1. Fill in the blanks.
(a) Before paper, books were written on palm leaves.
(b) Literary sources refer to written accounts.
(c) To arrange historical events, historians refer to chronology.
(d) The period for which we do not have written records is known as prehistory.
(e) Archaeology is the study of the past.
(f) The period between prehistory and history is called protohistory.
(g) Pottery, tools, weapons and toys are called artefacts.
(h) The Ramayana and the Mahabharata are epics.
(i) People in the hills reared sheep, goats and cattle.
(j) Burnt grains and wood are preserved in the fossil form.
2. Multiple choice questions.
(a) Rice was first grown in the
(i) North of the Vindhyas
(ii) South of the Krishna
(iii) North of the Indus
(iv) South of the Ganga
Answer: (iii) North of the Indus
(b) Sulaiman ranges border
(i) India and China
(ii) India and Myanmar
(iii) India and Nepal
(iv) Afghanistan and Pakistan
Answer: (iv) Afghanistan and Pakistan
(c) The region watered by the Indus and its tributaries is referred to as
(i) Heptahindu
(ii) Aryavarta
(iii) Saptasindhu
(iv) Bharata
Answer: (iii) Saptasindhu
(d) Written records on pillars are known as
(i) edicts
(ii) tablets
(iii) inscriptions
(iv) monuments
Answer: (i) edicts
(e) People who study excavated objects are called
(i) cartographers
(ii) archaeologists
(iii) historians
(iv) scientists
Answer: (ii) archaeologists
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