This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 6 > Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 1 What, Where, How And When Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. How many years ago did the earliest cities flourish on the banks of Indus and its tributaries? A) 8, 000 years ago. B) 4, 700 years ago. C) 2, 500 years ago. D) 1 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4, 700 years ago. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. What is the original Sanskrit name for the river Indus? A) Hindu. B) Bindu. C) Sindhu. D) Indu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sindhu. 6. What was the sanskrit name of Indus A) Hindos. B) Sindhu. C) Gomti. D) Ravi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sindhu. 7. What is the meaning of the term "Indus' in Sanskrit? A) Horse. B) Hindu. C) Himalaya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindu. 8. ..... was not used in the old books. A) Prakrit. B) Hindi. C) Tamil. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindi. 9. People travelled from one place to another ..... A) In search of livelihood. B) To escape from natural disasters. C) To offer religious instruction. D) All the three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the three. 10. AD stands for 'Anno Domini' meaning before the Common Era. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Inscriptions were written on the palm leaf A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. The science of studying the remains of the past is called ..... A) ARCHAOLOGY. B) SCIENTOLOGY. C) PSYCHOLOGY. D) ZOOLOGY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ARCHAOLOGY. 13. In the year of Means ..... A) Before the birth of Jesus Christ. B) In the year of the Lord. C) Religious literature. D) Written records. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the year of the Lord. 14. Rosetta is town on the north coast of ..... A) India. B) Italy. C) Portugal. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 15. Some of the areas where women and men first began to grow crops such as wheat and barley about ..... years ago. A) 6000. B) 8000. C) 5000. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8000. 16. People who study about the written past are called what? A) Archeaologists. B) Semiologists. C) Historians. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historians. 17. Which crop was first grown to the North of theVindhyas? A) Wheat. B) Rubber. C) Sugarcane. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice. 18. Rice was first grown to the ..... of the Vindhyas. A) North. B) South. C) East. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North. 19. Garo hills is located in which part of India? A) South. B) North-west. C) North-east. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North-east. 20. Which river did the Iranians and the Greeks call Hindos? A) Ganga. B) Narmada. C) Indus. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus. 21. WHERE IS THE TOWN 'ROSETTA' LOCATED A) NORTH AMERICA. B) EAST MEXICO. C) NORTH COAST OF EGYPT. D) SOUTH COAST OF GREECE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NORTH COAST OF EGYPT. 22. FILL IN THE BLANKS ..... are smaller rivers that flow into a larger river A) Lake. B) None of these. C) Tributaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tributaries. 23. WHO ARE HISTORIANS? A) PEOPLE WHO STUDY ABOUT PASTS. B) PEOPLE WHO ARE WRITING HISTORY BOOKS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PEOPLE WHO STUDY ABOUT PASTS. 24. Historians are A) Who study Science. B) Who study Mathematics. C) Who study the past. D) Who study English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who study the past. 25. Dates in history are expressed in two terms: A) BC and AD. B) AD and AC. C) BC and BD. D) DC and AD. 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