Ncert history chapter 1 practice notes

 Chapter -1 

What , where, how and when?

Short remembering notes 

Kindly read the chapter first. 

1) sulaiman and kirthar hills (grown first crop wheat and barely ) (8000 year ago).

2) Garo hills  (agriculture)

3) Vindhyas ( rice grown first time)

4) Earliest cities flourished ( 4700 year ago)

5) first city developed near the bank of Ganga river( 2500 years ago)

6) magadha ( first big kingdom)

7) Narmada valley ( Gathering and huntering)

 8) rigveda - earliest composition - 3500 years ago.

9) manuscript written in tamil/ Prakrit/ Sanskrit ( on palm leaves) 

10) Greek / Iranians came ( in northwest- 2500 years ago) 

10) old inscription ( 2250 years ago).

Question 1.

Which river’s bank did the people live along in the ancient time?

(a) Ganga

(b) Narmada

(c) Satluj

(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Narmada

Question 2.

On which river’s bank were the cities developed about 2500 years ago?

(a) Ganga

(b) Yamuna

(c) Narmada

(d) All of these

Answer :- a) Ganga

Question 3.

Which city was established on the banks of Ganga?

(a) Magadha

(b) Vindhyas

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

Answer :- a) magadha 

Question 4.

How did merchants travel?

(a) With Caravans

(b) Ships

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

Answer :- c) both a) and b)

Question 5.

From where did the Iranians and the Greek come?

(a) North west

(b) North east

(e) North south

(d) None of these

Answer:- a) north- west

Question 6.

Where were the manuscripts written?

(a) On palm leaf

(b) On peepal leaf

(c) On banana leaf

(d) On tulsi leaf

Answer:- a) on palm leaf

Question 7.

Where did the manuscripts keep safe?

(a) In temples and monastaries

(b) In museums

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

Answer :- a) in temples and monasteries

Question 8.

Who are historians?

(a) Who study past

(b) Who study present

(c) Who study future

(d) None of these

Answer :- a) who study past

Question 9.

How did the people of Andaman Islands get their food?

(a) By fishing

(b) By hunting

(c) By collecting the forest products

(d) All of these

Answer :- d) all of these

Question 10.

What helps us ’ to find out the records of hunters, fishing folk etc. ?

(a) Archaeology

(b) Astrology

(c) Biology

(d) All of these

Answer :- a) Archeology

Question 11.

When did agriculture start?

(a) 4700 years ago

(b) 2500 years ago

(c) 8000 years ago

(d) 5500 years ago

Answer :- c) 8000 years ago

Question 12.

In what ways was the ancient coin different from the ones we use

(a) Made of stones

(b) Made of baked clay

(c) Made of bones

(d) All of these

Answer :- d) all of these

Question 13.

In which language were the manuscripts written?

(a) Sanskrit

(b) English

(c) Hindi

(d) None of these

Answer :- a) Sanskrit