Excavations

Q. About 4, 700 years ago, some of the earliest cities flourished on the banks of which of the following rivers?

1. Ganga River and its tributaries
2. Kaveri River
   
3. Mahanadi River
4. Indus River and its tributari

Q. How do archaeologists find old artefacts, which they need to analyse, to find out about the past?

1. By digging in excavation sites.
2. By studying them in museums.
3. By reading about them.
4. By watching videos about them online.

Q. What is the name of the scientific process of digging the earth to obtain the ancient remains or fossils?

1. Mining
2. Excavation
3. Execution
4. Exploration

Q. Swetha is an archaeologist. She is trying to explain to her friend about how she studies the past. Which of the following statements can she use to describe her job?

1. Archaeologists only study history from textbooks and the internet.
2. Archaeologists dig in excavation sites to find old artefacts and then study these.
3. Archaeologists give the artefacts that they find to museums.
4. Archaeologists make use of secondary sources to write books about history.

Q. Which of the following is not used for excavation?

1. Bones
2. Brush
3. Wood needles
4. Trowel

Q. Which of the following professionals undertake excavation activities?

1. Historians
2. Archaeologists
3. Conservators
4. Academic researchers

Q. Select the materials that archaeologists can study to find out about the history of a place.

1. Dinosaur bones
2. Plastic bags from restaurants
3. Old weapons
4. Old coins

Q. Which type of sources can we find through excavations?

1. Oral sources
2. Written sources
3. Literary sources
4. Archaeological sources

Q. Swetha is an archaeologist. She is trying to explain to her friend about how she studies the past. Which of the following statements can she use to describe her job?

1. Archaeologists only study history from textbooks and the internet.
2. Archaeologists dig in excavation sites to find old artefacts and then study these.
3. Archaeologists give the artefacts that they find to museums.
4. Archaeologists make use of secondary sources to write books about history.

Q. Fill in the blanks
___________ refers to systematically digging a site to recover material evidence for exploring societies of the past.

Q. Which type of sources can we find through excavations?

1. Oral sources
2. Written sources
3. Archaeological sources
4. Literary sources

Q. The word 'delve' as used in this passage does not mean _________.

1. dig into
2. skim over
3. investigate
4. examine

Q. Which of the following is not found in excavations?

1. Clothes
2. Weapons
3. Currency
4. Pottery

Q. How do archaeologists find old artefacts, which they need to analyse, to find out about the past?

1. By digging in excavation sites.
2. By reading about them.
3. By watching videos about them online.
4. By studying them in museums.

Q. Swetha is an archaeologist. She is trying to explain to her friend about how she studies the past. Which of the following statements can she use to describe her job?

1. Archaeologists only study history from textbooks and the internet.
2. Archaeologists dig in excavation sites to find old artefacts and then study these.
3. Archaeologists give the artefacts that they find to museums.
4. Archaeologists make use of secondary sources to write books about history.

Q. Select the materials that archaeologists can study to find out about the history of a place.

1. Dinosaur bones
2. Plastic bags from restaurants
3. Old weapons
4. Old coins

Q. Most archaeological sources are found by excavations.

1. True
2. False

Q. What is the name of the scientific process of digging the earth to obtain the ancient remains or fossils?

1. Execution
2. Mining
3. Exploration
4. Excavation

Q. Fill in blank no. (6) with the most appropriate option from those given.

1. ruins
2. rests
3. relics
4. remains