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NCERT Solutions Class 6 Social Science (History)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 Social Science<\/a><\/span> (History) Chapter – 1 (What, Where How and When?) <\/strong>has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter – 1 (What, Where, How and When?)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

1. Match the following:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Narmada Valley<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nThe first big kingdom<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magadha<\/span><\/td>\nHunting and gathering<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garo Hills<\/span><\/td>\nCities about 2500 years ago<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indus and its tributaries<\/span><\/td>\nEarly agriculture<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ganga valley<\/span><\/td>\nThe first cities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Answer –\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Narmada Valley<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nHunting and gathering<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magadha<\/span><\/td>\nThe first big kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garo Hills<\/span><\/td>\nEarly agriculture<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indus and its tributaries<\/span><\/td>\nThe first cities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ganga valley<\/span><\/td>\nCities about 2500 years ago<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2. List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manuscripts \u2013<\/strong> Handwritten book or a piece of literary work or material is called manuscript.<\/span><\/td>\nInscriptions \u2013<\/strong> While writings engraved on pillars, rocks, copper or other metallic plates, etc. are called inscriptions.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a03. Return to Rasheeda\u2019s question. Can you think of some answers to it? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>Rasheeda\u2019s question was how could anyone know what had happened so many years ago. There are various ways by which people can about the past.<\/span>
\n1. Inscriptions<\/span>
\n2. Manuscripts<\/span>
\n3. Tools and weapons<\/span>
\n4. Reading the books written in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>The findings of Archaeologists could be of 9 different types.<\/span>
\n1. Buildings made of stone and brick<\/span>
\n2. Paintings<\/span>
\n3. Sculpture<\/span>
\n4. Tools<\/span>
\n5. Weapons<\/span>
\n6. Pots<\/span>
\n7. Pans<\/span>
\n8. Ornaments<\/span>
\n9. Coins<\/span>
\nThe objects that could be made up of stones are given below<\/span>
\n1. Buildings<\/span>
\n2. Tools<\/span>
\n3. Weapons<\/span>
\n4. Ornaments<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –\u00a0 <\/strong>We think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did due to the following reasons:<\/span>
\n1. They did not know the art of writing in the beginning.<\/span>
\n2. Even some of them were not literate even after the knowledge of the script.<\/span>
\n3. They were not having an interest in such works.<\/span>
\n4. They did not know the importance of keeping records of the events. The lack of historical sense was mainly responsible for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –
\n<\/strong>1. Kings had absolute power over all his subjects, irrespective of their profession, farmers had no such powers.<\/span>
\n2. Kings lived in palaces. Farmers had no such opportunities.<\/span>
\n3. The King was responsible for protecting his kingdom by waging battles, whereas the farmers\u2019 responsibilities were to grow crops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7. Find the word \u2018crafts persons\u2019 on-page of the textbook. In the list at least five different crafts that you know about today. Are the craftspersons \u2014 (a) men (b) women (c) both men and women<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –<\/strong> The various crafts that dominate the present life are listed here:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Crafts Persons<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nProducts<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Gatherers (Both men and women)<\/span><\/td>\nFood collection such as seeds, roots, and fruits.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Tool Makers (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nMaking of tools and objects used by men in the food-gathering stage of the Stone Age.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Hunters (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nHunting of wild animals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Fishermen<\/span><\/td>\nFishing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Painters (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nDrawing of pictures of animals and hunting scenes in caves.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. Shepherds (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nTaming (domesticating) of animals, tamed animals for food, milk, and wool.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. Potters (Both men and women)<\/span><\/td>\nPottery making.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8. Farmers (Both men and women)<\/span><\/td>\nFarming (and harvesting)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9. Weavers (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nThe weaving of cloths.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10. Ornaments Makers (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nOrnaments were made from shells and bones.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11. Sculptors (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nMaking of sculptures.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12. Carpenters (Men)<\/span><\/td>\nCutting of trees, making wooden articles.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

8. What were the subjects on which books were written in the past? Which of these would you like to read?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>Before paper was discovered scholars wrote on:<\/span>
\n1. dried leaves,<\/span>
\n2. on the bark of birch trees and<\/span>
\n3. sometimes on copper (or metal) plates and stones.<\/span>
\nWe would like to read Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Panchtantra.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

NCERT Class 6 – History (Our Pasts – I)<\/span><\/h2>\n