CBSE Class 6 Social Science Timeline and Sources of History MCQs Set 03

Answer: (a) Small settlement

Explanation:
1. A hamlet is a very small village.
2. Only a few people live in a hamlet.
3. Therefore, it is called a small settlement.

Answer: (c) Georgian calendar

Explanation:
1. Most countries in the world use this calendar today.
2. It shows days, weeks, months, and years.
3. It is used everywhere for international work and dates.

Answer: (b) Human

Explanation:
1. Scientists give special scientific names to all living things.
2. Homo sapiens is the special name given to human beings.
3. It means wise and smart humans.

Answer: (a) Study the physical features of Earth.

Explanation:
1. Geologists are scientists who study the Earth.
2. They look at rocks, soils, and mountains.
3. They help us understand how the land of our planet was formed.

Answer: (c) Features and characteristics passed down from generations of both plants and animals.

Explanation:
1. Children get eye color and hair type from their parents.
2. The study of how traits pass from parents to babies is called genetics.
3. This happens in all plants and animals.

Answer: (b) Vedas

Explanation:
1. Written or literary sources are old books and texts.
2. The Vedas are very ancient holy books.
3. They give us written information about ancient life.

Answer: (d) 100 years

Explanation:
1. In cricket, 100 runs make a century.
2. In the same way, 100 years make one century.
3. So, a century is equal to 100 years.

Answer: (d) Animal teeth

Explanation:
1. Early humans hunted wild animals for food.
2. They kept the hard, sharp animal teeth.
3. They made holes in them and wore them around their neck as pendants.

Answer: (b) India

Explanation:
1. The pañchānga is a traditional calendar.
2. People in India use it to find festival days and good timings.
3. It is based on the positions of the Moon and the Sun.

Answer: (d) Study the past by digging a remains that people, plants and animals left behind.

Explanation:
1. Archaeologists search for ancient things buried under the ground.
2. They dig carefully to find old tools, pots, and houses.
3. These remains teach us how people lived long ago.

Answer: (c) Birth of Jesus Christ

Explanation:
1. Auspicious means holy, good, and lucky.
2. Plagues and extreme cold ages brought death and pain.
3. The birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated as a holy and joyous event.

Answer: (a) Ice age

Explanation:
1. Long ago, the weather on Earth became super cold.
2. Large parts of land were covered with thick ice.
3. People and scientists call this period the Ice Age.

Answer: (a) 1000 years

Explanation:
1. 10 years make one decade.
2. 100 years make one century.
3. 1000 years make one millennium.

Answer: (c) Paintings

Explanation:
1. Artistic sources are forms of art made by creative people.
2. Paintings show kings, clothes, and nature from ancient days.
3. Therefore, paintings are artistic sources of history.

Answer: (d) Both a and b

Explanation:
1. Early humans did not have grocery stores to buy food.
2. They hunted wild animals to get meat.
3. When they found fire, cooking food helped them survive safely.

Answer: (b) Birth of Jesus Christ

Explanation:
1. The modern calendar counts years from a special starting point.
2. That starting point is the birth of Jesus Christ.
3. Years after his birth are counted forward.

Answer: (d) 300000years

Explanation:
1. Modern humans are called Homo sapiens.
2. Scientists discovered very old human bones in Africa.
3. These bones show modern humans first appeared about 300,000 years ago.

Answer: (c) Both option a and b

Explanation:
1. A historian looks at old clues to learn about the past.
2. A historian also writes history books for us to read.
3. So, a historian both studies and writes history.

Answer: (c) Option a and b both.

Explanation:
1. Millions of years ago, dead plants and animals got buried in mud.
2. Over a very long time, their prints turned into hard rock.
3. These rock remains of both plants and animals are called fossils.

Answer: (d) Copper

Explanation:
1. In the beginning, humans only used stones and bones.
2. Later, they found a soft red-brown metal in the ground.
3. Copper was the first metal humans learned to shape and use.

Answer: (a) Monuments

Explanation:
1. Archaeological sources are real physical objects and old buildings.
2. Monuments like forts, palaces, and temples stand as physical proof.
3. They show us how ancient people lived and built structures.

Answer: (b) Life that begins after death

Explanation:
1. Many ancient people believed death was not the end.
2. They thought a person started a new journey after dying.
3. This life that begins after death is called the afterlife.

Answer: (a) Common Era

Explanation:
1. In history books, dates often end with CE.
2. The letter C stands for Common.
3. The letter E stands for Era, giving Common Era.

Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. A timeline is a straight line that shows events in order.
2. It helps us mark which event happened first and which happened last.
3. It makes comparing and calculating time very simple.

Answer: (d) 100000 years

Explanation:
1. The Ice Age was a freezing cold period on Earth.
2. It lasted for a very long span of time.
3. Scientists say it continued for about 100,000 years.

Answer: (c) River banks

Explanation:
1. When the Ice Age ended, ice melted into clean river water.
2. People needed freshwater to drink and to grow crops.
3. Therefore, humans made villages near river banks.

Answer: (b) 560 BCE

Explanation:
1. Gautam Buddha was a great ancient teacher in India.
2. He was born many years before the Common Era started.
3. His birth year is taken as 560 BCE.

Answer: (d) Epigraphists

Explanation:
1. Inscriptions are old words carved on stones, walls, or metal.
2. The study of reading these stone carvings is called epigraphy.
3. The expert who reads them is called an epigraphist.

Answer: (c) Caves

Explanation:
1. Ancient humans did not know how to build houses.
2. They needed safety from heavy rain, strong cold, and wild beasts.
3. Rocky caves provided natural shelters to keep them safe.

Answer: (d) Folklore

Explanation:
1. Oral sources are tales passed down by speaking.
2. Folklore includes traditional village tales, songs, and poems.
3. Elders tell these stories by mouth to children across generations.

Answer: (B) offering insights into the daily lives and cultures of past societies

Explanation:
1. Artifacts are old objects made by people long ago.
2. Things like pots and stone tools show how ancient people cooked and worked.
3. Looking at them helps us know how people lived every day.

Answer: (C) 3,00,000 years

Explanation:
1. Modern humans like us are called Homo sapiens.
2. Scientists found bones and tools of early humans.
3. These findings show that modern humans started living about 3,00,000 years ago.