'Many in the One'
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme C — Our Cultural Heritage and Knowledge Traditions
Ch 9. Family and Community
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme D — Governance and Democracy
Ch 10. Grassroots Democracy — Part 1: Governance
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme D — Governance and Democracy (SilverZone lists this as "Governance")
Ch 11. Grassroots Democracy — Part 2: Local Government in Rural Areas
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme D — Governance and Democracy (listed as "Local Government in Rural Areas")
Ch 12. Grassroots Democracy — Part 3: Local Government in Urban Areas
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme D — Governance and Democracy (listed as "Local Government in Urban Areas")
Ch 13. The Value of Work
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme E — Economic Life Around Us
Ch 14. Economic Activities Around Us
Olympiad syllabus label: Theme E — Economic Life Around Us
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