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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

CLASS: VI
SUBJECT: HISTORY & CIVICS
Chapter - 1
Question 1) The Indus valley site of Lothal is located in the present state of _________.
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Punjab
Question 2) The higher part of the Indus valley cities were called ________
(a) Great Bath (b) Citadel (c) Dockyard
Question 3) Granaries have been found in _________
(a) Ropar (b) Harappa (c) Lothal
Question 4) A beautiful specimen of Harappan sculpture is the _________
(a) Dancing Girl (b) Seal (c) Script
Question 5) The Harappan people wore beautiful _________, which perhaps had religious significance.
(a) shawls (b) amulets (c) shoes
Question 6) Another name of the Indus valley Civilization _________
(a) Harappan Civilization (b) Chinese Civilization (c) Egyption Civilization
Question 7) Citadel refers –
(a) higher part of the city (b) lower part of the city (c) middle part of the city
Question 8) A place where ships are kept, repaired and mainlained –
(a) dockyard (b) bus stop (c) railway station
Question 9) Harappan civilization flourished on the banks of river
(a) Indus (b) Yamuna (c) Kaveri
Question 10) Harappan Civilization was essentially an –
(a) Urban Civilization (b) rural civilization (c) Town area
Question 11) The Harappan pottery was mode of baked clay and was often glazed and decorated.
(a) True (b) False
Question 12) Harappan people worshipped –
(a) Lord Vishnu (b) Lord Shiva (c) Mother Goddess
Question 13) Great Bath is discovered at –
(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Lothal
Question 14) Harappans believed in life after death.
(a) True (b) False
Question 15) The Assembly Hall was used for –
(a) prayer (b) living (c) cooking food
Question 16) The great granary is used for keeping –
(a) books (b) clothes (c) grains
Question 17) Dockyard is found at –
(a) Lothal (b) Chanu Daro (c) Banawali
Question 18) The first site discovered in the Indus valley civilization was –
(a) Harappa (b) Mohanjodaro (c) Kalibanga
Question 19) Harappan pottery was often –
(a) clay (b) metal (c) glazed and painted
Question 20) Copper utensils were also found in Harappan Civilization –
(a) True (b) False
Question 21) Harappan script has not been deciphered –
(a) True (b) False
Question 22) Harappan Civilization was discovered –
(a) 1936 (b) 1940 (c) 1950 (d) 1921
Question 23) Meaning of civilization –
(a) related to civic life (b) related to village life
Question 24) Which historian discovered Harappan civilization –
(a) Dayaram Sahni (b) Ram Prasad (c) Y.K. Singh
Question 25) Mohanjodaro in Local language means –
(a) mound of the dead (b) near to reality (c) A good town planning

Chapter – 2
Question 1) The _________ in Babylon is regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
(a) Hanging Gardens (b) Taj Mahal (c) Eiffel Tower
Question 2) The land between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, in Mesopotomia, the cradle of many civilizations refers to
(a) fertile cresent (b) land (c) meadow
Question 3) Massive structures built by the Mesopotamians that acted as temples of patron deities are called –
(a) Assembly Hall (b) Ziggurat (c) Great Bath
Question 4) Wedge – shaped pictorial Mesopomian script refers to –
(a) pictograph (b) cuneiform (c) both of them
Question 5) A sharp pen made of reed or metal is called –
(a) pointer (b) pencil (c) stylus
Question 6) The civilization flourished between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates _________
(a) Harappan (b) Mesopotamian (c) Chinese
Question 7) Mesopotamian civilization flourished in –
(a) 3500 BC (b) 2000 BC (c) 1700 BC
Question 8) Ur belongs to –
(a) Harappan (b) Mesopotamian (c) Chinese
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Question 9) King Saigon of Akkad, invaded and conquered the Sumerian city – states in about
(a) 2300 BC (b) 1300 BC (c) 2000 BC
Question 10) Hittites invade –
(a) Babylonian Empire (b) Iran (c) Iraq
Question 11) _________ is known as the cradle and grave –
(a) Harappa (b) Mesopotamia (c) Egypt
Question 12) Hanging Garden is situated at
(a) Babylon (b) Afghanistan (c) Iran
Question 13) In Mesopotamian civilization was the God of –
(a) sky (b) water (c) Earth
Question 14) Enil was the God of –
(a) wind (b) earth (c) sky
Question 15) Enki was the God of –
(a) earth (b) water (c) sky
Question 16) ___________ were perhaps the first to invent a calendar which has 12 months of 30 days each –
(a) Sumerians (b) Iranies (c) Africans
Question 17) Code of Hammurabi came in _________ civilization
(a) Harappa (b) Mesopotamia (c) Egypt
Question 18) The Mesopotamian wrote on barks of trees-
(a) True (b) False
Question 19) King Saigon was the ruler of
(a) Babylon (b) Iron (c) Iraq
Question 20) Hanging Garden is watered by the river –
(a) Tigris (b) Euphrates (c) Indus
Question 21) The Hanging Garden is an example of the excellent engineering skills of the __________ people –
(a) Harappa (b) Chinese (c) Mesopotamia
Question 22) The Mesopotamians developed a writing script known as _________
(a) uniform (b) cuneiform (c) art form
Question 23) Mesopotamian seals were __________ in shape –
(a) spherical (b) conical (c) cylindrical
Question 24) Mesopotamia is located between the rivers _________ and _________
(a) Euphrates, Tigris (b) Yangtze, Mekong (c) Beas, Ravi
Question 25) Nebuchadnezzar II was the king of
(a) Greece (b) Egypt (c) Babylon

Chapter – 3
Question 1) A bank constructed to control water flow in a river-
(a) fountain (b) Dykes (c) channel
Question 2) An Egyptian king was called –
(a) Raja (b) Samrat (c) Pharoh
Question 3) Papyrus are the reeds used by Egyptians to make paper, they grew in water –
(a) True (b) False
Question 4) The Egyptian sun God –
(a) Ra (b) Shiva (c) Suraj
Question 5) The preserved dead bodies are called –
(a) Mummies (b) dady (c) king
Question 6) Pyramids are –
(a) Temples (b) homes (c) royal tombs
Question 7) A mythological figure with the body of a lion and face of a man is called –
(a) sphinx (b) pharaoh (c) king
Question 8) Egyptian civilization is known as the gift of the __________
(a) Nile (b) Indus (c) Tigrus
Question 9) The Egyptians believed in life after death.
(a) True (b) False
Question 10) The pyramids are _________ in shape –
(a) Square (b) triangular (c) circle
Question 11) Pyramid is one of the seven wonders of the world –
(a) True (b) False
Question 12) The Egyptian civilization emerged in the Nile valley in –
(a) north eastern Africa (b) Punjab (c) Bengal
Question 13) __________ is considered to be the founder of the first Dynasty in Egypt.
(a) Menes (b) Nebuchadnezzar (c) Lyle
Question 14) Rameses II is considered as the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt.
(a) True (b) False
Question 15) Remses II ruled from 1279 to 1213 BCE
(a) True (b) False
Question 16) The history of Ancient Egypt is divided into _________ parts –
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
Question 17) The valley of Nile was called the ‘Land of Smiling Plenty’
(a) True (b) False
Question 18) Flax was grown for manufacture of __________
(a) Wool (b) cotton (c) linen
Question 19) The Egyptian used the barter system –
(a) True (b) False
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Question 20) Coins were not invented in Egyptian civilization.
(a) True (b) False
Question 21) The Egyptians worshipped some animals like crocodile, jackal etc
(a) True (b) False
Question 22) The ancient temple of Karnak , dedicated to –
(a) Sun (b) moon (c) stars
Question 23) The great pyramid at _________ is the largest and finest of all –
(a) Sarnath (b) Giza (c) Lothal
Question 24) The Great Pyramid at Giza was built by pharaoh khufu.
(a) True (b) False
Question 25) The _________ were the first to make a solar calendar consisting of 365 days –
(a) Egyptians (b) Harappan (c) Mesopotamian

Chapter – 4
Question 1) The Chinese Civilization flourished on the river bank –
(a) Hwang- Ho and Yangtze kiang (b) Hwang Ho- Tigris (c) Tigris and Euphrates
Question 2) The Chinese Civilization flourished about 4500 years ago.
(a) True (b) False
Question 3) The __________ river is called the ‘Sorrow of China’.
(a) Hwang Ho (b) Tigris (c) Euphrates
Question 4) The first known ruling dynasty in china was the Shang Dynasty.
(a) True (b) False
Question 5) Shang dynasty was followed by –
(a) Chere (b) Troy (c) Yadavas
Question 6) The first Emperor of china, Qin Shi Huang belongs to –
(a) Chere dynasty (b) Qin dynasty (c) Confucious
Question 7) River Hwang Ho is also called the _________ river.
(a) Red (b) Blue (c) Yellow
Question 8) The Chinese were the first to produce _________ cloth.
(a) silk (b) cotton (c) woolen
Question 9) The Chinese were the first to use a special type of clay known as
(a) porcelain (b) red clay (c) silt
Question 10) _________ invented the paper.
(a) Chinese (b) Egyptian (c) Harappan
Question 11) Confucious belongs to –
(a) Chinese (b) Egyptian (c) Harappans
Question 12) _________ the king of china was regarded as the son of God.
(a) Shang Ti (b) Shan Nong (c) Qin Shi Hwang
Question 13) The Chinese script was a form a _________ writing.
(a) picture (b) uniform
Question 14) The Great wall of China was built by Emperor __________
(a) Shi Huang Ti (b) Qin Shi Hwang (c) Shang Ti
Question 15) The Great wall of china was built in __________ century.
(a) 3rd (b) 5th (c) 9th
Question 16) The Great wall of china is recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
(a) True (b) False
Question 17) The stupa – type temples are known as
(a) pagodas (b) assembly hall (c) pharaoh
Question 18) The Chinese used both solar and lunar calendars –
(a) True (b) False
Question 19) The art of rearing silkworm to produce silk –
(a) sericulture (b) porcelain (c) none of them
Question 20) Animal bones or turtle shells on which questions on future asked by kings were inscribed, the bones
Were baked in heat and the patterns formed on them were interpreted by astrologers to provide the
answers in Ancient China
(a) Oracle bones (b) small bones (c) none of them
Question 21) The Chinese were the first to cultivate ________
(a) coffee (b) tea (c) rice
Question 22) The chief item of export in ancient China was ________
(a) spices (b) copper (c) silk
Question 23) _________ was the supreme God.
(a) Shang Ti (b) Shang Li (c) Shang Chi
Question 24) ________ was considered as the son of the supreme God
(a) king (b) priest (c) Confucius
Question 25) Confucianism, a philosophy based on moral code of conduct, was the mainstay of Chinese religion –
(a) True (b) False
Chapter – 1 (Civics)
Question 1) India is a vast country with a population of more than __________ billion.
(a) one (b) two (c) none of them
Question 2) India has _________ states
(a) 29 (b) 20 (c) 26
Question 3) There are _________ union territories in India.
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
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Question 4) Local self governments are formed by the local representatives elected by the people.
(a) True (b) False
Question 5) Local self governments looks into local problems.
(a) True (b) False
Question 6) Local self government is _________ expensive
(a) less (b) more (c) none of them
Question 7) There are __________ tier system of Local self government in India
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
Question 8) The idea of village panchayat was first conceived by ___________
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) none of them
Question 9) The Balwant Mehta committee recommended the establishment of __________
(a) Panchayati Raj (b) Parliament (c) none of them
Question 10) The Panchayati Raj came into force on 24 April 1993
(a) True (b) False
Question 11) The Panchayat at the village comprises _______ bodies
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
Question 12) Gram Sabha elects the representatives to the Gram Panchayat.
(a) True (b) False
Question 13) Gram Sabha approves the annual budget.
(a) True (b) False
Question 14) The Gram Panchayat is the _________ body of village assembly or Gram Sabha
(a) executive (b) legislative (c) Judiciary
Question 15) The Sarpanch calls the meetings of Panchayat
(a) True (b) False
Question 16) The head of the Panchayat is
(a) Pradhan (b) C.M. (c) P.M.
Question 17) The Panchayat usually meets ________ a month.
(a) once (b) twice (c) thrice
Question 18) The Gram Panchayat is responsible for providing and maintaining basic civic amenities.
(a) True (b) False
Question 19) Gram Panchayat looks after the village roads and street lighting.
(a) True (b) False
Question 20) Gram Panchayat implements development programmes of the government at the ________ level.
(a) village (b) block (c) Zila
Question 21) Nyaya Panchyat is a _________ body
(a) executive (b) legislative (c) judicial
Question 22) Gram Panchayat usually elects its members.
(a) True (b) False
Question 23) Nyaya Panchyat tries _________ civil cases.
(a) petty (b) criminal (c) none of them
Question 24) The tenure of Zila Parishad is
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3
Question 25) The main source of income for the Zila Parishad is tax on the villagers.
(a) True (b) False