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Studying the Past - History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is history?

a)

A Greek word called 'Historia'

b)

The study of the past

c)

History is made up of the past events

d)

All of the above

2.

How much parts are history divided into?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

2

3.

A person who a finds clues into the past and make theory of what happened in the past is known as ___________

a)

Detective

b)

Historian

c)

Archaeologist

d)

Journalist

4.

What is an artefact?

a)

A fossil

b)

The physical remains of something that was once alive

c)

A written record made in the past

d)

A manmade object of historical interest

5.

What is the full form of BCE?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Before Christ

c)

Before Era

d)

Before Christ Era

6.

What is archaeology?

a)

The study of history by examining the remains of past

b)

The study of figuring out about the past by literary sources

c)

The study of finding cures for diseases

d)

The study of making geographical maps

7.

98 BCE comes before 101 BCE.


True or False

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Can't Determine

8.

Written records in form of books (a)  

9.

What is a primary source?

a)

An account or evidence from somebody who learned a lot about the event

b)

Secondhand information

c)

An account or evidence from the time period being studied

d)

A textbook

10.

The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

a)

History

b)

Culture

c)

Festival

d)

Lifestyle

11.

The GITAS are an example of (a)  

12.

What was the period of history when writing was just invented?

a)

Pre-history

b)

Proto-history

c)

History

d)

All of the above

13.

Writings that deals with foreign accounts, plays, etc. are called __________

a)

Manuscripts

b)

Religious Text

c)

Secular Text

d)

None of the above

14.

Who is known as the ' FATHER OF HISTORY '?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Archimedes

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Herodotus

15.

When was the Early-Vedic Age?

a)

10000 BCE - 8000 BCE

b)

1500 BCE - 1000 BCE

c)

320 CE - 550 CE

d)

1000 BCE - 600 BCE

e)

2000 BCE - 220 CE

16.

What is the full form of AD?

(a)  

17.

In which of these sources can we find inscriptions?

a)

Clay Tablets

b)

Walls

c)

Rocks

d)

Weapons

e)

Caves

18.

In which river did India's first civilization settled?

(a)  

19.

What was the natural barrier that acted as a bridge from India to Northern Asia?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Alps

d)

Kutch Desert

20.

How many types of main sources of history?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4