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- Choose the correct answer
Q1. The earliest signs to denote words through pictures
(a) Calligraphy
(b) Pictographic
(c) Ideographic
(d) Stratigraphic
S1.Ans.(b)
Sol.
- Chinese developed a writing system from an early time.
- Initially it was a pictographic system and later it was converted into a symbol form.
Q2. The preservation process of dead body in ancient Egypt
(a) Sarcophagus
(b) Hyksos
(c) Mummification
(d)Polytheism
S2.Ans.(c)
Sol.
Mummies of Egypt
- The preserved dead body is called the mummy.
- The Egyptians had the tradition of preserving the dead bodies using Natron salt, a combination of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate.
- The preservation process is called mummification.
- After 40 days, when the salt absorbed all the moisture, the body was filled with sawdust and wrapped with strips of linen cloth and covered with a fabric.
- The body was stored in a stone coffin called sarcophagus.
Q3. The Sumerian system of writing
(a) Pictographic
(b) Hieroglyphic
(c) Sonogram
(d) Cuneiform
S3.Ans.(d)
Sol.
- Cuneiform is the Sumerian writing system.
- The shape of the letter is in the form of wedge and hence it is called cuneiform
Q4. The Harappans did not have the knowledge of
(a) Gold and Elephant
(b) Horse and Iron
(c) Sheep and Silver
(d) Ox and Platinum
S4.Ans.(b)
Sol.
They had knowledge of various animals including elephants but did not use horses
Q5. The Bronze image suggestive of the use of lost-wax process known to the Indus people.
(a) Jar
(b) Priest king
(c) Dancing girl
(d) Bird
S5.Ans.(c)
Sol.
- The bronze image of dancing girl from Mohenjo-Daro is suggestive of the use of lost-wax process.
Q6. (i) The oldest civilisation in Mesopotamia belonged to the Akkadians.
(ii) The Chinese developed the Hieroglyphic system.
(iii) The Euphrates and Tigris drain into the Mannar Gulf.
(iv) Hammurabi, the king of Babylon was a great law maker.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (i) and (ii) are correct
(c) (iii) is correct
(d) (iv) is correct
S6.Ans.(d)
Sol.
- The oldest civilisation in Mesopotamia belonged to the Sumerians.
- Hieroglyphic, the Egyptian system of writing, developed in early third millennium BC (BCE).
- Euphrates and Tigris flow here and drain into the Persian Gulf is since this area is in between two rivers it is known as Mesopotamia.
Q7. (i) Yangtze River is known as the Sorrow of China.
(ii) Wu-Ti constructed the Great Wall Of China.
(iii) Chinese invented gunpowder.
(iv) According to traditions Mencius was the founder of Taoism.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (ii) is correct
(c) (iii) is correct
(d) (iii) and (iv) are correct
S7.Ans.(c)
Sol.
- China has two major rivers. One is known as Huang He (Yellow River) and the other is called Yangtze River. The Yellow River is known as the Sorrow of China.
- Shi Huangdi destroyed the walled fortifications of different States and constructed the Great Wall of China to protect the empire from the invading nomadic people
Contribution of the Chinese Civilisation
- Writing system was improved
- Invention of paper
- Opening of the Silk Road
- Invention of gun powder
Q8. What is the correct chronological order of four civilisations of Mesopotamia
(a) Sumerians – Assyrians – Akkadians – Babylonians
(b) Babylonians – Sumerians – Assyrians – Akkadians
(c) Sumerians – Akkadians – Babylonians – Assyrians
(d) Babylonians – Assyrians -Akkadians – Sumerians
S8.Ans.(c)
Sol.Sumerians – Akkadians – Babylonians – Assyrians
Q9. Assertion (A): Assyrians of Mesopotamian civilisation were contemporaries of Indus civilisation.
Reason(R): The Documents of an Assyrian ruler refer to the ships from Meluha
(a) A and R are correct and A explains R
(b) A and R are correct but A doesn’t explain R
(c) A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) Both A and R are incorrect
S9.Ans.(a)
Sol.
- The Sumerians were the contemporaries of the people of Indus and the Egyptian civilisations.
- The documents of the Sargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BC (BCE)) refer to the ships from Meluhha, Magan and Dilmun in the quay of Akkad. Meluhha is identified with the Indus valley.
- Fill in the blanks
- ____________ is a massive limestone image of a lion with a human head. (The Great Sphinx of Giza)
- The early form of writing of the Egyptians is known as _______________.(Hieroglyphic)
- ____________ specifies the Laws related to various crimes in ancient
Babylonia. (Hammurabi’s Law Code)
- _______________ was the master archive keeper of Chou state, according to traditions. (Lao Tze (c. 604– 521 BC (BCE))
- The _______________ figurines and paintings on the pottery from the sites suggest the artistic skills of the Harappans. (Terracotta Figurines)
III. Find out the correct statement
Q10. Find out the correct statement
(a) The Great Bath at Harappa is well- built with several adjacent rooms.
(b) The cuneiform inscriptions relate to the epic of Gilgamesh.
(c) The terracotta figurines and dancing girl made of copper suggest the artistic skills of Egyptians.
(d) The Mesopotamians devised a solar calendar system.
S10.Ans.(b)
Sol.
- The tank called the Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro was an important structure, well paved with several adjacent rooms.
- The most famous of these is the epic of Gilgamesh, which is written in the cuneiform text.
- The Egyptians developed a solar calendar system.
Q11. Find out the correct statement
(a) Amon was an “Egyptian God”.
(b) The fortified Harappan city had the temples.
(c) The great sphinx is a pyramid-shaped monument found in ancient Mesopotamia.
(d) The invention of the potter’s wheel is credited to the Egyptians.
S11.Ans.(a)
Sol.
- The Egyptians practiced polytheism.
- Amon, Re, Seth, Thoth, Horus and Anubis are some of the Gods of Egyptians.
- They worshipped many Gods, but the Sun God, Re, was the predominant one.
- Later on, the Sun God was called Amon.
Q12.Match the following
- Pharaoh – 1.A kind of grass
- Papyrus – 2.the oldest written story on Earth
- Great Law – 3.Mohenjo-Daro maker
- Gilgamesh – 4.Hammurabi
- The Great Bath – 5.The Egyptian king
(a) 5 3 1 2 4
(b) 4 3 1 2 5
(c) 4 3 2 1 5
(d) 5 1 4 2 3
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. 5 1 4 2 3
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