Social Studies [1 Mark Questions]

People in early days were hunters, herders, farmers, rulers, musicians, merchants, priests, craftsmen, artists scientists.

Study of inscriptions is called Epigraphy.

The manuscripts are preserved in Temples.

Scholars who could read Greek figured out that the names of king and queen were enclosed in a little frame called Cartouche.

Birch.

Because it consists of the basin of seven rivers altogether.

The sources of history are archaeological and literary.

Hindu.

A historian is a person who studies history.

People living in the Andaman Islands get their own food by fishing, hunting and by collecting forest produce.

India, Bharat, Jambudweep and Hindustan.

Sindhu.

History is a chronological account of events as they took place in the past. It tells us about the type of rulers, kingdoms, people, events and lifestyles of several ages.

Narmada.

The people, who hunted wild animals, caught fish and birds and gathered fruits, roots, nuts, seeds, leaves and eggs for their food were called hunter- gatherers.

In the pre-historic times people lived along the rivers and in the areas with ample plant and animal life.

Common Era.

Inscriptions are writings on relatively hard surface such as stone or metal.

Tributaries are rivers that join a larger river.

Sanskrit.

North.

Son.

Pakistan.

The region where rice was first of all grown in India is the North of the Vindhyas.

Three languages.

The history of Egypt.

Bones of the animals helped to know the eating habits of the people.

Before Common Era.

Mostly epics, poems and plays in Ancient period were written in Sanskrit or Prakrit.

South Asia is called a subcontinent because, although it is smaller than a continent, it is very large and is separated from the rest of Asia by seas, hills and mountains.

Rosetta is a town on the north coast of Egypt.

True.

Alphabet p.

Northern part.

Three.

Palm leaf.

We can know about the past by studying history.

The people who study the objects of the past.

Anno Domini.

In Sulaiman and Kirthar hills.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran, China and Myanmar, etc. form South Asia.

True.

Ravi and Jhelum.

Early people lived along the banks of River Narmada.

Magadha.

Ashoka.

To develop agriculture and basic things.

True.

A source.

Fishing, forest products and hunting.

Hindi.

Religious teachers moved from one place to another to offer instruction and advice to the people who they met on the way.

The archaeologists found tools, pots, weapons, pans, coins and ornaments during excavation.

The people of the Andaman Islands are engaged in fishing, hunting and collecting forest produce.

Greek and two forms of Egyptian.

Inscribed stone was found in Rosetta, a town on north coast of Egypt.

In Egypt.

Scripts consist of letters or signs.

Two of the words we often use for our country are India and Bharat.

Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil languages were used for writing manuscripts.

Magadha was famous because its rulers were powerful, and set up a large kingdom.

Magadha was called the part of south Ganga.

Yes, the river SON is tributary of the river Ganga.

The places where rice was first grown are to the north of the Vindhyas.

Agriculture was developed in Vindhyas and Garo hills.

Vindhyas are located in Central India.

The Garo hills are located in the north-east of India.

Sheep, goat and cattle.

In Sulaiman and Kirthar hills, wheat and barley grew about 8000 years ago.

Wheat and barley were grown about 8000 years ago.

The ‘Sulaiman’ and ‘Kirthar’ hills are located in the modern-day Pakistan.

Gatherers got their food by hunting and they collected roots, fruits and other forest produce for their food.

Gatherers lived near the river Narmada.

In the early period, people lived on the banks of the river Narmada for several hundred thousand years.

By studying History, we can know about the past.

The name ‘Bharata’ was used for a group of people who lived in the north west and it is mentioned in the Rigveda, later it was used for the country. Rigveda is the earliest composition among all the Veda and it is written in Sanskrit.

Whatever the sources founded from the inscriptions, manuscript, etc., historians and archaeologists study those sources or objects. This is like an adventure for them to find about the History on the basis of sources. Sources are like clues for them. They are like detectives who use all these sources like clues to discover about the past.

While people travelled from one part to another part of subcontinent, they had to face the hills and high mountains including the Himalayas, deserts, rivers and seas that made journey dangerous at times but never impossible.

South Asia is called a subcontinent because although it is smaller than a continent, it is very large, and is separated from the rest of Asia by seas, hills and mountains.

There were things that were used in the past. Those who study these objects are called archaeologists. They study the remains of buildings made of stones and bricks, paintings and sculptures. They also explore and excavate to find tools, coins etc.

Sources are referred to the information found from manuscripts, inscriptions and archaeology. Once sources are found, learning about the past becomes an adventure, as we reconstruct it bit by bit. So, historians and archaeologists use sources like clues to find out about our pasts.

It is important to know the past because it tells us how people lived in that time, what they used to eat, wear, what kind of animals they had, how much civilization was developed, how they were living. Additionally, history also warns us not to repeat the mistakes and points out its consequences.

The books dealt with all kinds of subjects like religious beliefs & practices, the lives of the king’s medicine and science. In addition, there were epics, poems & plays. The most popular epics of India are Ramayana & Mahabharata. I would like to read these two books.

The king led a luxurious life. He made all the decisions for society and looked after their welfare. They led the armies in war.
Farmers : They worked very hard to grow crops, for the people. They led an ordinary life, where he could barely fulfill his needs.

The ordinary men did hot keep a reward for what they did because they did not know’ how to read and write.-There was a specialized class of people called ‘scribes’ who recorded all the events.

• Archaeologists study the remains of buildings made of stones and bricks that have survived, paintings, and sculptures. They find tools, weapons, pots, pans, ornaments, and coins.
• Some of them may be made of stone, others out of bones, baked clay, and metal.

Handwritten book or a piece of literary work or material is called manuscript while writings engraved on pillars, rocks, copper or other metallic plates, etc. are called inscriptions.