Chapter 1 History and it's sources


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 A. Define.

1. History: History is a systematic record of the past events. It is the story of the people who lived in past.

2. Archaeological sources: Archeological sources are monuments, coins, sculptures, paintings, weapons, pottery, ornaments, and all other objects or artefacts which were created in the past.

3. Secular Literature: Texts that focused on subject's of social, Political and economic importance and had link with religion, are called secular Literature.

4. Inscriptions: The inscriptions were written in different languages at different places. They are writings found engraved on stone tablet's, pillars, metal plates, wall of caves etc.

B. Write short answer for the following questions.

Q1. What are the sources of Indian history?
Ans: Literacy and archaeological are the sources of Indian history.

Q2. Where was Rice grown first in India?
Ans: Rice was first grown in the north of the Vindhyas.

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Q3. How did India gets its name?
Ans : India gots its name from the word ' Indus'.

Q4. What is epigraphy?
Ans: The study of inscriptions is known as epigraphy.

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C. Answer the following questions in detail.


Q1. What is the difference between 'prehistory' and 'history' ?
 Ans : Prehistory is the period for which there were no written records. It is the period of time between the appearance of the earliest humans and the development of the art of writings. History is a systematic records of the past events. It is the story of the people who lived in past.
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Q2. Why is studying history important?
Ans: Studying history is important because it helps us to know how early men gradually grappled with all difficulties.

Q3. What skills do we develop studying history?
Ans: By studying history he developed the skills of finding solutions of proven and how to overcome difficulties.

Q4. What are the difference between Religious literature and Secular Literature?
Ans: Religious literature deals with the religious subject's and texts and the secular Literature are of focused on the subject of the social Political and economic importance.

D. Fill in the blanks.

1. Archaeology is a branch of the science that deals with the study of. Past .
2. Handwriting documents are called. Manuscripts .
3. The inscriptions of Ashoka give us information about the. Brahmiscript .
4. The study of written records engraved on stone or copper plates is called  Inscriptions
5. The sources which include non religious literature are called. Secular.

E. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements.

1. The Early man hunted animals.
Ans: T
 
2. The period about which written documents are not available is called 'History'.
Ans: F

3. The birth of Jesus Christ is the date from where we count years.
Ans: T

4. Non religious literature is known as secular Literature.
Ans: F 

5. The word India came from the word'Indus'.
Ans: T

F. Match the columns.

Ans:  1. (iii)
          2. (i)
          3. (v)
          4. (ii)
          5. (iv)

G. MCQS

Ans: 1. (a)
         2. (c)
         3. (b)
         4. (d)
         5. (a)

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