Choose the correct answer:
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