Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 4 — Chapter 4: The Vedic Civilization
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What are the two divisions of the Vedic period? [1]
(A) Early Vedic and Later Vedic
(B) Only Early Vedic
(C) Only Later Vedic
(D) Ancient and Modern
2. What are the Vedas? [1]
(A) Sacred texts of the Vedic period
(B) Modern books
(C) Coins from the period
(D) Buildings from the period
3. What is the Rigveda? [1]
(A) One of the oldest religious texts
(B) A modern book
(C) A type of coin
(D) A type of building
4. What system organised Vedic society? [1]
(A) The varna system
(B) No social system
(C) A caste-free system
(D) A modern system
5. What was the varna system initially based on? [1]
(A) Occupation
(B) Only birth
(C) Only wealth
(D) Random selection
6. What developed in the Later Vedic period? [1]
(A) Larger kingdoms and iron tools
(B) Nothing new
(C) Smaller villages only
(D) No tools at all
7. What else developed in the Later Vedic period? [1]
(A) Agriculture and settled life
(B) Nomadic lifestyle only
(C) Nothing changed
(D) Only trade
8. Why learn about the Vedic Civilization? [1]
(A) To understand India's early social and religious history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What are the two divisions of the Vedic period? [1]
(A) Early Vedic and Later Vedic
(B) Only Early Vedic
(C) Only Later Vedic
(D) Ancient and Modern
10. What are the Vedas? [1]
(A) Sacred texts of the Vedic period
(B) Modern books
(C) Coins from the period
(D) Buildings from the period
11. What is the Rigveda? [1]
(A) One of the oldest religious texts
(B) A modern book
(C) A type of coin
(D) A type of building
12. What system organised Vedic society? [1]
(A) The varna system
(B) No social system
(C) A caste-free system
(D) A modern system
13. What was the varna system initially based on? [1]
(A) Occupation
(B) Only birth
(C) Only wealth
(D) Random selection
14. What developed in the Later Vedic period? [1]
(A) Larger kingdoms and iron tools
(B) Nothing new
(C) Smaller villages only
(D) No tools at all
15. What else developed in the Later Vedic period? [1]
(A) Agriculture and settled life
(B) Nomadic lifestyle only
(C) Nothing changed
(D) Only trade
16. Why learn about the Vedic Civilization? [1]
(A) To understand India's early social and religious history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests