NCERT Solutions Class 6 Social Science (History) Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When?

2. List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.

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 3. Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?

Answer – Rasheeda’s question was how could anyone know what had happened so many years ago. There are various ways by which people can about the past.
1. Inscriptions
2. Manuscripts
3. Tools and weapons
4. Reading the books written in the past.

4. Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?

Answer – The findings of Archaeologists could be of 9 different types.
1. Buildings made of stone and brick
2. Paintings
3. Sculpture
4. Tools
5. Weapons
6. Pots
7. Pans
8. Ornaments
9. Coins
The objects that could be made up of stones are given below
1. Buildings
2. Tools
3. Weapons
4. Ornaments

5. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?

Answer –  We think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did due to the following reasons:
1. They did not know the art of writing in the beginning.
2. Even some of them were not literate even after the knowledge of the script.
3. They were not having an interest in such works.
4. They did not know the importance of keeping records of the events. The lack of historical sense was mainly responsible for it.

6. Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.

Answer –
1. Kings had absolute power over all his subjects, irrespective of their profession, farmers had no such powers.
2. Kings lived in palaces. Farmers had no such opportunities.
3. The King was responsible for protecting his kingdom by waging battles, whereas the farmers’ responsibilities were to grow crops.

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7. Find the word ‘crafts persons’ on-page of the textbook. In the list at least five different crafts that you know about today. Are the craftspersons — (a) men (b) women (c) both men and women

Answer – The various crafts that dominate the present life are listed here:

8. What were the subjects on which books were written in the past? Which of these would you like to read?

Answer – Before paper was discovered scholars wrote on:
1. dried leaves,
2. on the bark of birch trees and
3. sometimes on copper (or metal) plates and stones.
We would like to read Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Panchtantra.