What, Where, How and When Class 6 MCQ CBSE History Chapter 1

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Here you will find MCQ for CBSE Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When. It is a part of MCQ Questions for CBSE Class 6 Social Science Series.

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MCQ Questions

1. Hunter gatherers used to live along the banks of __________River for several hundred thousand years.
   (a) Narmada
   (b) Godavar
   (c) Ganga
   (d) Indus
2. Men and women first began to grow crops near Sulaiman and Kirthar Hills around __________years ago.
   (a) 10000
   (b) 5000
   (c) 8000
   (d) 4000
3. The Iranians and Greeks used to call our country __________around 2500 years ago.
   (a) Bharat
   (b) Hindustan
   (c) India
   (d) Hindos
4. The writings on the stone or metal are known as
   (a) inscriptions
   (b) manuscripts
   (c) notices
   (d) carvings
5. The process by which the scholars understand the inscriptions written in ancient languages is called
   (a) decoding
   (b) decipherment
   (c) excavation
   (d) unearthing

Answers

1. (a)
2. (c)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (b)

Topics from which mcq questions may be asked

• What can we know about the past?
• Where and how did people live?
• Why people travelled?
• Name of the lands
• Finding out the past?
• Was there one past or many?
• Dates – BC and AD

There are several things we can find out about our past, like what people ate, the kinds of clothes they wore and the types of houses in which they lived. We can also find about the lives of hunters, herders, farmers, rulers, merchants, priests, crafts persons, artists, musicians, and scientists. In fact, what games children used to play, the stories they heard, songs they sung, we can find about it too.

We hope the given MCQ questions for What, Where, How and When Class 6 helps you in your learning.