CBSE Class 6 Social Science History From Gathering to Growing Food MCQs

Question. The earliest domesticated animals were
(a) Sheep and Goat
(b) Cow and Goat
(c) Cow and Donkey
(d) Sheep and Cow

Answer : A

Question. —–is the name given to the process in which people grew plant & look often animal
(a) Farming
(b) Herding
(c) Domestication
(d) Microltihs

Answer : C

Question. Several burial sites have been found at-
(a) Kashmir
(b) Mehrgarh
(c) Hunsgi
(d) Maharashtra

Answer : B

Question. Several burial sites have been found in:
(a) Mehrgarh
(b) Koldihwa
(c) Mahagara
(d) Chirand

Answer : A

Question. Mehrgarh is in present day
(a) Bihar
(b) Pakistan
(c) Kashmir
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : B

Question. _____ is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals
(a) Domestication
(b) Plantation
(c) Flowering
(d) Agriculture

Answer : A

Question. Which was the first metal to be discovered?
(a) Copper
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Iron

Answer : A

Question. The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the
(a) Cattle
(b) Dog
(c) Sheep
(d) Goat

Answer : B

Question. Crops which were cultivated in Paiyampalli
(a) Lentil and Millet
(b) Green gram and Millet
(c) Black gram and Green Gram
(d) Black gram and Millet

Answer : D

Question. Tools of points, crescentic blades and scrappers etc were used in which stone age
(a) Middle stone age
(b) Upper stone age
(c) Neolithic age
(d) Old stone age

Answer : B

Question. This is the place which is now part Pakistan. It is quite close to bolan pass which used to be an important route to Iran and Afghanistan.
(a) Burzahom
(b) Mehrgarh
(c) Bhimbetka
(d) Hunsgi

Answer : B

Question. Jadeite stone was brought from
(a) Burma
(b) China
(c) Iran
(d) Mehrgarh

Answer : B

Question. Tools like copper and hand axes were used in
(a) Mesolithic age
(b) Upper stone age
(c) Old stone age
(d) Middle stone age

Answer : C

Question. Which art was learnt by Neolithic man made by hand and dried in sun and later wheel was used to make it
(a) Cart
(b) Wheel
(c) Chair
(d) Pots

Answer : D

Question. Meso means in Mesolithic age is
(a) Micro
(b) Must
(c) Middle
(d) Macro

Answer : C

Question. Microlith were made during which period
(a) Chalcolithic
(b) Mesolithic
(c) Neolithic
(d) Palaeolithic

Answer : B

Question. Place where many families choose to live together for mutual cooperation and better protection.
(a) State
(b) Block
(c) Village
(d) District

Answer : C

Question. The person who lived in the subcontinent 20 million years ago, what do we call them today?
(a) Hunter-Gatherers
(b) primitive man
(c) Farmer
(d) Cattle.

Answer : A

Question. What is the time of Mesolithic period?
(a) 12000 to 10000
(b) 20000 to 4700
(c) 15000 to 12000
(d) 10000 to 1200

Answer : A

Question. Hallur is in present day
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Kashmir

Answer : B

Question. People began using pots for
(a) Cooking food
(b) For making stones
(c) Preserving flesh of animals
(d) Preserving soil

Answer : A

Question. What was the name given to people Who grow plants and taking care of animals?
(a) Domestication
(b) home
(c) flock
(d) clan

Answer : A

Question. The art of making pot is called
(a) Pottories
(b) Poetries
(c) Patys
(d) Pottery

Answer : D

Question. Domestication means
(a) Process in which people look after animals
(b) Process in which people grow plants and lived in communities
(c) Process in which people grow plants and look after animals
(d) Process in which people grow plants

Answer : C

Question. Barter system is
(a) System of exchange of money
(b) System of exchange of articles
(c) System of exchange of money to services
(d) System of exchange of articles to money

Answer : B

Question. Copper was discovered by ___ man
(a) Masolilthic
(b) Neolithic
(c) Palaeolithic
(d) Chalcolithic

Answer : D

Question. _____ is an important Neolithic site in Assam
(a) Mahrgarh
(b) Burzahom
(c) Daojali Hading
(d) Mahargahr

Answer : C 

Question. Who has found the things obtained from excavation?
(a) Psychologist
(b) Archaeologist
(c) Doctor
(d) Teacher

Answer : B

Question. Presently, the site’ Paiyampalli’ is situated at:
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Kashmir
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : D 

Question. Neolithic man live in
(a) Small communities such as villages
(b) In pair near bank of river
(c) Alone in the forest
(d) Alone in the bank of river

Answer : A

Question. Bhimbetka caves & rock shelter are closed to—
(a) Ganga valley
(b) Narmada valley
(c) Bhim valley
(d) None of these

Answer : B