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Class 6, Chapter 1 - What, where, how and when? | NCERT
When did people start to grow crops on the hills of Sulaiman and Kirthar?
about 4500 years ago
about 8000 years ago
about 6000 years ago
about 12000 years ago
First place where rice was grown was:
east of the Sulaimans
north of the Vindhyas
west of the Khasi Hills
south of the Himalayas
Smaller rivers that flow into larger river are called:
tributaries
When did the first cities on the Indus emerge?
1600 years ago
2800 years ago
5500 years ago
4700 years ago
When did the first cities along sea coasts emerge?
about 3200 years ago
about 3800 years ago
about 1200 years ago
about 2500 years ago
Match the following:
Rigveda
earliest composition in Sanskrit
Match the following:
manuscript
book written by hand
Match the following:
Ashoka
ruler of the Maurya Empire
Match the following:
cartouche
frame enclosing ancient Egypt ruler name
Match the following:
Magadha
area located south of the Ganga river
Select two crops that people started growing at the earliest.
rye
barley
corn
wheat
rice
Where did people live in prehistoric India?
River Narmada banks
Vindhyas
Garo Hills
River Gandak
River Thamirabarani
River Indus and its tributaries
Sulaiman and Kirthar Hills
River Ganga and River Son
River Narmada banks
Vindhyas
Garo Hills
River Indus and its tributaries
Sulaiman and Kirthar Hills
River Ganga and River Son
Who were nomadic people?
people that lived in desert regions
people that did not live in permanent settlements
people that settled around river banks
people that planted crops
people that did not live in permanent settlements
What is the most significant Ganga tributary where people settled about 2500 years ago?
Son
How did people living in north-west of India called their land?
Sindhu
Zanskar
Dihing
Bharat
Travelers from which countries gave the country name India?
Iran
Greece
Egypt
Rome
True or false?
Name Bharat comes from Bharatha.
True or false?
Coins can be a source of historic information.
True or false?
The early manuscripts were carved in stone slabs.
Which type of historical information is more durable?
inscription
manuscript
Select three languages that were most often used to write manuscripts and inscriptions in ancient times.
Sanskrit
Meitei
Tamil
Telugu
Prakrit
When and where were the first coins made?
They were developed in
. . . . . about
. . . . . BC.
They were developed in Greece about 600 BC.
What information can we usually gather from coins?
name of the ruler
people's daily life
information about wars
games people used to play
How do we call sites from which we can extract historical remains?
archeological sites
How do we mark the dates after the birth of Christ?
AD
BC
DCE
CE
BCE
How do we mark the dates before the birth of Christ?
DCE
BCE
ADC
AD
BC
What does AD stand for?
Abdias Debeo
Anno Domini
Alter Dei
Abilena Deputo