MCQ Questions

Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
How did men become rulers around 3,000 years ago?
(a) By choosing rulers by voting
(b) By ashvamedha yajna
(c) None of these
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer

Answer: (b) By ashvamedha yajna

Question 2.
They allowed to pass ‘horse’. What did it mean?
(a) They accepted the raja was stronger
(b) They accepted the raja was weaker
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) They accepted the raja was stronger

Question 3.
Who guarded the horse?
(a) Janas
(b) Raja’s men
(c) Ordinary people
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Raja’s men

Question 4.
Who brought gifts for rulers?
(a) Vaishyas
(b) Shudras
(c) Brahmins
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Vaishyas

Question 5.
Where is Hastinapur located?
(a) Near Delhi
(b) Near Mumbai
(c) Near Meerut
(d) Near Agra

Answer

Answer: (c) Near Meerut

Question 6.
Where is Purana Qila situated?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Kolkata
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Delhi

Question 7.
About 2,500 years ago what turned into Mahajanapadas?
(a) Ordinary janapadas
(b) Important janapadas
(c) Both (a) and (6)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Important janapadas

Question 8.
About 2,500 years ago where was Kaushambi situated?
(a) Kurukshetra in Haryana
(b) Allahabad in UP
(c) Chandigarh in Punjab
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Allahabad in UP

Question 9.
In what mode were the payments made?
(a) Punch marked coins
(b) Paper notes
(c) Gold coins
(d) Silver coins

Answer

Answer: (a) Punch marked coins

Question 10.
Why did the rulers collect regular taxes?
(a) For building huge forts
(b) For maintaining big armies
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 11.
How did herders pay taxes?
(a) Forest products
(b) Animals and animal products
(c) By labouring
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Animals and animal products

Question 12.
Why was the river Ganga important for people?
(a) For transport
(b) For water supply
(c) For making land fertile
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 13.
Who could not participate in the assemblies?
(a) Women
(b) Dasas
(c) Kammakaras
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

What Books and Burials Tell Us Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
Which of the following is the oldest Veda?
(a) Samaveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Rigveda
(d) Atharvaveda

Answer

Answer: (c) Rigveda

Question 2.
Who is the ‘god of fire’ according to Rigveda?
(a) Agni
(b) Indra
(c) Soma
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Agni

Question 3.
In which language is ‘The Rigveda’ written?
(a) Vedic Sanskrit
(b) Vedic Hindi
(c) Vedic Tamil
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Vedic Sanskrit

Question 4.
Which of the two rivers are studied in the Rigveda?
(a) Ganga and Yamuna
(b) Beas and Sutlej
(c) Saraswati and Brahmaputra
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Beas and Sutlej

Question 5.
When was the Rigveda written?
(a) About 3500 years ago
(b) About 1000 years ago
(c) About 500 years ago
(d) About 1500 years ago

Answer

Answer: (a) About 3500 years ago

Question 6.
On which bark was the Rigveda written?
(a) Neem Bark
(b) Cinkona Bark
(c) Tulsi Bark
(d) Birch Bark

Answer

Answer: (d) Birch Bark

Question 7.
Where is birch bark found? In.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Pune
(c) Delhi
(d) Kashmir

Answer

Answer: (d) Kashmir

Question 8.
Who were the Priests in the ancient time?
(a) Brahmins
(b) Sikhs
(c) Muslims
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Brahmins

Question 9.
Which were the two words used to describe the people or the community as a whole?
(a) Jana and Vish
(b) Aryas and Dasas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Jana and Vish

Question 10.
In which region was the Rigveda composed?
(a) North-east
(b) North-west
(c) North-south
(d) Western-east

Answer

Answer: (b) North-west

Question 11.
When the dead body was buried with gold beads it means that the dead man was Fill in the blank with suitable word chosen from the following:
(a) rich man
(b) poor man
(c) chief
(d) follower

Answer

Answer: (a) rich man

Question 12.
The evidence of which fruits were found?
(a) Ber, Amla, Jamun
(b) Mango
(c) Apple
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Ber, Amla, Jamun

In the Earliest Cities Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
When did Harappan cities develop?
(a) About 4,700 years ago
(b) About 3,700 years ago
(c) About 2,700 years ago
(d) About 1,700 years ago

Answer

Answer: (a) About 4,700 years ago

Question 2.
How many storeys of houses were generally found in Harappan cities?
(a) One or two storeys
(b) Four to five storeys
(c) Multi storeys
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) One or two storeys

Question 3.
Where did the crafts persons make the things in the earliest cities?
(a) In their own homes
(b) In special workshops
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 4.
Which metal were the most of things found by the archaeologists made of?
(a) Stone
(b) Copper and gold
(c) Silver
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 5.
What was the thing used to shape sand or powdered quartz into an object?
(a) Gum
(b) Ink
(c) Nails
(d) Rubber

Answer

Answer: (a) Gum

Question 6.
Which colours were used for glazed material resulting in a shiny object?
(a) Black and white
(b) Red and yellow
(c) Blue or sea green
(d) Pink or brown

Answer

Answer: (c) Blue or sea green

Question 7.
From where did the Harappans get copper?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Kerala
(d) Rajasthan

Answer

Answer: (d) Rajasthan

Question 8.
Who supplied food to craft persons, scribes and rulers in the cities?
(a) Local citizens
(b) Farmers and herders
(c) Post men
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Farmers and herders

Question 9.
How did the Harappans irrigate their fields and grow plants? Through
(a) rainfall
(b) stored water
(c) streams
(d) rivers

Answer

Answer: (b) stored water

Question 10.
From where did the boats and ships come into the sea and rivers?
(a) Ports
(b) Dockyards
(c) None of these
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer

Answer: (b) Dockyards

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
What type of food do we get from plants?
(a) Milk
(b) Meat
(c) Fruits, vegetable and grains
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Fruits, vegetable and grains

Question 2.
Name the animal who gives us milk.
(a) Cow
(c) Sheep
(b) Goat
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 3.
Select the animal for domestication.
(a) Lion
(b) Bear
(c) Dog
(d) Elephant

Answer

Answer: (c) Dog

Question 4.
Why did people store grains?
(a) For food
(b) As seeds
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 5.
Where is the evidence of wheat, barley, sheep, goat, cattle found?
(a) Koldihwa (UP)
(b) Gufkral (Kashmir)
(c) Mehrgarh (Pakistan)
(d) Hallur (Andhra Pradesh)

Answer

Answer: (c) Mehrgarh (Pakistan)

Question 6.
Who have found the evidence of ancient farmers and herders?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Astrologists
(c) Biologists
(d) Historians

Answer

Answer: (a) Archaeologists

Question 7.
Which of the following is an important source of milk and meat?
(a) Tiger
(b) Dog
(c) Goat
(d) Cat

Answer

Answer: (c) Goat

Question 8.
Who have studied the customs and practices of present day farmers and herders?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Scholars
(c) Astrologists
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Scholars

Question 9.
Where is Mehrgarh located today?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) China

Answer

Answer: (c) Pakistan

Question 10.
In the ancient time dead person was
(a) to serve as food in next life
(b) to serve as food in present life
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) to serve as food in next life

Question 11.
When did the domestication begin?
(a) About 12,000 years ago
(b) About 8,000 years ago
(c) About 6,000 years ago
(d) About 4,000 years ago

Answer

Answer: (a) About 12,000 years ago

On The Trial of the Earliest People Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
When were the trains used first?
(a) 200 years ago
(b) 250 years ago
(c) 150 years ago
(d) 300 years ago

Answer

Answer: (c) 150 years ago

Question 2.
Why did hunter-gatherers move from place to place?
(a) In search of food
(b) In search of shelters
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 3.
Where is water found?
(a) In lakes
(b) In streams
(c) In rivers
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 4.
How did the ancient people travel?
(a) By buses
(b) By trains
(c) By ships
(d) On foot

Answer

Answer: (d) On foot

Question 5.
Who had found the things which were made and used by the hunters?
(a) Astrologists
(b) Archaeologists
(c) Psychologists
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Archaeologists

Question 6.
In the ancient times tools were made up of which material?
(a) Stone
(b) Wood
(c) Bone
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 7.
For what purpose were the stone tools used?
(a) To cut meat and bone
(b) To chop fruits and roots
(c) To make spears and arrows
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 8.
Places where the people made tools are known as
(a) factory sites
(b) residence sites
(c) habitation site
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) factory sites

Question 9.
By which techniques were the stone tools made?
(a) Stone on stone technique
(b) Pressure flaking
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 10.
What did indicate the finding of ash?
(a) Water
(b) Ice
(c) Fire
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Fire

Question 11.
For what purpose did the men, women and children collect the grains?
(a) For food
(b) For growing crops
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 12.
In which state were the eggs of Ostrich found?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Delhi
(d) Noida

Answer

Answer: (a) Maharashtra

Question 13.
In which site were a large number of tools used for all sorts of activity, found?
(a) Habitation site
(b) Factory site
(c) Habitation cum factory site
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Habitation cum factory site

Question 14.
When was the Mesolithic period?
(a) 6000-7000 years ago
(b) 7000-8000 years ago
(c) 8000-9000 years ago
(d) 12,000-10,000 years ago

Answer

Answer: (d) 12,000-10,000 years ago

What, Where, How and When? Class 6 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 1.
Which river’s bank did the people live along in the ancient time?
(a) Ganga
(b) Narmada
(c) Satluj
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Narmada

Question 2.
On which river’s bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago?
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Ganga

Question 3.
Which city was established on the banks of Ganga?
(a) Magadha
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Magadha

Question 4.
How did merchants travel1?
(a) With Caravans
(b) Ships
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 5.
From where did the Iranians and the Greek come?
(a) North west
(b) North east
(e) North south
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) North west

Question 6.
Where were the manuscripts written?
(a) On palm leaf
(b) On peepal leaf
(c) On banana leaf
(d) On tulsi leaf

Answer

Answer: (a) On palm leaf

Question 7.
Where did the manuscripts keep safe?
(a) In temples and monastaries
(b) In museums
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) In temples and monastaries

Question 8.
Who are historians?
(a) Who study past
(b) Who study present
(c) Who study future
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Who study past

Question 9.
How did the people of Andaman Islands get their food?
(a) By fishing
(b) By hunting
(c) By collecting the forest products
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 10.
What helps us ’ to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc. ?
(a) Archaeology
(b) Astrology
(c) Biology
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Archaeology

Question 11.
When did agriculture start?
(a) 4700 years ago
(b) 2500 years ago
(c) 8000 years ago
(d) 5500 years ago

Answer

Answer: (c) 8000 years ago

Question 12.
In what ways was the ancient coin different from the ones we use
(a) Made of stones
(b) Made of baked clay
(c) Made of bones
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 13.
In which language were the manuscripts written?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) English
(c) Hindi
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Sanskrit