Class Test/06-07-21/time:1 Hr/total Marks:15: Chapter 1 - What, Where, How and When
The document contains a class test with questions about early civilizations in India including the full form of CE, meaning of Indus in Sanskrit, earliest Sanskrit composition, areas where crops were first grown, occupations of Andaman Island people, when early Indian cities developed, why ordinary people didn't keep records, difference between manuscripts and inscriptions, who archaeologists are and what they study, and why travelling was important in the past.
Class Test/06-07-21/time:1 Hr/total Marks:15: Chapter 1 - What, Where, How and When
The document contains a class test with questions about early civilizations in India including the full form of CE, meaning of Indus in Sanskrit, earliest Sanskrit composition, areas where crops were first grown, occupations of Andaman Island people, when early Indian cities developed, why ordinary people didn't keep records, difference between manuscripts and inscriptions, who archaeologists are and what they study, and why travelling was important in the past.
2.Meaning of Indus in Sanskrit? 3.Name the earliest composition in Sanskrit. 4.Name two areas where women and men first began to grow crops such as wheat and barley? 5.Write two occupations that the people of Andaman Islands do to earn their living?
Answer the following(2*5=10)
6.When did the early cities develop in India? 7.Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did? 8.Differentiate between manuscripts and inscriptions. 9.Who are archaeologists and what they study? 10.Why was travelling so important in the past?