What, Where, How and When II

The Latin words Anno Domini means

• after the year of the Lord

• in the year of the Lord

• before the year of the Lord

The language of the ordinary people.

• Tamil

• Sanskrit

• Prakrit

What is Indus called in Sanskrit?

• Sindhu

• Bharata

• Indos

What do we call writings on hard surfaces like stone or metal?

• manuscripts

• cartouche

• languages

• inscriptions

Around how many years ago was crops like wheat and barley first grown?

• 1000 yrs

• 8000 yrs

• 3700 yrs

• 4500 yrs

Garo hills is located in which part of India?

• South

• North-west

• North-east

• West

In which sacred text is the name Bharata mentioned?

• Upanishads

• Rigveda

• Bhagavad Gita

• Puranas

People who study the objects that were used in the past are called

• historians

• scribes

• geographers

• archaeologists

Manuscripts were written on specially prepared bark of a tree known as birch which grows in the ______________.

• Himalayas

• Vindhyas

• Eastern Ghats

• Western Ghats

Around __________ years ago, some of the earliest cities flourished on the banks of the ______ river and its tributaries.

• 4700, Indus

• 2500, Ganga

• 100,000 yrs, Narmada

• 1000, Kaveri