This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > Social Science > Class 6 History Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns Quiz 1 (57 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Tamil region, ordinary ploughmen were known as: A) The white man. B) Adimai. C) Karmakara. D) Uzhavar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uzhavar. 2. Punch marked coins were made of: A) Silver. B) Ivory. C) Lin. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silver. 3. Landless labourers, Slaves, were know as A) Cadassier. B) Adimse. C) Both a ] and b ]. D) Girhapatis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a ] and b ]. 4. When did the use of Iron begin in the sub-continent? A) Around 2500 years ago. B) Around 2000 years ago. C) Around 2300 years ago. D) Around 3000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around 3000 years ago. 5. Which kind of inscriptions have been found in Mathura? A) Stone slabs and statues. B) Mud bricks. C) Palaces' inscriptions. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stone slabs and statues. 6. People who had no land of their own and worked for other were A) Dasa Sarmakaras. B) Herders. C) Independent farmers. D) Homepart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dasa Sarmakaras. 7. Punch-marked coins were used around A) 100 yrs ago. B) 450 yrs ago. C) 300 yrs ago. D) 200 yrs ago. E) 500 yrs ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 500 yrs ago. 8. Dyeing vats were used to dye: A) Paper. B) Candles. C) Cloth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloth. 9. When did the growing of iron tools start? A) 2500 years ago. B) 2000 years ago. C) 3000 years ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2500 years ago. 10. The palaces of early cities (2500 years ago) did not survive because they were made of A) Wood. B) Iron. C) Mud brick. D) Both wood and mud bricks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both wood and mud bricks. 11. Mathura was also a religious centre-there wereBuddhist ..... , Jain ..... and it was an important centre for the worship of ..... A) Learning, Texts, Mahavira. B) Monasteries, Shrines., Krishna. C) Texts, Learning, Buddha. D) Shrines, Monastries, Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monasteries, Shrines., Krishna. 12. What was ring well used for? A) Bathing. B) Washing cloths. C) Irrigation. D) Drainage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drainage. 13. When did the use of iron begin? A) 3000 years ago. B) 3500 years ago. C) 3200 years ago. D) 3100 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3000 years ago. 14. In which region the landowners are known as Vellaras? A) Maharastra region. B) Punjab region. C) Tamil region. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil region. 15. Sanchi is situated in Madhya Pradesh. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. In Tamil region, Large landowners were know as A) Agriculture. B) Grambhojka. C) White man. D) Adimse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White man. 17. How long has Mathura been an important settlement? A) 2000 years ago. B) 1000 years ago. C) 3000 years ago. D) 2500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2500 years ago. 18. Where is Arikamedu located? A) In pun. B) In Dadra and Nagar Haveli. C) In Goa. D) In Puducherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In Puducherry. 19. Name the city in Europe, which developed at the same time as the cities in Ganga valley A) Lisbon. B) Rome. C) Spain. D) Barcelona. E) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rome. 20. Mathura was an important: A) Village. B) Forested area. C) Religious centre. D) Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious centre. 21. In south India the Chola, Cheras and Pandayas ruled between A) 2500 and 2000 year ago. B) 2200 and 1800 year ago. C) 3500 and 3000 year ago. D) 3000 and 2000 year ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2200 and 1800 year ago. 22. Which of the following cities become the second capital of the Kushanas? A) Pataliputra. B) Kashi. C) Magadha. D) Mathura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mathura. 23. When were the Sangam literature composed? A) Around 2000 years ago. B) Around 2500 years ago. C) Around 3000 years ago. D) Around 2300 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around 2300 years ago. 24. Mathura was famous because it was a A) Port. B) Forested area. C) Religious centre. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious centre. 25. The earliest coins which were in use for about ..... were punch marked coins. A) 600 years. B) 300 years. C) 400 years. D) 500 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 500 years. 26. The largest collections of ..... and weapons were found in the megalithic burials. A) Copper tools. B) Stone tools. C) Iron tools. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron tools. 27. While new tools and the system of ..... increasedproduction, irrigation was also used. A) Ring wells. B) Transplantation. C) Travel. D) Pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transplantation. 28. What was the Red-glazed pottery know as A) Glass ware. B) Painted gray ware. C) Arretine Ware. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arretine Ware. 29. Which metals were used to make punch markedcoins? A) Gold or Tin. B) Gold or Platinum. C) Tin or Ivory. D) Silver or Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silver or Copper. 30. What was the name of the person who ruled Rome about 2000 years ago? A) Augustus. B) Caligula. C) Tiberius. D) Galba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Augustus. 31. Ring wells were used as: A) Toilets. B) Drains. C) Garbage. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 32. Most of the grihpatis were big landowners. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. 8 ..... was a coastal settlement where shipsunloaded goods from distant lands. A) Baroch. B) Checkilate. C) Fingers. D) Mathura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Checkilate. 34. The ploughshare was used to increase agricultural production. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Which city became the second capital of the Kushanas around 2000 yrs ago A) Mathura. B) Checkilate. C) Rome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathura. 36. Shrenis were associations of: A) Crafts persons. B) Herders. C) Rulers. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crafts persons. 37. Arretine Ware was named after a city in Canada. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. The village headman was known as the gramabhojka. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. What were ring wells used for and when were the cities developed where archaeologists found ring wells A) Garbage dumps, 1500. B) Drains, 2000 yrs ago. C) For decoration, 3000 yrs ago. D) Toilets, 2500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toilets, 2500 years ago. 40. Who were gram bhojaka? A) Educated persons. B) Village headmen. C) Illiterate people. D) Ordinary people of village. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village headmen. 41. What were the stories composed by ordinary people called A) Jatakas. B) Mahabharata. C) Epics. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jatakas. 42. Associations of Craft persons and Merchants are known asshrenis A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What was the only resource of poor man in the story clever poor man? A) Dead goat. B) Dead dog. C) Dead Rat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead Rat. 44. Uzhavar were ordinary ..... A) Farmers. B) Labours. C) Ploughmen. D) Landlords. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ploughmen. 45. What was the method of irrigation in ancient time? A) Canals. B) Wells. C) Tanks. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 46. Ring wells were used for: A) Drainage. B) Washing clothes. C) Bathing. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drainage. 47. When was Arkimedu a coastal settlement for ships? A) Between 220 years to 190 years ago. B) Between 2200 years to 1900 years ago. C) Between 2100 years to 1900 years ago. D) Between 2300 years to 1900 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between 2200 years to 1900 years ago. 48. Arretine ware was named after the city A) Rome. B) Puducherry. C) Checkilate. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 49. Around 2000 years ago, Mathura became thesecond capital of the ..... A) Magadha. B) Kushnas. C) Pataliputra. D) Vajji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kushnas. 50. When did Mathura become the second capital of Kushanas? A) 20000 years ago. B) 200 years ago. C) 3000 years ago. D) 2000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2000 years ago. 51. Which of the following religion is related with Jataka? A) Jaina. B) Christian. C) Buddhism. D) Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 52. When did the use of iron began in the subcontinent A) 2500. B) 2000. C) 4000. D) 3000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3000. 53. Where were the ring well found? A) Kolkata. B) Mumbai. C) Chandigarh. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delhi. 54. Mathura was a religious centre A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Where was Arikamedu located A) Mathura. B) Puducherry. C) Southern cost of India. D) Both b] and c]. E) Mediterranean Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b] and c]. 56. When were the punch marked coins used? A) 1000 years ago. B) 500 years ago. C) 10 years ago. D) 5000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 500 years ago. 57. Arikamedu is presently known as A) Banaras. B) Mathura. C) Madaras. D) Pondicherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pondicherry. Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 6 QuizzesClass 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When QuizClass 6 History Chapter 10 Traders, Kings And Pilgrims QuizClass 6 History Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings And Books QuizClass 6 History Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings And An Early Republic QuizClass 6 History Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books