This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > Social Science > Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People have been wearing the same kind of clothes from centuries A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. From bones of animals, birds and fish, archaeologists find out- A) What people ate. B) Types of animals that existed then. C) Temperature. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 3. People who study about the objects of the past A) Archaeologists. B) Scientists. C) Historians. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaeologists. 4. The birch tree grows in this region A) Plateau. B) Himalayan. C) Desert. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayan. 5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT THE TRIBUTARIES OF GANGA A) Or Him. B) Ghaghar. C) RAVI. D) Gomti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RAVI. 6. Hand written text on palm leaves. A) Inscriptions. B) Hand texts. C) Manuscripts. D) Decipherment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manuscripts. 7. UNDERSTANDING A CODE OR ANCIENT WRITING IS KNOWN AS ..... A) EXCAVATION. B) ARCHAEOLOGY. C) DECIPHERMENT. D) CALLIGRAPHY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DECIPHERMENT. 8. LANGUAGE USED BY COMMON PEOPLE WAS A) PRAKRIT. B) GREEK. C) PALI. D) SANSKRIT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PRAKRIT. 9. Cities on the banks of Ganga developed around A) 3500 years. B) 2000 years. C) 2500 years. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2500 years. 10. ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN WERE ..... A) HUNTERS. B) GATHERERS. C) FISHING FOLK. D) ALL OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THESE. 11. Where was rice first grown? A) Western ghats. B) Eastern ghats. C) North of the Vindhyas. D) Garo hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North of the Vindhyas. 12. Inscriptions were used to describe ..... A) Lives of Kings, Queens and People. B) Kings orders. C) Battle-victories. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. ON WHAT WERE THE MANUSCRIPTS WRITTEN? A) PALM LEAVES. B) PEEPAL LEAVES. C) MAPLE LEAVES. D) BANANA LEAVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PALM LEAVES. 14. The location of an excavation is called ..... A) Archaeological site. B) Hotel. C) Park. D) Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaeological site. 15. All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually have the letters A) BC. B) BD. C) AC. D) AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AD. 16. What is something that gives us information called in History? A) Source. B) Informer. C) Both of them. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source. 17. Where did the manuscripts keep safe? A) In temples and monasteries. B) In museums. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In temples and monasteries. 18. In which language were the manuscripts written? A) Sanskrit. B) English. C) Hindi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 19. Menu Script means A) All the manuscripts were dedicated to lord Manu. B) The meaning of 'manu' in Latin is hand, and to 'script' means to write. C) Lord Manu was the writer of all manuscripts. D) The meaning of 'manu' in French is hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meaning of 'manu' in Latin is hand, and to 'script' means to write. 20. Where were the manuscripts written? A) On banana leaf. B) Is the tuli leaf. C) On palm leaf. D) On peepal leaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On palm leaf. 21. South Asia includes- A) China, Japan, and Korea. B) Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. C) India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. D) USA, Canada, and Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 22. What are manuscripts and its purpose? A) They are engraved on hard surfaces. They provide handwritten accounts. B) They are written on papers. They provide handwritten accounts. C) They are written on leaves and bark of trees. They provide handwritten accounts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are written on leaves and bark of trees. They provide handwritten accounts. 23. Bones of animals, birds and fish comes under which source? A) Manuscripts. B) Archaeological. C) Inscriptions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaeological. 24. Where was agriculture developed? A) Sulaiman hills. B) Narmada valley. C) Nilgri hills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulaiman hills. 25. How did merchants travel? A) With Caravans. B) Ships. C) Both of these. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 26. Which is the earliest composition in Sanskrit? A) Yajurveda. B) Rigveda. C) Samaveda. D) Atharvaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rigveda. 27. In ancient times, the areas to the south of river Ganga were known as A) Make. B) Avanti. C) Fingers. D) Magadha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magadha. 28. Manuscripts were usually written on A) Palm leaf and birch. B) Mango leaf and palm. C) Birch and neem leaf. D) Mango leaf and neem leaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palm leaf and birch. 29. Which of the following dates can be used in place of 2021? A) BC 2021. B) AD 2021. C) BCE 2021. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AD 2021. 30. Rig veda contains the earliest compositions in Sanskrit, dated about 3500 years ago. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. AD refers in history A) Anno Domini. B) After Common Era. C) Another Decade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anno Domini. 32. Where is Sulaiman and kirthar hills located ..... ? A) Southeast. B) Northwest. C) North East. D) Southwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northwest. 33. Inscriptions were mainly engraved on A) Stone or barks of trees. B) Paper or stone. C) Stone or metal. D) Metal or paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stone or metal. 34. The bark of the Birch tree has to be ..... for manuscripts. A) Peeled of Birch tree. B) Specially prepared. C) Normally prepared. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specially prepared. 35. Inscriptions were A) Written on ornaments. B) Written on stones or metal. C) Written by Brahman. D) Written on paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written on stones or metal. 36. Which source of History is more durable. A) Manuscript. B) Inscriptions. C) Books. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inscriptions. 37. The two tributaries of the Indus are A) Yamuna and Gandak. B) Kabul and Monday. C) Gomti and Ghaghra. D) Ravi and Jhelum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ravi and Jhelum. 38. These are smaller rivers that flow into a larger rivers. A) Tributaries. B) Ocean. C) Lake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributaries. 39. The word manuscript came from A) Inscription. B) Angle. C) Bharath. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 40. People who study old things and buildings are known as A) Professors. B) Archaeologists. C) Geologists. D) Architects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaeologists. 41. WHICH CROPS WERE GROWN IN SULAIMAN AND KIRTHAR HILLS TO THE NORTHWEST OF INDIA? A) WHEAT AND BARLEY. B) WHEAT AND RICE. C) Barley & bazra. D) RICE AND BAJRA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WHEAT AND BARLEY. 42. A set of letters used for writing a particular language A) Scripts. B) Alphabets. C) Dialects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scripts. 43. There were many other that were made and use in the past. tose who study these objects are called ..... A) Historian. B) Archeologist. C) Detectives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archeologist. 44. Manuscripts were often preserved in ..... A) Temples. B) Monasteries. C) Temples and Monasteries. D) Palaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temples and Monasteries. 45. People have lived along the banks of river Narmada for several hundred thousand years. Some of the earliest people who lived here were ..... A) Farmers. B) Scientists. C) Hunters. D) Skilled Gatherers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skilled Gatherers. 46. What helps us ' to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc.? A) Archeaology. B) Astrology. C) Biology. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archeaology. 47. In the word Manuscripts what does the word '' manu" mean A) Stone. B) Brick. C) Wall. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hand. 48. Records of the past are arranged in which order? A) Mathematical. B) Chronological. C) Geometrical. D) Noned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chronological. 49. RIVER INDUS TRACES ITS ROOT TO A) BHARAT. B) SINDHU. C) INDIA. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SINDHU. 50. Are there 1 past or many? A) Yes, there are many. B) No, there is only 1 past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, there are many. 51. ..... ARE WRITINGS ON HARD SURFACES SUCH AS STONES OR METALS. A) ENGRAVINGS. B) MANUSCRIPTS. C) SCRIPTS. D) INSCRIPTIONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INSCRIPTIONS. 52. Which language was earlier used by commonpeople? A) Prakrit. B) Rajasthani. C) Tamil. D) Gujarati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prakrit. 53. Objects that are made of hard, imperishable substances usually survive for a long time. Which one is an example of such objects? A) Manuscripts. B) Textual records. C) Inscriptions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inscriptions. 54. The place were eomen and men first began to grow crops A) Vindhyas. B) Magadha. C) Sulaiman. D) Kirthar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vindhyas. 55. How did merchants travel1? A) With Caravans. B) Ship. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 56. The advantages of writing on hard surface were- A) Permanence. B) Easy to erase. C) Not affected by insects. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 57. How many years ago did the earliest cities flourish on the banks of Indus and its tributaries? A) 2, 500 years ago. B) 1 million years ago. C) 4, 700 years ago. D) 8, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4, 700 years ago. 58. Which kingdom was located in the area alongGanga's tributary in the South of Ganga? A) Magadha. B) Taxile. C) Burma. D) Calicut. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magadha. 59. NAME THE CROPS WHICH WERE FIRST GROWN BY MEN AND WOMEN A) WHEAT AND BARLEY. B) SUGAR AND BARLEY. C) WHEAT AND BARLEY. D) RICE AND BARLEY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WHEAT AND BARLEY. 60. What is the original Sanskrit name for the river Indus? A) Sindhu. B) Indu. C) Hindu. D) Bindu. 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