Earliest Settlements

Q.

Write an essay on importance of water in 200 words.

Q. How did India get the name Bharat?

1. From the Indus river.
2. Because the Iranians and Greeks called it Hindos or Indos.
3. From the Bharata tribe who used to live in the northwest.
4. From the British.

Q. Why did people in the past travel to distant places?

1. In search of livelihood
2. To escape from natural disasters
3. To conquer others’ lands
4. To go for picnics

Q. Where is the ancient kingdom of Magadha located in present day India?

1. Orissa
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. West Bengal
4. Bihar

Q. India received its name from river.

1. Ganga
2. Narmada
3. Yamuna
4. Indus

Q. In which of the following places did people first grow crops like wheat and barley?

1. Garo Hills
2. The Vindhyas
3. The Himalayas
4. The Sulaiman and Kirthar hills

Q.

Kalinga was the ancient name of Bengal. True or False?

1. True
2. False

Q. India received its name from river.

1. Yamuna
2. Narmada
3. Indus
4. Ganga

Q. The British established the first factory and fort in Calcutta in the year _______ CE.

1. 1685
2. 1690
3. 1695
4. 1700

Q. Rahul was trying to know the lives of his grandparents and found out that they used to live in a small village near a river. He wondered why most people in the past did not live in cities. Where all do you think people in the past could have lived?

1. In big apartments
2. Near water bodies like lakes and rivers
3. Deserts
4. Near forests.

Q. In which of the following regions was rice first grown?

1. Near the Himalayas
2. Near the Vindhyas
3. Near the Nilgiri hills
4. Near the Aravalli range

Q. Pick out the incorrect statement pertaining to the density of population:

1. Deserts like Sahara and Kalahari are having a high density of population.
2. In China the population is concentrated along the banks of the Yangtze Yang and Hwang Ho rivers.
3. The coastal parts of Africa, Europe and Asia have a moderate density of population.
4. Availability of mineral resources, industrial development, good transport network contribute to the high density of population in the north eastern and south western coasts of America.

Q.

Why do big cities need more water?

Q. Why did the people prefer to build their towns near forests?

1. They liked the greenery.
2. They wanted to have easy access to forest resources.
3. They wanted to breathe unpolluted air.
4. They wanted to be able to hunt animals whenever needed.

Q. When was the first national team given the right to represent India in a test cricket match?

1. 1932
2. 1950
3. 1930
4. 1952

Q. Match the following.

1. Agriculture
2. Gatherers
3. Magadha
4. Earliest cities

Q. Where did the people usually build their towns in the past? Choose the most correct answer.

1. Near the mountains
2. Near the water bodies
3. Near the plains
4. Near the deserts

Q. The largest inhabited riverine Island in the world is __________.

1. Majuli.
2. Zamberi.
3. Thaya.
4. Amazon.

Q. Which district in Karnataka is known as 'The Land of Coffee'?

1. Hassan
2. Kodagu
3. Shivamogga
4. Chikkamagaluru

Q. Which of these civilisations came up along the banks of rivers?

1. The Egyptian civilisation
2. The Chinese civilisation
3. The Mesopotamian civilisation
4. The Harappan civilisation

Q. People living around the _____ use them for a variety of purposes for food, wood, tools, fuel, grazing animals, worship, solitude etc.

1. Town
2. City
3. Forests
4. Fort

Q. How do different physio graphic divisions of India make the country richer in its natural resources?

Q. Why did people in the past travel to distant places?

1. In search of livelihood
2. To go for picnics
3. To conquer others’ lands
4. To escape from natural disasters

Q. Tina is watching a movie on people who used to live in the past. She observes that many people in the movie moved to different places even though travel was difficult back then. Which of the following reasons could people have for travelling in the past?

1. Adventure
2. To settle in a different places
3. For trading
4. Religious purposes

Q. Match the following.

1. Agriculture
2. Magadha
3. Gatherers
4. Earliest cities

Q. How is water important for all living beings?

Q. Which of the following places could the earliest villages have come up?

1. Rivers
2. Lakes
3. Forests
4. Mountains
5. Deserts
6. Plains
7. Snowy regions
8. Fields

Q. Why did people in the past travel to distant places?

1. In search of livelihood
2. To escape from natural disasters
3. To conquer others’ lands
4. To go for picnics

Q. Rahul was trying to know the lives of his grandparents and found out that they used to live in a small village near a river. He wondered why most people in the past did not live in cities. Where all do you think people in the past could have lived?

1. In big apartments
2. Near water bodies like lakes and rivers
3. Deserts
4. Near forests.

Q. Why did prehistoric people usually settle on river banks?

1. River banks always had access to water and favourable climatic conditions.
2. There were lots of different food items near the river banks.
3. There were always plenty of minerals near the river banks.
4. There were a variety of raw materials in the areas surrounding river banks.