NCERT Solutions: What, Where, How And When?

Let's Recall

Q1. Match the following:

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Q2. List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.
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Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Let's Discuss

Q3. Return to Rasheeda's question. Can you think of some answers to it?
Ans: Rasheeda's question is, "How could anyone know what had happened so many years ago?" We can know what had happened so many years ago by reading books that were based upon findings by historians and archaeologists through past remains such as manuscripts, inscriptions, tools, weapons, etc.

Q4. Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?
Ans: List of all the objects that archaeologists may find are:

• Remains of buildings
• Paintings and sculpture
• Tools
• Weapons
• Pots
• Ornaments
• Coins
• Bones of birds, animals, fish etc.
• Tools, weapons, sculpture, could be made of stone.Archaeologists Tool Kit

The objects that could be made up of stones are given below

• Buildings
• Tools
• Weapons
• Ornaments

Q5. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did
Ans: The ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did because they weren't doing any notable works. They are living their ordinary life also they didn't know about reading and writing.

Q6. Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.
Ans: Two ways in which the lives of kings are different from farmers:

• Farmers had to work in their field while the king's duty was to protect his citizens.
• Kings fought battles and kept records of their victories while farmers led their ordinary life and they didn't keep any records.

Let's Do

Q7. Find the word crafts persons on page 1. List at least five different crafts that you know about today. Are the craftspersons - (a) men (b) women (c) both men and women?
Ans: Weaving, Carpentry, Dyeing, Pottery-making, Carpet-making are five crafts that exist today. In today's world, both men and women are craftspersons.

Q8. What were the subjects on which books were written in the past? Which of these would you like to read?
Ans: Ancient books covered subjects like:

• Religious beliefs and practices
• Lives of kings
• Medicine
• Science
• Poetry
• Drama
• Epics

It would be really interesting to read the epics of the past. The Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas, Upanishads, and Panchtantra are some of the religious epics of the past.