CBSE Class 6 Social Science Timeline and Sources of History MCQs Set 01

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Question: Examine the following statements.
I. The last ice age lasted from over 100,000 years ago to around 12,000 years ago.
II. Early civilisations settled around rivers only because of water availability.
III. Leaders or ‘chieftains’ were responsible for the wellbeing of people in the community.
Which of these statements is/are true?
(A) I only
(B) I and II
(C) I and III
(D) II and III
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Answer: (C) I and III

Explanation:
1. Statement I is true because the last Ice Age ended around 12,000 years ago.
2. Statement II is false because rivers gave water, rich soil, food, and easy travel, not just drinking water.
3. Statement III is true because chiefs looked after the safety and welfare of their people.

Question: As societies grew, so did their social complexity and were responsible for the well-being of the people, and everyone collectively worked towards the community’s welfare.
(A) everyone
(B) no one
(C) leaders and 'chieftains'
(D) all of the above
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Answer: (C) leaders and 'chieftains'

Explanation:
1. When villages became bigger, people needed leaders to guide them.
2. These leaders and chieftains made rules and helped keep peace.
3. They worked to keep the community safe and happy.

Question: Which specialist studies the human past primarily by excavating and analyzing material remains left behind by people?
(A) A Cartographer
(B) An Archaeologist
(C) An Astronomer
(D) An Ecologist
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Answer: (B) An Archaeologist

Explanation:
1. An archaeologist digs into the ground to find old things.
2. They find old pots, tools, and broken buildings.
3. These things tell us how people lived long ago.

Question: Why is it useful to use multiple sources when studying history?
(A) To confuse the reader
(B) To gather a comprehensive understanding and verify facts
(C) To limit the information available
(D) To focus on a single perspective
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Answer: (B) To gather a comprehensive understanding and verify facts

Explanation:
1. One source might tell only half the truth.
2. Checking many sources helps us find true facts.
3. It gives a complete picture of the past.

Question: Where did early humans frequently live?
(A) In permanent houses
(B) In castles
(C) In caves and temporary shelters
(D) In forests
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Answer: (C) In caves and temporary shelters

Explanation:
1. Early humans moved from place to place to find food.
2. They stayed in caves to protect themselves from rain, cold, and wild beasts.
3. They did not build permanent brick houses back then.

Question: How is time calculated in history?
(A) By counting the number of days.
(B) By counting the number of years.
(C) By counting the number of hours
(D) By counting the number of minutes.
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Answer: (B) By counting the number of years.

Explanation:
1. History covers thousands of years.
2. Counting days or hours would be too large a number.
3. So, historians measure past time in years, decades, and centuries.

Question: What is a ‘panchanga’ in the traditional Indian system of calendar design and timekeeping practices?
(A) A historical novel form
(B) A book of astronomical tables
(C) A collection of folk songs
(D) A type of ancient map
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Answer: (B) A book of astronomical tables

Explanation:
1. A panchanga is an ancient Indian almanac.
2. It shows the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.
3. It helps people find dates, festivals, and good times for events.

Question: In the field of historical studies, the term “BCE” is used to indicate
(A) years after the birth of Jesus Christ.
(B) years before the common era.
(C) the beginning of the ice age.
(D) a specific calendar used in Europe.
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Answer: (B) years before the common era.

Explanation:
1. BCE stands for Before Common Era.
2. It counts years backwards before year 1.
3. It replaces the older term BC.

Question: Who examines the physical features of the Earth, such as soil, stones, and rivers?
(A) Anthropologists
(B) Archaeologists
(C) Geologists
(D) Palaeontologists
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Answer: (C) Geologists

Explanation:
1. A geologist studies rocks, soil, and the earth.
2. They find out how mountains and rivers were formed.
3. They help us know what the Earth is made of.

Question: What defines a century?
(A) A period of 10 years
(B) A period of 100 years
(C) A period of 1,000 years
(D) A period of 1 million years.
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Answer: (B) A period of 100 years

Explanation:
1. The word century comes from 'cent', meaning one hundred.
2. So, a century means a group of 100 years.
3. For example, 100 years make 1 century.

Question: Assertion (A): Historians can be likened to detectives for several reasons including their Investigative Approach, their way of analysing evidence.
Reason (R): Historians examine primary and secondary sources, such as letters, diaries, official records, artifacts, and other documents, to piece together an accurate picture of past events.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
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Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:
1. Detectives look for clues to solve a mystery.
2. Historians also look for clues like old letters and pots.
3. They put all the clues together to tell what happened in the past.

Question: Who among the following researches and writes about the past, using the sources of history?
(A) Historians
(B) Doctors
(C) Detectives
(D) Geologists
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Answer: (A) Historians

Explanation:
1. A historian is an expert on the past.
2. They read old books and study old objects.
3. Then, they write history books for us to read.

Question: Artifacts such as implements and pottery contribute to our understanding of history by
(A) providing entertainment for historians.
(B) offering insights into the daily lives and cultures of past societies.
(C) serving as decorative items in museums.
(D) confusing the timeline of events.
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Answer: (B) offering insights into the daily lives and cultures of past societies.

Explanation:
1. Artifacts are things made by humans, like cups and stone knives.
2. They tell us what food people cooked and what work they did.
3. This helps us learn about their daily life.

Question: What defines a millennium?
(A) A period of 10 years
(B) A period of 100 years
(C) A period of 1,000 years
(D) A period of 1 million years.
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Answer: (C) A period of 1,000 years

Explanation:
1. The word 'milli' means one thousand.
2. A millennium means a span of 1,000 years.
3. Ten centuries make one millennium.

Question: How long have modern humans (Homo sapiens) lived?
(A) 1 million years
(B) 5,00,000 years
(C) 3,00,000 years
(D) 1,00,000 years
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Answer: (C) 3,00,000 years

Explanation:
1. Modern humans look like people today.
2. Scientists have found human fossils from Africa.
3. These fossils show modern humans started about 3,00,000 years ago.

Question: The shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture primarily resulted in
(A) a decrease in population.
(B) increased social complexity and community organisation.
(C) a return to nomadic lifestyles.
(D) the extinction of various animal species.
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Answer: (B) increased social complexity and community organisation.

Explanation:
1. Farming gave people more food in one place.
2. People stopped wandering and built permanent villages.
3. They made rules and organized themselves into larger groups.

Question: What is a place, person, text, or object from which we collect information about past events called?
(A) A historical guess
(B) A source of history
(C) A future prediction
(D) A modern story
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Answer: (B) A source of history

Explanation:
1. A source gives us clues and information.
2. Old books, coins, and pots are sources of history.
3. Historians study them to learn what happened long ago.

Question: Who contributes to all the materials of history?
(A) Historians
(B) Archaeologists
(C) Epigraphists and Anthropologists
(D) All of the above.
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Answer: (D) All of the above.

Explanation:
1. Archaeologists dig up old things from the ground.
2. Epigraphists read old writings carved on rocks.
3. Historians and anthropologists study all these to write history.

Question: Assertion (A): Archaeologists contribute to different sources of history.
Reason (R): They study the physical features of the Earth, like the soil, stones, hills, mountains rivers, seas, oceans and other such parts of the Earth.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
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Answer: (C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

Explanation:
1. Assertion A is true because archaeologists find pots and tools from the past.
2. Reason R is false because geologists study mountains, rocks, and rivers, not archaeologists.
3. Therefore, A is true and R is false.

Question: The year 1947 CE marks which major event for India?
(A) Birth of Buddha
(B) Start of the Common Era
(C) India's independence
(D) End of the last Ice Age
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Answer: (C) India's independence

Explanation:
1. India was ruled by the British for many years.
2. On 15 August 1947, India became free.
3. So, 1947 CE is India's Independence Year.

Question: Over long periods, the Earth’s climate has gone through many changes. At certain times, it is very cold and much of the Earth was covered with ice, this is called an
(A) Cold age
(B) Ice Age
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of the above.
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Answer: (B) Ice Age

Explanation:
1. An Ice Age is a very long, freezing cold time in Earth's history.
2. Large sheets of thick ice covered big parts of the land.
3. The Earth got warmer again after the Ice Age ended.

Question: Which scientist specifically investigates the preserved remains or traces of ancient plants, animals, and humans?
(A) An Archaeologist
(B) A Paleontologist
(C) An Anthropologist
(D) A Sociologist
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Answer: (B) A Paleontologist

Explanation:
1. Paleontologists study fossils of ancient life forms.
2. Fossils are bones and plant marks turned to stone over millions of years.
3. They help us understand dinosaurs and ancient living things.

Question: The term of “millennium” refers to a period of
(A) 100 years
(B) 500 years
(C) 1,000 years
(D) 10 years
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Answer: (C) 1,000 years

Explanation:
1. Ten years make a decade.
2. One hundred years make a century.
3. One thousand years make a millennium.

Question: Which field is primarily concerned with the study of human societies and cultures?
(A) Geology
(B) Anthropology
(C) Archaeology
(D) Paleontology
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Answer: (B) Anthropology

Explanation:
1. Anthropology is the study of human beings.
2. It looks at how people live and behave in groups.
3. It also studies human traditions and cultures.

Question: Why did early humans make tools like stone axes and arrowheads?
(A) For artistic purposes
(B) For survival and daily tasks
(C) For trade
(D) For decoration
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Answer: (B) For survival and daily tasks

Explanation:
1. Early humans did not have machines or metal knives.
2. They shaped stones into axes and sharp points.
3. They used them to hunt animals, cut meat, and dig roots to survive.

Question: Assertion (A) The Gregorian calendar does not contain a year zero.
Reason (R) Years in the Gregorian calendar are counted from 1 BCE directly to 1 CE.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true, but R is false
(D) A is false, but R is true
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Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Explanation:
1. The calendar moves straight from 1 BCE to 1 CE.
2. There is no year 0 in between them.
3. That is why the Gregorian calendar has no zero year.

Question: Modern humans also named as _______ have walked the planet for about 300,000 (three lakh) years.
(A) Human beings
(B) Homo sapiens
(C) Human Sapiens
(D) Homo Beings.
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Answer: (B) Homo sapiens

Explanation:
1. Homo sapiens is the scientific name for modern humans.
2. In Latin, it means 'wise man'.
3. All humans living today belong to this group.

Question: What was the main way early humans survived?
(A) Farming
(B) Hunting and gathering
(C) Trading
(D) Building shelters
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Answer: (B) Hunting and gathering

Explanation:
1. Early humans did not know how to grow crops.
2. Men and women hunted wild animals and caught fish.
3. They collected wild fruits, nuts, and roots to eat.

Question: In the study of history, timelines are especially useful for
(A) memorising historical dates without context.
(B) visualising the sequence and relationships between events.
(C) focusing only on significant figures.
(D) ignoring less important events.
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Answer: (B) visualising the sequence and relationships between events.

Explanation:
1. A timeline shows events on a line from oldest to newest.
2. It helps our eyes see what happened first and what came next.
3. This makes history easy to remember and understand.

Question: What is a visual diagram showing a sequence of dates and important historical events over a period?
(A) A historical map
(B) A chronological graph
(C) A detailed time line
(D) An ancestral chart
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Answer: (C) A detailed time line

Explanation:
1. A timeline is a straight line marked with dates.
2. It puts important past events in exact order.
3. It helps us see the flow of time clearly.

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