MCQ Questions for Class 6 History: Ch 1 What, Where, How and When?
1. BP stands for
(a) Backward Present
(b) Before Present
(c) Backward Past
(d) Before Past
► (b) Before Present
2. Years after the birth of Jesus Christ are counted
(a) Forward
(b) Backward
(c) Upward
(d) Downward
► (a) Forward
3. The place where rice was first grown is located in
(a) Yangtze River valley
(b) Sulaiman hills
(c) On the banks of Ganga
(d) the Gaxo hills
► (a) Yangtze River valley
4. Jesus was founder of
(a) Hinduism
(b) Christianity
(c) Jews
(d) Muslims
► (b) Christianity
5. The word India comes from the Indus, called ____ in Sanskrit
(a) Bharat
(b) Indica
(c) Sindhu
(d) Indira
► (c) Sindhu
6. Which of the following does NOT form the natural frontier of the subcontinent
(a) Mountains
(b) Seas
(c) Buildings
(d) Hills
► (c) Buildings
7. All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually have the letters
(a) AC
(b) AD
(c) BC
(d) BD
► (c) BC
8. Name the crops which were first grown by men and women
(a) Sugar and Barley
(b) Wheat and sugar
(c) Wheat and Barley
(d) Rice and Barley
► (c) Wheat and Barley
9. The places where rice was first grown
(a) Kirthar
(b) Garo Hills
(c) Sulaiman
(d) Vindhyas Hills
► (d) Vindhyas Hills
10. Prakrit language was used by
(a) Poor people
(b) Common people
(c) King only
(d) Rich people
► (b) Common people
12. Who are called the India Hindos or Indos?
(a) The Iranians and the Chinese
(b) The Iranians and the Turkish
(c) The Americans and the Greeks
(d) The Iranians and the Greeks
► (d) The Iranians and the Greeks
13. Which of the following hills are located in North-east
(a) Vindhya Hill
(b) Garo hills
(c) Narmada Hills
(d) Satpura Hills
► (b) Garo hills
14. Which of the following is NOT a tributary of the Ganga ?
(a) Gomati
(b) Sutlej
(c) Ghaghra
(d) Gandak
► (b) Sutlej
15. They study about the remains of buildings made of stone and brick, paintings and sculpture. They explore to find tools, weapons, ornaments, and coins
(a) Archaeologist
(b) Historians
(c) Information officers
(d) Geologist
► (a) Archaeologist
16. Where are Garo hills located?
(a) North-west
(b) South-east
(c) South-west
(d) North-east
► (d) North-east
17. Pages of the manuscript books were made of
(a) Palm leave
(b) Peeple Leave
(c) Tulsi Leave
(d) Neem Leave
► (a) Palm leave
18. This inscription dates to about 2250 years ago, and was found in Kandahar, present-day Afghanistan. It was written on the orders of a ruler named
(a) Akbar
(b) Ashoka
(c) Ajatshatru
(d) Bimbisara
► (b) Ashoka
19. The Iranians and the Greeks came through the
(a) Southeast
(b) Northeast
(c) Southwest
(d) Northwest
► (d) Northwest
20. Records of the past are arranged in which order?
(a) Mathematical
(b) Chronological
(c) Geometrical
(d) None of the above
► (b) Chronological