CBSE History Class 6
In the earliest Cities
FIn the earliest Cities - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Name the place where the large piece of white stone having the inscription of Harappan script was found.
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Q2: What was the purpose of Fire altars in Harappa?
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To perform sacrifices
Q3: Most of the beads that were found in Harappa were made of ____________.
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Q4: The City of Lothal stands beside the Gulf of Khambat. True/False
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Q5: What was the intensity of rainfall in Harappa?
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Q6: Where was the city of Lothal situated?
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Lothal was situated near the areas where raw materials such as semi-precious stones were easily available
Q7: The huge tank of water in located Lothal was used as _____________.
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Q8: What was the purpose of seals?
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Seals may have been used to stamp bags or packets containing goods that were sent from one place to another.
Q9: Name the most important centre for making objects out of stone, shell and metal.
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Q10: Generally the Harappan writings have been found on Black stones. True/False
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Q11: Where is Dholavira located?
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Q12: Write the name of a new tool which was used to dig earth for turning the soil and planting trees.
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Q13: What is faience?
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Faience is a material that is artificially produced, it was used to make beads, tiny vessels etc.
Q14: Name the Harappan cities where sacrifices may have been performed.
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Kalibangan and Lothal
Q15: From present-day Gujarat, Iran and Afghanistan, the Harappans obtained __________.
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Q16: What was the name of the special tank of Mohenjodaro?
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Q17: Harappa was discovered__________ years back.
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Q18: The city of Lothal stood close to the Gulf of _________.
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Q19: What do we call to the western part of the Harappan city?
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Q20: Name the places where traces of fire altars have been found.
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Kalibangan and Lothal
Q21: Name the city of Harappa that was divided into three parts.
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Q22: Invasion of aryans have been the reason for the decline of some of the Harappan cities. True/False
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Q23: We find proof of abandonment of cities like ____________ and _______.
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Sind and West Punjab
Q24: Name the city where Cotton was most probably grown.
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Q25: What was the shape of the Harappan seal?
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Q26: Name the metal that stands out due to its absence at the Harappan cities
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Q27: Who were Scribes?
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They were probably the people who wrote on seals and other materials about transactions and other factors
Q28: The special buildings of the city were constructed at the _________.
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Q29: Name the material used to made a plough.
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Q30: Mention a unique finding of Dholavira.
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Large letters of Harappan script
Q31: State a features of the houses constructed in Harappan civilisation.
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Q32: What was the purpose of 'great bath' in the Harappan civilisation?
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bathing on special occasions
Q33: What were the important functions of the ruling class people?
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Construction of special buildings and sending envoys
Q34: How the Great Bath was made water tight?
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Q35: What do we call the pattern in which bricks were laid to make the walls stronger?
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Q36: Name two popular gold mines in Karnataka.
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two popular gold mines at Hatti and Kolar in Karnataka.
Q37: What was the common feature of Harappan buildings?
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Q38: People in Egypt carefully preserved the dead bodies known as _____________.
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Q39: The city of Lothal was located on the banks of the river __________.
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Q40: What do we call to the pyramids build by people of Egypt?
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Q41: The Egyptian people used to preserve the bodies of their kings after their death and buried them in these pyramids. True/False
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Q42: Name the states where the two sites of the Harappan civilization were vacated due to flood.
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Sind and West Punjab
Q43: The Pharaohs built huge tombs in Egypt, which are known as __________.
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Q44: What was the shape of pyramids?
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Pyramids were shaped as inverted cone masonry structures.
Q45: What is Mummy?
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A Mummy is a corpse, whose skin and organs have been preserved
Q46: What do the archaeoligists described the smaller but higher structure found at Harappan sites?
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Q47: What is the second name of Interlocking pattern?
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Interlocking pattern is also known as running lane pattern
Q48: The scribes were skilled in the manufacturing of seals. True/False
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Q49: Mention the name of a metal, which was mixed with copper to produce bronze during Harappan period.
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Q50: What were the uses of bronze metal?
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This metal was used to make weapons and also agricultural implements.
