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An Approach Towards The Past

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The knowledge gained from the study of history is important to understand the --------

a)

present

b)

Past

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of the above

2.

History has been divided into.

a)

Prehistory and history

b)

History and chemistry

c)

History and English

d)

All of these

3.

Religious literature is a --------source.

a)

Literary

b)

Archaeological

c)

Both a and b

d)

none of these

4.

What is the meaning of BCE ?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of the above

5.

---------are written records engraved on rocks ,copper plates and clay tablets.

a)

Inscriptions

b)

coins

c)

Books

d)

All of these

6.

-------- is the period of human development when writing had not been invented.

a)

History

b)

Archaeology

c)

Prehistory

d)

none of these

7.

Old buildings which have historical importance are called.

a)

Inscriptions

b)

Artefacts

c)

Monuments

d)

None of these

8.

Long ago people wrote using paper and pen. Is this true / false

a)

false

b)

true

c)

somehow true

d)

none of these

9.

Writings that not religious are known as (a)   literature.

10.

Coins are a valuable source of information.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The period for which written records are available is called (a)   .

12.

Handwritten records of the past in the form of books are called

a)

Script

b)

Manuscript

c)

Inscriptions

d)

Vedas

13.

the people who describe the past are known as

a)

archaeologist

b)

historians

c)

epigraphist

d)

inscriptions

14.

the objects of different kinds made by human past are called

a)

artefacts

b)

monuments

c)

inscriptions

d)

manuscripts

15.

what are inscriptions?

a)

Inscriptions are written records carved on solid objects such as pillars, walls, temples, forts, caves, palaces and stone or clay tablets

b)

they are old buildings

c)

they are direct evidences

d)

handwritten records