NCERT Class 6 Chapter 1 Social Science History What Where How and When MCQ

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1. The way or form in which language is written known as:

A. History

B. Inscription

C. Archaeology

D. Script

2. Years after the birth of Jesus Christ are counted

A. Forward

B. Backward

C. Upward

D. Downward

3. How many years ago were the first cities of the Indus civilization made?

A. 8000 years ago

B. 4700 years ago

C. 2500 years ago

D. 2000 years ago

4. What a person called who studied about ancient objects?

A. Archaeologist

B. writer

C. Farmer

D. Christian

5. The word India comes from the Indus, called ____ in Sanskrit

A. Bharat

B. Indica

C. Sindhu

D. Indira

6. They study about the remains of buildings made of stone and brick, paintings and sculpture. They explore to find tools, weapons, ornaments, and coins

A. Archaeologist

B. Historians

C. Information officers

D. Geologist

7. Records of the past are arranged in which order?

A. Mathematical

B. Chronological

C. Geometrical

D. None of the above

8. From which word is the word ‘India’ derived?

A. Indus

B. Bharata

C. from India

D. Atlas

9. On which river’s bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago?

A. Ganga

B. Yamuna

C. Narmada

D. All of these

10. In what ways was the ancient coin different from the ones we use

A. Made of stones

B. Made of baked clay

C. Made of bones

D. All of these