Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Chapter 8: Beginning of Settled Life
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does nomadic mean? [1]
(A) Moving from place to place
(B) Staying in one place
(C) Living underground
(D) Living only in cities
2. How did early humans get food before farming? [1]
(A) Hunting and gathering
(B) Growing crops
(C) Buying from shops
(D) Ordering food
3. What allowed humans to stop moving constantly? [1]
(A) The discovery of farming
(B) The discovery of fire only
(C) The invention of writing
(D) The invention of the wheel only
4. What did settled life allow humans to build? [1]
(A) Permanent homes
(B) Nothing new
(C) Only temporary shelters
(D) Only caves
5. What else did settled life allow? [1]
(A) Storing food
(B) No storage at all
(C) Only hunting more
(D) Only moving more
6. What grew more complex due to settled life? [1]
(A) Tools and social structures
(B) Nothing changed
(C) Only their diet
(D) Only their clothing
7. What did settled life eventually lead to? [1]
(A) Civilizations
(B) No significant change
(C) Only more hunting
(D) Nothing important
8. Why is the shift to settled life significant? [1]
(A) It's one of history's most significant changes
(B) It has no significance
(C) It happened overnight
(D) It's unrelated to civilization
9. What does nomadic mean? [1]
(A) Moving from place to place
(B) Staying in one place
(C) Living underground
(D) Living only in cities
10. How did early humans get food before farming? [1]
(A) Hunting and gathering
(B) Growing crops
(C) Buying from shops
(D) Ordering food
11. What allowed humans to stop moving constantly? [1]
(A) The discovery of farming
(B) The discovery of fire only
(C) The invention of writing
(D) The invention of the wheel only
12. What did settled life allow humans to build? [1]
(A) Permanent homes
(B) Nothing new
(C) Only temporary shelters
(D) Only caves
13. What else did settled life allow? [1]
(A) Storing food
(B) No storage at all
(C) Only hunting more
(D) Only moving more
14. What grew more complex due to settled life? [1]
(A) Tools and social structures
(B) Nothing changed
(C) Only their diet
(D) Only their clothing
15. What did settled life eventually lead to? [1]
(A) Civilizations
(B) No significant change
(C) Only more hunting
(D) Nothing important
16. Why is the shift to settled life significant? [1]
(A) It's one of history's most significant changes
(B) It has no significance
(C) It happened overnight
(D) It's unrelated to civilization