CBSE History Class 6
What Books and Burials tell us
What Books and Burials tell us - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Which is one of the largest Chalcolithic settlements in India?
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Q2: Define Rig Veda.
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Rig veda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns
Q3: Name the oldest Veda.
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Q4: List a literary source which contains lot of information about Aryans.
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Q5: Name the varna which comprised mainly the common mass in the Vedic period.
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Q6: Name the Varna which worked as cultivators, craftsmen, merchants and traders and comprised mainly the common masses.
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Q7: The Brahmans looked after religious matters. True/False
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Q8: One of the dialogues in the Rig Veda is between rivers Beas and Satluj and ____________.
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Q9: Name the two rivers which were worshipped as goddesses by the rig vedic people.
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rivers Beas and Satluj
Q10: Name the place where the page from the manuscript of Rig Veda was found.
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Q11: List the total number of Vedas.
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Q12: Name the king of the cosmic gods.
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Q13: In Vedic literature, the term Purandhar, 'destroyer of forts' is used for_____________.
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Q14: How the megaliths of a particular family were recognized?
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Q15: The Black and Red pottery is noteworthy of __________.
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Q16: Name the Animal that held an important place in the life of the Aryans.
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Q17: According to Charaka Samhita, the numbers of bones in a human body are 360. True/False
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Q18: How many rooms were there in the largest house on the site of Inamgaon?
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Q19: Who were slaves?
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men and women who were captured in the war.
Q20: Name the places where Megalithic culture was prevalent.
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South India and Kashmir.
Q21: Name the word which was used to describe the community as a whole.
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Q22: Why were Yajnas performed?
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Please Gods and Goddesses.
Q23: Who were Rishis?
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The people who devoted their time in service of god were called Rishis.
Q24: Name the popular drink consumed only during special religious ceremonies.
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Q25: Name the intoxicating drinks of Aryans.
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Sura, was consumed on common festive occasion
Q26: Who were the opponents of Aryans?
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Q27: Name the place where the Rigveda was composed.
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north-west of the subcontinent.
Q28: Name the four Vedas.
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Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda
Q29: The site of “Inamgaon” is located on the bank of the river ________.
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Q30: What is Cist?
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Cist was a small stone built coffin to cremate the bodies of deads
Q31: The people in Inamgaon made artefacts of Iron. True/False
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Q32: Who was Charaka?
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Q33: What was Soma?
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Soma was the plant from which a drink was prepared. This drink was used at special ceremonial occasions.
Q34: Aryans lived in tribal groups headed by a ___________.
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Q35: Which language belongs to the Austro- Asiatic family?
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The languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India belong to the Austro-Asiatic family.
Q36: Rishis was the term used for ___________.
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Q37: Painted Grey Ware and Black and Red ware are two pottery types associated with the Aryans. True/False
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Q38: In a phrase Vishwamitra says, "O sisters, please listen to me", the 'sisters' are referred to?
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Q39: Port-holes were provided in _________.
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Q40: Who was the God of fire in the Rig Vedic time?
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Q41: The river “Ghod” flow through the state of Maharashtra. True/False
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Q42: Name the Veda that was recited and heard.
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Q43: Who was the privileged class in the Vedic period?
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Q44: The priests were also called ____________.
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Q45: By what name the Aryans called their opponents?
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Q46: The megaliths were used to mark burial sites. True/False
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Q47: Scholars are of the view that Aryans were a tribe of _________who had to migrate to different parts of the world.
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Q48: Name the site in which 33 gold beads are found with the skeleton.
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Q49: Name the place where writings on oracle bones were found.
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Q50: How do we get maximum information about the megalithic people?
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On the basis of objects found in the graves.