Timeline and Sources of History Class 6 MCQ Online Test Social Science Chapter 4

Class 6 Social Science Chapter 4 MCQ Timeline and Sources of History

MCQ Questions for Class 6 Social Science SST Chapter 4 Timeline and Sources of History

1. Choose the correct option in the following questions:

Question 1.
Over long ages, the Earth’s climate has gone through many changes. At certain times, it is very cold and much of the Earth was covered with ice, this is called an _________.
(a) Cold age
(b) Ice Age
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(b) Ice Age

Question 2.
How is time measured in history?
(a) By counting the number of days.
(b) By counting the number of years.
(c) By counting the number of hours
(d) By counting the number of minutes.
Answer:
(b) By counting the number of years.

Question 3.
What is a millennium?
(a) A period of 10 years
(b) A period of 100 years
(c) A period of 1,000 years
(d) A period of 1 million years.
Answer:
(c) A period of 1,000 years

Question 4.
What do anthropologists study?
(a) Physical features of the Earth
(b) Human societies and cultures
(c) Remains of plants and animals
(d) The past by digging up remains
Answer:
(b) Human societies and cultures

Question 5.
What is a century?
(a) A period of 10 years
(b) A period of 100 years
(c) A period of 1,000 years
(d) A period of 1 million years.
Answer:
(b) A period of 100 years

Question 6.
Who studies the remains of plants, animals, and humans from millions of years ago?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Geologists
(c) Paleontologists
(d) Anthropologists
Answer:
(b) Geologists

Question 7.
As communities grew, so did their social complexity and were responsible for the well-being of the people, and everyone collectively worked towards the community’s welfare.
(a) everyone
(b) no one
(c) leaders and ‘chieftains’
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(c) leaders and ‘chieftains’

Question 8.
Modem humans also known as _________ have walked the planet for about 300,000 (three lakh) years.
(a) Human beings
(b) Homo sapiens
(c) Human Sapiens
(d) Homo Beings.
Answer:
(b) Homo sapiens

Question 9.
Who contributes to all the sources of history?
(a) Historians
(b) Archaeologists,
(c) Epigraphists and Anthropologists
(d) All of the above.
Answer:
(d) All of the above.

Question 10.
Who study the physical features of the Earth, like the soil, stones, hills, mountains rivers, seas, oceans and other such parts of the Earth?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Geologists
(c) Paleontologists
(d) Anthropologists.
Answer:
(b) Geologists

2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

Question 1.
_________ is a period of 100 years.
Answer:
Century

Question 2.
The birth of is used as its starting point by Gregorian calendar.
Answer:
Jesus Christ

Question 3.
The year 1857 CE can also be written as _________.
Answer:
1857 AD

Question 4.
Abbreviation of Before Common Era is _________.
Answer:
BCE

Question 5.
The absence of a year zero in the Grdgorian calendar means that between 4 BCE and 4 CE, only _________ years have passed.
Answer:
7

3. State whether the statements given below are True or False:

1. Paleontologists study the remains of plants, animals, and humans from millions of years ago.
Answer:
True

2. Archaeologists study the physical features of the Earth, like the soil, stones, hills, mountains rivers, seas, oceans and other such parts of the Earth.
Answer:
False

3. Anthropologists study the physical features of the Earth.
Answer:
False

4. The last Ice Age lasted from over 100,000 years ago to around 12,000 years ago.
Answer:
True

5. The Gregorian calendar has a year zero in its timeline.
Answer:
False

4. Assertion and Reason:

There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:

Question 1.
Assertion (A): Historians can be compared to detectives for several reasons including their Investigative Approach, their way of analysing evidence.
Reason (R): Historians examine primary and secondary sources, such as letters, diaries, official records, artifacts, and other documents, to piece together an accurate picture of past events.
(a) Both (A) knd (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) knd (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Question 2.
Assertion (A): Sometimes CE is used instead of AD and BC.
Reason (R): The letters CE stands for ‘common era’ because the Christian era is now used in most countries.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Question 3.
Assertion (A): Archaeologists contributes to various sources of history.
Reason (R): They study the physical features of the Earth, like the soil, stones, hills, mountains rivers, seas, oceans and other such parts of the Earth.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer:
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

Question 4.
Assertion (A): We use the term A.D after any date to signify the year.
Reason (R): AD refers to the years counted from the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity. The Latin term for AD is Anno Domini.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer:
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

5. Match the following items given in Column A with that in Column B:

Question 1.

Answer:

Class 6 Social Science MCQ

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