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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When Quiz 5 (56 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tributary of River Ganga is known as A) Son. B) Bhadra. C) Indus. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Son. 2. In which sacred text is the name Bharata mentioned? A) Rigveda. B) Puranas. C) Upanishads. D) Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 3. HILLS MOUNTAINS AND SEAS FORM THE NATURAL ..... OF THE ..... A) Narmada, Tungabhadra. B) DESSERTS, HIMALAYAS. C) FRONTIERS, SUBCONTINENT. D) BIHAR, KIRTHAR HILL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FRONTIERS, SUBCONTINENT. 4. Rice was first grown to the north of the ..... A) Sulaiman Hills. B) Garo hills. C) Kirthar hills. D) Vindhyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vindhyas. 5. History is generally divided into ..... time periods. A) Three. B) Five. C) Four. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 6. On which river's bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago? A) Ganga. B) Yamuna. C) Narmada. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganga. 7. Why did people travel form one place to another? A) They didn't like that place. B) They were forced to. C) Natural disasters. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural disasters. 8. Which of these rivers is South of the Vindhiyas? A) Mahanadi. B) Become. C) Narmada. D) Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Son. 9. Those who study the objects of the past are called ..... A) Anthropologists. B) Archaeologists. C) Astronauts. D) Academicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaeologists. 10. People have lived along the banks of this river for several hundreds thousands years. Name this river A) Godavari. B) Narmada. C) Ganga. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada. 11. The word 'India'comes from the A) Sanskrit. B) Iran. C) Bharata. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus. 12. The objects that humans made in the past;-pottery, tools and ornaments are called: A) Inscriptions. B) Monuments. C) Coins. D) Artefacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artefacts. 13. Inscriptions, monuments, artefacts and coins are examples of ..... sources. A) Literary. B) Archaeological. C) Oral. D) Recent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaeological. 14. Inscriptions were also used for keeping records of A) Defeats in battles. B) Deaths in battles. C) Treaties of battles. D) Victories in battles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Victories in battles. 15. How much years ago did the women and men first began to grow wheat and barely ..... ? A) 800. B) 2500. C) 850. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 16. PEOPLE HAVE LIVED OON THE BANKS OF WHICH RIVER FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS? A) RIVER KAVERI. B) RIVER GANGA. C) RIVER NARMADA. D) RIVER KRISHNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RIVER NARMADA. 17. People who study objects made and used in the past are called A) Historians. B) Scientists. C) Archeologists. D) Detectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archeologists. 18. The word 'Bharata' is mentioned in Rigveda. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Prehistory is the history of the period ..... A) Before people learnt the art of writing. B) After the Birth of Christ. C) When people learnt the art of writing. D) Before the Birth of Christ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before people learnt the art of writing. 20. India's name was kept on? A) Ganga. B) Tribes. C) Yamuna. D) River Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River Indus. 21. What evidences do we get from Bones of animals? A) About residence. B) About cloths. C) About eating habits. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About eating habits. 22. The name "India" comes from A) Ganga. B) Narmada. C) Indus. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus. 23. People who gathered food are called A) Hunters. B) Hunting. C) Skilled gatherers. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skilled gatherers. 24. A person who studies the past is a: A) Astronomer. B) Historian. C) Scientist. D) Astrologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historian. 25. In India Rice was first grown in ..... A) Western ghats. B) Banks of Ganga River. C) Himalayas. D) North of Vindhyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North of Vindhyas. 26. 1 Narmada Valley [a] The first big kingdom2 Garo hills [b] Cities about 2500 years ago 3 Ganga Valley [c] The first cities4 Magadha [d] Hunting and gathering5 Indus and tributaries [e] Early agriculture A) 1-[e] 2-[d] 3-[a] 4-[c] 5-[b]. B) 1-[b] 2-[c] 3-[a] 4-[e] 5-[d]. C) 1-[c] 2-[a] 3-[d] 4-[c] 5-[b]. D) 1-[d] 2-[e] 3-[b] 4-[a] 5-[c]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1-[d] 2-[e] 3-[b] 4-[a] 5-[c]. 27. Manuscripts can survive for a long period of time if care is taken of them. A) True. B) False. C) None of the above. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. What is the meaning of term 'Manu'? A) Chest. B) Head. C) Hand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hand. 29. There are several ways of finding out about the oast. One is to search for and read books that were written long ago. These are called ..... A) Inscriptions. B) Archaeologists. C) Manuscritps. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manuscritps. 30. The letters BCE mean A) Before Common Era (before the birth of Christ). B) Big Cats Evolved. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Common Era (before the birth of Christ). 31. The language of the ordinary people. A) Tamil. B) Sanskrit. C) Prakrit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prakrit. 32. This language was earlier used by common people A) English. B) Prakrit. C) Tamil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prakrit. 33. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 34. The first crops were grown almost 8000 years ago A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 35. When were cities first developed on the banks of the Ganga? A) 2500 BCE. B) 2500 Years ago. C) 4700 Years ago. D) 4700 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2500 Years ago. 36. Farmers wrote their victories of battle A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. The word India comes from the ..... , called Sindhu in ..... A) Indus, Arabic. B) Sanskrit, Indian. C) Indian, Sanskrit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian, Sanskrit. 38. Why do we study history? A) To learn about our past. B) To prepare for the future. C) To understand the present. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 39. People who study the objects that were used in the past are called A) Historians. B) Scribes. C) Archaeologists. D) Geographers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archaeologists. 40. The name india got from A) Sindhu. B) Rigveda. C) All the above. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sindhu. 41. Manuscripts were destroyed because of- A) Lack of care. B) Eaten by insects. C) War. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eaten by insects. 42. First animal to be tamed was? A) Cattle. B) Yak. C) Sheep. D) Dog (wild ancestor). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dog (wild ancestor). 43. We can learn about yesterday only from other people A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. Which is the large kingdom near the river Ganga? A) Magadha. B) Pallavas. C) Cheras. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magadha. 45. The word 'manuscript' means A) Writings dedicated to Lord Manu. B) 'manu' in latin means hand and scribe means to write. C) All the manuscripts are written by Lord Manu. D) 'manu' in french is hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'manu' in latin means hand and scribe means to write. 46. Where were manuscripts preserved? A) Palaces and Temples. B) Palaces and Monastaries. C) Monasteries and temples. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monasteries and temples. 47. The word BCE means A) Before Common Era. B) Big Christ Era. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Common Era. 48. Who are people who study the past? A) Historians. B) Archaeologist. C) Spy. D) Officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historians. 49. Rosetta is a town on the north coast of A) England. B) Israel. C) Egypt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 50. BC refers in history A) Before Christ. B) Backward class. C) Backward channel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Christ. 51. Garo hills located in the ..... part of India. A) South-East. B) North-East. C) South. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-East. 52. The Iranians and the greeks who came through the northwest were familiar with the Indus, called India ..... or the ..... A) India, Hindos. B) Hyndos, Hindustan. C) India Hindos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India Hindos. 53. THE PLACES WHERE RICE WAS FIRST GROWN A) SULAIMAN. B) Kirthar. C) Vindhayas hills. D) GARO HILLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vindhayas hills. 54. WHERE WAS THE FIRST AGRICULTURE DEVELOPED? A) Vindhyas. B) GARO HILLS. C) KIRTHAR HILLS. D) SULAIMAN HILLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GARO HILLS. 55. Inscriptions were written on ..... A) Hard surfaces like stones and metals. B) Palm leaf. C) Bark of tree. D) All of the above. 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