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Here you will find Case Study Questions for CBSE Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When. It is a part of Case Study Questions for CBSE Class 6 Social Science Series.
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Case Study Questions
Question 1:
Read the following passage and answer the given questions provided below.
The word India comes from the Indus, called Sindhu in Sanskrit. The Iranians and the Greeks who came through the northwest about 2500 years ago and were familiar with the Indus, called it the Hindos or the Indos, and the land to the east of the river was called India. The name Bharata was used for a group of people who lived in the north-west, and who are mentioned in the Rigveda, the earliest composition in Sanskrit (dated to about 3500 years ago). Later it was used for the country.
There are several ways to finding out about the past. One is to search for and read books that were written long ago. These are called manuscripts, because they were written by hand. This word come from the Latin word ‘manu’, meaning hand. These were usually written on palm leaf, or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch, which grows in the Himalayas.
Over the years manuscripts were eaten away by insects, some were destroyed, but many have survived, often preserved in temples and monasteries. These books dealt with all kinds of subjects: religious beliefs and practices, the lives of kings, medicine and science.
Q. 1. The word India comes from the Indus River, what is Indus called in Sanskrit?
(a) Sindh
(b) Sindhu
(c) Ravi
(d) Beas
Ans. Option (b) is correct.
Explanation: The word India comes from the Indus River, Indus is called ‘Sindhu’ in Sanskrit.
Q. 2. Greeks came through which direction about 2500 years ago in Indian subcontinent?
(a) Northeast
(b) Southeast
(c) Southwest
(d) Northwest
Ans. Option (d) is correct.
Explanation: Greeks came through the northwest about 2500 years ago and were familiar with the Indus, called it the Hindos or the Indos.
Q.3. The name Bharata was used for a group of people who lived in the northwest, and who are mentioned in which Veda?
(a) Yajurveda
(b) Rigveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Ans. Option (b) is correct.
Explanation: The name Bharata was used for a group of people who lived in the north-west, and who are mentioned in the Rigveda, the earliest composition in Sanskrit (dated to about 3500 years ago). Later, the word was used for the country.
Q. 4. The word manuscript comes from which word?
(a) Greek
(b) Latin
(c) French
(d) Sanskrit
Ans. Option (b) is correct.
Explanation: One way to know about past is to search for and read books that were written long ago. These are called manuscripts, because they were written by hand. This word come from the Latin word ‘manu’, meaning hand.
Q. 5. The manuscripts dealt with which kind of subjects?
(a) Religious beliefs
(b) Lives of kings
(c) Medicine
(d) All of the above
Ans. Option (d) is correct.
Explanation: Over the years manuscripts were eaten away by insects, some were destroyed, but many have survived, often preserved in temples and monasteries. These books dealt with all kinds of subjects: religious beliefs and practices, the lives of kings, medicine and science.
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