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Introducing History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is History?

a)

Study of the past, peoples and their way of life in the past.

b)

Study of Science

c)

Studying with other students.

d)

Study of money.

2.

(a)   is the period for which we have no written records.

3.

For which period, we have some written records?

a)

Prehistory

b)

Protohistory

c)

None of these

d)

All of these

4.

A place where collections of historical documents, records and manuscripts are stored are called (a)   .

5.

The study of coins is known as (a)   .

6.

Sanchi Stupa is located in Madhya Pradesh. State true or false.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The science of exploring and excavating old remains is called (a)   .

8.

The early literary records were handwritten. They were called ___________________.

a)

Manuscripts

b)

Language

c)

Fossils

d)

Inscriptions

9.

The inscriptions of the Mauryan King (a)   are the earliest inscriptions in India

10.

Mahabharata and Ramayana was written in the language of (a)   .

11.

Silappadikaram and Manimekalai were written in (a)   .

12.

Arthashastra was written by (a)   .

13.

Indica was written by ____________.

a)

Megasthenes

b)

Kautilya

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Fa-Hien

14.

Historians arranges the events of history in a sequence according to the time when they took place. This is known as ________________.

a)

Chronology

b)

Writing

c)

Time frame

d)

Time line

15.

Time line is also known as _________________.

a)

Time frame

b)

Prehistory

c)

Ramayana

d)

Mahabharata

16.

Gradual progress of something is called __________________.

a)

Evolution

b)

Chronology

c)

Literature

d)

Prehistory

17.

Historians divides the past into ____________ period.

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

18.

The southern gate of Sanchi Stupa was added by the king _______________.

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Satkarni

c)

Ashoka

d)

Samudragupta

19.

The Vedas and the Puranas are classified as sacred literary sources.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Correct

d)

Incorrect

20.

What was the other name of the Mauryan king Ashoka?

a)

Aditya

b)

Ashokagupta

c)

Samudragupta

d)

Ali