1. WHAT, WHERE, HOW & WHEN

1. WHAT, WHERE, HOW & WHEN

Do you think dates are important in the study of history? If yes, why it is important?

Everyone in the world is concerned about their future; then what is the need to learn about our past?

How can you say that historians and archaeologists are like detectives?

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

People in the past liked travelling from one place to another. Although the hills and high mountains like the Himalayas, deserts, rivers and seas caused great problems, people were not discouraged from travelling. They moved in search of livelihood and to escape from natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Sometimes, men marched in armies and conquered others’ lands. Merchants travelled with caravans or ships carrying valuable goods from place to place. There were religious teachers who used to walk from village to village, town to town. They offered instruction and advice to the people who met them on the way. Some travelled because they were adventurous and enjoyed discovering new and exciting places.

Open Ended

What are the difficulties faced by the people in the past while travelling?

Multiple Choice

Identify the reason that why the religious scholars travelled from one place to another?

• To earn more money

• To enjoy the exciting places To instruct and advise people To escape from natural disaster.

• To instruct and advise people

• To escape from natural disaster.

Multiple Choice

Assertion A: People travelled from one place to another place.

Reason R: People in the past like to discover treasure.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is correct and R is incorrect.

• A is wrong but R is correct

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Two of the words we often use for our country are India and Bharat. The word India comes from the Indus, called Sindhu in Sanskrit. The Iranians and the Greeks who came through the northwest about 2500 years ago and were familiar with the Indus, called it the Hindos or the Indos, and the land to the east of the river was called India. The name Bharata was used for a group of people who lived in the northwest, and who are mentioned in the Rig veda, the earliest composition in Sanskrit (dated to about 3500 years ago). Later it was used for the country.

Multiple Choice

Rig veda was composed in _______

• Hindi

• Sanskrit

• Greek

• Latin

Fill in the Blank

Complete the following:

Northwest: Indus; Northeast: __________

Multiple Choice

Rig veda was written about ________

• 1500 years ago

• 2500 years ago

• 3500 years ago

• 3800 years ago

Fill in the Blank

What is the Sanskrit name of the river Indus?