Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: Sources of History
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What are archaeological sources? [1]
(A) Excavated remains like buildings and tools
(B) Only written texts
(C) Only coins
(D) Only oral stories
2. What are literary sources? [1]
(A) Manuscripts and religious texts
(B) Only coins
(C) Only buildings
(D) Only pottery
3. What are numismatic sources? [1]
(A) Coins
(B) Buildings
(C) Manuscripts
(D) Pottery
4. What are epigraphic sources? [1]
(A) Inscriptions on stone or metal
(B) Only coins
(C) Only pottery
(D) Only oral stories
5. What do inscriptions and coins often provide? [1]
(A) Dated information about rulers and events
(B) No useful information
(C) Only decoration
(D) Only artistic value
6. Why combine multiple historical sources? [1]
(A) To cross-verify facts for accuracy
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
7. What can pottery reveal about ancient people? [1]
(A) How they lived
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only their names
(D) Only their age
8. Why learn about historical sources? [1]
(A) To understand how history is reconstructed
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What are archaeological sources? [1]
(A) Excavated remains like buildings and tools
(B) Only written texts
(C) Only coins
(D) Only oral stories
10. What are literary sources? [1]
(A) Manuscripts and religious texts
(B) Only coins
(C) Only buildings
(D) Only pottery
11. What are numismatic sources? [1]
(A) Coins
(B) Buildings
(C) Manuscripts
(D) Pottery
12. What are epigraphic sources? [1]
(A) Inscriptions on stone or metal
(B) Only coins
(C) Only pottery
(D) Only oral stories
13. What do inscriptions and coins often provide? [1]
(A) Dated information about rulers and events
(B) No useful information
(C) Only decoration
(D) Only artistic value
14. Why combine multiple historical sources? [1]
(A) To cross-verify facts for accuracy
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
15. What can pottery reveal about ancient people? [1]
(A) How they lived
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only their names
(D) Only their age
16. Why learn about historical sources? [1]
(A) To understand how history is reconstructed
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests