HISTORY (VI)-LESSON-1 WHAT, WHERE, HOW AND WHEN (QUESTION ANSWERS)

 

HISTORY (VI)-LESSON-1

WHAT, WHERE, HOW AND WHEN

(QUESTION ANSWERS)

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NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION ANSWERS

1. Match the following:
(i)  Narmada Valley                                        (a) The first big kingdom

(ii) Magadha                                                   (b) Hunting and gathering

(iii) Garo hills                                                 (c) Cities about 2500 years ago

(iv) Indus and its tributaries                          (d) Early agriculture

(v) Ganga Valley                                             (e)   The first cities

 

Ans- (i)-b , (ii)- a , (iii)- d  , (iv)- e   , (v)- c

2. List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.
Answer:

Manuscripts	Inscriptions-
The hand written materials on palm leaves or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch was called as manuscripts	The material written on hard surfaces such as stone or metal are called as inscription.
They are hand written	They are engraved

 

3. Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?
Answer: One can know what had happened so many years ago through these ways:   Inscriptions, manuscripts and old objects

4. Make a list of as. the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?
Answer: The objects that archaeologists may find Incriptions, plant remains, manuscripts, coins, ornaments, pots, tools, stone tools, weapons, pans, bones, brunt seeds,  etc.

The ones that could be made of stone are

·        Surface used for writing inscriptions

·        Remains of buildings

·        Objects like tools, weapons, etc.

5. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
Answer: We think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records due to the following reasons:

1.    They did not know the art of writing in the beginning.

2.    Even some of them were not literate even after the knowledge of the script.

3.    They were not having an interest in such works.

4.    They did not know the importance of keeping records of the events. The lack of historical sense was mainly responsible for it.

6. Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.
Answer:

1.    The kings used to live in palaces or big houses. The farmers used to live in huts or in very small houses.

2.    The kings were dependent for their food on farmers. Farmers used to produce food for themselves and other people also.

3.    The kings wore showy and costly clothes and ornaments. Farmers wore simple and very cheap clothes. (Any two)

7. Find the word ‘crafts persons’ on-page of the textbook. In the list at least five different crafts that you know about today. Are the craftspersons—(a) men (b) women (c) both men and women
Answer: The various crafts that dominate the present life are listed here: Artist, Engineer, scientist,  write, actors, sculptors etc

These craftspersons are both men and women.

8. What were the subjects on which books were written in the past? Which of these would you like to read?
Answers: Before paper was discovered scholars wrote on:

1.    dried leaves,

2.   on the bark of birch trees and

3.    sometimes on copper (or metal) plates and stones.

We would like to read Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Panchtantra.

 

OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

I. Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence:

1.    Men and women moved in search of……………… and to escape from …………..

2.    The name India was given by the Iranians and the ………………

3.    The bark of the birch tree was used to prepare………………

4.    Inscriptions were written on hard surfaces like………………

5.    Travelling from one place to another led to ……………..

Answers:

1.    livelihood, natural disasters

2.    Greeks

3.    manuscripts

4.    (stone/metal

5.    sharing of ideas.

II. True/False

State whether these sentences are true (Tj or false (F).

1.    The first crops were grown almost 8000 years ago.

2.    The Garo hills are located in the south of India.

3.    The Magadha Kingdom was set up near the Ganga river.

4.    The Rigveda is the earliest composition in the Sanskrit language.

5.    The Iranians and the Greeks called India Bharat.

6.    Inscriptions were written on the palm leaf.

7.    The years are counted with reference to the birth of Christ.

8.    Ordinary people used Prakrit to talk to each other.

Answers:

1.    True

2.    False

3.    True

4.    True

5.    False

6.    False

7.    True

8.    True

 

1. What do you know about the location of the Sulaiman and Kirthar hills?
Or
Where are the Sulaiman and Kirthar hills located?
Answer: The Sulaiman and Kirthar hills are located In the modem day Pakistan.

2. Name any two animals which the people of the Sulaiman and Kirthar hills reared.
Answer: Sheep and goat.

3. Where are the Garo hills located?
Answer: The Garo hills are in the north-east of India.

4. What are tributaries? [V. Imp.]
Answer: Tributaries are smaller rivers that flow into a bigger river.

5. Name the tributary of the river Ganga.
Answer: Son.

6. Where was Magadha located?
Answer: Magadha was located in the south of the Ganga.

7. Why was Magadha famous? [V. Imp.]
Answer:  Magadha was famous because its mlers were very powerful who established a big kingdom.

8. What was the job of religious teachers?     [V. Imp.]
Answer: Religious teachers moved from one place to another to offer instruction and advice to the people who met on the way.

9. From where does the word India come?
Answer: The word India comes from the Indus, known as Sindhu in Sanskrit.

10. What is meant by the manuscript?
Answer: Manuscript is a hand-written matter.

11. What was used in ancient times to write manuscripts?
Answer: Palm leaf or the bark of the birch tree was used in ancient times to write manuscripts.

12. What are inscriptions?
Answer: Inscriptions are writings on relatively hard surfaces like stone or metal.

13. Why do archaeologists look for bones of animals, birds, and fish?
Answer: They do so in order to find out what people ate in the past.

14. What are the occupations of the people of the Andaman Islands?
Answer: The people of the Andaman Islands are engaged in fishing, hunting, and collecting forest produce.

MCQS QUESTIONS

 1. Which river’s bank did the people live along in the ancient time?
(a) Ganga
(b) Narmada
(c) Satluj
(d) None of these

 2. On which river’s bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago?
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) All of these

 

 3. Which city was established on the banks of Ganga?
(a) Magadha
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

 4. How did merchants travel?
(a) With Caravans
(b) Ships
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

 5. From where did the Iranians and the Greek come?
(a) North west
(b) North east
(e) North south
(d) None of these

 6. Where were the manuscripts written?
(a) On palm leaf
(b) On peepal leaf
(c) On banana leaf
(d) On tulsi leaf

 

 7. Where did the manuscripts keep safe?
(a) In temples and monastaries
(b) In museums
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

 8.Who are historians?
(a) Who study past
(b) Who study present
(c) Who study future
(d) None of these

 9. How did the people of Andaman Islands get their food?
(a) By fishing
(b) By hunting
(c) By collecting the forest products
(d) All of these

 10. What helps us ’ to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc. ?
(a) Archaeology
(b) Astrology
(c) Biology
(d) All of these

 11. When did agriculture start?
(a) 4700 years ago
(b) 2500 years ago
(c) 8000 years ago
(d) 5500 years ago

 12. In what ways was the ancient coin different from the ones we use
(a) Made of stones
(b) Made of baked clay
(c) Made of bones
(d) All of these

 13. In which language were the manuscripts written?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) English
(c) Hindi
(d) None of these

 

14. People who gathered their food are called……………….
(a) hunters
(b) skilled gatherers
(c) farmers
(d) merchants.

15. The places where rice was first grown are located in ………………
(a) north of the Vindhyas
(b) Sulaiman hills
(c) on the banks of the Ganga
(d) the Gaxo hills.

16. …… was not used in the old books.
(a) Prakrit
(b) Hindi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Tamil

17. The kingdom of Magadha was located ……………
(a) on the banks of the Indus
(b) in the south of the Vindhyas
(c) in the area along Ganga’s tributaries in the south of Ganga.
(d) in the Garo hills region.

ANSWERS

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