MCQ Questions for Class 6 History: Ch 5 What Books and Burials Tell us
1. _____ is the assembly of selected persons of a tribe
(a) Sudha
(b) Samiti
(c) Somveda
(d) Sabha
► (d) Sabha
2. What were used for entering the burial places
(a) Stone holes
(b) Portholes
(c) Surface holes
(d) Burial holes
► (b) Portholes
3. Which of the following was not the currency used during the later Vedic age
(a) Rupee
(b) Nishka
(c) Krishmane
(d) Satamana
► (a) Rupee
4. _____ were used for various kind of work
(a) Slaves
(b) Carpenter
(c) Labour
(d) Farmers
► (a) Slaves
5. The Vedic people are generally referred to as the
(a) Dasyu
(b) Brahman
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Aryans
► (d) Aryans
6. Where Inamgaon is at present
(a) Punjab
(b) Kashmir
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
► (d) Maharashtra
7. Which Veda is the oldest one?
(a) Rig Veda
(b) Atharva Veda
(c) Yajur Veda
(d) Sam Veda
► (a) Rig Veda
8. How many types of Epics are there
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
► (a) 2
9. Agriculture and ___ were the main occupations of Aryans
(a) Jewellery making
(b) Cattle-rearing
(c) Metal-work
(d) Pottery making
► (b) Cattle-rearing
10. One of the dialogues in the Rig Veda is between rivers Beas & Satluj and
(a) Vaish
(b) Vyas
(c) Vishwamitra
(d) Vashist
► (c) Vishwamitra
11. Later Vedic period is known as
(a) Hymns age
(b) Yajna age
(c) Epic age
(d) Songs age
► (c) Epic age
12. The Aryans had divided themselves into _______ tribes
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 3
► (a) 5
13. How many types of Vedas are there
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2
► (c) 4
14. The Rigveda is divided into 10 ____
(a) Munds
(b) Mundik
(c) Mandals
(d) Mandalika
► (c) Mandals
15. Sanskrit is part of a family of languages which is known as
(a) Indo-European
(b) Indo-China
(c) Indo-Russian
(d) Indo-Dravin
► (a) Indo-European
16. What is the language of the Vedas?
(a) Urdu
(b) Pali
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Prakrit
► (c) Sanskrit
17. The Aryans had divided themselves into tribes known as
(a) Ashtajana
(b) Panchajana
(c) Chaturthjana
(d) Saptchajana
► (b) Panchajana
18. _____ performed the religious ceremonies for the king , ______ gave him their opinion about important matters and the ______ helped him in the battles
(a) Samiti and sabha, Sainani, Purohita
(b) Purohita, Samiti and sabha, Som
(c) Samiti and sabha, Purohita, Sainani
(d) Purohita, Samiti and sabha, Sainani
► (d) Purohita, Samiti and sabha, Sainani
19. A popular drink _____ was prepared from milk and juice of a rare plant that grew on the mountains
(a) Butter
(b) Soma
(c) Sura
(d) Ghee
► (b) Soma
20. Megaliths are found in
(a) Deccan in the north, east and Punjab
(b) Deccan in the north, east and Bihar
(c) Deccan in the north, east and Uttar Pradesh
(d) Deccan in the north, east and Kashmir
► (d) Deccan in the north, east and Kashmir
21. Stone circles or boulders on the surface were used to cover the
(a) All of these
(b) Burial places
(c) House
(d) Port holes
► (b) Burial places
22. People at ________ate Fruits, cereals and meat.
(a) Lothal
(b) Inamgaon
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mohan jo daro
► (b) Inamgaon