CBSE Class 6 Social Science India That Is Bharat MCQs Set 04

Answer: (C) A Persian inscription

Explanation:
1. An inscription is writing cut into hard stone or rock.
2. Persian kings made stone carvings about their lands.
3. The word 'Hindustan' first showed up in one of these Persian carvings.

Answer: (C) Indike

Explanation:
1. Ancient Greeks wrote books about India.
2. They used words like 'Indoi' and 'Indike'.
3. Over many centuries, these Greek words turned into the English name 'India'.

Answer: (C) Hind - Ancient Persians

Explanation:
1. Ancient Persians lived to the west of the Indus River.
2. They named the land around the river 'Hind'.
3. This makes 'Hind - Ancient Persians' the correct pair.

Answer: (B) Bharatavarsha

Explanation:
1. Bharatavarsha is a very old Indian name.
2. It was used in holy texts for the entire Indian land.
3. It covers the full subcontinent from the mountains to the sea.

Answer: (B) Sapta Sindhava - Land of seven seas

Explanation:
1. 'Sapta' means seven in Sanskrit.
2. 'Sindhu' means a river, not a sea.
3. So, Sapta Sindhava means land of seven rivers, not seven seas.

Answer: (B) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:
1. Statement 1 is true because Article 1 uses the name Bharat.
2. Statement 2 is true because Greek writers used the name Indoi.
3. Statement 3 is wrong because Persians used Hindustan long before the British came.

Answer: (C) The River Sindhu (Indus)

Explanation:
1. The river was first called 'Sindhu'.
2. Persians called it 'Hind', and Greeks called it 'Indos'.
3. These words slowly gave us the modern name 'India'.

Answer: (C) The state of Assam

Explanation:
1. Pragjyotisha was an old kingdom in the northeast of India.
2. It is mentioned in the epic Mahabharata.
3. Today, this beautiful place is known as Assam.

Answer: (B) Around 250 BCE

Explanation:
1. Emperor Ashoka ruled more than two thousand years ago.
2. His reign was in the 3rd century BCE, around 250 BCE.
3. During this time, he put up stone edicts calling India 'Jambudvipa'.

Answer: (B) Bharatavarsha was larger

Explanation:
1. Sapta Sindhava meant only the land around seven northwest rivers.
2. Bharatavarsha meant the entire Indian subcontinent.
3. Therefore, Bharatavarsha was a much bigger area.

Answer: (D) Ancient Chinese - Yintu

Explanation:
1. Chinese travelers came to India to learn Buddhist wisdom.
2. They wrote down Indian names in their own language.
3. They used the name 'Yintu' to refer to India.

Answer: (B) India and Bharat

Explanation:
1. Our Constitution is the main rule book for India.
2. It clearly says: "India, that is Bharat".
3. Therefore, both India and Bharat are the two official names used.

Answer: (A) Ashoka

Explanation:
1. King Ashoka was a great ruler of India.
2. He had his words carved on rocks and stone pillars.
3. In those carvings, he used the name Jambudvipa for the country.

Answer: (B) The Himalayas

Explanation:
1. The Vishnu Purana is a very old Indian book.
2. It describes mountains covered in deep white snow in the north.
3. These famous snow-covered mountains are the Himalayas.

Answer: (C) Persia

Explanation:
1. Ancient travelers from Persia visited the land near the Indus River.
2. They wrote about this region in their historical records.
3. They were the very first foreigners to write about India.

Answer: (A) Ashoka

Explanation:
1. Emperor Ashoka placed written stone pillars across his land.
2. In these writings, he used the word Jambudvipa.
3. He used this word to describe his large kingdom.

Answer: (A) Indus River

Explanation:
1. Sindhu is a Sanskrit name for a big flowing river.
2. Today, this great river is known as the Indus River.
3. The names Hind and India both come from the word Sindhu.

Answer: (B) Land of Seven Rivers

Explanation:
1. The word 'Sapta' means seven in Sanskrit.
2. The word 'Sindhu' means a river.
3. So, 'Sapta Sindhava' means the land of seven rivers.

Answer: (A) I and II only

Explanation:
1. Persians were indeed the first foreigners to record India.
2. Xuanzang came to India and translated holy texts into Chinese.
3. The Greeks actually changed the name by dropping the letter 'H', so III is false.

Answer: (C) Jambudvipa

Explanation:
1. Ashoka ruled almost the whole subcontinent.
2. He had many messages engraved on rocks.
3. In those edicts, he referred to this entire land as Jambudvipa.

Answer: (C) Indoi

Explanation:
1. Ancient Greeks learned about India from Persian accounts.
2. They dropped the starting 'H' sound from Hind.
3. They called the people and the land Indoi.

Answer: (C) Mahabharata

Explanation:
1. The Mahabharata is a famous ancient Indian story.
2. It uses the name Bharatavarsha for the Indian land.
3. It describes the country and its different regions.

Answer: (B) Indoi

Explanation:
1. The Greeks based their name on the river Indus.
2. They did not pronounce the 'H' in Hindu.
3. Therefore, they called India Indoi.

Answer: (A) Sapta-Sindhava

Explanation:
1. In ancient times, the northwest had seven main rivers.
2. The Rigveda gave this region a special name.
3. It was called Sapta-Sindhava.

Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Explanation:
1. The Rigveda is the oldest text and talks about a group named Bharata.
2. It also lists the names of rivers and tribes living in the region.
3. Both statements are correct, and the reason explains the assertion.

Answer: (C) Sapta Sindhava

Explanation:
1. The Rig Veda was composed in the north-western part of India.
2. It praises the Indus river and its branches.
3. It calls that land Sapta Sindhava, meaning the land of seven rivers.