CBSE History Class 6
Vital Villages Thriving Towns
Vital Villages Thriving Towns - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: What do you mean by Arretine Ware?
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These wares are the typical of Roman Empire. This proves that Arikamedu had good relations with the Roman traders.
Q2: Name the north Indian town that was situated on the cross roads of two major trade routes.
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Q3: Name the port described by Greek sailor for having narrow gulf.
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Q4: Where was Barygaza located?
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Barygaza was located on gulf of Khambhat on the western coast of India.
Q5: State the number of occupations taken up by the young man of the Jataka story.
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Q6: Name the place where a massive brick structure, which may have been a warehouse and pottery from the Mediterranean region have been found.
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Q7: In northern India, a village headman was known as ___________.
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Q8: Village headmen had large number of duties assigned to him. True/False
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Q9: Who were Vellalar?
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In Tamil region, large land owners were known as vellalar.
Q10: Where the largest collection of iron tools and weapons is found?
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Q11: Who was the village headman?
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Q12: What was the old name for Pondicherry?
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Q13: Name the place where the Sangam texts were composed?
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Q14: Name the materials used to make tools like Sickle, tongs and axe.
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Q15: Capital of Kushanas kings, popular for the worship of Lord Krishna was _________.
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Q16: What was the meaning of the term Jatakas?
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Q17: Jatakas means stories which were composed by ordinary people. True/False
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Q18: Why the earliest coins were called 'punch marked coins'?
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Because the designs were punched in to the metal.
Q19: Of what materials the metal of the coins was made?
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Q20: Mathura became the second capital of _________.
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Q21: What were Shrenis?
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The associations formed by crafts persons and merchants.
Q22: What were the roles performed by grama bhojaka?
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Grama bhojaka performed the roles of tax collector, policeman and judge.
Q23: Who were Grihapatis?
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Q24: Who were Dasa karmakara?
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Dasa karmakara were landless people who earned their living by working on the fields owned by others.
Q25: Define Sangam Literature.
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The earliest work in Tamil.
Q26: Jatakas stories are the part of ________ literature.
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Q27: Jatakas stories were preserved by the Buddhist monks as narrations of Buddhas previous lives. True/False
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Q28: What was the most probable use of the ring wells?
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Q29: What was the Greek name of port of Bharuch?
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Q30: Name some sites where 'Northern Black Polished Ware' has been found.
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Mahasthan, Chandraketugarh, Bangarh, etc.
Q31: The 'Northern Black Polished Ware' is generally found in the ________ part of the subcontinent.
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Q32: Name an important coastal town.
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Q33: What was the main function of the shrenis?
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To provide training, procure raw material and distribute the finished product.
Q34: Varanasi and Madurai were the famous centres for the manufacture of paper. True/False
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Q35: Northern black polished ware is a type of _____.
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Q36: Who performed the function of a judge or a policeman in the villages of northern India?
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Q37: From the site of Arikamedu, the archaeologists discovered a ____________.
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Q38: Where is Arikamedu located?
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Arikamedu is located south of Pondicherry.
Q39: What was the other name of stamped red glazed pottery?
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Q40: How Arretine ware vessels were often made?
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Arretine ware vessels were often made from moulds in order to imitate more expensive metal items.
Q41: The association of the craftsmen and the merchants was called______________.
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Q42: Who were uzhavar?
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In the Tamil areas, ordinary ploughmen were uzhavar.
Q43: Who were Grihapati?
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The Grihapatis were owners of small tracts of land.
Q44: Who were Kadaisiyar?
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Landless people in the Tamil region.
Q45: Name the capital of Augustus.
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Q46: Which was the first civilization in real sense in Europe?
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Q47: A sailor who has described all the ports he visited belongs to ___________.
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Q48: Who wrote "Periplus of the Erythrean Sea"?
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Q49: "Rome a city of bricks made it into a city of marble" was said this?
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Q50: In Madhya Pradesh, a famous Ashoka Stupa is located at Sanchi. True/False
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