What is History?

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For History Standard 6 Term 1 “What is History?”

I. Choose the correct answer

1. What was the step taken by the early man to collect his food?
a. Trade
b. Hunting
c. Painting
d. Rearing of animals

II. Match the statement with the Reason. Tick the appropriate answer:
1. Statement: Pre historic man went along with the dog for hunting.
Reason: Dogs with its sniffing power would find out other animals.
a. Statement is true, but reason is wrong.
b. Statement and reason are correct.
c. Statement is wrong, and reason is correct.
d. Both statements and reasons are wrong.

2. Statement: The objects used by the early man are excavated. They are preserved to know the lifestyle of the people.
Find out which of the following is related to the statement:
a. Museum
b. Burial materials
c. Stone tools
d. Bones

3. Find out the wrong pair:
a. Old stone age – Stone tools
b. Rock paintings – Walls of the caves
c. Copper plates – A source of history
d. Cats – First domesticated

Correct Answer: Dog – 1st

III. Fill in the blanks
1. The Old Stone Age man lived mostly in _____.
2. _____ is the father of history.
3. _____ was the first animal tamed by Old Stone Age man.
4. Inscriptions are _____ sources
5. Dharma Chakra has _____ spokes.

Answers:
1. Caves
2. Herodotus
3. Dog
4. Archaeological
5. 24

IV. State True or False
1. Stone tools belonging to Old Stone Age have been excavated at Athtirampakkam near Chennai.
2. The materials used by the ancient people are preserved in the museums by the Archaeological Department.
3. During the period of Ashoka, Buddhism spread across the country.

Answers:
1. True
2. True
3. True

V. Match the following:
1. Rock paintings         A. copper plates
2. Written records       B. the most famous king
3. Ashoka                    C. Devaram
4. Religious Literature D. to understand the lifestyle

Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C

XI. Answer Grid:
1. Early men scribbled and painted on me…Today they used me to build houses and lay roads. who am I?
2. Name any two archaeologi¬cal sources?
3. Name the types of liter¬ary sources?
4. Expand BCE.
5. what is the meaning of the Greek word “Istoria” ?
6. Expand CE.
7. _____ is the study inscrip¬tion.
8. _____ is the study of coins.
9. I can help you to talk, see, hear, write and read. There is no world without me. Who am I?

Answers:
1. Rocks
2. Coins, Monuments, Inscriptions
3. Secular, Religious
4. Before common era
5. Learning by enquiry
6. Common era
7. Epigraphy
8. Numismatics
9. Sources of history