Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Historic Period
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What marks the beginning of the historic period? [1]
(A) The invention of writing
(B) The invention of fire
(C) The invention of the wheel
(D) The invention of farming
2. What period comes before the historic period? [1]
(A) The prehistoric period
(B) The modern period
(C) The medieval period
(D) The future period
3. What evidence do we use for the prehistoric period? [1]
(A) Tools and fossils
(B) Written records only
(C) Photographs only
(D) Videos only
4. What evidence do we use for the historic period? [1]
(A) Written records
(B) Only fossils
(C) Only tools
(D) Nothing specific
5. What is an example of a written record? [1]
(A) An inscription
(B) A stone tool
(C) A fossil
(D) A cave painting only
6. Why is the historic period more detailed? [1]
(A) Written records provide direct information
(B) There is no reason
(C) It's less detailed actually
(D) Written records don't help
7. What can written records describe? [1]
(A) Events and daily life
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only numbers
(D) Only pictures
8. Why learn about the historic period? [1]
(A) To understand how written records inform history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What marks the beginning of the historic period? [1]
(A) The invention of writing
(B) The invention of fire
(C) The invention of the wheel
(D) The invention of farming
10. What period comes before the historic period? [1]
(A) The prehistoric period
(B) The modern period
(C) The medieval period
(D) The future period
11. What evidence do we use for the prehistoric period? [1]
(A) Tools and fossils
(B) Written records only
(C) Photographs only
(D) Videos only
12. What evidence do we use for the historic period? [1]
(A) Written records
(B) Only fossils
(C) Only tools
(D) Nothing specific
13. What is an example of a written record? [1]
(A) An inscription
(B) A stone tool
(C) A fossil
(D) A cave painting only
14. Why is the historic period more detailed? [1]
(A) Written records provide direct information
(B) There is no reason
(C) It's less detailed actually
(D) Written records don't help
15. What can written records describe? [1]
(A) Events and daily life
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only numbers
(D) Only pictures
16. Why learn about the historic period? [1]
(A) To understand how written records inform history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests