What where how and When? - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Name a important river along which People lived for several hundred thousand years.
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Narmada
Q2: According to the given inscription in the chapter, the word 'bird' stands for__________.
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A
Q3: According to the given inscriptions, the word 'lion' stands for___________.
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L
Q4: What is Cartouche?
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Scholars who could read Greek figured out that the names of king and queen were enclosed in a little frame called Cartouche
Q5: List the number of languages inscribed on the stone of Rosetta.
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Three
Q6: Where is Rosetta located?
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Rosetta is a town on the north coast of Egypt
Q7: What is the full form of BCE?
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Before Common Era
Q8: What is the full form of AD?
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Anno Domini
Q9: What is the full form of CE?
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Common Era
Q10: All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and are usually referred as BC
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True
Q11: What was the source of food for most of the people living in Andaman Islands?
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Fishing, forest products and hunting
Q12: What is an inscription?
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Inscriptions are writings on relatively hard surface such as stone or metal.
Q13: Name the leaf on which Manuscripts in Ancient period were usually written?
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Palm leaf
Q14: Define Archaeology.
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Archaeology is the study of the remains of buildings (made of stone and brick), of paintings and sculpture.
Q15: Name the language which was not used in the Ancient Period.
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Hindi
Q16: How can we say that the Hindi language which was not used in the Ancient Period?
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Mostly epics, poems and plays in Ancient period were written in Sanskrit or Prakrit.
Q17: Rig veda contains the earliest compositions in Sanskrit, dated about 3500 years ago. True/False
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True
Q18: What do we call to the area along the river Ganga and its tributary rivers in the ancient time?
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Magadha
Q19: Where did women and men first began to cultivate crops such as wheat and barley?
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In Sulaiman and Kirthar hills
Q20: The manuscripts are preserved in _________.
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temples
Q21: Many manuscripts were eaten away by insects, some were destroyed. True/False
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True
Q22: What does the inscription discovered from Rosetta square denotes?
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Alphabet p
Q23: What evidences do we get from Bones of animals?
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Bones of the animals helped to know the eating habits of the people.
Q24: How many languages are there in Inscription of Rosetta?
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three languages
Q25: Name the two tributaries of the Indus.
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Ravi and Jhelum
Q26: Name the emperor whose inscription has been found from Kandahar.
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Ashoka
Q27: Name the language in which most of the manuscripts were written.
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Sanskrit
Q28: What do we call the information gathered by the historians from inscriptions, manuscripts and archaeology?
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A source
Q29: River Indus was addressed as Indos or Hindos by the ___________ and _________.
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Iranians and Greeks.
Q30: Name the place where Sulaiman and Kirthar ranges are located.
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Pakistan
Q31: What do we call the tributary of the Ganga river?
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Son
Q32: Inscriptions were not used for keeping records of victories in battle. True/False
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False
Q33: Why People of this age travelled from place to place?
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To develop agriculture and basic things
Q34: Which is the best successful example in understanding history through decipherment?
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The history of Egypt.
Q35: Name the direction towards which Rice was first grown in the Vindhyas.
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North
Q36: One can figure out the specific year of any historical event on the basis of birth of_____________.
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Jesus
Q37: The times of kings could be known due to the availability of ____________.
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Records
Q38: Why River basin of river Indus is called sapta saindhav?
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Because it consists of the basin of seven rivers altogether.
Q39: What do we call specially prepared bark of tree on which manuscripts were written?
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Birch
Q40: In the inscription discovered from Rosetta alphabet 'L' is denoted by the image of ____________.
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Lion
Q41: In the inscription discovered from Rosetta alphabet 'A' is denoted by the image of a ____________.
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Bird
Q42: From where do we get the evidence of rice production for the first time in India?
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northern part
Q43: What is the meaning of the term “Indus’ in Sanskrit?
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Hindu
Q44: Who is an archaeologist?
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The people who study the objects of the past
Q45: What is the meaning of Indus in Sanskrit?
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Sindhu
Q46: Who were hunter-gatherers?
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The people, who hunted wild animals, caught fish and birds and gathered fruits, roots, nuts, seeds, leaves and eggs for their food were called hunter- gatherers.
Q47: How do people living in the Andaman Islands manage their living?
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People living in the Andaman Islands get their own food by fishing, hunting and by collecting forest produce.
Q48: What are the different names of our country?
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India, Bharat, Jambudweep and Hindustan.
Q49: Where did people live in pre-historic times?
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In the pre-historic times people lived along the rivers and in the areas with ample plant and animal life
Q50: What were the occupations of the people in early days?
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People in early days were hunters, herders, farmers, rulers, musicians, merchants, priests, craftsmen, artists & scientists.
