CHAPTER- 1What, Where, How and When?  Important Questions & MCQs | CLASS 6th | Social Science History | NCERT| EDUGROWN

What, Where, How and When? Class 6 Extra Questions Very Short Answer Type

Question 1.
How can we know about the past?
Answer:
We can know about the past by studying history.

Question 2.
Where did the early people live?
Answer:
Early people lived along the banks of River Narmada.

Question 3.
Write the name of the region where rice was first of all grown in India?
Answer:
The region where rice was first of all grown in India is the North of the Vindhyas.

Question 4.
What do you mean by the term ‘tributaries’?
Answer:
Tributaries are rivers that join a larger river.

Question 5.
Match the contents of the following columns:

Answer:
(i) – (b)
(ii) – (a)
(iii) – (d)
(iv) – (c)
(v) – (f)
(vi) – (e)

Question 6.
Name the countries that form South Asia. (Imp.)
Answer:
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran, China and Myanmar, etc. form South Asia.

Question 7.
Why is South Asia called a subcontinent?
Answer:
South Asia is called a subcontinent because, although it is smaller than a continent, it is very large and is separated from the rest of Asia by seas, hills and mountains.

Question 8.
Write important historical events against the following important dates:
(1) 8,000 years ago
(2) 4,700 years ago
(3) 2,500 years ago
(4) 2,000 AD/CE
Answer:

Important Dates	Important Events
(1) 8,000 years ago	The beginning of agriculture
(2) 4,700 years ago	The first cities on the Indus
(3) 2,500 years ago	Cities in the Ganga Valley, a big kingdom in Magadha was formed
(4) 2,000 AD/CE	The present (age).

Question 9.
Distinguish between historical and pre-historical periods.
Answer:
The period for which we have written records is called historical age or period, while the period for which we have no written records is called pre-historical age or period.

Question 10.
Define in brief the word ‘Epigraphy’.
Answer:
Study of inscriptions is called Epigraphy.

Question 11.
Name two main groups (or categories) of historical sources.
Answer:

1. Archaeological sources (for example: physical remains inscriptions, coins, etc.).
2. Literary sources (such as religious books, manuscripts, foreign, travellers’ accounts etc.).

Question 12.
Write True or False against the following sentences:
(a) History will help you understand how this present evolved. It will tell you about the past of the present. ( )
(b) We can live easily without use of fire. ( )
(c) History in a sense is an adventure. It is a journey across time and space. ( )
Answer:
(a) True
(b) False
(c) True.

What, Where, How and When? Class 6 Extra Questions Short Answer Type

Question 1.
What can we know about the past?
Answer:
We can know about the past by knowing several things. For example,

• We can find out—what people ate, the kinds of clothes they wore, the houses in which they lived.
• We can find out about hunters, herdsmen, farmers, rulers, merchants, priests, crafts persons, artists, musicians and scientists.
• We can also find out the games children played, the stories they heard, the dramas (or plays) they saw or enjoyed, the songs they sang.

Question 2.
How did the people live in Stone Age?
Answer:
The Way of Life of the People in Stone Age

• Some of the earliest people lived along the banks of rivers. They were skilled gatherers. They knew about the vast wealth of plants in the surrounding forests, and collected roots, fruits and other forest produces for their food.
• The people in Stone Age also hunted animals and birds. They used to catch fish also.
• Some of the areas where the people first began to grow crops such as wheat and barley about 8000 years ago are located in river-valley areas. They also began rearing animals like sheep, goat, dog, cow and other cattle.

Question 3.
When did the early cities develop in India?
Answer:

• About 4700 years ago some of the earliest cities (Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Lothal, Chun-hu-daro, Rupar, Banwali, Kalibangam, Surkotada etc.) flourished on the banks of the Indus and its tributaries. ‘
• And other early cities developed on the banks of the Ganga and its tributaries and along the coasts, about 2500 years ago.

Question 4.
What do you know about Magadha? (Imp.)
Or
Name the first largest Indian empire. Write two-three sentences about it.
Answer:

• Magadha was the first largest empire of India.
• The area along some of the important rivers of the Northern India and to the south of the Ganga was known as Magadha.
• Its rulers were very powerful (Bimbisara, Ajatashatru and Udaibhadra).
• They set up a large kingdom. (Some smaller kingdoms were set up in other parts of the country as well).

Question 5.
Explain the following things or terms in short.
(a) BC
(b)AD
(c) CE
(cl) BCE
(e) Script
(f) Language
(g) Decipherment
Answer:
(а) BC

• The letters BC means Before Christ.
• Dates are generally counted (i.e., the day, the month and the years) or assigned to the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.
• So 2000 BC means 2000 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
• All dates before the birth of Jesus Christ are counted backwards and generally have the letter BC (Before Christ) added on.

(b) AD:

• We sometimes find AD before dates. This stands for two Latin words, “Anno Domini”, and mean in the year of the lord (i.e., Jesus Christ).
• For example 2005 can also be written as AD 2005.

(c) CE:
Sometimes, CE is used instead of AD. The letters CE stand for ‘Common Era’.

(d) BCE

• Sometimes BCE is used instead of BC. The letters BCE stand for ‘Before Common Era’.
• We use these terms because the Christian Era is now used in the most countries of the world.

(e) Script

• Way or style of writing of a language is called a script. It consists of letters or signs.
• For example, ‘Devnagri’ is script of Hindi.

(f) Language:
When we read what is written, or speak, we use a language. It is a media of expression through speech or through writing.

(g) Decipherment:
Languages which are used, as well as ways of writing (scripts) have changed since then. So how do scholars understand what was written? This can be done through a process known as decipherment.

What, Where, How and When? Class 6 Extra Questions Long Answer Type

Question 1.
“The people of India shared their ideas since the earliest days”. Explain in brief.
Answer:

• The people of India travelled from one part of the subcontinent to another. The hills and high mountains including the Himalayas, deserts, rivers and seas made journeys dangerous at time, but never impossible.
• The people of the Indian subcontinent moved in search of livelihood, as also to escape from natural calamities (such as flood, drought, earthquake, epidemic).
• Sometimes men marched in armies, conquering others’ land.
• Merchants travelled with caravans or ships carrying valuable goods from place to place.
• Religious teachers walked from village to village, town to town, stopping to offer instruction and advice on the way.
• Finally some people perhaps travelled, driven by a spirit of adventure.
  All these led to the sharing of ideas among the Indians.

Question 2.
How did our country get its names?
Answer:
Names of our country

• Two of the words we generally use for our country are India and Bharat. The word India comes from the Indus called Sindhu in Sanskrit.
• The Iranians and the Greeks who came through the northwest about 2500 years ago, were familiar with the Indus, called it the Hindos or the Indos. The land to the east of the river (i.e., the Indus) was called India.
• The name Bharat was used by a group of people who lived in the northwest, and who are mentioned in the Rigveda, the earliest composition in Sanskrit (dated to about 3500 years ago). Later, it was used for the country.

What, Where, How and When? Class 6 Extra Questions Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
Which river’s bank did the people live along in the ancient time?
(a) Ganga
(b) Narmada
(c) Satluj
(d) None of these
Answer:
Narmada

Question 2.
On which river’s bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago?
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) All of these
Answer:
Ganga

Question 3.
Which city was established on the banks of Ganga?
(a) Magadha
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
Magadha

Question 4.
How did merchants travel1?
(a) With Caravans
(b) Ships
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
Both (a) and (b)

Question 5.
From where did the Iranians and the Greek come?
(a) North west
(b) North east
(e) North south
(d) None of these
Answer:
North west

Question 6.
Where were the manuscripts written?
(a) On palm leaf
(b) On peepal leaf
(c) On banana leaf
(d) On tulsi leaf
Answer:
On palm leaf

Question 7.
Where did the manuscripts keep safe?
(a) In temples and monastaries
(b) In museums
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
In temples and monastaries

Question 8.
Who are historians?
(a) Who study past
(b) Who study present
(c) Who study future
(d) None of these
Answer:
Who study past

Question 9.
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
Answer:
All of these

Question 10.
What helps us ’ to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc. ?
(a) Archaeology
(b) Astrology
(c) Biology
(d) All of these
Answer:
Archaeology

Question 11.
When did agriculture start?
(a) 4700 years ago
(b) 2500 years ago
(c) 8000 years ago
(d) 5500 years ago
Answer:
8000 years ago

Question 12.
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
Answer:
All of these

Question 13.
In which language were the manuscripts written?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) English
(c) Hindi
(d) None of these
Answer:
Sanskrit