What, Where, How and When? Class 6 Worksheet History Chapter 1

Q1: State True (T) or False (F)

(i) People who gathered their food are called gatherers.
Ans: True 

(ii) The kingdom of Magadha was located in the areas along Ganga’s tributaries in the North of Ganga.
Ans: False 

(iii) Prakrit was the language used by ordinary people.
Ans: True 

(iv) River Ganga was addressed as Indos or Hindos by the Iranians and Greeks.
Ans: False

Q2: Fill in the blanks

(i) The places where rice was first grown are to the north of the __________.
Ans: Vindhyas

(ii) ______________is the earliest composition in Sanskrit.
Ans: Rigveda

(iii) Along the river ________people lived for several hundred thousand years.
Ans: Narmada

(iv) ____________is a town on the north coast of Egypt.
Ans: Rosetta

Q3: Answer the following Questions

(i) Name any two animals that people of the Sulaiman and Kirthar hills reared. 
Ans: Sheep and Goat

(ii) Where are Garo Hills located?
Ans: The Garo hills are located to the northeast, and the Vindhyas are in central India.

(iii) Where does the word India come from?
Ans: The word India comes from the Indus, which is called Sindhu in Sanskrit.

(iv) What do religious teachers do in the past?
Ans: Religious teachers walked from village to village, town to town, stopping to offer instruction and advice on the way.

(v) Write the full form of AD.
Ans: Anno Domini

(vi) Where were manuscripts preserved?
Ans: Manuscripts were often preserved in temples and monasteries.

(vii) How could anyone know what had happened so many years ago?
Ans: One can learn about what happened so many years ago through manuscripts, inscriptions, and objects found in excavations.

(viii) Name one tributary of Ganga.
Ans: Son

(ix) Which are the oldest languages in India?

Ans: The oldest languages in India are Sanskrit and Tamil

(x) Name the ruler whose inscription was found in Kandahar.
Ans: Ashoka’s inscription has been found in Kandahar.

(xi) What is the meaning of Indus in Sanskrit?
Ans: Sindhu

(xii) What do you understand by tributaries?
Ans: Tributaries are smaller rivers that flow into a larger river.

(xiii) What is the source?
Ans: The word source refers to the information found in manuscripts, inscriptions and archaeology.

(xiv) Write the full form of BCE.
Ans: Before Common Era

(xv) What do you mean by manuscript?
Ans: Manuscript means any book or document written by hand.

(xvi) What was the advantage of writing on a hard surface?
Ans: The writing on a hard surface does not get destroyed easily; it survives for a long period of time.

(xvii)  Why did the kings get their orders inscribed?

Ans: The kings got their orders inscribed so that people could see, read and obey them.

(xviii) What are inscriptions?
Ans: These are writings on relatively hard surfaces such as stone or metal.

(xix) What do the letters “CE’ and ‘BCE’ stand for?

Ans: The letter ‘CE’ stands for “Common Era’, and ‘BCE’ stands for ‘Before Common Era’.

(xx) What information do we get from the Bones of animals?
Ans: Bones of animals, birds, and fish tell what people ate in the Past.