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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The ways of finding out about the past are_____________
Books
Inscriptions
Books and Inscriptions
None of the above
The books that were written long ago are called
Pusthaks
Manuscripts
Inscriptions
Granths
Old books are called Manuscripts because they are
Written by hand
Old
Written by leaf
Written by man
Manuscripts were written on
Bark of any tree
Palm leaf
Bark of Birch
Palm leaf and Bark of Birch
Birch trees grow in
Indus
Himalayas
Ganga
Sulaiman and Kirthar hills
Manuscripts were destroyed because of
War
Lack of care
Fire
Eaten by insects
Manuscripts were often preserved in
Temples
Monasteries
Temples and Monasteries
Palaces
The topics dealt with by manuscripts were
Religious beliefs and practices
Lives of kings,epics,poems,plays
Medicine and Science
All of the above
Manuscripts were written in __________language.
Sanskrit
Prakrit
Tamil
All of the above
Inscriptions were written on
Hard surfaces
Palm leaf
Bark of tree
All of the above
Inscriptions were written on
Stone
Metal
Trees
Stone and Metal
Inscriptions were used to described ________
Lives of the king , queens and people
Kings orders
Battle victories
All of the above
The advantages of writing on hard surfaces were
Permanence
Easy to erase
Not affected by insects
Both A and C
People who study remains of objects of the past and explore and excavate are called
Archeologists
Historians
Geologists
Architects
Archeologists study these objects
Buildings of stone and bricks, pots, pans
Paintings and Sculptures
Tools Weapons, Ornaments, coins
All of the above
Which of the following objects archeologists find, could be made of stone
Buildings
Ornaments
Tools and weapons
All of the above
Objects excavated by archeologists are made of
Stone and bones
Baked clay
metal
All of the above
From the bones of animals , birds and fish, archeologists find out
What people ate
Types of animals that existed then
Temperature
Both A and B
Historians are_______________
Archeologists
Excavators
Teachers of history
Scholars who study the past
Historians use this word to refer to information from archeological finds
Evidence
Objects
Source
All of the above
The source of information for historians is________
Manuscripts
Inscriptions
Archeology
All of the above
Historians and archeologists through sources ______ the past.
Reconstruct
Guess
Foresee
Enact
A.D. stands for___________
After Death
After christ
Anno Domini
None of the above
B.C. stands for____________
Before Christ
But common
By Christ
None
CE and BCE stands for
Common Era
Before common Era
Both A and B
None
